Researchers at Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence

1. 1🇺🇸 Robert MorrisUnited States · #17,462 worldwide451 citations · 67 works
2. 2🇺🇸 Jill TarterUnited States · #37,230 worldwide394 citations · 62 works
3. 3🇺🇸 Jeffrey C. SmithUnited States · #38,345 worldwide559 citations · 34 works
4. 4🇺🇸 Christopher J. BurkeUnited States · #44,803 worldwide398 citations · 56 works
5. 5🇺🇸 Fergal MullallyUnited States · #58,191 worldwide389 citations · 30 works
6. 6🇺🇸 Laurance R. DoyleUnited States · #83,325 worldwide312 citations · 46 works
7. 7🇺🇸 T. N. GautierUnited States · #88,061 worldwide448 citations · 24 works
8. 8🇺🇸 Xinchuan HuangUnited States · #110,136 worldwide497 citations · 30 works
9. 9🇺🇸 Edna DeVoreUnited States · #129,902 worldwide196 citations · 22 works
10. 10🇺🇸 Peter S. GuralUnited States · #145,047 worldwide206 citations · 28 works
11. 11🇺🇸 Franck MarchisUnited States · #145,396 worldwide469 citations · 123 works
12. 12🇺🇸 Martin C. StumpeUnited States · #223,470 worldwide619 citations · 16 works
13. 13🇺🇸 M. R. ShowalterUnited States · #233,105 worldwide390 citations · 104 works
14. 14🇺🇸 Shawn SeaderUnited States · #266,332 worldwide315 citations · 16 works
15. 15🇺🇸 Douglas A. VakochUnited States · #342,426 worldwide51 citations · 25 works
16. 16🇺🇸 Margaret TurnbullUnited States · #342,472 worldwide154 citations · 38 works
17. 17🇺🇸 George KembleUnited States · #379,134 worldwide126 citations · 15 works
18. 18🇺🇸 C. B. BeddingfieldUnited States · #383,166 worldwide87 citations · 29 works
19. 19🇺🇸 Peter JenniskensUnited States · #401,626 worldwide334 citations · 141 works
20. 20🇺🇸 Arthur L. WeberUnited States · #403,774 worldwide91 citations · 32 works
21. 21🇺🇸 Carl JohanninkUnited States · #414,394 worldwide44 citations · 35 works
22. 22🇺🇸 John D. RummelUnited States · #485,684 worldwide63 citations · 58 works
23. 23🇺🇸 Seth ShostakUnited States · #533,576 worldwide42 citations · 23 works
24. 24🇺🇸 Uma GortiUnited States · #556,770 worldwide75 citations · 26 works
25. 25🇺🇸 Dale T. AndersenUnited States · #560,160 worldwide85 citations · 24 works
26. 26🇺🇸 John MarshallUnited States · #591,594 worldwide86 citations · 56 works
27. 27🇺🇸 J. L. BishopUnited States · #609,972 worldwide332 citations · 176 works
28. 28🇺🇸 Margaret S. RaceUnited States · #673,849 worldwide40 citations · 36 works
29. 29🇺🇸 Matija ĆukUnited States · #745,721 worldwide49 citations · 36 works
30. 30🇺🇸 J. R. MarshallUnited States · #771,437 worldwide108 citations · 53 works
31. 31🇺🇸 Jeffrey L. CoughlinUnited States · #783,706 worldwide59 citations · 35 works
32. 32🇺🇸 N. BramallUnited States · #793,762 worldwide41 citations · 21 works
33. 33🇺🇸 L. K. FentonUnited States · #845,371 worldwide91 citations · 62 works
34. 34🇺🇸 Blas MolinaUnited States · #900,871 worldwide0 citations · 18 works
35. 35🇺🇸 S. SilvestroUnited States · #944,094 worldwide38 citations · 34 works
36. 36🇺🇸 Timothy I. MichaelsUnited States · #944,439 worldwide73 citations · 24 works
37. 37🇺🇸 Veselin B. KostovUnited States · #1,011,558 worldwide83 citations · 36 works
38. 38🇺🇸 F. ScipioniUnited States · #1,083,215 worldwide26 citations · 16 works
39. 39🇺🇸 J. Andy SpryUnited States · #1,230,438 worldwide5 citations · 20 works
40. 40🇺🇸 Richard CartwrightUnited States · #1,286,861 worldwide26 citations · 31 works
41. 41🇺🇸 A. CoteraUnited States · #1,293,133 worldwide33 citations · 43 works
42. 42🇺🇸 Robert FrenchUnited States · #1,385,490 worldwide7 citations · 26 works
43. 43🇺🇸 P. JenniskensUnited States · #1,436,679 worldwide14 citations · 26 works
44. 44🇺🇸 J. M. PaqueUnited States · #1,518,685 worldwide20 citations · 19 works
45. 45🇺🇸 J. N. SpitaleUnited States · #1,541,871 worldwide7 citations · 22 works

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.