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
chemistry
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
329
162
0.492
* 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
Genetics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
219
99
0.452
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Stephen L Buchwald
organic synthesis
organometallic chemistry
catalysis
asymmetric catalysis
flow chemistry
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
203
85
0.419
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Richard Young
Biology
Genetics
Genomics
Epigenetics
Cancer
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 transfer
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
188
103
0.548
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
John Gabrieli
Cognitive Neuroscience
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
177
88
0.497
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
James J Collins
synthetic biology
antibiotics
biological physics
bionanotechnology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
175
120
0.686

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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Gang Chen
heat
energy
photovoltaic
electromagnetic
desalination
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
169
110
0.651
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Manolis Kellis
Computer Science
Machine Learning
Computational Biology
Genomics
Biology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
159
127
0.799
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
David M Sabatini
mTOR rapamycin growth nutrients metabolism lysosome leucine
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
158
116
0.734
* 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 Science
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
158
76
0.481
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Daniela Rus
Robotics
Wireless Networks
Distributed Computing
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
155
99
0.639
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Daniel G Anderson
biomaterials
gene delivery
nanomedicine
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
153
107
0.699
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Joshua B Tenenbaum
Cognitive science
artificial intelligence
machine learning
computational neuroscience
cognitive psychology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
152
126
0.829
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Tomaso Poggio
Machine Learning
Learning Theory
AI
Neuroscience
Computational Vision
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
148
68
0.459
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Ju Li
Computational Materials Science
metallurgy
solid mechanics
nanocomposites
batteries
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
147
110
0.748
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Matthew Evans
Gravitational Waves
Precision Measurement
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145
102
0.703
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
William T Freeman
computer vision
computational photography
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145
99
0.683
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Samuel Klein
physics
machine learning
health
translation
knowledge graphs
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
141
82
0.582
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Robert Langer
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
329
162
0.492
drug delivery
tissue engineering
biomaterials
nanotechnology
chemistry
* 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
99
0.452
* 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
85
0.419
organic synthesis
organometallic chemistry
catalysis
asymmetric catalysis
flow chemistry
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Myrna Weissman
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
200
81
0.405
* 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
103
0.548
nanophotonics
photonic crystals
nonlinear optics
wireless power transfer
* 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
88
0.497
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
James J Collins
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
175
120
0.686
synthetic biology
antibiotics
biological physics
bionanotechnology

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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
110
0.651
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Manolis Kellis
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
159
127
0.799
Computer Science
Machine Learning
Computational Biology
Genomics
Biology
* 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
116
0.734
mTOR rapamycin growth nutrients metabolism lysosome leucine
* 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
76
0.481
Social Physics
Honest Signals
Computational Social Science
Network and Complexity Science
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Daniela Rus
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
155
99
0.639
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Daniel G Anderson
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
153
107
0.699
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Joshua B Tenenbaum
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
152
126
0.829
Cognitive science
artificial intelligence
machine learning
computational neuroscience
cognitive psychology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Tomaso Poggio
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
148
68
0.459
Machine Learning
Learning Theory
AI
Neuroscience
Computational Vision
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Ju Li
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
147
110
0.748
Computational Materials Science
metallurgy
solid mechanics
nanocomposites
batteries
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Jing Kong
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
147
100
0.680
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Antonio Torralba
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145
118
0.814
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Matthew Evans
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145
102
0.703
Gravitational Waves
Precision Measurement
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
William T Freeman
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145
99
0.683
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Morgan Sheng
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145
70
0.483
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Samuel Klein
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
141
82
0.582
physics
machine learning
health
translation
knowledge graphs