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