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Research Impact Profile

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

US80,570,319 Citations
Mapped scholars
10
Total citations
80,570,319
Citing countries
2+
Works indexed
401,144

About Massachusetts Institute of Technology's research impact

Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a globally recognized research institution based in US, with a documented citation footprint of 80,570,319 citations across 401,144 indexed works. CitationMap surfaces the 10 most-cited scholars currently affiliated with the institution, ranked by lifetime citations, and traces where each researcher's work is being cited around the world.

The institution's strongest publishing areas — derived from the top scholars' primary research concepts on this page — span Biology, Medicine, Computer science, and Physics. Massachusetts Institute of Technology is widely regarded for its work in computer science, electrical engineering, robotics, physics, and applied mathematics, and its researchers are cited by peers in 2+ countries, reflecting the institution's deep international research network.

Each scholar listed below links to their own dedicated citation map — a country-level visualization of where their papers have been cited. Scholars from Massachusetts Institute of Technology preparing O-1, EB-1A, EB-1B, or EB-2 NIW visa petitions can use these maps as evidence of international acclaim and major significance to their field, while research administrators can use them to surface collaboration opportunities and track an institution's global academic footprint.

The data on this page is refreshed continuously, so the rankings and citation totals you see reflect the most recent author metadata our pipeline has observed. Counts are sourced from Google Scholar profiles, enriched with OpenAlex bibliometrics for institutional affiliation, and de-duplicated against ORCID where available. If a scholar from Massachusetts Institute of Technology is missing or out of date, you can submit their Google Scholar URL from the homepage and we will queue a fresh crawl.

Top 5 most-cited scholars at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Ranked by lifetime citations on Google Scholar / OpenAlex. Click any scholar to open their interactive citation map.

  1. 1
    Eric S. Lander
    Biology · h-index 308
    668,007 cites
  2. 2
    Kaiming He
    Computer science · h-index 80
    591,058 cites
  3. 3
    Róbert Langer
    Medicine · h-index 284
    346,735 cites
  4. 4
    Matthew M. Meyerson
    Medicine · h-index 234
    321,825 cites
  5. 5
    Robert A. Weinberg
    Biology · h-index 200
    304,123 cites

Top Cited Scholars

The most influential researchers affiliated with Massachusetts Institute of Technology, ranked by citation impact. Click to visualize their global reach.

Methodology & data freshness

Citation data for Massachusetts Institute of Technology (/impact/mit) is aggregated from Google Scholar profiles affiliated with the institution and cross-checked against OpenAlex. We map 10 top researchers, tracking ~80,570,319 citations across 2+ citing institutions worldwide. Counts are updated continuously via our resweep pipeline, which re-fetches author metadata and citing-paper affiliations on a rolling basis. Last refresh: 2026-10-26.

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About Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a leading institution in US, contributing significantly to global research output with 401,144 published works.

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