Researchers at Optica

1. 1R. G. ProbstUnited States · #1,107,634 worldwide2.7k citations · 68 works
2. 2Eric J. KorevaarUnited States · #1,403,371 worldwide2.8k citations · 62 works
3. 3Albert M. FowlerUnited States · #1,405,154 worldwide974 citations · 68 works
4. 4Michael L. PolanyiUnited States · #1,538,470 worldwide8.7k citations · 19 works
5. 5Thomas W. WolfeUnited States · #1,658,997 worldwide1k citations · 116 works
6. 6William A. MaddenUnited States · #1,710,019 worldwide185 citations · 21 works
7. 7D. SawyerUnited States · #1,811,628 worldwide1.2k citations · 42 works
8. 8Ming LiangUnited States · #1,871,288 worldwide4.5k citations · 91 works
9. 9Mark S. KemperUnited States · #1,878,350 worldwide1.4k citations · 26 works
10. 10Harold OsterbergUnited States · #2,015,197 worldwide1.2k citations · 64 works
11. 11Michael J. FitzpatrickUnited States · #2,231,224 worldwide1.1k citations · 42 works
12. 12James E. GoellUnited States · #2,462,704 worldwide1.1k citations · 37 works
13. 13Oscar W. RichardsUnited States · #2,477,864 worldwide3.7k citations · 213 works
14. 14Mark M. FilerUnited States · #2,651,795 worldwide1.3k citations · 67 works
15. 15Richard ReedUnited States · #2,694,416 worldwide458 citations · 22 works
16. 16Xingsheng LuanUnited States · #2,738,891 worldwide833 citations · 27 works
17. 17Srinivasan ChandrasekharanUnited States · #2,872,737 worldwide1.2k citations · 24 works
18. 18Richard F. WoodcockUnited States · #2,991,804 worldwide477 citations · 29 works
19. 19Charles C. RobinsonUnited States · #3,102,867 worldwide445 citations · 28 works
20. 20James A. ArnsUnited States · #3,172,341 worldwide2.8k citations · 26 works
21. 21Samuel C. BardenUnited States · #3,209,987 worldwide2.3k citations · 168 works
22. 22Paul E. GillettUnited States · #3,218,191 worldwide185 citations · 15 works
23. 23Rodolfo GuzziUnited States · #3,246,647 worldwide1.1k citations · 103 works
24. 24Zewu ChenUnited States · #3,303,481 worldwide339 citations · 30 works
25. 25Jay A. HammerUnited States · #3,410,904 worldwide347 citations · 28 works
26. 26Philip N. DalyUnited States · #3,496,508 worldwide223 citations · 51 works
27. 27Gary P. MullerUnited States · #3,525,663 worldwide415 citations · 26 works
28. 28W. S. ColburnUnited States · #3,561,486 worldwide724 citations · 27 works
29. 29Victor L. KrabbendamUnited States · #3,603,493 worldwide1.8k citations · 71 works
30. 30Charles F. W. HarmerUnited States · #3,609,170 worldwide226 citations · 32 works
31. 31Max J. RiedlUnited States · #3,618,625 worldwide329 citations · 45 works
32. 32Edward A. HilemanUnited States · #3,636,021 worldwide1.3k citations · 27 works
33. 33Gerald B. HeimUnited States · #3,651,277 worldwide122 citations · 17 works
34. 34Julie B. HeynssensUnited States · #3,733,813 worldwide222 citations · 19 works
35. 35John AndrewUnited States · #3,776,496 worldwide1.1k citations · 21 works
36. 36Luther W. SmithUnited States · #3,780,373 worldwide273 citations · 18 works
37. 37Teiji YamamotoUnited States · #3,818,970 worldwide608 citations · 30 works
38. 38Nicolas A. RoddierUnited States · #3,821,000 worldwide634 citations · 18 works
39. 39Charles F. ClaverUnited States · #3,832,719 worldwide1.5k citations · 84 works
40. 40Ker-Li ShuUnited States · #3,873,840 worldwide72 citations · 24 works
41. 41Nori Y. C. ChuUnited States · #3,927,948 worldwide401 citations · 19 works
42. 42Ying LiUnited States · #4,017,394 worldwide198 citations · 19 works
43. 43Michelle MillerUnited States · #4,020,605 worldwide55 citations · 19 works
44. 44Marcos KleinermanUnited States · #4,047,028 worldwide451 citations · 17 works
45. 45Earl T. PearsonUnited States · #4,095,295 worldwide172 citations · 26 works
46. 46R. ProbstUnited States · #4,310,771 worldwide255 citations · 38 works
47. 47Jacques SebagUnited States · #4,311,256 worldwide1.5k citations · 115 works
48. 48Bernard GrolmanUnited States · #4,318,362 worldwide204 citations · 16 works
49. 49Huapeng HuangUnited States · #4,332,316 worldwide217 citations · 20 works
50. 50Nick C. BuchholzUnited States · #4,384,240 worldwide381 citations · 17 works
51. 51Richard F. LeftwichUnited States · #4,405,747 worldwide26 citations · 17 works
52. 52Daniel LehrfeldUnited States · #4,514,794 worldwide9 citations · 15 works
53. 53John M. CasstevensUnited States · #4,697,923 worldwide266 citations · 25 works
54. 54W. F. HagenUnited States · #4,723,192 worldwide235 citations · 32 works
55. 55David A. VaughnnUnited States · #4,726,569 worldwide77 citations · 16 works
56. 56T. TakebeUnited States · #4,741,379 worldwide736 citations · 65 works
57. 57T. DosluogluUnited States · #4,767,304 worldwide139 citations · 30 works
58. 58Howard S. ColemanUnited States · #4,781,388 worldwide112 citations · 26 works
59. 59Michael MerrillUnited States · #4,819,855 worldwide467 citations · 24 works
60. 60Kevin BourgUnited States · #4,871,469 worldwide73 citations · 23 works
61. 61Mark R. HuntenUnited States · #4,921,630 worldwide307 citations · 18 works
62. 62William R. PfisterUnited States · #4,988,456 worldwide212 citations · 16 works
63. 63G. W. BickelUnited States · #5,022,425 worldwide131 citations · 16 works
64. 64Charles CorsonUnited States · #5,048,399 worldwide151 citations · 20 works
65. 65Adi AbileahUnited States · #5,114,039 worldwide201 citations · 35 works
66. 66Illes P. CsorbaUnited States · #5,179,759 worldwide95 citations · 15 works
67. 67R. H. WebbUnited States · #5,217,222 worldwide166 citations · 18 works
68. 68C. G. YoungUnited States · #5,224,502 worldwide329 citations · 34 works
69. 69H.B. LempUnited States · #5,268,801 worldwide7 citations · 17 works
70. 70George H. AnnoUnited States · #5,334,188 worldwide384 citations · 43 works
71. 71William P. MurrayUnited States · #5,341,810 worldwide179 citations · 39 works
72. 72Charles K. KaoUnited States · #5,413,649 worldwide257 citations · 37 works
73. 73Robert E. SchalckUnited States · #5,458,682 worldwide2 citations · 27 works
74. 74David R. BrownUnited States · #5,474,295 worldwide207 citations · 25 works
75. 75Joseph M. LochnerUnited States · #5,520,527 worldwide269 citations · 20 works
76. 76Sorin TibuleacUnited States · #5,534,157 worldwide1.9k citations · 110 works
77. 77William H. RevoirUnited States · #5,547,766 worldwide51 citations · 34 works
78. 78Larry M. SteppUnited States · #5,579,534 worldwide455 citations · 43 works
79. 79S.-M. TsengUnited States · #5,673,916 worldwide126 citations · 19 works
80. 80Mark A. EaleyUnited States · #5,692,556 worldwide665 citations · 84 works
81. 81Dara NormanUnited States · #5,749,452 worldwide14 citations · 18 works
82. 82Georg CohnUnited States · #5,787,167 worldwide169 citations · 63 works
83. 83Maxim PchenitchnikovUnited States · #5,801,656 worldwide227 citations · 21 works
84. 84Arthur CoxUnited States · #5,820,621 worldwide93 citations · 27 works
85. 85C. Bruce JohnsonUnited States · #5,846,166 worldwide195 citations · 79 works
86. 86Alan C. TraubUnited States · #5,862,152 worldwide159 citations · 22 works
87. 87Edwin S. GaynorUnited States · #5,895,944 worldwide119 citations · 28 works
88. 88Michael J. FitzpatrickUnited States · #5,905,926 worldwide1.6k citations · 20 works
89. 89Helmut SchaperUnited States · #5,939,548 worldwide16 citations · 19 works
90. 90Rick D. BlakleyUnited States · #5,992,004 worldwide66 citations · 15 works
91. 91Daniel M. BrownUnited States · #6,036,144 worldwide236 citations · 54 works
92. 92Lawrence D. BarrUnited States · #6,049,845 worldwide74 citations · 43 works
93. 93Joe DeVriesUnited States · #6,118,037 worldwide89 citations · 17 works
94. 94Yukio KurataUnited States · #6,132,298 worldwide137 citations · 25 works
95. 95José R. MagariñosUnited States · #6,147,424 worldwide23 citations · 17 works
96. 96Shogo CHIBAUnited States · #6,150,948 worldwide14 citations · 25 works
97. 97Donald W. RoyUnited States · #6,155,503 worldwide136 citations · 16 works
98. 98Albert BrunstingUnited States · #6,164,671 worldwide607 citations · 72 works
99. 99D. IsbellUnited States · #6,194,088 worldwide63 citations · 30 works
100. 100Gary A. PoczulpUnited States · #6,228,947 worldwide154 citations · 36 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.