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, including many College of Science faculty members, 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 College of Science 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
Mathematics
Career Index: Mariusz Urbański
Physics
Annual Index: Jingbiao Cui and Marco Buongiorno Nardelli
Career Index: Jingbiao Cui, Zhibing Hu (deceased), Marco Buongiorno Nardelli, and Yuri Rostovtsev