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Subfield · Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

Top Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics Researchers

John A. Pople ranks first, out of 5,895 ranked researchers.

Composite score: field-normalised excellence, output and total citations weighted 50 / 30 / 20, each as a percentile so no single heavy-tailed measure dominates. Floor: 15 works, and an institution the snapshot can resolve.

The ranking

  1. 1 John A. Pople United States · #77 worldwide 11k citations · 142 works
  2. 2 David Vanderbilt United States · #102 worldwide 7.3k citations · 143 works
  3. 3 Heng Fan China · #132 worldwide 5.5k citations · 146 works
  4. 4 Philip W. Anderson United States · #141 worldwide 5.8k citations · 126 works
  5. 5 John P. Perdew United States · #161 worldwide 9.9k citations · 119 works
  6. 6 Michele Parrinello Switzerland · #191 worldwide 5.6k citations · 175 works
  7. 7 Donald G. Truhlar United States · #255 worldwide 8.4k citations · 315 works
  8. 8 James Tobin United States · #336 worldwide 3.1k citations · 172 works
  9. 9 Hans A. Bethe United States · #371 worldwide 3.1k citations · 120 works
  10. 10 Martin B. Plenio Germany · #415 worldwide 3.6k citations · 146 works
  11. 11 P. Zoller Austria · #569 worldwide 4.2k citations · 178 works
  12. 12 Julian Schwinger United States · #684 worldwide 2.6k citations · 109 works
  13. 13 L. J. Sham United States · #756 worldwide 13k citations · 92 works
  14. 14 J. B. Pendry United Kingdom · #926 worldwide 3.5k citations · 121 works
  15. 15 N. David Mermin United States · #1,111 worldwide 2.1k citations · 120 works
  16. 16 Martin Karplus United States · #1,154 worldwide 4.7k citations · 163 works
  17. 17 W. Kohn United States · #1,359 worldwide 15k citations · 81 works
  18. 18 Supriyo Datta United States · #1,488 worldwide 2.5k citations · 129 works
  19. 19 N. F. Mott United Kingdom · #1,498 worldwide 3.4k citations · 88 works
  20. 20 A. L’Huillier Sweden · #1,499 worldwide 2.4k citations · 105 works
  21. 21 Matthew P. A. Fisher United States · #1,531 worldwide 3.2k citations · 91 works
  22. 22 Nicholas C. Handy United Kingdom · #1,548 worldwide 3.3k citations · 93 works
  23. 23 Steven Chu United States · #1,589 worldwide 3.5k citations · 82 works
  24. 24 A. K. Geǐm United Kingdom · #1,718 worldwide 3.4k citations · 86 works
  25. 25 Mansoor Sheik‐Bahae United States · #1,778 worldwide 2k citations · 94 works
  26. 26 Andrea C. Ferrari United Kingdom · #1,795 worldwide 3.2k citations · 101 works
  27. 27 Tobias J. Kippenberg Switzerland · #2,057 worldwide 3.1k citations · 224 works
  28. 28 R. Jackiw United States · #2,104 worldwide 2.9k citations · 107 works
  29. 29 N. Bloembergen United States · #2,137 worldwide 1.9k citations · 106 works
  30. 30 J. I. Cirac Germany · #2,143 worldwide 4.3k citations · 190 works
  31. 31 J. C. Knight United Kingdom · #2,273 worldwide 1.9k citations · 140 works
  32. 32 Frank Wilczek United States · #2,310 worldwide 2.9k citations · 153 works
  33. 33 Michael Berry United Kingdom · #2,317 worldwide 2.1k citations · 148 works
  34. 34 I. Lindau United States · #2,345 worldwide 2k citations · 98 works
  35. 35 U. Fano United States · #2,488 worldwide 3.3k citations · 72 works
  36. 36 John D. Joannopoulos United States · #2,496 worldwide 2.9k citations · 202 works
  37. 37 H. J. Kimble United States · #2,561 worldwide 2.3k citations · 116 works
  38. 38 Gerard ’t Hooft Netherlands · #2,600 worldwide 2.7k citations · 119 works
  39. 39 Philip Kim United States · #2,626 worldwide 3.5k citations · 170 works
  40. 40 H. L. Störmer United States · #2,660 worldwide 3.3k citations · 71 works
  41. 41 H. A. Haus United States · #2,819 worldwide 1.9k citations · 143 works
  42. 42 Stephen Harris United States · #2,874 worldwide 1.8k citations · 106 works
  43. 43 Carl Wieman United States · #2,877 worldwide 1.6k citations · 143 works
  44. 44 David A. B. Miller United States · #2,992 worldwide 2.8k citations · 227 works
  45. 45 Xiao-Gang Wen United States · #3,050 worldwide 3.6k citations · 138 works
  46. 46 Wojciech H. Zurek United States · #3,051 worldwide 2k citations · 79 works
  47. 47 Hans‐Joachim Werner Germany · #3,075 worldwide 1.8k citations · 110 works
  48. 48 P. Ring Germany · #3,150 worldwide 2.4k citations · 137 works
  49. 49 D. E. Aspnes United States · #3,240 worldwide 1.6k citations · 112 works
  50. 50 T. A. Birks United Kingdom · #3,269 worldwide 1.5k citations · 107 works
  51. 51 Robert G. Parr United States · #3,407 worldwide 2.4k citations · 68 works
  52. 52 Jianping Yao Canada · #3,493 worldwide 1.2k citations · 130 works
  53. 53 A. C. Gossard United States · #3,504 worldwide 4.2k citations · 306 works
  54. 54 M. Cardona Germany · #3,526 worldwide 4.1k citations · 282 works
  55. 55 Tony F. Heinz United States · #3,541 worldwide 2.6k citations · 143 works
  56. 56 Xiaogang Wang Russia · #3,681 worldwide 13k citations · 770 works
  57. 57 Ronald Holzwarth Germany · #3,723 worldwide 1.7k citations · 121 works
  58. 58 P. L. Knight United Kingdom · #3,767 worldwide 2k citations · 88 works
  59. 59 Roberto Car United States · #3,836 worldwide 3k citations · 151 works
  60. 60 Jay Gambetta United States · #3,844 worldwide 2.3k citations · 69 works
  61. 61 Daniel Sánchez‐Portal Spain · #3,887 worldwide 3k citations · 71 works
  62. 62 Samuel L. Braunstein United Kingdom · #3,911 worldwide 2.3k citations · 77 works
  63. 63 F. D. M. Haldane United States · #3,933 worldwide 2.9k citations · 63 works
  64. 64 Martin A. Green Australia · #4,037 worldwide 3.4k citations · 259 works
  65. 65 David J. Hagan United States · #4,055 worldwide 2.1k citations · 133 works
  66. 66 Misha Ivanov United Kingdom · #4,079 worldwide 1.6k citations · 78 works
  67. 67 Alex Zunger United States · #4,092 worldwide 4.7k citations · 278 works
  68. 68 Peter Nordlander United States · #4,165 worldwide 2.1k citations · 126 works
  69. 69 Florian Marquardt Germany · #4,212 worldwide 1.4k citations · 78 works
  70. 70 D. S. Chemla United States · #4,301 worldwide 1.6k citations · 149 works
  71. 71 P. B. Corkum Canada · #4,425 worldwide 2.1k citations · 165 works
  72. 72 Claude Weisbuch France · #4,535 worldwide 1.3k citations · 81 works
  73. 73 A. Fert France · #4,537 worldwide 2.4k citations · 123 works
  74. 74 Ian Affleck Canada · #4,550 worldwide 2.3k citations · 105 works
  75. 75 David E. Pritchard United States · #4,553 worldwide 1.5k citations · 69 works
  76. 76 E. K. U. Gross Germany · #4,575 worldwide 2.4k citations · 106 works
  77. 77 Élliott H. Lieb United States · #4,637 worldwide 2.5k citations · 154 works
  78. 78 Nicolas Gisin Switzerland · #4,814 worldwide 2.8k citations · 193 works
  79. 79 Vincenzo Barone Italy · #5,049 worldwide 3.9k citations · 210 works
  80. 80 V. E. Korepin United States · #5,117 worldwide 1.5k citations · 99 works
  81. 81 YiJing Yan China · #5,219 worldwide 1.6k citations · 63 works
  82. 82 Norman F. Ramsey United States · #5,299 worldwide 1.1k citations · 99 works
  83. 83 Martin Head‐Gordon United States · #5,440 worldwide 2.6k citations · 153 works
  84. 84 Phaedon Avouris United States · #5,549 worldwide 2.6k citations · 156 works
  85. 85 Paweł Horodecki Poland · #5,657 worldwide 1.4k citations · 97 works
  86. 86 Qiwen Zhan United States · #5,687 worldwide 1.1k citations · 105 works
  87. 87 Μ. Büttiker Switzerland · #5,751 worldwide 1.9k citations · 65 works
  88. 88 Marvin L. Cohen United States · #5,815 worldwide 4.7k citations · 291 works
  89. 89 Klaus Mølmer Denmark · #5,979 worldwide 1.8k citations · 104 works
  90. 90 D. J. Thouless United States · #6,089 worldwide 1.7k citations · 66 works
  91. 91 Efthimios Kaxiras United States · #6,159 worldwide 3.2k citations · 174 works
  92. 92 Yaron Silberberg Israel · #6,309 worldwide 1.4k citations · 110 works
  93. 93 Jacob N. Israelachvili United States · #6,350 worldwide 1.9k citations · 111 works
  94. 94 Eric W. Van Stryland United States · #6,374 worldwide 2.2k citations · 154 works
  95. 95 Anton Zeilinger Austria · #6,445 worldwide 1.8k citations · 134 works
  96. 96 Erich P. Ippen United States · #6,526 worldwide 2k citations · 168 works
  97. 97 Randall G. Hulet United States · #6,542 worldwide 1.4k citations · 84 works
  98. 98 Oskar Painter United States · #6,748 worldwide 977 citations · 92 works
  99. 99 Pekka Pyykkö Finland · #6,803 worldwide 1.4k citations · 74 works
  100. 100 Jagdeep Shah United States · #6,805 worldwide 1k citations · 94 works

authors from the 6,000 highest-output in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, re-ranked on the composite score. Author identities come from OpenAlex disambiguation and inherit its errors: a merged record can put one name over two people’s work, and a split one can halve a career. Every row links out to the OpenAlex record so the underlying claim is checkable, and anything that looks wrong can be reported from the row. That report files a correction against the bibliographic record for a human to review — it is not a removal or delisting request, and no such route exists yet.

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