Researchers at Smithsonian Institution

1. 1Nancy KnowltonUnited States · #19,222 worldwide42k citations · 214 works
2. 2Douglas H.VE UbelakerUnited States · #38,258 worldwide16k citations · 351 works
3. 3Anna K. BehrensmeyerUnited States · #41,592 worldwide15k citations · 215 works
4. 4Scott L. WingUnited States · #74,592 worldwide20k citations · 302 works
5. 5Ted R. SchultzUnited States · #83,157 worldwide11k citations · 152 works
6. 6Noreen TurossUnited States · #88,667 worldwide8.8k citations · 123 works
7. 7David L. SwoffordUnited States · #106,284 worldwide26k citations · 76 works
8. 8Elizabeth A. ZimmerUnited States · #114,000 worldwide11k citations · 129 works
9. 9James F. LuhrUnited States · #139,536 worldwide7.1k citations · 106 works
10. 10Matthew T. CarranoUnited States · #148,997 worldwide6.8k citations · 102 works
11. 11Marion F. MecklenburgUnited States · #162,997 worldwide1.8k citations · 93 works
12. 12Terry L. ErwinUnited States · #173,649 worldwide9.5k citations · 73 works
13. 13Kenneth J. WurdackUnited States · #179,976 worldwide7.6k citations · 290 works
14. 14Torben C. RickUnited States · #181,011 worldwide8k citations · 266 works
15. 15Jonathan D. BallouUnited States · #187,031 worldwide17k citations · 190 works
16. 16Betty J. MeggersUnited States · #197,018 worldwide4.7k citations · 188 works
17. 17Elizabeth CottrellUnited States · #205,155 worldwide7k citations · 251 works
18. 18William G. MelsonUnited States · #217,676 worldwide4.5k citations · 123 works
19. 19Jun WenUnited States · #219,872 worldwide16k citations · 432 works
20. 20Ronald L. BishopUnited States · #229,515 worldwide3.1k citations · 163 works
21. 21David L. EricksonUnited States · #233,805 worldwide13k citations · 154 works
22. 22Logan KistlerUnited States · #234,300 worldwide3.1k citations · 95 works
23. 23Walter H. AdeyUnited States · #241,356 worldwide7.7k citations · 239 works
24. 24Donald J. OrtnerUnited States · #244,025 worldwide6.8k citations · 105 works
25. 25Ian G. MacintyreUnited States · #244,335 worldwide8.5k citations · 176 works
26. 26Ivan KarpUnited States · #251,431 worldwide3.5k citations · 78 works
27. 27Ives GoddardUnited States · #260,941 worldwide2.2k citations · 121 works
28. 28J. A. GrantUnited States · #268,779 worldwide25k citations · 745 works
29. 29Briana L. PobinerUnited States · #270,003 worldwide1.8k citations · 89 works
30. 30Ashley N. EganUnited States · #312,036 worldwide4.2k citations · 102 works
31. 31Lee SiebertUnited States · #334,668 worldwide5.6k citations · 78 works
32. 32John R. SwantonUnited States · #334,889 worldwide2.3k citations · 163 works
33. 33Matthew L. BuffingtonUnited States · #341,009 worldwide4.9k citations · 196 works
34. 34Lillian B. MillerUnited States · #362,016 worldwide792 citations · 113 works
35. 35William A. DiMicheleUnited States · #362,883 worldwide12k citations · 288 works
36. 36Sabrina B. SholtsUnited States · #369,367 worldwide1.7k citations · 83 works
37. 37Gene HuntUnited States · #375,285 worldwide4.3k citations · 133 works
38. 38Sharon A. WilsonUnited States · #382,780 worldwide7.1k citations · 170 works
39. 39Joshua A. BellUnited States · #395,660 worldwide525 citations · 47 works
40. 40T. J. McCoyUnited States · #395,882 worldwide22k citations · 723 works
41. 41Richard S. FiskeUnited States · #398,834 worldwide5.1k citations · 102 works
42. 42Brian T. HuberUnited States · #401,110 worldwide11k citations · 447 works
43. 43Anna K. BehrensmeyerUnited States · #406,585 worldwide3.4k citations · 37 works
44. 44Bruno FrøhlichUnited States · #420,703 worldwide2.4k citations · 77 works
45. 45M. James BlackmanUnited States · #441,361 worldwide1k citations · 61 works
46. 46Bruce A. CampbellUnited States · #453,131 worldwide11k citations · 686 works
47. 47Chris MeyerUnited States · #458,120 worldwide12k citations · 282 works
48. 48Ingi AgnarssonUnited States · #477,855 worldwide9.2k citations · 249 works
49. 49Wilcomb E. WashburnUnited States · #488,726 worldwide1.9k citations · 259 works
50. 50Michael J. BraunUnited States · #501,184 worldwide13k citations · 154 works
51. 51Paul FormanUnited States · #512,545 worldwide2.2k citations · 107 works
52. 52Barton C. HackerUnited States · #512,696 worldwide1.6k citations · 314 works
53. 53T. R. WattersUnited States · #527,697 worldwide9k citations · 421 works
54. 54Sara C. ZapicoUnited States · #534,015 worldwide1.9k citations · 87 works
55. 55Robert StuckenrathUnited States · #543,927 worldwide3k citations · 89 works
56. 56Lee A. WeigtUnited States · #544,029 worldwide7.1k citations · 78 works
57. 57Sorena Svea SorensenUnited States · #564,666 worldwide3.3k citations · 84 works
58. 58Daniel Jean StanleyUnited States · #565,110 worldwide10k citations · 248 works
59. 59Eugene S. MortonUnited States · #575,886 worldwide8.5k citations · 159 works
60. 60Jeffrey E. PostUnited States · #590,555 worldwide10k citations · 198 works
61. 61Adrienne L. KaepplerUnited States · #608,325 worldwide1.3k citations · 155 works
62. 62J. Daniel RogersUnited States · #615,777 worldwide1.7k citations · 53 works
63. 63KENNETH M. BILBYUnited States · #619,673 worldwide878 citations · 98 works
64. 64Eric SchuettpelzUnited States · #627,364 worldwide6.4k citations · 114 works
65. 65Andrew J. PekarikUnited States · #645,991 worldwide1.1k citations · 74 works
66. 66Rebecca B. DikowUnited States · #648,647 worldwide3.5k citations · 98 works
67. 67Otto MayrUnited States · #664,859 worldwide1.6k citations · 74 works
68. 68Edward S. AyensuUnited States · #666,359 worldwide3.1k citations · 68 works
69. 69E. R. JawinUnited States · #667,654 worldwide4.8k citations · 182 works
70. 70David E. SchindelUnited States · #670,905 worldwide7.3k citations · 37 works
71. 71Klaus RützlerUnited States · #682,699 worldwide5.7k citations · 139 works
72. 72Louise H. EmmonsUnited States · #684,130 worldwide7.6k citations · 112 works
73. 73Vicki Ann FunkUnited States · #686,958 worldwide11k citations · 234 works
74. 74Mary Jo ArnoldiUnited States · #696,449 worldwide900 citations · 86 works
75. 75Silvia A. JustiUnited States · #707,118 worldwide1.3k citations · 57 works
76. 76EUGENE JAROSEWICHUnited States · #710,935 worldwide6k citations · 139 works
77. 77Asuncion Elena CharolaUnited States · #728,111 worldwide2.7k citations · 138 works
78. 78Helmut Karl BuechnerUnited States · #729,505 worldwide1.6k citations · 69 works
79. 79W. ShropshireUnited States · #731,526 worldwide1.9k citations · 58 works
80. 80Beth SlikasUnited States · #734,900 worldwide4.2k citations · 58 works
81. 81Alexander NagelUnited States · #765,982 worldwide1.1k citations · 66 works
82. 82William W. FitzhughUnited States · #785,356 worldwide30k citations · 189 works
83. 83Francis M. HueberUnited States · #787,598 worldwide2k citations · 50 works
84. 84Kenneth M. ToweUnited States · #805,494 worldwide3.1k citations · 108 works
85. 85Labelle PrussinUnited States · #808,150 worldwide405 citations · 48 works
86. 86CLIFFORD D. EVANSUnited States · #809,349 worldwide875 citations · 101 works
87. 87Walter F. CannonUnited States · #809,489 worldwide763 citations · 38 works
88. 88Roy S. Bryce-LaporteUnited States · #824,446 worldwide384 citations · 21 works
89. 89Dennis J. StanfordUnited States · #842,843 worldwide2.2k citations · 94 works
90. 90Alexander B. WetmoreUnited States · #848,649 worldwide3.9k citations · 584 works
91. 91J. Lawrence AngelUnited States · #859,904 worldwide1.4k citations · 62 works
92. 92Waldo R. WedelUnited States · #862,153 worldwide820 citations · 109 works
93. 93Edward P. VicenziUnited States · #866,747 worldwide9.6k citations · 236 works
94. 94Leslie A. Reeder-MyersUnited States · #870,724 worldwide1k citations · 46 works
95. 95Alexander E. WhiteUnited States · #899,288 worldwide913 citations · 33 works
96. 96Audrey B. DavisUnited States · #914,730 worldwide1.3k citations · 109 works
97. 97Daniel G. MulcahyUnited States · #920,718 worldwide3.5k citations · 97 works
98. 98Robert B. WithrowUnited States · #921,345 worldwide1.9k citations · 36 works
99. 99Christraud M. GearyUnited States · #928,396 worldwide636 citations · 67 works
100. 100L. A. JohnstonUnited States · #930,756 worldwide1.2k citations · 20 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.