The University of Arkansas reports that 35 currently active faculty members are included among the world’s most‑cited researchers. The ranking, compiled by John P.A. Ioannidis using Elsevier’s Scopus database, counts citations from 1996 through the end of 2024. It recognizes scholars who rank within the top 100,000 globally or the top 2% in their subfield. The university provided a department‑by‑department list of the included faculty.
35 University of Arkansas Faculty Named Among the World's Most‑Cited Researchers
The University of Arkansas reports that 35 currently active faculty members are included among the world’s most‑cited researchers. The ranking, compiled by John P.A. Ioannidis using Elsevier’s Scopus database, counts citations from 1996 through the end of 2024. It recognizes scholars who rank within the top 100,000 globally or the top 2% in their subfield. The university provided a department‑by‑department list of the included faculty.
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Fayetteville, Ark. — Thirty‑five currently active faculty members at the University of Arkansas have been recognized on the annual list of the world’s most‑cited researchers. The ranking highlights scholars whose publications are frequently cited by peers and identifies researchers who rank within the top 100,000 globally or the top 2% in their specific subfield.
The list was compiled by Stanford researcher John P.A. Ioannidis using Elsevier’s Scopus database and reflects cumulative citation counts from 1996 through the end of 2024.
Below are the University of Arkansas faculty included on the list, organized by college and department (only currently active faculty are listed here):
College of Education and Health Professions
- Bill McComas — Curriculum and Instruction
- Kevin Murach — Health, Human Performance and Recreation
College of Engineering
- Haitao Liao — Industrial Engineering
- Alan Mantooth — Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
- Xiangbo Meng — Mechanical Engineering
- Paul Millett — Mechanical 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
- Sami Dridi — Poultry Science
- Fiona Goggin — Entomology and Plant Pathology
- Jason Keith Norsworthy — Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences
- Casey M. Owens — Poultry Science
- Andy Pereira — Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences
- Nilda Roma Burgos — Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences
- Han‑Seok Seo — Food Science
Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences
- Andrew Alverson — Biological Sciences
- Song Feng — Geosciences
- Kevin M. Fitzpatrick — Sociology and Criminology
- Huaxiang Fu — Physics
- Julio R. Gea‑Banacloche — Physics
- Jin Hu — Physics
- Joseph M. Plavcan — Anthropology
- 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
- Vernon J. Richardson — Accounting
- Christopher C. Rosen — Management
- Rajiv Sabherwal — Information Systems
- Tracy Ann Sykes — Information Systems
- Remko van Hoek — Supply Chain Management
Note: The full rankings compiled by Ioannidis also include emeritus, retired and deceased scholars; the roster above lists only currently active University of Arkansas faculty provided by the university.
Source: Ranking compiled by John P.A. Ioannidis using Elsevier’s Scopus citation database (citations counted from 1996 through 2024).