The University of Kentucky is well-represented on a list of the most-cited researchers in the world. In a database compiled by Stanford University in a partnership with Elsevier, 136 current UK scientists and scholars appear among the top 2% of the most-cited researchers across 22 disciplines. 45 of these scientists and scholars are part of the College of Medicine.
Citations are one measure of the impact of academic research. For researchers, publishing work in a peer-reviewed, scholarly journal is a key step in sharing research findings and new discoveries.
“Being cited is a sign that your work matters to the research community, and we congratulate these outstanding individuals for this citation recognition,” said Ilhem Messaoudi, PhD, UK acting vice president for research.
“We acknowledge that citation metrics are not a perfect measure for the array of research at the University of Kentucky, as they can underrepresent certain fields,” Messaoudi added. “Our research crosses all spectrums of inquiry, and we value the contributions of all researchers who are impacting their communities and producing innovations that make Kentucky and the world healthier, wealthier and wiser.”
The database, published in September 2024 and available through the Elsevier Data Repository, was compiled by Stanford faculty member John P.A. Ioannidis. Database inclusion means the individual met a variety of metrics that place them among the top 2% of researchers based on citations for 2023.
The data reported in this article is a snapshot of recent productivity. It includes only citations received during the calendar year 2023, hence it may not reflect career publications.
The following current UK College of Medicine researchers (in alphabetical order) appeared on Elsevier’s top 2% of world’s most-cited researchers list:
- Adam Bachstetter, PhD, College of Medicine
- Carl Backer, MD, College of Medicine
- Erhard Bieberich, MD, College of Medicine
- Emma Birks, MD, College of Medicine
- D. Allan Butterfield, PhD, College of Medicine
- Lisa Cassis, PhD, College of Medicine
- Ann Coker, PhD, College of Medicine
- R. Thomas Collins, MD, College of Medicine
- Trevor Creamer, PhD, College of Medicine
- Alan Daugherty, PhD, College of Medicine
- Daniel Davenport, PhD, College of Medicine
- William de Souza, PhD, College of Medicine
- Robert DiPaola, MD, College of Medicine
- Islam Elgendy, MD, College of Medicine
- B. Mark Evers, MD, College of Medicine
- Whei-Mei Fan, PhD, College of Medicine
- John Gensel, PhD, College of Medicine
- Brian Gold, PhD, College of Medicine
- Larry Goldstein, MD, College of Medicine
- William Inabnet, MD, College of Medicine
- Mary Ireland, MD, College of Medicine
- Gregory Jicha, MD, College of Medicine
- Philip Kern, MD, College of Medicine
- Hannah Knudsen, PhD, College of Medicine
- Xiaoqi Liu, PhD, College of Medicine
- Hong Lu, PhD, College of Medicine
- David Mannino, MD, College of Medicine
- John McCarthy, PhD, College of Medicine
- Ilhem Messaoudi, PhD, College of Medicine
- Michael Murphy, PhD, College of Medicine
- Peter Nelson, MD, College of Medicine
- Mark Newman, MD, College of Medicine
- Brooke Phillips, MD, College of Medicine
- Stephen Scheff, PhD, College of Medicine
- Ginny Sprang, PhD, College of Medicine
- Patrick Sullivan, PhD, College of Medicine
- Yasuhiro Suzuki, PhD, College of Medicine
- Hollie Swanson, PhD, College of Medicine
- Linda Van Eldik, PhD, College of Medicine
- John Villano, MD, PhD, College of Medicine
- Wang-Xia Wang, PhD, College of Medicine
- Sidney Whiteheart, PhD, College of Medicine
- Ren Xu, PhD, College of Medicine
- Binhua Zhou, PhD, College of Medicine
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