Professional Development

USF Faculty Recognized as Top 2% of Researchers

Congratulations to the 164 USF faculty members who have been recognized as the Top 2% of researchers in their field by Stanford’s annual ranking based on citations during calendar year 2022. This is a remarkable achievement and a testament to the USF faculty's talent and excellence in scholarship. 

This Stanford/Elsevier list excerpt highlights the top 2% of the most cited scientists globally. 

Note: This list has been updated to reflect additional USF faculty that Elsevier had coded by college as opposed to university. 



A. Wallace Hayes

Abraham Kandel

Alan R. Hevner

Alex A. Volinsky

Alexander Staruschenko

Ambe J. Njoh

Anatoly B. Belonoshko

Anol Bhattacherjee

Art Bochner

Barbara Lafferty

Barnali Dixon

Benjamin Matthew Craig

Bin Xue

Brad A. Seibel

Brent J. Small

Bruce H. Haughey

Camilla Vásquez

Carolyn Ellis

Carolyn Ellis

Cecile A. Lengacher

Cesar V. Borlongan

Charles J. Lockwood

Christian Bréchot

Chuamin Hu

Chuanmin Hu

Curtis E. Margo

D. Y. Goswami

Dana L. Zeidler

David E. Birk

David L. Vesely

David V. Sheehan

Dipayan Biswas

Don Chambers

Doug Rohrer

Edwin Michael

Elias K. Stefanakos

Emanuel Donchin

Eric Pfeiffer

Erwin Danneels

Faizan Ali

Frank E. Muller-Karger

Fred Mannering

Ganesh V. Halade

George E. Davis

George S. Nolas

Georgia T. Chao

Giovanni Luca Ciampaglia

Golfo Alexopoulos

Hariom Yadav

Hassan R. Mir

Haywood L. Brown

Heide Castañeda

Hossam M. Ashour

Howard Goldstein

Huabei Jiang

Humberto R. Gutierrez

Ioannis Spanopoulos

Irene S. Davis

James A. Mortimer

James D. Unnever

James L. Fozard

James R. Mihelcic

Jason Beckstead

Jeffrey Krischer

Jianfeng Cai

Jiangfeng Zhou

Jianjun Pan

Joan A. Reid

Joel Kevin Thompson

Joel Richter

John Ferron

John H. Paul

John J. Kasianowicz

Jonathan Rottenberg

Joseph A. Vandello

Judette Marie Louis

Judith J.M. Rijnhart

Julio Turrens

Kwang Cheng Chen

Ladislav Volicer

Laura A. Szalacha

Lawrence O. Hall

Les A. Piegl

Lingling Fan

Liwang Cui

Lynn B. Martin

M. Batzill

M. J. Defant

Manh Huong Phan

Marc J. Lajeunesse

Marcus S. Cooke

Maria Cecilia do Nascimento Nunes

Mark Ballow

Martin C. Robson

Matthew A. Pasek

Maxim Mokin

Mehran Mozaffari Kermani

Meredeth Rowe

Michael Brannick

Michael D. Seidman

Michael G. Franz

Muslim Amin

Mya Breitbart

Myung K. Kim

Neha Arora

P. E. Clayson

Pamela Hallock

Patrice M. Buzzanell

Paul C. Kuo

Paul E. Spector

Paul R. Sanberg

Paula G. Coble

Peng Chen

Philip J. Motta

Rahul Mhaskar

Ramon Gonzalez

Richard Lockey

Robert D. Benford

Robert D. Frisina

Robert H. Byrne

Robert Hauser

Robert J. Henning

Rodney D. Vanderploeg

Roy W. Sanders

Ruiliang Pu

Russell S. Kirby

Samuel A. Wickline

Selim Benbadis

Shaheen N. Awan

Shannon M. Suldo

Shawn Landry

Srinivas Nagaraj

Stephen B. Liggett

Stephen E. Saddow

Stephen R. McNutt

Steve W.J. Kozlowski

Steven A. Murawski

Steven Walczak

Sunil Mithas

Susan C. McMillan

Tammy D. Allen

Theresa A. Zesiewicz

Theresa M. Beckie

Thomas Bruce Casale

Thomas E. Becker

Thomas McCaffrey

Thomas W. Klein

Tim Dixon

Timo Rieg

Tony Pham

Vic Velanovich

Vladimir N. Uversky

Wenqi Liu

Wesley Brooks

William E. Haley

William L. Miller

Xiang dong Hou

Xiaoming Liu

Xiaopeng Shaw Li

Xinming Ou

Yao Liu

Yashwant Pathak

Yasin Yilmaz

Yi Qiang

Zhixin Miao