Researchers at Washington Center

1. 1Charles Louis SeegerUnited States · #203,469 worldwide1.2k citations · 128 works
2. 2Mary Backus RankinUnited States · #213,837 worldwide1k citations · 69 works
3. 3Paul ChodoffUnited States · #330,735 worldwide4.1k citations · 148 works
4. 4Naum JasnyUnited States · #345,167 worldwide828 citations · 120 works
5. 5Irving BrantUnited States · #396,527 worldwide245 citations · 68 works
6. 6Howard McGaw SmythUnited States · #547,026 worldwide426 citations · 76 works
7. 7Anuradha JettyUnited States · #589,423 worldwide1.5k citations · 62 works
8. 8Lara J. BurrowsUnited States · #607,300 worldwide8.6k citations · 61 works
9. 9Constance McLaughlin GreenUnited States · #630,031 worldwide427 citations · 52 works
10. 10Bray HammondUnited States · #639,409 worldwide709 citations · 33 works
11. 11John PradosUnited States · #684,681 worldwide1k citations · 190 works
12. 12Eric RollUnited States · #714,176 worldwide788 citations · 39 works
13. 13Julius S. NeviaserUnited States · #732,457 worldwide1.1k citations · 22 works
14. 14Charles Maurice WiltseUnited States · #804,993 worldwide348 citations · 109 works
15. 15Richard M. LeightonUnited States · #918,022 worldwide214 citations · 38 works
16. 16Milton CraneUnited States · #922,322 worldwide200 citations · 46 works
17. 17Theodore RooseveltUnited States · #950,895 worldwide1.8k citations · 375 works
18. 18Elio GianturcoUnited States · #971,663 worldwide811 citations · 115 works
19. 19Denys Peter MyersUnited States · #973,862 worldwide912 citations · 189 works
20. 20Louis JoughinUnited States · #1,022,633 worldwide201 citations · 39 works
21. 21Madaline Wallis NicholsUnited States · #1,047,766 worldwide447 citations · 259 works
22. 22Helena CobbanUnited States · #1,095,086 worldwide501 citations · 97 works
23. 23Maurice T. PriceUnited States · #1,129,303 worldwide350 citations · 91 works
24. 24Bertram I. SpectorUnited States · #1,148,966 worldwide403 citations · 118 works
25. 25Arthur Leon HornikerUnited States · #1,166,270 worldwide442 citations · 74 works
26. 26Peggy K. LissUnited States · #1,177,574 worldwide1k citations · 34 works
27. 27Rebecca Kruse‐JarresUnited States · #1,251,494 worldwide5.3k citations · 117 works
28. 28George W. F. HallgartenUnited States · #1,260,023 worldwide131 citations · 36 works
29. 29William Lytle SchurzUnited States · #1,287,190 worldwide328 citations · 39 works
30. 30Gregg B. JacksonUnited States · #1,315,644 worldwide3.2k citations · 34 works
31. 31Alvin E. ParrishUnited States · #1,365,017 worldwide688 citations · 42 works
32. 32John F. CoverdaleUnited States · #1,394,553 worldwide366 citations · 28 works
33. 33Meyer M. SilvermanUnited States · #1,435,012 worldwide559 citations · 21 works
34. 34Steven BellerUnited States · #1,506,592 worldwide482 citations · 175 works
35. 35Blanche D. CollUnited States · #1,596,162 worldwide103 citations · 20 works
36. 36J. Winthrop PeabodyUnited States · #1,618,004 worldwide766 citations · 37 works
37. 37Joseph H. BaughUnited States · #1,618,068 worldwide1.1k citations · 18 works
38. 38John T. FultonUnited States · #1,734,025 worldwide277 citations · 47 works
39. 39Louise Merwin YoungUnited States · #1,744,306 worldwide141 citations · 32 works
40. 40Helenor Campbell WilderUnited States · #1,760,373 worldwide753 citations · 19 works
41. 41David Cushman CoyleUnited States · #1,799,183 worldwide105 citations · 38 works
42. 42Edward R. HawkinsUnited States · #1,807,192 worldwide85 citations · 16 works
43. 43John S. HoweUnited States · #1,835,586 worldwide291 citations · 22 works
44. 44Stanley K. HornbeckUnited States · #1,878,604 worldwide195 citations · 68 works
45. 45George WytheUnited States · #1,899,734 worldwide130 citations · 52 works
46. 46Ellen CollinsUnited States · #1,960,560 worldwide265 citations · 53 works
47. 47Louis-André VignerasUnited States · #1,961,418 worldwide169 citations · 26 works
48. 48JOHN HARRY KINGUnited States · #1,962,935 worldwide1.4k citations · 89 works
49. 49Michael H. GoldbergUnited States · #2,018,777 worldwide633 citations · 118 works
50. 50Lazar VolinUnited States · #2,027,441 worldwide233 citations · 46 works
51. 51Harry S. BerntonUnited States · #2,033,943 worldwide834 citations · 46 works
52. 52Claire Richter ShermanUnited States · #2,050,160 worldwide252 citations · 26 works
53. 53Thomas Mcstay AdamsUnited States · #2,069,448 worldwide241 citations · 50 works
54. 54Worth B. DanielsUnited States · #2,088,653 worldwide426 citations · 22 works
55. 55Edgar TurlingtonUnited States · #2,090,224 worldwide426 citations · 76 works
56. 56Peter M. WingroveUnited States · #2,108,752 worldwide486 citations · 30 works
57. 57Seward W. LivermoreUnited States · #2,126,514 worldwide144 citations · 27 works
58. 58Raymond Franklin SlettoUnited States · #2,149,351 worldwide1.1k citations · 22 works
59. 59Joseph BrentUnited States · #2,150,101 worldwide581 citations · 18 works
60. 60William D. MahoneyUnited States · #2,168,264 worldwide324 citations · 17 works
61. 61OTIS TUFTON MASONUnited States · #2,213,767 worldwide409 citations · 164 works
62. 62Harry C. OberholserUnited States · #2,215,764 worldwide1.9k citations · 292 works
63. 63Leon KelsoUnited States · #2,223,177 worldwide1.2k citations · 114 works
64. 64Miles L. ColeanUnited States · #2,325,019 worldwide123 citations · 38 works
65. 65Joseph F. CoatesUnited States · #2,331,292 worldwide2.1k citations · 283 works
66. 66Earl Parker HansonUnited States · #2,340,048 worldwide160 citations · 30 works
67. 67Roger PineauUnited States · #2,343,432 worldwide151 citations · 29 works
68. 68Harrison G. DyarUnited States · #2,344,616 worldwide2.4k citations · 600 works
69. 69Ralph Willard ImlayUnited States · #2,355,697 worldwide2.5k citations · 87 works
70. 70Lucile Sheppard KeyesUnited States · #2,419,816 worldwide405 citations · 41 works
71. 71Ralph SandersUnited States · #2,425,484 worldwide108 citations · 24 works
72. 72Wolf LadejinskyUnited States · #2,450,210 worldwide126 citations · 31 works
73. 73Herbert RosinskiUnited States · #2,458,884 worldwide217 citations · 22 works
74. 74Harry Ardell. AllardUnited States · #2,466,394 worldwide1.3k citations · 121 works
75. 75John W. McTigueUnited States · #2,479,989 worldwide379 citations · 18 works
76. 76Alix HenleyUnited States · #2,557,532 worldwide453 citations · 58 works
77. 77David Hall StaufferUnited States · #2,567,578 worldwide131 citations · 16 works
78. 78David Ives BushnellUnited States · #2,586,006 worldwide207 citations · 49 works
79. 79Guy Stanton FordUnited States · #2,599,364 worldwide494 citations · 98 works
80. 80Sidney I. PlossUnited States · #2,613,176 worldwide147 citations · 46 works
81. 81Warren C. BaumUnited States · #2,617,085 worldwide390 citations · 31 works
82. 82Irene A. WrightUnited States · #2,638,456 worldwide397 citations · 37 works
83. 83William M. FranklinUnited States · #2,640,320 worldwide86 citations · 23 works
84. 84Donald Stone MacdonaldUnited States · #2,641,403 worldwide332 citations · 53 works
85. 85Robert DevereuxUnited States · #2,669,227 worldwide150 citations · 47 works
86. 86Kevin Conley RuffnerUnited States · #2,693,312 worldwide122 citations · 43 works
87. 87Edward J. StieglitzUnited States · #2,698,339 worldwide417 citations · 87 works
88. 88Helen Swick PerryUnited States · #2,698,934 worldwide601 citations · 18 works
89. 89Leonard T. PetersonUnited States · #2,718,508 worldwide157 citations · 29 works
90. 90Frank S. CaprioUnited States · #2,745,290 worldwide103 citations · 44 works
91. 91Sam F. SeeleyUnited States · #2,769,306 worldwide347 citations · 38 works
92. 92Cyrus ThomasUnited States · #2,796,439 worldwide367 citations · 88 works
93. 93Anyda MarchantUnited States · #2,826,355 worldwide91 citations · 22 works
94. 94Herminio Portell ViláUnited States · #2,845,448 worldwide265 citations · 44 works
95. 95George B. N. AyitteyUnited States · #2,846,676 worldwide891 citations · 89 works
96. 96Frank D. CostenbaderUnited States · #2,859,286 worldwide535 citations · 44 works
97. 97Kamal BoullataUnited States · #2,880,784 worldwide84 citations · 25 works
98. 98National Research CouncilUnited States · #2,889,578 worldwide25k citations · 817 works
99. 99Howard Frederick BarkerUnited States · #2,961,176 worldwide168 citations · 35 works
100. 100Cecil L. FrenchUnited States · #2,979,174 worldwide37 citations · 29 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.