Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to include Professors Nir Kshetri, Dale Schunk, and Vasyl Taras; and Associate Professor Jiyoung Hwang, who were erroneously omitted.
UNC Greensboro scientists are among the top 2% most-cited researchers around the world, according to the 2023 Stanford-Elsevier List.
While the list doesn’t account for citations in all journals or disciplines, it includes data from nearly 35,000 peer-reviewed journals in the life, social, physical, and health sciences.
Listed researchers are recognized for career-wide citation numbers as well as for excellence in the most recent year of available data, with this most recent list looking at citations in 2022.
Below are the UNCG scholars who made the list:
| Scientist | Discipline | Rankings | School or College |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Kiss | Biology | Career & Single Year | College of Arts & Sciences |
| Nadja Cech | Chemistry and Biochemistry | Career & Single Year | College of Arts & Sciences |
| Nicholas Oberlies | Chemistry and Biochemistry | Career & Single Year | College of Arts & Sciences |
| Huzefa Raja | Chemistry and Biochemistry | Single Year | College of Arts & Sciences |
| Alan Kamhi | Communication Sciences and Disorders | Career | School of Health and Human Sciences |
| Jing Deng | Computer Science | Career & Single Year | College of Arts & Sciences |
| Shan Suthaharan | Computer Science | Career & Single Year | College of Arts & Sciences |
| DiAnne Borders | Counseling and Educational Development | Career & Single Year | School of Education |
| Al Link | Economics | Career & Single Year | Bryan School of Business and Economics |
| Dale Schunk | Education | Career & Single Year | School of Education |
| Mark Rifkin | English | Career & Single Year | College of Arts & Sciences |
| Cheryl Buehler | Human Development and Family Studies | Career & Single Year | School of Health and Human Sciences |
| Mark Fine | Human Development and Family Studies | Career & Single Year | School of Health and Human Sciences |
| Esther Leerkes | Human Development and Family Studies | Single Year | School of Health and Human Sciences |
| Prashant Palvia | Information Systems and Supply Chain Management | Career & Single Year | Bryan School of Business and Economics |
| Ang Chen | Kinesiology | Career & Single Year | School of Health and Human Sciences |
| Ben Dyson | Kinesiology | Career & Single Year | School of Health and Human Sciences |
| Allan Goldfarb | Kinesiology | Career & Single Year | School of Health and Human Sciences |
| Jennifer Etnier | Kinesiology | Career & Single Year | School of Health and Human Sciences |
| Sandra Shultz | Kinesiology | Career & Single Year | School of Health and Human Sciences |
| Nir Kshetri | Management | Career & Single Year | Bryan School of Business and Economics |
| Vasyl Taras | Management | Single Year | Bryan School of Business and Economics |
| Jiyoung Hwang | Marketing, Hospitality, Entrepreneurship, and Tourism | Single Year | Bryan School of Business and Economics |
| Susan Letvak | Nursing | Single Year | School of Nursing |
| Maryanne Perrin | Nutrition | Single Year | School of Health and Human Sciences |
| Zhanxiang Zhou | Nutrition | Career & Single Year | School of Health and Human Sciences |
| Michael Kane | Psychology | Career & Single Year | College of Arts & Sciences |
| Paul Silvia | Psychology | Career & Single Year | College of Arts & Sciences |
| Blair Wisco | Psychology | Single Year | College of Arts & Sciences |
| Derek Krueger | Religious Studies | Single Year | College of Arts & Sciences |
Story by Janet Imrick, University Communications; and Sangeetha Shivaji, Office of Research and Engagement
Photography by Sean Norona and Martin W. Kane, University Communications
