List of top 2% of world’s cited scientists include dozens of Mason Science faculty

In academic circles, faculty publish significant findings in journals within their disciplines to share scientific discoveries and methodologies. After a paper is published, it can be cited to contribute within the work of other scientists—an indicator of the importance of one’s work and findings.

Stanford University recently released its list of the top 2% most cited scientists from a variety of disciplines. Congratulations to the more than twenty Mason Science faculty on the list who exemplify the great impact they have in their classrooms, laboratories, and beyond. (see list below).

“Our Mason scientists perform innovative research of consequence to solve the world’s toughest problems,” said Fernando Miralles-Wilhelm, College of Science dean. “It’s not just about quantity, it’s about quality--we focus on publishing innovative, peer-reviewed results in high impact journals to further one’s field of science and broaden the possibility of scientific discovery,” Miralles-Wilhelm shared.

In total, more than eighty Mason-affiliated faculty made the list, including President Gregory Washington. According to an article by Plos Biology, the list assesses "scientists for career-long citation impact up until the end of 2019 and for citation impact during the single calendar year 2019.” And these scientometrics can become a part of one’s legacy as work from scientists on this list may have been cited for many years, even after faculty retire.

You can find the updated databases and code in Mendeley. This free research data repository will also make future updates to this list generally accessible. 

Mason Science Faculty on this year’s list include  (alpha order):

A. A. Abdo
Department of Physics and Astronomy

J. S. Albus, Senior Fellow
Krasnow Institute for Advanced Studies

Giorgio Ascoli, Professor
Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience

Dieter Bilitza, Research Professor
Department of Physics and Astronomy

L. L. Boyer
Department of Computational and Data Sciences

Ann Butler, Research Professor
Krasnow Institute for Advanced Studies

Juan Cebral, Associate Professor
Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience

Timothy DelSole, Professor
Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic & Earth Sciences

Kenneth Dere, Research Scientist
Department of Physics and Astronomy

Liping Di, Professor
Department of Geography and Geoinformation Science

Linda A. Hinnov, Professor
Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic & Earth Sciences

John Milburn Jessup, Affiliate Faculty
School of Systems Biology

Lance Liotta, Professor
School of Systems Biology

RainaldLöhner, Professor
Department of Physics and Astronomy

Thomas E. Lovejoy, Professor
Department of Environmental Science and Policy

Igor Mazin, Professor of Practice
Department of Physics and Astronomy

Yuri Mishin, Professor
Department of Physics and Astronomy

Dusan Odstrcil, Research Professor
Department of Physics and Astronomy

Dimitrios Papaconstantopoulos, Professor Emeritus
Department of Computational and Data Sciences

Emanuel F. Petricoin, Professor
School of Systems Biology

Timothy Sauer, Professor
Department of Mathematical Sciences

Joel M. Schnur, Research Professor
Department of Biology

Jagadish Shukla, Professor
Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic & Earth Sciences

Benoit Van Aken, Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Konrad J. Wessels, Assistant Professor
Department of Geography and Geoinformation Science

David W. Wong, Professor
Department of Geography and Geoinformation Science

*Additional members of Mason faculty and staff may be represented by a different employer. View the full list.