Faculty from across the U of A were recognized as among the top-cited researchers in the world by a recent ranking.

The ranking calculates how often a researcher’s work is cited by their colleagues. Researchers are included on the list who are either among the top 100,000 or in the top 2 percentile in their subfield.

At the U of A, more than 30 faculty made the list from the College of Education and Health Professions; the College of Engineering; the Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences; the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences; and the Sam M. Walton College of Business.

The rankings are calculated by Stanford professor John P.A. Ioannidis using Elsevier’s Scopus, a database of scientific citations in high-quality peer-reviewed academic journals. The most recent rankings were released in the fall.

The annual list recognizes both researchers with the most citations over the last year and researchers who have been most cited since 1996.

Annual List of Top-Cited U of A Faculty

The annual ranking of top-cited faculty covers journal publications from 2023, the last full-calendar year of data available at the time the ranking was published. While the rankings include emeritus, retired and deceased faculty, only currently active U of A faculty are listed below by academic department.

College of Education and Health Professions

• Bill McComas, Curriculum and Instruction
• Kevin Murach, Health, Human Performance and Recreation
• Jonathan Wai, Education Reform
• Gema Zamarro Rodriguez, Education Reform

College of Engineering

• Alan Mantooth, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Xianghong Qian, Biomedical Engineering
• Ranil Wickramasinghe, Chemical Engineering
• Yue Zhao, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences

• Griffiths G. Atungulu, Food Science
• Walter G. Bottje, Poultry Science
• Nilda Roma Burgos, Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences
• Sami Dridi, Poultry Science
• Kristen E. Gibson, Food Science
• Michael T. Kidd, Poultry Science
• Jason Keith Norsworthy, Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences
• Casey M. Owens, Poultry Science
• Andy Pereira, Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences
• Han-Seok Seo, Food Science
• Ya-Jane Wang, Food Science

Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences

• Jeremy Michael Beaulieu, Biological Sciences
• Laurent Bellaiche, Physics
• Jiahui Chen, Mathematical Sciences
• Jingyi Chen, Chemistry and Biochemistry
• Song Feng, Geosciences
• Kevin M. Fitzpatrick, Sociology and Criminology
• Huaxiang Fu, Physics
• Julio R. Gea-Banacloche, Physics
• Jin Hu, Physics
• Grant Shields, Psychological Science
• Peter S. Ungar, Anthropology
• Byron L. Zamboanga, Psychological Science

Sam M. Walton College of Business

• John Delery, Management
• Varun Grover, Information Systems
• Mary Lacity, Information Systems
• Christopher C. Rosen, Management
• Rajiv Sabherwal, Information Systems
• Tracy Ann Sykes, Information Systems
• Remko van Hoek, Supply Chain Management

Career List of Top-cited u of A Faculty

The “career” ranking includes the most-cited researchers globally from 1996 to the end of 2023.

College of Education and Health Professions

• Bill McComas, Curriculum and Instruction

College of Engineering

• Magda O. El-Shenawee, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• John Michael Gauch, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Susan E. Gauch, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Brian Haggard, Biological and Agricultural Engineering
• Alan Mantooth, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Xiangbo Meng, Mechanical Engineering
• Paul Millett, Mechanical Engineering
• Xianghong Qian, Biomedical Engineering
• R. Panneer Selvam, Civil Engineering
• Ranil Wickramasinghe, Chemical Engineering
• Jingxian Wu, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Yue Zhao, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences

• Walter G. Bottje, Poultry Science
• Nilda Roma Burgos, Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences
• Kristofor R. Brye, Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences
• Gisela F. Erf, Poultry Science
• Fiona L. Goggin, Food Science
• Billy M. Hargis, Poultry Science
• Michael T. Kidd, Poultry Science
• Wayne J. Kuenzel, Poultry Science
• Jean François Meullenet, Food Science
• Jason K. Norsworthy, Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences
• Casey M. Owens, Poultry Science
• Andy Pereira, Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences
• Han-Seok Seo, Food Science
• Ya-Jane Wang, Food Science

Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences

• Steven J. Beaupre, Biological Sciences
• Laurent Bellaiche, Physics
• Jingyi Chen, Chemistry and Biochemistry
• Kevin M. Fitzpatrick, Sociology and Criminology
• Huaxiang Fu, Physics
• Julio R. Gea-Banacloche, Physics
• Jackson Lay Jr., Chemistry and Biochemistry
• Joseph M. Plavcan, Anthropology
• Sergey Prosandeev, Physics
• Don Shepard, Biological Sciences
• Surendra P. Singh, Physics
• David William Stahle, Geosciences
• Peter S. Ungar, Anthropology

Sam M. Walton College of Business

• John Delery, Management
• Varun Grover, Information Systems
• Mary Lacity, Information Systems
• Rajiv Sabherwal, Information Systems
• Remko van Hoek, Supply Chain Management

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