Stanford University

Stanford, CA
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    323 faculty · 0 courses · data as of 2026-07-02

    Economics102 faculty avg h-index 35.9 #6 of 104 in Economics
    Guido W Imbens, Professor h-index 91
    Es on developing methods for drawing causal inferences in observational studies, using matching, instrumental variables, and regression discontinuity designs. Related News Newly Elected Members of the National Academy of Sciences Guido Imbe
    Notable: “Recent Developments in the Econometrics of Program Evaluation” (2009) · 4,901 citations
    Erik Brynjolfsson, Professor (by courtesy) of Economics and of Operations, Information and Technology h-index 86
    Information Technology and Economics - Information Technology and the Organization of Work - Information Technology and Productivity - Pricing and Sharing of Digital Information - Implications of Analytics and Artificial Intelligence Show More Stanford GSB
    Notable: “Beyond Computation: Information Technology, Organizational Transformation and Business Performance” (2000) · 3,237 citations
    Nicholas A. Bloom, Professor of Economics (by courtesy) h-index 85
    Es on measuring and explaining management practices. He has been working with McKinsey & Company as part of a long-run effort to collect management data from over 10,000 firms across industries and countries. The aim is to build an empirical basis for understa
    Notable: “Measuring Economic Policy Uncertainty*” (2016) · 11,918 citations
    Nicholas Bloom, Professor h-index 85
    Es on measuring and explaining management practices. He has been working with McKinsey & Company as part of a long-run effort to collect management data from over 10,000 firms across industries and countries. The aim is to build an empirical basis for understa
    Notable: “Measuring Economic Policy Uncertainty*” (2016) · 11,918 citations
    Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering60 faculty avg h-index 54 #6 of 34 in Electrical & Computer Engineering
    Dan Boneh, Professor h-index 119
    My main research focus is applied cryptography and computer security. Here is a list of my publications and current students and research group. General info<
    H.-S. Philip Wong, Professor h-index 107
    Nanotechnology, nanoelectronics, semiconductor technology, solid-state devices, Si CMOS, solid-state imaging. 21st century information technology (IT) must process, understand, classify, and organize vast amount of data in real-time. 21st century applicatio
    Notable: “In-memory computing with resistive switching devices” (2018) · 2,156 citations
    Mark A. Horowitz, Professor h-index 103
    Quite broad and span using EE and CS analysis methods to problems in neuro and molecular biology to creating new agile design methodologies for analog and digital VLSI circuits. He remains interested in learning new things, and building interdisciplinary t
    Notable: “EIE” (2016) · 2,036 citations
    Eric Pop, Professor h-index 86
    Notable: “Thermal Conductance of an Individual Single-Wall Carbon Nanotube above Room Temperature” (2005) · 1,821 citations
    Physics50 faculty avg h-index 56.2 #1 of 21 in Physics
    Roger Blandford, Luke Blossom Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences, and Professor of Physics and of Particle Physics and Astrophysics h-index 143
    Theoretical Astrophysics and Cosmology People Faculty Visiting Professors and Scholars Research Staff Administrative Staff About About Us
    Notable: “Electromagnetic extraction of energy from Kerr black holes” (1977) · 5,071 citations
    Peter Michelson, Luke Blossom Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences h-index 123
    Notable: “The Third EGRET Catalog of High-Energy Gamma-Ray Sources” · 1,672 citations
    Zhi-Xun Shen, Paul Pigott Professor of Physical Sciences, Professor of Applied Physics, of Physics and Senior Fellow at the Precourt Institute for Energy h-index 117
    Notable: “Angle-resolved photoemission studies of the cuprate superconductors” (2003) · 3,765 citations
    Persis S. Drell, Provost, Emerita, James and Anna Marie Spilker Professor, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and of Physics h-index 114
    Experimental and Observational Astrophysics and Cosmology Experimental Particle Physics People Faculty Visiting Professors and Scholars Research Staff Administrative Staff About About Us
    Notable: “THE LARGE AREA TELESCOPE ON THEFERMI GAMMA-RAY SPACE TELESCOPEMISSION” (2009) · 4,122 citations
    Government39 faculty avg h-index 31.5 #2 of 100 in Political Science
    Jon Krosnick, Frederic O. Glover Professor of Humanities and Social Sciences, Professor of Communication and of Political Science, of Environmental Social Sciences and, by courtesy, of Psychology h-index 95
    Author of seven published books and two forthcoming books and more than 190 articles and chapters, Dr. Krosnick conducts research in three primary areas: (1) attitude formation, change, and effects, (2) the psychology of political behavior
    Notable: “Response strategies for coping with the cognitive demands of attitude measures in surveys” (1991) · 2,396 citations
    Shanto Iyengar, William Robertson Coe Professor and Professor of Political Science and of Communication h-index 71
    The role of mass media in democratic societies, public opinion, and political psychology. Iyengar’s research has been supported by grants from the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, the Ford Foundation
    Notable: “The Origins and Consequences of Affective Polarization in the United States” (2018) · 3,145 citations
    Gary Cox, William Bennett Munro Professor of Political Science h-index 66
    Research Area(s) American Politics Comparative Politics Political Methodology About About Us Areas of Research
    Notable: “Electoral Politics as a Redistributive Game” (1986) · 1,287 citations
    Barry R. Weingast, Ward C. Krebs Family Professor, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and, by courtesy, at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies h-index 65
    Es on the political foundation of markets, economic reform, and regulation. He has written extensively on problems of political economy of development, federalism and decentralization, legal institutions and the rule of law, and democracy.
    Notable: “Constitutions and Commitment: The Evolution of Institutions Governing Public Choice in Seventeenth-Century England” (1989) · 5,294 citations
    Mechanical Engineering37 faculty avg h-index 45.4 #5 of 70 in Mechanical Engineering
    Ellen Kuhl, Catherine Holman Johnson Director of Stanford Bio-X, Walter B Reinhold Professor in the School of Engineering, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and, by courtesy, of Bioengineering h-index 85
    Notable: “Mechanical properties of gray and white matter brain tissue by indentation” (2015) · 705 citations
    Mark Cutkosky, Fletcher Jones Professor in the School of Engineering h-index 81
    Notable: “On grasp choice, grasp models, and the design of hands for manufacturing tasks” (1989) · 1,498 citations
    Juan G. Santiago, Charles Lee Powell Foundation Professor h-index 78
    Notable: “A review of micropumps” (2004) · 1,837 citations
    Allison Okamura, Richard W. Weiland Professor in the School of Engineering and Professor of Mechanical Engineering h-index 73
    Notable: “A soft robot that navigates its environment through growth” (2017) · 936 citations
    Computer Science35 faculty avg h-index 48 #3 of 88 in Computer Science
    Leonidas Guibas, Paul Pigott Professor of Engineering and Professor, by courtesy, of Electrical Engineering h-index 120
    Notable: “PointNet: Deep Learning on Point Sets for 3D Classification and Segmentation” (2017) · 9,782 citations
    Ron Dror, Cheriton Family Professor and Professor, by courtesy, of Structural Biology and of Molecular & Cellular Physiology h-index 94
    Notable: “Improved side‐chain torsion potentials for the Amber ff99SB protein force field” (2010) · 6,292 citations
    William Dally, Adjunct Professor, Emeritus h-index 93
    Notable: “SqueezeNet: AlexNet-level accuracy with 50x fewer parameters and <0.5MB model size” (2016) · 5,925 citations
    Stefano Ermon, Associate Professor of Computer Science and Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment h-index 81
    Notable: “Analysis of protein-coding genetic variation in 60,706 humans” (2016) · 10,316 citations

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    About Stanford University. Stanford University in Stanford, CA reports an overall acceptance rate of 3.6%, an early-round acceptance rate of 7.2%, an SAT middle 50% of 1510–1570, a class size of 1,693, and a yield of 82.0% based on the most recent Common Data Set filings. Does not officially publish EA vs RD breakdowns. Extremely low acceptance rate across all rounds.