Professor Claudia Maraston

Stanford University and Elsevier have produced a list of the world鈥檚 most-cited scholars

25 October 2023

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Over 40 academics from the 1024核工厂 are among the top two per cent of the most cited scholars in the world.

The list, produced by Stanford University and Elsevier, shows which academics are referenced most frequently in the work of other scholars.

The ranking methodology was developed by Stanford University professor, John Ioannidis, and is based on scientific citation data since 1788.

Professor Jeremy Howells, Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research, Innovation and External Relations, said: 鈥淲e鈥檙e very proud to see so many of our excellent academics in this list of top scholars who are the most cited in their respective areas. This recognition reflects their dedication, expertise, and the impact of their research.

鈥淥ur students are taught by many of these staff who are leaders in their field, which means they鈥檙e exposed to world-leading and internationally influential research.鈥

Two lists have been released - one based on career-long data and another focusing on the performance of researchers in the year 2022.

We鈥檙e very proud to see so many of our excellent academics in this list of top scholars who are the most cited in their respective areas. This recognition reflects their dedication, expertise, and the impact of their research.

 

Professor Jeremy Howells, Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research, Innovation and External Relations

Academics ranked in the top two per cent based on career-long citations:

Faculty of Technology
David Wands*
Thomas Collett*
David Bacon*
Claudia Maraston* 
Kazuya Koyama*
Daniel Thomas*
Honghai Liu*
Jie Tong*
Raymond Lee
Melvin Vopson* 
Hom Dhakal*
Victor Becerra*
David Sanders*

Faculty of Science
Aldert Vrij*
Arthur Butt*
Andy Gale*
David Martill*
Mike Tipton*
Rob Strachan*
James Smith 
Jim Smith
Stephen Fletcher*
David Laight

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Wolfram Kaiser*

Faculty of Business and Law
Lester Hunt*

Professor Claudia Maraston

Several of the researchers are from the Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation, including Professor of Astrophysics, Claudia Maraston

Academics ranked in the top two per cent based on single year (2022) citation data:

Faculty of Technology
Andrew Lundgren
Ian Harry 
Laura Nuttall
Khaled Giasin
Zhaojie Ju
Soran Birosca
Afshin Anssari-Benam

Faculty of Science
Chris Wagstaff
Nick Pepin
Steven Kapp
Alex Ford
Alessandro Vichi
Gordon Blunn
Marta Roldo

Faculty of Business and Law
Giampaolo Viglia
Pierre Failler

Faculty of Creative and Cultural Industries
Hui Yu

*The academic appears on both lists

Research at the 1024核工厂 was rated as world-leading in the most recent national assessment of the quality and impact of research in UK universities.

The results of the (REF) provide accountability for public investment in research, demonstrate the benefits of this investment and determine how much public money is given to fund research.

77 per cent of research submitted by the University was ranked in the highest categories - world-leading and internationally excellent - with wide-ranging impacts on society, health, culture and the environment. 

The full lists of scholars are available here: