A total of 90 current and former researchers affiliated with Missouri S&T are among the world’s top 2% most-cited scientists recognized either for their career-long impact or for their 2024 metrics, according to a Stanford University analysis of the Elsevier Data Repository.

For career-long impact, 74 Missouri S&T researchers were included in the Stanford listing. For 2024, 60 S&T-affiliated scholars were recognized for their single-year citation impact. Of those on the list, 55 are current employees, and one is a current Ph.D. student.

“Missouri S&T continues to have a remarkable concentration of world-class researchers,” says Dr. Kamal Khayat, S&T’s vice chancellor for research and innovation. “Think of it this way — only two out of every 100 researchers worldwide make the cut for this list, but at S&T, about 15% of our faculty are included. That’s an extraordinary proportion and a powerful reflection of the strength and impact of our research community.”

The Stanford study, published Sept. 19, analyzes citations, h-index and other standardized indicators of research productivity and impact and combines them into a composite score, or c-score. Researchers are grouped into 22 broad scientific fields and 174 subfields.

Selection is based on the top 100,000 scientists worldwide ranked by their c-score — calculated both with and without self-citations — or those within the top 2% of their subfield. Separate rankings are provided for career-long impact as of 2024 and for single-year performance based on that year’s citations.

Those in the top 2% with an S&T affiliation include 21 Curators’ Distinguished Professors, seven research center directors, two Curators’ Distinguished Teaching Professors, four fellows of the National Academy of Inventors, three fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and one member of the National Academy of Engineering.

S&T researchers included in the study are as follows, listed under academic department. “Career” denotes those recognized for their career-long impact in their fields, “2024” denotes those recognized for their single-year research productivity for 2024, and “both” denotes individuals recognized for both their career-long impact and research productivity for 2024.

Business and information technology

• Dr. James Sterling, vice provost and dean of the Kummer College of Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Economic Development (career)

Linda and Bipin Doshi Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

• Dr. Muthanna Al-Dahhan, Curators’ Distinguished Professor of chemical and biochemical engineering and Wayne and Gayle Laufer Endowed Chair in Energy (career)
• Dr. Fateme Rezaei, former Linda and Bipin Doshi Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering (career)
• Dr. Yatish T. Shah, former provost and executive vice chancellor for academic affairs (career)
• Dr. Hu Yang, former Linda and Bipin Doshi chair and professor of chemical and biochemical engineering (both)

Chemistry

• Dr. Nuran Ercal, Chancellor’s Professor of chemistry (2024)
• Dr. Nicholas Leventis, retired Curators’ Distinguished Professor of chemistry (both)
• Dr. Gary Long, professor emeritus of chemistry and AAAS fellow (career)
• Dr. Yinfa Ma, Curators’ Distinguished Teaching Professor emeritus of chemistry (career)
• Dr. Shelley Minteer, director of the Kummer Institute Center for Resource Sustainability and Dr. Ken Robertson Memorial Professor of Chemistry (both)
• Dr. Vadym Mochalin, associate professor of chemistry (both)
• Dr. Jay Switzer, Curators’ Distinguished Professor emeritus of chemistry, former Castleman/Foundation for Chemical Research Professor of Discovery and AAAS fellow (both)

Civil, architectural and environmental engineering

• Dr. Joel Burken, Curators’ Distinguished Professor and Mathes Endowed Chair of environmental engineering (career)
• Dr. Genda Chen, Robert W. Abbett Distinguished Chair in Civil Engineering and director of the Center for Intelligent Infrastructure (both)
• Dr. Islam El-adaway, Hurst-McCarthy Professor of Construction Engineering and Management and director of corporate education for the College of Engineering and Computing (both)
• Dr. Mohamed ElGawady, professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering and Alard and Sheri Kaplan Faculty Scholar (both)
• Dr. Dimitri Feys, associate professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering (both)
• Dr. Kamal Khayat, vice chancellor for research and innovation and Vernon and Maralee Jones Professor of Civil Engineering (both)
• Dr. Hongyan Ma, Kummer Impact Professor, Francisco Benavides Scholar and professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering (both)
• Dr. Daniel Oerther, professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering (both)
• Dr. William Schonberg, professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering (both)
• Dr. Woubishet Taffese, postdoctoral fellow for the Center for Intelligent Infrastructure (2024)
• Dr. Wei-Wen Yu, Curators’ Distinguished Professor emeritus of civil engineering (career)

Computer science

• Dr. Sajal Das, Daniel St. Clair Chair and Curators’ Distinguished Professor of computer science and a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (both)
• Dr. Sanjay Madria, Curators’ Distinguished Professor of computer science (career)
• Dr. George Markowsky, emeritus professor of computer science (career)
• Dr. Colin Potts, retired provost and executive vice chancellor for academic affairs (career)

Economics

• Dr. Mahelet Fikru, professor of economics (2024)

Earth sciences engineering

• Dr. Baojun Bai, Curators’ Distinguished Professor and Lester R. Birbeck Chair in Petroleum Engineering (both)

Electrical and computer engineering

• Dr. Mariesa Crow, professor emerita of electrical and computer engineering (both)
• Dr. James Drewniak, professor emeritus of electrical and computer engineering (career)
• Dr. Jun Fan, former Cynthia Tang Professor of computer engineering (both)
• Dr. Mehdi Ferdowsi, Schlumberger Foundation Professor of electrical engineering and associate dean of research for the College of Engineering and Computing (both)
• Dr. John Harris, provost and executive vice chancellor for academic affairs (career)
• Dr. Jie Huang, Roy A. Wilkens Professor of electrical engineering (both)
• Dr. Todd Hubing, former professor of electrical engineering (career)
• Dr. Jonathan Kimball, Fred W. Finley Distinguished Professor and chair of electrical and computer engineering (both)
• Dr. Farhan Mumtaz, assistant research professor of electrical and computer engineering (2024)
• Prajoy Podder, Ph.D. student in computer engineering (2024)
• Dr. Albert Ruehli, advisor for electrical and computer engineering by courtesy appointment (both)
• Dr. Jagannathan Sarangapani, Curators’ Distinguished Professor and William A. Rutledge-Emerson Electric Co. Distinguished Professor of electrical engineering and a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (both)
• Dr. Pourya Shamsi, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering (both)
• Dr. Paul Werbos, adjunct professor by courtesy in the Center for AI and Autonomous System (both)
• Dr. Donald Wunsch, Mary K. Finley Missouri Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and director of the Kummer Institute Center for Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Systems (both)
• Dr. Chen Zhu, associate research professor of electrical and computer engineering (2024)

Engineering management and systems engineering

• Dr. Cihan Dagli, professor of engineering management and systems engineering (career)
• Dr. Amaury Lendasse, Sarchet Endowed Professor and chair of engineering management and systems engineering

History and political science

• Dr. Alanna Krolikowski, associate professor of history and political science (2024)

Materials science and engineering

• Dr. Harlan Anderson, Curators’ Distinguished Professor emeritus of ceramic engineering (career)
• Dr. Richard Brow, Curators’ Distinguished Professor emeritus of materials science and engineering and fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (both)
• Dr. Delbert Day, Curators’ Distinguished Professor emeritus of ceramic engineering and a member of the National Academy of Engineering and fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (both)
• Dr. Fatih Dogan, professor of materials science and engineering and director of Center for Research in Energy and Environment (career)
• Dr. William Fahrenholtz, Curators’ Distinguished Professor of ceramic engineering
• Dr. Lun Feng, former research scientist (2024)
• Dr. Gregory Hilmas, Curators’ Distinguished Professor of ceramic engineering (both)
• Dr. Michael Moats, professor and chair of materials science and engineering (both)
• Dr. Ronald O’Malley, F. Kenneth Iverson Endowed Chair of Steelmaking Technologies and director of the Kent D. Peaslee Steel Manufacturing Research Center (2024)
• Dr. Mohamed Rahaman, professor emeritus of materials science and engineering (both)
• Dr. Mark Schlesinger, retired professor of metallurgical engineering (career)
• Dr. R. W. Schwartz, retired professor of ceramic engineering (career)
• Martin E. Straumanis, retired research professor of metallurgical engineering (deceased) (2024)
• Dr. Haiming Wen, associate professor of materials science and engineering (2024)

Mathematics and statistics

• Dr. Martin Bohner, Curators’ Distinguished Professor of mathematics and statistics (both)
• Dr. Xiaoming Wang, former Gary Havener Chair of Mathematics and Statistics (both)

Mechanical and aerospace engineering

• Dr. Victor Birman, professor emeritus of mechanical engineering (both)
• Dr. Douglas Bristow, William E. Walker III Professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and director of the Center for Aerospace Manufacturing Technologies (career)
• Dr. K. Chandrashekhara, Curators’ Distinguished Professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering (both)
• Dr. Xiaosong Du, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering (2024)
• Dr. Walter Eversman, Curators’ Distinguished Professor emeritus of aerospace engineering (career)
• Dr. Jie Gao, advisor for mechanical and aerospace engineering by courtesy appointment (2024)
• Dr. Serhat Hosder, James A. Drallmeier Centennial Professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering (both)
• Dr. L.R. Koval, professor emeritus of mechanical engineering (deceased) (career)
• Dr. Umit Koylu, professor of mechanical engineering (career)
• Dr. Ming C. Leu, Keith and Pat Bailey Distinguished Professor of Integrated Product Manufacturing and Curators’ Distinguished Professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering (both)
• Dr. Frank Liou, Curators’ Distinguished Professor and Michael and Joyce Bytnar Product Innovation and Creativity Professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and director of the Intelligent Systems Center (both)
• Dr. David Riggins, Curators’ Distinguished Teaching Professor emeritus of aerospace engineering (career)
• Dr. Xiaodong Yang, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering (both)

Mining and explosives engineering

• Dr. Kwame Awuah-Offei, Union Pacific/Rocky Mountain Energy Professor and chair of mining and explosives engineering (both)
• Dr. Samuel Frimpong, professor of mining and explosives engineering (career)
• Dr. Guang Xu, Robert H. Quenon Associate Professor of mining and explosives engineering (2024)

Nuclear engineering and radiation science

• Dr. Gary Mueller, emeritus associate professor of nuclear engineering (career)

Physics

• Dr. Marco Cavaglia, professor of physics (both)
• Dr. R.D. DuBois, professor emeritus of physics (career)
• Dr. Yew San Hor, associate professor of physics (2024)
• Dr. Ulrich Jentschura, professor of physics (both)
• Dr. Don Madison, Curators’ Distinguished Professor emeritus of physics (deceased) (career)
• Dr. Julia Medvedeva, professor of physics (both)
• Dr. Ronald Olson, Curators’ Distinguished Professor emeritus of physics (career)
• Dr. Thomas Vojta, Curators’ Distinguished Professor and chair of physics (both)

Psychological science

• Dr. Daniel Shank, associate professor of psychological science (2024)

About Missouri S&T

Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T) is a STEM-focused research university of over 7,000 students located in Rolla, Missouri. Part of the four-campus University of Missouri System, Missouri S&T offers over 100 degrees in 40 areas of study and is among the nation’s top public universities for salary impact, according to the Wall Street Journal. For more information about Missouri S&T, visit www.mst.edu.