Nearly 80 UNT researchers across disciplines were included in the annual and career rankings of the world’s most cited researchers. Thirty-six UNT 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 (2023). An additional 19 researchers appeared on the career-spanning rankings while another 22 made the 2023 list. 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.
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 resulted in the creation of the ranking by analyzing data collected from 1996 to 2023.
The following UNT faculty were included on the annual list for 2023 and/or the career-long most cited list:
Biological Sciences
Annual Index: 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 and Shengqian Ma
Career Index: William Acree, Paul Bagus, Weston T. Borden (emeritus), Thomas Cundari, Francis D'Souza and Shengqian Ma
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) and Paul Tarau
Educational Psychology
Annual Index: Robin Henson
Career Index: Robin Henson
Finance, Insurance, Real Estate and Law
Annual Index: Stuart Gillan
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
Logistics and Operations Management
Career Index: Brian Sauser
Management
Annual Index: Bob Heere and Jeremy Short
Career Index: Jeremy Short
Electrical Engineering
Annual Index: Elias Kougianos, Xinrong Li and Hua Sun
Career Index: Xinrong Li and Kamesh Namuduri
Geography and the Environment
Annual Index: Lu Liang
Career Index: Paul Hudak
Learning Technologies
Annual Index: Kinshuk and Michael Spector
Career Index: Michael Spector
Linguistics
Annual Index: Xian Zhang
Kinesiology, Health Promotion, and Recreation
Career Index: David Hill, Brian McFarlin, Jerry Thomas (retired)
Materials Science and Engineering
Annual Index: Samir Aouadi, Raj Banerjee, Witold Brostow (emeritus), Wonbong Choi, Narendra Dahotre, Jincheng Du, Anupama Kaul, Rajiv S. Mishra, Sundeep Mukherjee, Thomas Scharf, Vishal Soni and Andrey Voevodin
Career Index: Samir Aouadi, Raj Banerjee, Witold Brostow (emeritus), Wonbong Choi, Narendra Dahotre, Jincheng Du, Rajiv S. Mishra, Thomas Scharf 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
Philosophy and Religion
Annual Index: T. Wright
Career Index: T. Wright
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: Idean Salehyan
Career Index: Paul Hensel, John Ishiyama and Idean Salehyan
Psychology
Annual Index: Adriel Boals, David Cicero, Joshua Hook, Craig Neumann, Richard Rogers and Ed Watkins
Career Index: Trent Petrie, Richard Rogers and Ed Watkins
Rehabilitation and Health Services
Annual Index: Ami Moore