NMT Faculty on the Stanford/Elsevier List of Top 2% Most Cited Scientists
Sept. 26, 2025
Scientific publisher Elsevier and Stanford University released their annual list of the top 2% most cited scientists. Eight current NMT faculty, along with a long list of emeriti and former faculty and adjuncts, are among those listed.
Scientific publisher Elsevier and Stanford University released their annual list of the top 2% most cited scientists. Eight current NMT faculty, along with a long list of emeriti and former faculty and adjuncts, are among those listed.
Each year, Elsevier and Stanford University compile the list of scientists ranked among the top 2% based on a range of metrics (e.g., citations, h-index) available in Elsevier’s Scopus database. Scientists are ranked based on their data from the prior year (in this case, 2024) as well as on their overall career statistics.
Making the list this year based on their career activities (and for those marked with an *, also on their 2024 statistics) are:
- Brian Borchers, Professor of Mathematics *
- David Burleigh, Professor of Materials Engineering
- Lique Coolen, VPR/Provost and VPAA, Professor of Biology and CLASS
- Mostafa Hassanalian, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering *
- Bixiang Wang, Professor of Mathematics *
- Andrei Zagrai, Professor of Mechanical Engineering
- Jun Zheng, Professor of Computer Science and Engineering *
Joining the list based on his 2024 statistics is:
- Deep Choudhuri, Associate Professor of Materials Engineering
The following emeritus faculty and staff scientists are highlighted on the list based on their overall careers and also based on the 2024 data (marked with an *):
- Gary Axen, Earth and Environmental Science *
- Jill Buckley, PRRC *
- Kent Condie, Earth and Environmental Science *
- Robert Holson, Psychology
- Thomas Kieft, Biology
- Philip Kyle, Earth and Environmental Science
- Peter Mozley, Earth and Environmental Science *
- Fred Phillips, Earth and Environmental Science *
- David Raymond, Physics *
- Lawrence Teufel, Petroleum Engineering
- John Wilson, Earth and Environmental Science
Lastly, the following former NMT faculty and adjunct faculty were recognized:
- Robert Bowman, Earth and Environmental Science
- John Curro, Materials Engineering
- A.A. Fakhimi, Mineral Engineering
- Michael Hargather, Mechanical Engineering
- Randall Seright, PRRC
Congratulations to all of these scientists on this recognition and on the continuing impact they are having on their fields.