Tuesday, January 7, 2025
More than 80 UNT researchers across disciplines were included in the annual and career
rankings of the world’s most cited researchers.
The ranking method is based on standardized citation metrics developed by a group
of scientists led by John P.A. Ioannidis, a statistician at Stanford University.
In the latest lists, 41 University of North Texas researchers were among the top 2% of more than six million scientists worldwide within their specialty areas throughout their careers and within a single year. An additional 24 researchers appeared on the career-spanning rankings, while another 20 made the 2024 annual list.
The UNT Department of Materials Science and Engineering had the most professors named on the lists from a single department at UNT, with a dozen on the career list and 15 on the annual list.
The impact of scientific research is often measured by citations — how many times a researcher’s work is cited by another scientific paper. Ioannidis’ study includes the creation of the ranking by analyzing data collected from 1996 to 2024.
The following UNT faculty were included on the annual list for 2024 and/or the career-long most cited list:
Art Education
Career Index: Tyson E. Lewis
Biological Sciences
Annual Index: Brian Ayre, Warren Burggren, Kent Chapman, Richard Dixon (emeritus), Jyoti Shah and
Vladimir Shulaev
Career Index: Thomas Beitinger (retired), Warren Burggren, Kent Chapman, Richard Dixon (emeritus), Guenter Gross (retired), Jyoti Shah and Vladimir Shulaev
Chemistry
Annual Index: William Acree, Paul Bagus, Weston T. Borden (emeritus), Thomas Cundari, Francis D'Souza,
Shengqian Ma, Mohammad Omary and Kui Tan
Career Index: William Acree, Paul Bagus, Weston T. Borden (emeritus), Thomas Cundari, Francis D'Souza, Shengqian Ma and Alan P. Marchand
Computer Science and Engineering
Annual Index: Heng Fan, Song Fu, Saraju Mohanty, Qing Yang and Xiaohui Yuan
Career Index: Song Fu, Saraju Mohanty, Ian Parberry (emeritus), Robert Renka (emeritus), Paul Tarau and Xiaohui Yuan
Criminal Justice
Annual Index: Jessica M. Craig
Educational Psychology
Annual Index: Selcuk Acar and Robin Henson
Career Index: Robin Henson
Electrical Engineering
Annual Index: Elias Kougianos, Xinrong Li and Hua Sun
Career Index: Xinrong Li and Kamesh Namuduri
Finance, Insurance, Real Estate and Law
Annual Index: Stuart Gillan
Geography and the Environment
Career Index: Pinliang Dong, Paul Hudak
Hospitality and Tourism Management
Annual Index: Xi Yu Leung
Information Science
Annual Index: Mohammed Aledhari and Brady Lund
Information Technology and Decision Sciences
Annual Index: Dan J. Kim
Career Index: Gurpreet Dhillon and Dan J. Kim
Kinesiology, Health Promotion, and Recreation
Annual Index: David Hill
Career Index: David Hill, Brian McFarlin, Jerry Thomas (retired)
Learning Technologies
Annual Index: Kinshuk, Rhonda Christensen and Michael Spector
Career Index: Michael Spector, Kinshuk
Linguistics
Annual Index: Xian Zhang
Logistics and Operations Management
Career Index: Brian Sauser
Management
Annual Index: Jeremy Short
Career Index: Jeremy Short
Materials Science and Engineering
Annual Index: Samir Aouadi, Raj Banerjee, Michael Baskes, Witold Brostow (emeritus), Wonbong Choi,
Narendra Dahotre, Jincheng Du, Anupama Kaul, Rajiv S. Mishra, Sundeep Mukherjee, Thomas
Scharf, Vishal Soni, Vijay Vasudevan, Andrey Voevodin and Yufeng Zheng
Career Index: Samir Aouadi, Michael Baskes, Raj Banerjee, Witold Brostow (emeritus), Wonbong Choi, Narendra Dahotre, Jincheng Du, Rajiv S. Mishra, Sundeep Mukherjee, Thomas Scharf, Vijay Vasudevan and Andrey Voevodin
Mathematics
Career Index: Mariusz Urbański
Mechanical Engineering
Annual Index: Sheldon Shi and Cheng Yu
Career Index: Vish Prasad, Sheldon Shi and Cheng Yu
Merchandising and Digital Retailing
Annual Index: Bugao Xu and Kiseol Yang
Career Index: Bugao Xu
Music Education
Annual Index: Sean Powell
Physics
Annual Index: Jingbiao Cui and Marco Buongiorno Nardelli
Career Index: Jingbiao Cui, Zhibing Hu (deceased), Marco Buongiorno Nardelli, and Yuri Rostovtsev
Political Science
Annual Index: Jacqueline DeMeritt and Idean Salehyan
Career Index: Paul Hensel, John Ishiyama and Idean Salehyan
Psychology
Annual Index: Adriel Boals, David Cicero, Joshua Hook, Richard Rogers and Ed Watkins
Career Index: Trent Petrie, Richard Rogers and Ed Watkins
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