UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs faculty members have been recognized in the 2026 Stanford-Elsevier Top 2% Scientists List, highlighting the scholarly influence of research across the school’s academic disciplines.
Compiled by Stanford University in partnership with the publishing company Elsevier and SciTech Strategies, the list includes more than 100,000 researchers across 22 scientific fields and 174 subfields. The ranking is designed to offer visibility across disciplines, bringing attention to work that might otherwise remain niche or underappreciated.
The Stanford/Elsevier database recognizes researchers for their scholarly influence through two measures: career-long impact, which evaluates cumulative research citations, and single-year impact, which measures citations received during 2025.
The following active UCLA Luskin faculty members have been recognized in the 2026 Stanford/Elsevier World’s Top 2% Scientists rankings for their career-long and/or single-year research impact:
- Helmut K. Anheier — Adjunct Professor of Social Welfare and Public Policy | Both
- Ron Avi Astor — Professor of Social Welfare | Career-long
- Daniel J. Benjamin — Professor of Public Policy | Both
- Evelyn Blumenberg — Professor of Urban Planning | Both
- Dana Cuff — Professor of Urban Planning | Career-long
- Robert Fairlie — Distinguished Professor of Public Policy | Both
- Martin Gilens — Professor of Public Policy, Social Welfare | Both
- Neal Halfon — Professor of Public Policy | Both
- Jody Heymann — Distinguished Professor of Public Policy | Both
- Felicia Knaul — Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Public Policy | Both
- Susanne Lohmann — Professor of Public Policy | Career-long
- Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris— Dean of UCLA Luskin and Distinguished Professor of Urban Planning | Both
- Michael Manville — Professor of Urban Planning | Single-year
- Adam Millard-Ball — Professor of Urban Planning | Both
- Gregory Pierce — Associate Professor of Urban Planning | Single-year
- Thomas Rice — Distinguished Research Professor of Public Policy | Both
- Ananya Roy — Professor of Urban Planning, Social Welfare | Both
- Michael Storper — Distinguished Professor of Urban Planning | Both
- Brian D. Taylor — Research Professor of Urban Planning and Public Policy | Both
- John Villasenor — Professor of Public Policy | Both
- Laura Wray-Lake — Professor of Social Welfare | Single-year
