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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 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. 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