UK scientists and scholars among top 2% of most-cited researchers in the world
The University of Kentucky is well-represented on a list of the most-cited researchers in the world. In a database compiled by Stanford University in a partnership with Elsevier, 136 current UK scientists and scholars appear among the top 2% of the most-cited researchers across 22 disciplines.
Citations are one measure of the impact of academic research. For researchers, publishing work in a peer-reviewed, scholarly journal is a key step in sharing research findings and new discoveries.
“Being cited is a sign that your work matters to the research community, and we congratulate these outstanding individuals for this citation recognition,” said Ilhem Messaoudi, Ph.D., UK acting vice president for research.
“We acknowledge that citation metrics are not a perfect measure for the array of research at the University of Kentucky, as they can underrepresent certain fields,” Messaoudi added. “Our research crosses all spectrums of inquiry, and we value the contributions of all researchers who are impacting their communities and producing innovations that make Kentucky and the world healthier, wealthier and wiser.”
The database, published in September 2024 and available through the Elsevier Data Repository, was compiled by Stanford faculty member John P.A. Ioannidis. Database inclusion means the individual met a variety of metrics that place them among the top 2% of researchers based on citations for 2023.
The data reported in this article is a snapshot of recent productivity. It includes only citations received during the calendar year 2023, hence it may not reflect career publications. See “About Elsevier’s list” below for more information.
The following current UK researchers (in alphabetical order) appeared on Elsevier’s top 2% of world’s most-cited researchers list:
- Erin Abner, Ph.D., College of Public Health
- John Anthony, Ph.D., College of Arts and Sciences
- David Atwood, Ph.D., College of Arts and Sciences
- Adam Bachstetter, Ph.D., College of Medicine
- Carl Backer, M.D., College of Medicine
- Fazleena Badurdeen, Ph.D., Stanley and Karen Pigman College of Engineering
- Michael Bardo, Ph.D., College of Arts and Sciences
- Carol Baskin, Ph.D., College of Arts and Sciences
- Bjoern Bauer, Ph.D., College of Pharmacy
- Erhard Bieberich, M.D., College of Medicine
- Emma Birks, M.D., College of Medicine
- Stephen Borgatti, Ph.D., Gatton College of Business and Economics
- Carl Bradley, Ph.D., Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment
- Christia Spears Brown, Ph.D., College of Arts and Sciences
- Rudolph Buchheit, Ph.D., Pigman College of Engineering
- D. Allan Butterfield, Ph.D., College of Medicine
- Jeff Cain, Ed.D., College of Pharmacy
- Lisa Cassis, Ph.D., College of Medicine
- Hailong Chen, Ph.D., Pigman College of Engineering
- Zhi Chen, Ph.D., Pigman College of Engineering
- Yang-Tse Cheng, Ph.D., Pigman College of Engineering
- Ann Coker, Ph.D., College of Medicine
- R. Thomas Collins, M.D., College of Medicine
- Aaron Cook, PharmD, College of Pharmacy
- Trevor Creamer, Ph.D., College of Medicine
- Alan Daugherty, Ph.D., College of Medicine
- Daniel Davenport, Ph.D., College of Medicine
- William de Souza, Ph.D., College of Medicine
- C. Nathan DeWall, Ph.D., College of Arts and Sciences
- Robert DiPaola, M.D., College of Medicine
- Stephen Dobson, Ph.D., Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment
- Esther Dupont-Versteegden, Ph.D., College of Health Sciences
- Anatoly Dymarsky, Ph.D., College of Arts and Sciences
- Islam Elgendy, M.D., College of Medicine
- B. Mark Evers, M.D., College of Medicine
- Whei-Mei Fan, Ph.D., College of Medicine
- Gary Ferland, Ph.D., College of Arts and Sciences
- Walter Ferrier, Ph.D., Gatton College of Business and Economics
- Mark Fillmore, Ph.D., College of Arts and Sciences
- Charles Fox, Ph.D., Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment
- Christopher Fry, Ph.D., College of Health Sciences
- Sylvie Garneau-Tsodikova, Ph.D., College of Pharmacy
- John Gensel, Ph.D., College of Medicine
- Brian Gold, Ph.D., College of Medicine
- Larry Goldstein, M.D., College of Medicine
- Phillip Gribble, Ph.D., College of Health Sciences
- R. Kip Guy, Ph.D., College of Pharmacy
- Marcelo Guzman, Ph.D., College of Arts and Sciences
- David Harmon, Ph.D., Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment
- James Hartsfield Jr., D.M.D., College of Dentistry
- Yosra Helmy, Ph.D., Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment
- Rick Honaker, Ph.D., Pigman College of Engineering
- Arthur Hunt, Ph.D., Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment
- Scott Hutson, Ph.D., College of Arts and Sciences
- William Inabnet, M.D., College of Medicine
- Dan Ionel, Ph.D., Pigman College of Engineering
- Mary Ireland, M.D., College of Medicine
- I.S. Jawahir, Ph.D., Pigman College of Engineering
- Gregory Jicha, M.D., College of Medicine
- Xu Jin, Ph.D., Pigman College of Engineering
- Aardra Kachroo, Ph.D., Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment
- Haluk Karaca, Ph.D., Pigman College of Engineering
- Philip Kern, M.D., College of Medicine
- Marc Kiviniemi, Ph.D., College of Public Health
- Hannah Knudsen, Ph.D., College of Medicine
- Scott Lephart, Ph.D., College of Health Sciences
- Xin Liang, Ph.D., Pigman College of Engineering
- Yuan Liao, Ph.D., Pigman College of Engineering
- Keh-Fei Liu, Ph.D., College of Arts and Sciences
- Xiaoqi Liu, Ph.D., College of Medicine
- TK Logan, Ph.D., College of Social Work
- Mark Lovell, Ph.D., College of Arts and Sciences
- Hong Lu, Ph.D., College of Medicine
- Xin Ma, Ph.D., College of Education
- David Mannino, M.D., College of Medicine
- Michelle Martel, Ph.D., College of Arts and Sciences
- Alexandre Martin, Ph.D., Pigman College of Engineering
- John McCarthy, Ph.D., College of Medicine
- Ilhem Messaoudi, Ph.D., College of Medicine
- Craig Miller, D.M.D., College of Dentistry
- Anne Frances Miller, Ph.D., College of Arts and Sciences
- Justin “Jay” Miller, Ph.D., College of Social Work
- Luke Moe, Ph.D., Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment
- Edward Morris, Ph.D., College of Arts and Sciences
- Michael Murphy, Ph.D., College of Medicine
- Peter Nagy, Ph.D., Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment
- Peter Nelson, M.D., College of Medicine
- Mark Newman, M.D., College of Medicine
- Brian Noehren, Ph.D., College of Health Sciences
- Jeffrey Okeson, D.M.D., College of Dentistry
- Chizimuzo “Zim” Okoli, Ph.D., College of Nursing
- Daniel Pack, Ph.D., Pigman College of Engineering
- Subba Reddy Palli, Ph.D., Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment
- Sean Parkin, Ph.D., College of Arts and Sciences
- John Peloza, Ph.D., Gatton College of Business and Economics
- Brooke Phillips, M.D., College of Medicine
- Thomas Prisinzano, Ph.D., College of Pharmacy
- Mary Kay Rayens, Ph.D., College of Nursing
- Ellen Riggle, Ph.D., College of Arts and Sciences
- Howard Roberts, D.M.D., College of Dentistry
- Pedram Roghanchi, Ph.D., Pigman College of Engineering
- Jürgen Rohr, Ph.D., College of Pharmacy
- Frank Romanelli, PharmD, College of Pharmacy
- Shannon Sauer-Zavala, Ph.D., College of Arts and Sciences
- Christopher Schardl, Ph.D., Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment
- Theodore Schatzki, Ph.D., College of Arts and Sciences
- Stephen Scheff, Ph.D., College of Medicine
- Qing Shao, Ph.D., Pigman College of Engineering
- Zhongwei Shen, Ph.D., College of Arts and Sciences
- Jian Shi, Ph.D., Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment
- Gregory Smith, Ph.D., College of Arts and Sciences
- Min-Woong Sohn, Ph.D., College of Public Health
- Ginny Sprang, Ph.D., College of Medicine
- Patrick Sullivan, Ph.D., College of Medicine
- Surendranath Suman, Ph.D., Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment
- Yasuhiro Suzuki, Ph.D., College of Medicine
- Hollie Swanson, Ph.D., College of Medicine
- Clayton Thyne, Ph.D., College of Arts and Sciences
- Mats Troedsson, Ph.D., Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment
- Linda Van Eldik, Ph.D., College of Medicine
- John Villano, M.D., Ph.D., College of Medicine
- Wang-Xia Wang, Ph.D., College of Medicine
- Sidney Whiteheart, Ph.D., College of Medicine
- Thomas Widiger, Ph.D., College of Arts and Sciences
- Youling Xiong, Ph.D., Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment
- Ren Xu, Ph.D., College of Medicine
- Fuqian Yang, Ph.D., Pigman College of Engineering
- Guoqiang Yu, Ph.D., Pigman College of Engineering
- Ling Yuan, Ph.D., Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment
- Sherali Zeadally, Ph.D., College of Communication and Information
- Xiaohua Douglas Zhang, Ph.D., College of Public Health
- YuMing Zhang, Ph.D., Pigman College of Engineering
- Binhua Zhou, Ph.D., College of Medicine
- James Ziliak, Ph.D., Gatton College of Business and Economics
- Matthew Zook, Ph.D., College of Arts and Sciences
- Lisa Zunshine, Ph.D., College of Arts and Sciences
About Elsevier’s list
Elsevier’s single-year data, from which this list was derived, pertains to citations received during the calendar year 2023. Scientists are classified into 22 scientific fields and 174 sub-fields according to the standard Science-Metrix classification. The selection is based on the top 100,000 scientists by c-score (with and without self-citations) or a percentile rank of 2% or above in the sub-field. Calculations were performed using all Scopus author profiles as of Aug. 1, 2024. If an author is not on the list, the composite indicator value was not high enough to appear. Using the most recent single-year data provides an up-to-date snapshot of productivity and expertise across 22 disciplines. This list does not include emeritus researchers, those who have left UK or are officially on leave. Some UK researchers may not be on the list because their Scopus account still has them affiliated with a former institution. Researchers can request Scopus update their ID to UK. Learn more.
