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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Noam Chomsky, Paúl Krugman and Paul A. Samuelson rank highest among 3,082 ranked researchers whose main affiliation is Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

The ranking

  1. 1 Noam ChomskyUnited States · #7 worldwide3.7k citations · 239 works
  2. 2 Paúl KrugmanUnited States · #35 worldwide4.4k citations · 167 works
  3. 3 Paul A. SamuelsonUnited States · #91 worldwide3.6k citations · 170 works
  4. 4 Alex PentlandUnited States · #100 worldwide6k citations · 219 works
  5. 5 Daron AcemoğluUnited States · #106 worldwide5.7k citations · 213 works
  6. 6 Ronald L. RivestUnited States · #425 worldwide7.3k citations · 103 works
  7. 7 Antonio TorralbaUnited States · #498 worldwide4.2k citations · 135 works
  8. 8 Moungi G. BawendiUnited States · #653 worldwide4.1k citations · 131 works
  9. 9 William T. FreemanUnited States · #682 worldwide4.1k citations · 110 works
  10. 10 David R. KargerUnited States · #696 worldwide5.2k citations · 98 works
  11. 11 Lucian W. PyeUnited States · #809 worldwide1k citations · 121 works
  12. 12 David BotsteinUnited States · #1,153 worldwide6.7k citations · 86 works
  13. 13 Rüdiger DornbuschUnited States · #1,165 worldwide2.1k citations · 93 works
  14. 14 Hari BalakrishnanUnited States · #1,217 worldwide5.5k citations · 85 works
  15. 15 David BaltimoreUnited States · #1,227 worldwide2.7k citations · 190 works
  16. 16 Robert M. SolowUnited States · #1,301 worldwide1.7k citations · 117 works
  17. 17 Michael S. FeldUnited States · #1,344 worldwide2k citations · 139 works
  18. 18 Dimitri P. BertsekasUnited States · #1,409 worldwide1.8k citations · 103 works
  19. 19 Tomaso PoggioUnited States · #1,473 worldwide3k citations · 138 works
  20. 20 Rosalind W. PicardUnited States · #1,535 worldwide2.5k citations · 112 works
  21. 21 Anantha P. ChandrakasanUnited States · #1,768 worldwide2.9k citations · 178 works
  22. 22 James A. RobinsonUnited States · #1,773 worldwide2.2k citations · 83 works
  23. 23 Srinivas DevadasUnited States · #1,783 worldwide2.2k citations · 138 works
  24. 24 Dimitris BertsimasUnited States · #1,832 worldwide2.5k citations · 129 works
  25. 25 Simon JohnsonUnited States · #1,840 worldwide2.4k citations · 78 works
  26. 26 Róbert LangerUnited States · #1,884 worldwide4.2k citations · 244 works
  27. 27 Samuel MaddenUnited States · #1,949 worldwide2k citations · 110 works
  28. 28 Charles E. LeisersonUnited States · #2,051 worldwide1.5k citations · 103 works
  29. 29 R. JackiwUnited States · #2,104 worldwide2.9k citations · 107 works
  30. 30 Moshe Ben‐AkivaUnited States · #2,168 worldwide2.9k citations · 153 works
  31. 31 Phillip A. SharpUnited States · #2,221 worldwide2k citations · 81 works
  32. 32 Jerry A. HausmanUnited States · #2,250 worldwide2.7k citations · 76 works
  33. 33 Thomas A. KochanUnited States · #2,336 worldwide826 citations · 102 works
  34. 34 Aude OlivaUnited States · #2,359 worldwide1.9k citations · 82 works
  35. 35 Dina KatabiUnited States · #2,476 worldwide2.4k citations · 73 works
  36. 36 John D. JoannopoulosUnited States · #2,496 worldwide2.9k citations · 202 works
  37. 37 Manolis KellisUnited States · #2,669 worldwide1.6k citations · 76 works
  38. 38 James M. PoterbaUnited States · #2,723 worldwide1.5k citations · 100 works
  39. 39 H. A. HausUnited States · #2,819 worldwide1.9k citations · 143 works
  40. 40 Gilbert StrangUnited States · #2,821 worldwide1k citations · 99 works
  41. 41 John J. LeonardUnited States · #2,849 worldwide2k citations · 96 works
  42. 42 Joel EmerUnited States · #2,915 worldwide1.9k citations · 75 works
  43. 43 Joshua D. AngristUnited States · #3,013 worldwide2.5k citations · 68 works
  44. 44 Xiao-Gang WenUnited States · #3,050 worldwide3.6k citations · 138 works
  45. 45 Deb RoyUnited States · #3,128 worldwide2.3k citations · 69 works
  46. 46 Pattie MaesUnited States · #3,144 worldwide2.2k citations · 155 works
  47. 47 Erik BrynjolfssonUnited States · #3,419 worldwide1.7k citations · 72 works
  48. 48 Herman FeshbachUnited States · #3,426 worldwide1.1k citations · 75 works
  49. 49 David D. ClarkUnited States · #3,766 worldwide1.3k citations · 67 works
  50. 50 Klaus‐Jürgen BatheUnited States · #3,812 worldwide1.4k citations · 90 works
  51. 51 Max TegmarkUnited States · #3,937 worldwide2.5k citations · 110 works
  52. 52 Robert MorrisUnited States · #4,000 worldwide5.2k citations · 61 works
  53. 53 Franco ModiglianiUnited States · #4,030 worldwide2.3k citations · 63 works
  54. 54 Moe Z. WinUnited States · #4,220 worldwide2.9k citations · 212 works
  55. 55 James B. OrlinUnited States · #4,510 worldwide2.5k citations · 62 works
  56. 56 David E. PritchardUnited States · #4,553 worldwide1.5k citations · 69 works
  57. 57 Cynthia BreazealUnited States · #4,651 worldwide1.2k citations · 93 works
  58. 58 Polina GollandUnited States · #4,721 worldwide1.4k citations · 65 works
  59. 59 Edward H. AdelsonUnited States · #4,786 worldwide1.4k citations · 69 works
  60. 60 K. BiemannUnited States · #4,787 worldwide1.2k citations · 88 works
  61. 61 Frédo DurandUnited States · #4,905 worldwide1.8k citations · 104 works
  62. 62 John N. TsitsiklisUnited States · #4,911 worldwide1.6k citations · 86 works
  63. 63 Edgar H. ScheinUnited States · #4,930 worldwide2.8k citations · 58 works
  64. 64 Pablo Jarillo‐HerreroUnited States · #5,033 worldwide2.1k citations · 91 works
  65. 65 S. TetherUnited States · #5,236 worldwide2.2k citations · 92 works
  66. 66 Robert S. HarrisUnited States · #5,445 worldwide726 citations · 73 works
  67. 67 Norbert WienerUnited States · #5,506 worldwide664 citations · 73 works
  68. 68 Matthew G. Vander HeidenUnited States · #5,769 worldwide1.1k citations · 82 works
  69. 69 Esther DufloUnited States · #5,818 worldwide1.7k citations · 57 works
  70. 70 Robert I. RotbergUnited States · #5,889 worldwide373 citations · 83 works
  71. 71 Steven R. TannenbaumUnited States · #5,906 worldwide1.8k citations · 58 works
  72. 72 Silvio MicaliUnited States · #5,927 worldwide2.3k citations · 58 works
  73. 73 Evelyn Fox KellerUnited States · #6,036 worldwide872 citations · 59 works
  74. 74 Song HanUnited States · #6,059 worldwide1.4k citations · 67 works
  75. 75 Nancy G. LevesonUnited States · #6,144 worldwide1k citations · 77 works
  76. 76 Paul L. JoskowUnited States · #6,238 worldwide831 citations · 63 works
  77. 77 Luca CarloneUnited States · #6,424 worldwide1.5k citations · 83 works
  78. 78 Jay W. ForresterUnited States · #6,456 worldwide446 citations · 66 works
  79. 79 Erich P. IppenUnited States · #6,526 worldwide2k citations · 168 works
  80. 80 Shafi GoldwasserUnited States · #6,614 worldwide1.6k citations · 65 works
  81. 81 Eric von HippelUnited States · #6,710 worldwide2.1k citations · 55 works
  82. 82 Richard O. HynesUnited States · #6,873 worldwide1.4k citations · 81 works
  83. 83 M. Frans KaashoekUnited States · #6,899 worldwide4k citations · 53 works
  84. 84 J. FriedmanUnited States · #6,990 worldwide1.7k citations · 96 works
  85. 85 Sangbae KimUnited States · #7,113 worldwide1.2k citations · 58 works
  86. 86 Vinod VaikuntanathanUnited States · #7,163 worldwide1.7k citations · 66 works
  87. 87 Alexander M. KlibanovUnited States · #7,280 worldwide1.2k citations · 69 works
  88. 88 Jing KongUnited States · #7,485 worldwide2.4k citations · 126 works
  89. 89 Hiroshi IshiiUnited States · #7,506 worldwide1.4k citations · 112 works
  90. 90 Nancy KanwisherUnited States · #7,573 worldwide1.5k citations · 71 works
  91. 91 Alan EdelmanUnited States · #7,726 worldwide1.6k citations · 56 works
  92. 92 Robert C. MertonUnited States · #7,988 worldwide2.9k citations · 51 works
  93. 93 Michael J. PioreUnited States · #8,036 worldwide1.8k citations · 51 works
  94. 94 Robert S. PindyckUnited States · #8,128 worldwide807 citations · 73 works
  95. 95 Hamish N. MunroUnited States · #8,155 worldwide868 citations · 80 works
  96. 96 Gian‐Carlo RotaUnited States · #8,408 worldwide1.8k citations · 243 works
  97. 97 John V. GuttagUnited States · #8,461 worldwide1.1k citations · 60 works
  98. 98 Ithiel de Sola PoolUnited States · #8,546 worldwide640 citations · 54 works
  99. 99 Alan S. WillskyUnited States · #8,553 worldwide2.8k citations · 164 works
  100. 100 Regina BarzilayUnited States · #8,753 worldwide1.1k citations · 81 works

Output against citations per work

A long record and a heavily-cited one are not the same career, and a list ordered by either buries the other. The upper left is a small body of work that travelled a long way.

050100mean 24.1213works (log) →citations per work →Noam Chomsky: 239, 15.5Paúl Krugman: 167, 26.2Paul A. Samuelson: 170, 21.3Alex Pentland: 219, 27.6Daron Acemoğlu: 213, 26.8Ronald L. Rivest: 103, 70.9Antonio Torralba: 135, 31.3Moungi G. Bawendi: 131, 31.6William T. Freeman: 110, 37.6David R. Karger: 98, 53.1Lucian W. Pye: 121, 8.6David Botstein: 86, 78.3Rüdiger Dornbusch: 93, 22.6Hari Balakrishnan: 85, 64.3David Baltimore: 190, 14.4Robert M. Solow: 117, 14.5Michael S. Feld: 139, 14.7Dimitri P. Bertsekas: 103, 17.6Tomaso Poggio: 138, 21.8Rosalind W. Picard: 112, 22.2Anantha P. Chandrakasan: 178, 16.1James A. Robinson: 83, 26.1Srinivas Devadas: 138, 16.2Dimitris Bertsimas: 129, 19.6Simon Johnson: 78, 31.3Róbert Langer: 244, 17.0Samuel Madden: 110, 18.0Charles E. Leiserson: 103, 14.8R. Jackiw: 107, 27.1Moshe Ben‐Akiva: 153, 18.9Phillip A. Sharp: 81, 24.7Jerry A. Hausman: 76, 35.9Thomas A. Kochan: 102, 8.1Aude Oliva: 82, 23.4Dina Katabi: 73, 32.7John D. Joannopoulos: 202, 14.6Manolis Kellis: 76, 21.7James M. Poterba: 100, 15.4H. A. Haus: 143, 13.4Gilbert Strang: 99, 10.5John J. Leonard: 96, 20.3Joel Emer: 75, 24.9Joshua D. Angrist: 68, 37.1Xiao-Gang Wen: 138, 26.4Deb Roy: 69, 34.0Pattie Maes: 155, 14.5Erik Brynjolfsson: 72, 23.5Herman Feshbach: 75, 14.6David D. Clark: 67, 19.1Klaus‐Jürgen Bathe: 90, 15.9Max Tegmark: 110, 22.7Robert Morris: 61, 84.9Franco Modigliani: 63, 36.2Moe Z. Win: 212, 13.8James B. Orlin: 62, 40.4David E. Pritchard: 69, 21.5Cynthia Breazeal: 93, 13.4Polina Golland: 65, 21.5Edward H. Adelson: 69, 20.5K. Biemann: 88, 13.4Frédo Durand: 104, 17.5John N. Tsitsiklis: 86, 18.3Edgar H. Schein: 58, 49.1Pablo Jarillo‐Herrero: 91, 23.2S. Tether: 92, 23.7Robert S. Harris: 73, 9.9Norbert Wiener: 73, 9.1Matthew G. Vander Heiden: 82, 13.0Esther Duflo: 57, 29.7Robert I. Rotberg: 83, 4.5Steven R. Tannenbaum: 58, 31.2Silvio Micali: 58, 39.8Evelyn Fox Keller: 59, 14.8Song Han: 67, 20.7Nancy G. Leveson: 77, 13.5Paul L. Joskow: 63, 13.2Luca Carlone: 83, 18.7Jay W. Forrester: 66, 6.8Erich P. Ippen: 168, 11.8Shafi Goldwasser: 65, 24.0Eric von Hippel: 55, 38.9Richard O. Hynes: 81, 16.7M. Frans Kaashoek: 53, 76.3J. Friedman: 96, 17.7Sangbae Kim: 58, 21.4Vinod Vaikuntanathan: 66, 25.2Alexander M. Klibanov: 69, 17.0Jing Kong: 126, 18.9Hiroshi Ishii: 112, 12.5Nancy Kanwisher: 71, 20.5Alan Edelman: 56, 27.8Robert C. Merton: 51, 57.6Michael J. Piore: 51, 34.9Robert S. Pindyck: 73, 11.1Hamish N. Munro: 80, 10.8Gian‐Carlo Rota: 243, 7.4John V. Guttag: 60, 17.6Ithiel de Sola Pool: 54, 11.9Alan S. Willsky: 164, 16.8Regina Barzilay: 81, 13.6Alex PentlandPaúl KrugmanPaul A. SamuelsonNoam Chomsky
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Ranked on the composite of field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Affiliation is the institution a researcher publishes from most; identities come from OpenAlex author disambiguation.