Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a prestigious private university established in 1861 in United States. It is represented by 6,470 scientists in the AD Scientific Index. The university’s scientists are particularly concentrated in Engineering & Technology (1735 scientists), Natural Sciences (988 scientists), and Social Sciences and Humanities (488 scientists).

* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Robert Langer
drug delivery
tissue engineering
biomaterials
nanotechnology
chemistr
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
330
165
0.500
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Markus Klute
Particle Physic
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
231
143
0.619
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Robert A Weinberg
Cancer Biology
Cell Biology
Genetic
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
219
101
0.461
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Stephen L Buchwald
organic synthesis
organometallic chemistry
catalysis
asymmetric catalysis
flow chemistr
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
203
87
0.429
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Richard Young
Biology
Genetics
Genomics
Epigenetics
Cance
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
195
105
0.538
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Marin Soljacic
nanophotonics
photonic crystals
nonlinear optics
wireless power transfe
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
188
104
0.553
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
John Gabrieli
Cognitive Neuroscienc
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
177
90
0.508
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
James J Collins
synthetic biology
antibiotics
biological physics
bionanotechnolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
176
121
0.688

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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Gang Chen
heat
energy
photovoltaic
electromagnetic
desalinatio
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
169
111
0.657
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Manolis Kellis
Computer Science
Machine Learning
Computational Biology
Genomics
Biolog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
161
128
0.795
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
David M Sabatini
mTOR rapamycin growth nutrients metabolism lysosome leucin
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
158
117
0.741
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Alex `Sandy' Pentland|Alex Pentland, Sandy Pentland
Social Physics
Honest Signals
Computational Social Science
Network and Complexity Scienc
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
158
78
0.494
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Daniela Rus
Robotics
Wireless Networks
Distributed Computin
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
156
101
0.647
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Joshua B Tenenbaum
Cognitive science
artificial intelligence
machine learning
computational neuroscience
cognitive psycholog
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
154
129
0.838
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Daniel G Anderson
biomaterials
gene delivery
nanomedicin
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
153
109
0.712
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Ju Li
Computational Materials Science
metallurgy
solid mechanics
nanocomposites
batterie
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
149
112
0.752
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Tomaso Poggio
Machine Learning
Learning Theory
AI
Neuroscience
Computational Visio
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
148
69
0.466
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Matthew Evans
Gravitational Waves
Precision Measuremen
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
146
104
0.712
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
William T Freeman
computer vision
computational photograph
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
146
99
0.678
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Samuel Klein
physics
machine learning
health
translation
knowledge graph
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
141
83
0.589
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Robert Langer
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
330
165
0.500
drug delivery
tissue engineering
biomaterials
nanotechnology
chemistr
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Markus Klute
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
231
143
0.619
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Robert A Weinberg
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
219
101
0.461
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Stephen L Buchwald
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
203
87
0.429
organic synthesis
organometallic chemistry
catalysis
asymmetric catalysis
flow chemistr
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Myrna Weissman
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
203
82
0.404
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Richard Young
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
195
105
0.538
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Marin Soljacic
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
188
104
0.553
nanophotonics
photonic crystals
nonlinear optics
wireless power transfe
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Daron Acemoğlu
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
179
136
0.760
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
John Gabrieli
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
177
90
0.508
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
James J Collins
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
176
121
0.688
synthetic biology
antibiotics
biological physics
bionanotechnolog

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* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Gang Chen
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
169
111
0.657
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Manolis Kellis
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
161
128
0.795
Computer Science
Machine Learning
Computational Biology
Genomics
Biolog
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
David M Sabatini
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
158
117
0.741
mTOR rapamycin growth nutrients metabolism lysosome leucin
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Alex `Sandy' Pentland|Alex Pentland, Sandy Pentland
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
158
78
0.494
Social Physics
Honest Signals
Computational Social Science
Network and Complexity Scienc
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Daniela Rus
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
156
101
0.647
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Joshua B Tenenbaum
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
154
129
0.838
Cognitive science
artificial intelligence
machine learning
computational neuroscience
cognitive psycholog
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Daniel G Anderson
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
153
109
0.712
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Ju Li
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
149
112
0.752
Computational Materials Science
metallurgy
solid mechanics
nanocomposites
batterie
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Jing Kong
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
149
103
0.691
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Antonio Torralba
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
148
121
0.818
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Tomaso Poggio
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
148
69
0.466
Machine Learning
Learning Theory
AI
Neuroscience
Computational Visio
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Matthew Evans
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
146
104
0.712
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
William T Freeman
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
146
99
0.678
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Morgan Sheng
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145
72
0.497
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Samuel Klein
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
141
83
0.589
physics
machine learning
health
translation
knowledge graph