Researchers at Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence

1. 1Jim AlbersUnited States · #544,819 worldwide2.1k citations · 35 works
2. 2Laurance R. DoyleUnited States · #550,499 worldwide13k citations · 160 works
3. 3Mark R. ShowalterUnited States · #672,553 worldwide8.7k citations · 427 works
4. 4Franck MarchisUnited States · #782,736 worldwide9.7k citations · 425 works
5. 5Thomas M. EspositoUnited States · #865,824 worldwide2k citations · 107 works
6. 6J. L. BishopUnited States · #904,608 worldwide17k citations · 740 works
7. 7L. VenutiUnited States · #923,703 worldwide1.4k citations · 127 works
8. 8Timothy I. MichaelsUnited States · #963,717 worldwide3.9k citations · 107 works
9. 9Jeffrey L. CoughlinUnited States · #1,142,846 worldwide4.2k citations · 142 works
10. 10Richard CartwrightUnited States · #1,225,371 worldwide1.4k citations · 186 works
11. 11J. R. MarshallUnited States · #1,277,232 worldwide4.8k citations · 239 works
12. 12Margaret TurnbullUnited States · #1,338,316 worldwide2.4k citations · 152 works
13. 13Joseph E. RoserUnited States · #1,381,749 worldwide1.1k citations · 61 works
14. 14Tsegereda EmbayeUnited States · #1,714,084 worldwide861 citations · 16 works
15. 15Matija ĆukUnited States · #1,746,422 worldwide2.5k citations · 149 works
16. 16Marziye JafariyazaniUnited States · #1,770,923 worldwide889 citations · 33 works
17. 17Peter M. JenniskensUnited States · #1,867,870 worldwide9.8k citations · 648 works
18. 18Jennifer R. CampbellUnited States · #1,989,611 worldwide1k citations · 26 works
19. 19C. B. BeddingfieldUnited States · #2,026,073 worldwide3k citations · 152 works
20. 20Edna DeVoreUnited States · #2,081,418 worldwide9.2k citations · 91 works
21. 21John W. DreherUnited States · #2,213,763 worldwide2.4k citations · 70 works
22. 22L. K. FentonUnited States · #2,238,991 worldwide3k citations · 253 works
23. 23Arthur L. WeberUnited States · #2,256,186 worldwide2.8k citations · 119 works
24. 24Dale T. AndersenUnited States · #2,450,303 worldwide6.7k citations · 147 works
25. 25Kaveh PahlevanUnited States · #2,462,427 worldwide844 citations · 51 works
26. 26Guy FoglemanUnited States · #2,555,763 worldwide298 citations · 25 works
27. 27Margaret Seluk RaceUnited States · #2,582,532 worldwide1.3k citations · 127 works
28. 28Tateki GotoUnited States · #2,615,676 worldwide528 citations · 15 works
29. 29P. SobrónUnited States · #2,690,391 worldwide2k citations · 131 works
30. 30Mohammad Sh. OdehUnited States · #2,745,474 worldwide10k citations · 30 works
31. 31Joseph CatanzariteUnited States · #2,829,488 worldwide571 citations · 23 works
32. 32Jill TarterUnited States · #2,833,572 worldwide11k citations · 253 works
33. 33Angela S. CoteraUnited States · #2,836,357 worldwide1.7k citations · 157 works
34. 34John D. RummelUnited States · #3,055,628 worldwide2.1k citations · 216 works
35. 35Julie D. ChittendenUnited States · #3,181,400 worldwide253 citations · 17 works
36. 36Jane C. JordanUnited States · #3,198,209 worldwide391 citations · 24 works
37. 37Douglas A. VakochUnited States · #3,387,273 worldwide1.2k citations · 111 works
38. 38Stuart F. TaylorUnited States · #3,438,089 worldwide1.4k citations · 83 works
39. 39Michael PrimmUnited States · #3,474,189 worldwide166 citations · 15 works
40. 40Marek J. KozubalUnited States · #3,540,125 worldwide558 citations · 22 works
41. 41Melissa D. LaneUnited States · #3,590,799 worldwide170 citations · 18 works
42. 42Gal SaridUnited States · #3,722,224 worldwide649 citations · 95 works
43. 43J. Andy SpryUnited States · #3,749,139 worldwide626 citations · 89 works
44. 44Petrus M. M. JenniskensUnited States · #3,791,959 worldwide451 citations · 109 works
45. 45Bette SiegelUnited States · #3,855,250 worldwide182 citations · 23 works
46. 46Peter R. BackusUnited States · #3,882,550 worldwide700 citations · 37 works
47. 47Luigi Freitas CruzUnited States · #4,007,993 worldwide81 citations · 21 works
48. 48Tom KilsdonkUnited States · #4,240,747 worldwide353 citations · 26 works
49. 49P. R. BackusUnited States · #4,261,887 worldwide311 citations · 35 works
50. 50Robert FrenchUnited States · #4,407,584 worldwide440 citations · 97 works
51. 51Martin J. HeathUnited States · #4,519,226 worldwide457 citations · 20 works
52. 52J. Ellen BlueUnited States · #4,743,743 worldwide195 citations · 16 works
53. 53Ariel GraykowskiUnited States · #4,746,983 worldwide89 citations · 17 works
54. 54Daniel O’Conner PelusoUnited States · #4,778,171 worldwide145 citations · 16 works
55. 55Steve PrestonUnited States · #4,922,304 worldwide232 citations · 27 works
56. 56Guillaume BlaclardUnited States · #4,981,399 worldwide160 citations · 17 works
57. 56Georges SimardUnited States · #4,981,399 worldwide87 citations · 17 works
58. 58Douglas W. WhiteUnited States · #5,001,246 worldwide295 citations · 22 works
59. 59Jacob M. DanielsenUnited States · #5,306,851 worldwide73 citations · 20 works
60. 60Natalie H. GlinesUnited States · #5,431,274 worldwide415 citations · 47 works
61. 61Stephen LawrenceUnited States · #5,444,896 worldwide5 citations · 16 works
62. 62Mitchell K. GordonUnited States · #5,505,312 worldwide124 citations · 31 works
63. 63Alexander PollakUnited States · #6,294,510 worldwide59 citations · 21 works
64. 64Daniela de PaulisUnited States · #6,329,695 worldwide18 citations · 33 works
65. 65Seth ShostakUnited States · #6,528,619 worldwide623 citations · 94 works
66. 66Janice BishopUnited States · #6,807,879 worldwide6 citations · 16 works
67. 67Carl JohanninkUnited States · #7,648,805 worldwide419 citations · 152 works
68. 68T. P. CooperUnited States · #7,671,828 worldwide36 citations · 74 works
69. 69Sara RojoUnited States · #7,697,808 worldwide15 citations · 129 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.