33 KENT STATE FACULTY MEMBERS NAMED AMONG TOP 2% OF SCIENTISTS WORLDWIDE; Kent State Today; December 5, 2023

Thirty-three Kent State University faculty members have been named in the 2% of most-cited scientists in the world based on a recently updated study published by Stanford University scholars, illustrating Kent State’s top-tier research status.  

Top 2 % in the World 

The report is based on the Oct. 1, 2023, snapshot from Scopus, updated to end of citation year 2022. Scopus is an abstract and indexing database produced by the Elsevier Co. 

The top 2% includes the top 100,000 most cited scientists as determined by a composite citation score or “c-score” focusing on the impact of the citations rather than the productivity (number of publications). It also incorporates information on co-authorship and author positions. The scientists are classified into 22 fields and 174 subfields. 

The ranking method is based on standardized citation metrics developed by a group of Stanford University scientists led by John P.S. Ioannidis, who is with Stanford's departments of medicine, health research and policy, biomedical data science and statistics and the Meta Research Innovation Center. 

The 33 Kent State faculty members included in the top 2% Lifetime Achievement List are: 

• Yossef S. Ben-Porath, Ph.D., Department of Psychological Sciences 

• Christina L. Bloebaum, Ph.D., Dean and Professor, College of Aeronautics and Engineering

•  Lique Coolen, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Assistant to the Provost for Special Projects 

• Hai Q. Dinh, Ph.D., Department of Mathematical Sciences, Trumbull Campus 

• John Dunlosky, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Department of Psychological Sciences

• Metin I. Eren, Ph.D., Department of Anthropology

• Rodney Feldmann, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Department of Earth Sciences 

• John Fridy, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Department of Mathematical Science 

• Antal Jakli, Ph.D., Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute 

• Mietek Jaroniec, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry 

• Ruoming Jin, Ph.D., Department of Computer Science 

• Oleg D. Lavrentovich, Ph.D., Trustees Research Professor, Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute

• Andrew Lepp, Ph.D., School of Foundations, Leadership and Administration 

• C. Owen Lovejoy, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of Human Evolutionary Studies, Department of Anthropology

• Hanbin Mao, Ph.D., Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry 

• Fedor Nazarov, Ph.D., Department of Mathematical Sciences 

• Peter Palffy-Muhoray, Ph.D., Department of Mathematical Sciences 

• Timothy Rasinski, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, School of Teaching, Learning and Curriculum Studies 

• Katherine Rawson, Ph.D., Professor Emerita, Department of Psychological Sciences 

• Lothar Reichel, Ph.D., Department of Mathematical Sciences 

• Alan M. Rubin, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, School of Communication Studies 

• Jonathan V. Selinger, Ph.D., Professor and Ohio Eminent Scholar in Theoretical Liquid Crystal Physics, Department of Physics

• Scott Sheridan, Ph.D., Department of Geography  

• Tara C. Smith, Ph.D., College of Public Health 

• Michael Strickland, Ph.D., Department of Physics

• Robert J. Twieg, Ph.D., Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry 

• David Ward, Ph.D., J. Arthur and Margaret Hatton Herrick Endowed Chair of Plant Conservation Biology, Department of Biological Sciences

• Deng-Ke Yang, Ph.D., Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute 

• Hiroshi Yokoyama, Ph.D., Professor and Ohio Research Scholar, Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute 

• Yin Zhang, Ph.D., School of Information 

The following professors were included on the list but are deceased:

• Kenneth E. Batcher, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Department of Computer Science, died in August 2019  

• Robert Hisrich, Ph.D., Bridgestone Chair of International Marketing and Director of the Global Management Center, died in February 2023

• Richard S. Varga, Ph.D., University Professor Emeritus, Department of Mathematical Sciences, died in February 2022

In addition, the following alumnus is included on the list:

• Raj Aggarwal, Ph.D., member of the Kent State University Foundation Board of Directors, an alumnus of the Graduate School of Management and a 2022 Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient 

There were also Kent State faculty whose single-year productivity put them in the top 2% of researchers for 2022:

• Raj Aggarwal 
• Kenneth E. Batcher
• Hari Krishna Bisoyi, Ph.D., Senior Chemist, Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystals Institute
• Heather K. Caldwell , Department Chair and Professor,  Biological Sciences
• Veronica Dexheimer, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Physics and Director of Center for Nuclear Research
• Hai Q. Dinh 
• John Dunlosky  
• Metin I. Eren  
• John Fridy  
• John Gunstad, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Psychological Sciences  
• Mietek Jaroniec  
• Min-Ho Kim, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
• Oleg D. Lavrentovich  
• Seonn Jeong (Ally) Lee, Ph.D., Professor, Hospitality and Event Management Program
• Michael Lehman, Ph.D., Director of the Brain Health Research Institute
• Andrew Lepp  
• C. Owen Lovejoy 
• Hanbin Mao 
• Denise M. McEnroe-Petitte, Ph.D., Association Professor, Nursing, Tuscawaras Campus
• Fedor Nazarov 
• Peter Palffy-Muhoray  
• Rajib Paul, Research Associate, Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystals Institute
• Timothy Rasinski  
• Katherine A. Rawson  
• Rouzbeh Razavi, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Information Systems and Business Analytics
• Lothar Reichel  
• Alan M. Rubin 
• Jonathan V. Selinger  
• Scott C. Sheridan  
• Tara C. Smith  
• Michael Strickland  
• Hao Wang, Ph.D., Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystals Institute
• David Ward  
• Dengke Yang  
• Marcia Lei Zeng, Ph.D., Professor, School of Information
• Yaorong Zheng, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

The following professors were included on the list but are deceased:

• Robert E. Carlson, Ph.D., former Professor Emeritus, Department of Biological Sciences, died in July 2023
• Robert Hisrich 

The following faculty members were included on the list but are no longer at Kent State:

• Yuval Peres, Ph.D., mathematician and former researcher at Kent State
• Tursun K. Yuldashev, Ph.D., National University of Uzbekistan

WRITTEN BY: APRIL MCCLELLAN-COPELAND