Researchers at Educational Testing Service

1. 1Samuel MessickUnited States · #39,037 worldwide26k citations · 254 works
2. 2John A. CentraUnited States · #65,389 worldwide4.6k citations · 126 works
3. 3Michael LewisUnited States · #68,902 worldwide28k citations · 450 works
4. 4Ou Lydia LiuUnited States · #72,194 worldwide5.1k citations · 137 works
5. 5Robert J. MislevyUnited States · #72,348 worldwide16k citations · 391 works
6. 6Joel TetreaultUnited States · #88,466 worldwide7.1k citations · 193 works
7. 7Paul DeaneUnited States · #94,394 worldwide3.3k citations · 127 works
8. 8Robert L. LinnUnited States · #104,389 worldwide18k citations · 349 works
9. 9Nathan KoganUnited States · #116,197 worldwide8.6k citations · 175 works
10. 10Herman A. WitkinUnited States · #118,366 worldwide15k citations · 125 works
11. 11Richard D. RobertsUnited States · #122,507 worldwide18k citations · 273 works
12. 12Marlaine E. LockheedUnited States · #127,298 worldwide4.6k citations · 143 works
13. 13Frederic M. LordUnited States · #131,227 worldwide18k citations · 248 works
14. 14Jill C. BursteinUnited States · #136,460 worldwide4.6k citations · 118 works
15. 15Donald R. GoodenoughUnited States · #161,958 worldwide6.7k citations · 111 works
16. 16Matthias von DavierUnited States · #174,634 worldwide4.9k citations · 198 works
17. 17Tenaha O’ReillyUnited States · #188,278 worldwide3k citations · 111 works
18. 18Paul W. HollandUnited States · #194,565 worldwide32k citations · 259 works
19. 19Drew H. GitomerUnited States · #194,653 worldwide2.9k citations · 122 works
20. 20Jiangang HaoUnited States · #201,431 worldwide6.8k citations · 146 works
21. 21Mikyung Kim WolfUnited States · #210,930 worldwide1k citations · 75 works
22. 22Luis M. LaosaUnited States · #215,795 worldwide2.4k citations · 95 works
23. 23Jeremy T. BurrusUnited States · #219,595 worldwide1.8k citations · 95 works
24. 24Yigal AttaliUnited States · #238,687 worldwide3k citations · 104 works
25. 25Jamie N. MikeskaUnited States · #248,105 worldwide1.1k citations · 66 works
26. 26Leonard L. BairdUnited States · #254,498 worldwide1.8k citations · 128 works
27. 27Michael T. KaneUnited States · #259,134 worldwide8.9k citations · 163 works
28. 28Irving E. SigelUnited States · #260,571 worldwide9k citations · 199 works
29. 29Courtney A. BellUnited States · #268,735 worldwide2.5k citations · 62 works
30. 30Geoffrey PhelpsUnited States · #286,755 worldwide7.7k citations · 54 works
31. 31Claudia LeacockUnited States · #287,686 worldwide5.4k citations · 52 works
32. 32Brent BridgemanUnited States · #288,212 worldwide4.2k citations · 178 works
33. 33DAVID L. ROSENHANUnited States · #289,339 worldwide4.7k citations · 75 works
34. 34Nitin MadnaniUnited States · #302,613 worldwide2.6k citations · 129 works
35. 35John SabatiniUnited States · #335,916 worldwide2.9k citations · 182 works
36. 36Harold H. WenglinskyUnited States · #359,370 worldwide2.6k citations · 33 works
37. 37Ledyard R TuckerUnited States · #363,711 worldwide16k citations · 88 works
38. 38Patrick C. KyllonenUnited States · #367,717 worldwide5.4k citations · 150 works
39. 39Russell G. AlmondUnited States · #371,722 worldwide4.6k citations · 168 works
40. 40Veronika Timpe‐LaughlinUnited States · #392,315 worldwide675 citations · 55 works
41. 41Karen KukichUnited States · #401,161 worldwide2.7k citations · 32 works
42. 42Aoife CahillUnited States · #409,621 worldwide2.3k citations · 107 works
43. 43Swapna SomasundaranUnited States · #418,917 worldwide2.1k citations · 42 works
44. 44Randy Elliot BennettUnited States · #421,318 worldwide6k citations · 208 works
45. 45Albert E. BeatonUnited States · #429,603 worldwide10k citations · 71 works
46. 46María Elena OliveriUnited States · #451,862 worldwide1.1k citations · 96 works
47. 47Shelby J. HabermanUnited States · #455,388 worldwide7k citations · 260 works
48. 48Michael T. NettlesUnited States · #459,987 worldwide1.8k citations · 78 works
49. 49Harrison J. KellUnited States · #461,022 worldwide2.2k citations · 91 works
50. 50Charles E. WertsUnited States · #467,589 worldwide3.6k citations · 92 works
51. 51Donald E. PowersUnited States · #475,657 worldwide3k citations · 203 works
52. 52Howard WainerUnited States · #480,742 worldwide17k citations · 656 works
53. 53Mary E. FowlesUnited States · #482,115 worldwide965 citations · 40 works
54. 54Rebecca ZwickUnited States · #489,772 worldwide9.2k citations · 148 works
55. 55Charlotte DanielsonUnited States · #514,898 worldwide4.4k citations · 58 works
56. 56Richard J. ColeyUnited States · #521,144 worldwide785 citations · 44 works
57. 57Rodney T. HartnettUnited States · #525,640 worldwide720 citations · 48 works
58. 58John Wray YoungUnited States · #528,354 worldwide2.7k citations · 101 works
59. 59Beata Beigman KlebanovUnited States · #528,447 worldwide1.8k citations · 128 works
60. 60Kikumi K. TatsuokaUnited States · #539,794 worldwide4.8k citations · 102 works
61. 61Heather HowellUnited States · #546,400 worldwide620 citations · 52 works
62. 62Michael FlorUnited States · #570,954 worldwide1.1k citations · 87 works
63. 63William H. AngoffUnited States · #573,533 worldwide1.5k citations · 73 works
64. 64Jonathan H. SteinbergUnited States · #574,622 worldwide1.3k citations · 170 works
65. 65Bridgid FinnUnited States · #580,808 worldwide2.6k citations · 77 works
66. 66Thomas L. HiltonUnited States · #608,333 worldwide1.1k citations · 73 works
67. 67Lin GuUnited States · #625,573 worldwide679 citations · 40 works
68. 68Hunter M. BrelandUnited States · #645,752 worldwide1.7k citations · 79 works
69. 69Walter EmmerichUnited States · #645,947 worldwide1k citations · 58 works
70. 70Klaus ZechnerUnited States · #646,900 worldwide2.6k citations · 100 works
71. 71Thomas QuinlanUnited States · #653,622 worldwide1.1k citations · 32 works
72. 72Irwin S. KirschUnited States · #663,619 worldwide4.4k citations · 134 works
73. 73Grant H. HenningUnited States · #673,566 worldwide1.6k citations · 63 works
74. 74John W. FrenchUnited States · #676,211 worldwide2.4k citations · 83 works
75. 75Linda S. SteinbergUnited States · #696,529 worldwide2.4k citations · 62 works
76. 76Jesse R. SparksUnited States · #712,233 worldwide682 citations · 57 works
77. 77Derrick HigginsUnited States · #715,042 worldwide1.6k citations · 53 works
78. 78Yeonsuk ChoUnited States · #718,998 worldwide537 citations · 25 works
79. 79Alexis A. LópezUnited States · #722,479 worldwide463 citations · 77 works
80. 80Lawrence J. StrickerUnited States · #729,523 worldwide2.2k citations · 155 works
81. 81Norman FrederiksenUnited States · #735,030 worldwide4.4k citations · 172 works
82. 82Chaitanya RamineniUnited States · #750,168 worldwide3k citations · 29 works
83. 83Roy Omer FreedleUnited States · #774,846 worldwide3.6k citations · 76 works
84. 84Kenneth M. WilsonUnited States · #775,911 worldwide1.2k citations · 91 works
85. 85Katrina Crotts RoohrUnited States · #785,464 worldwide903 citations · 36 works
86. 86Michael E. MartinezUnited States · #791,100 worldwide2.6k citations · 106 works
87. 87Guangming LingUnited States · #793,157 worldwide1.6k citations · 67 works
88. 88Qiwei HeUnited States · #799,756 worldwide1.7k citations · 104 works
89. 89William C. WardUnited States · #813,148 worldwide4.8k citations · 163 works
90. 90Frank RijmenUnited States · #832,440 worldwide2.7k citations · 86 works
91. 91Kevin M. WilliamsUnited States · #854,220 worldwide7.5k citations · 63 works
92. 92Donna M. DesrochersUnited States · #863,442 worldwide468 citations · 23 works
93. 93Spiros PapageorgiouUnited States · #864,052 worldwide417 citations · 51 works
94. 94Wendy M. YenUnited States · #895,114 worldwide3.1k citations · 48 works
95. 95Donald RockUnited States · #923,643 worldwide1.7k citations · 35 works
96. 96Debra J. AckermanUnited States · #935,233 worldwide709 citations · 44 works
97. 97Harold O. GulliksenUnited States · #937,567 worldwide4k citations · 110 works
98. 98Kathleen M. SheehanUnited States · #938,523 worldwide2.4k citations · 105 works
99. 99Isaac I. BejarUnited States · #943,506 worldwide2.1k citations · 129 works
100. 100Anne M. ReynoldsUnited States · #946,359 worldwide2.2k citations · 56 works

Ranked on quality: the share of their papers in the world top 10% for their field and year, with output counting too. Affiliation is the institution a researcher publishes from most; identities come from OpenAlex author disambiguation.