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Research Impact Profile

University of California, Berkeley

US63,346,699 Citations
Mapped scholars
10
Total citations
63,346,699
Citing countries
5+
Works indexed
489,973

About University of California, Berkeley's research impact

University of California, Berkeley is a globally recognized research institution based in US, with a documented citation footprint of 63,346,699 citations across 489,973 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 Computer science, Chemistry, Physics, and Mathematics. University of California, Berkeley is widely regarded for its work in computer science, electrical engineering, chemistry, economics, and statistics, and its researchers are cited by peers in 5+ 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 University of California, Berkeley 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 If a scholar from University of California, Berkeley is missing or out of date, you can submit their Google Scholar URL from the homepage and we will queue a fresh crawl.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 University of California, Berkeley

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

  1. 1
    Omar M. Yaghi
    Chemistry · h-index 201
    253,657 cites
  2. 2
    Trevor Jackson Darrell
    Computer science · h-index 148
    224,671 cites
  3. 3
    Michael I. Jordan
    Mathematics · h-index 172
    213,881 cites
  4. 4
    Quoc Viet Le
    Computer science · h-index 127
    195,596 cites
  5. 5
    Demis Hassabis
    Psychology · h-index 94
    192,462 cites

Top Cited Scholars

The most influential researchers affiliated with University of California, Berkeley, ranked by citation impact. Click to visualize their global reach.

Methodology & data freshness

Citation data for University of California, Berkeley (/impact/uc-berkeley) is aggregated from Google Scholar profiles affiliated with the institution and cross-checked against OpenAlex. We map 10 top researchers, tracking ~63,346,699 citations across 5+ 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 University of California, Berkeley

University of California, Berkeley is a leading institution in US, contributing significantly to global research output with 489,973 published works.

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