Top 2% Scientists - Issue 32

Each year Elsevier and Stanford University recognizes the world’s top scientific researchers by publishing a list of the Top 2% Scientists Worldwide. The list comprises scientists across 22 fields and 174 subfields in the top 100,000 worldwide in terms of c-score (composite score) and/or in the top 2% of their chosen subfield.

Georgia Southern’s research enterprise has grown tremendously in the last few years. This year’s list of Top Scientists includes 13 distinguished faculty members from Georgia Southern! The College of Science and Mathematics has four faculty members on the list.

COSM Faculty among the Top 2% Scientists

• Dr. Jose Jimenez (Assistant Professor of Materials, Physical Chemistry, College of Science and Mathematics)

• Dr. Xiao-jun Wang (Professor of Physics, College of Science and Mathematics)

• Dr. Dmitry Apanaskevich (Professor of Biology, Entomology, College of Science and Mathematics)

• Dr. David C. Weindorf (Vice President for Research and Economic Development, College of Science and Mathematics)

Additional Georgia Southern faculty on the list include:

• Dr. Arda Yenipazarli (Professor of Operations Management, College of Business)

• Dr. Allen Amason (Dean, College of Business)

• Dr. Adam Bossler (Professor of Criminal Justice and Criminology, College of Behavioral and Social Sciences)

• Dr. Bryan Riemann (Professor of Sports Medicine, College of Health Professions)

• Dr. Issac Chun-Hai Fung (Professor of Epidemiology, College of Public Health)

• Dr. Mete Akcaoglu (Professor of Instructional Technology, College of Education)

• Dr. Haijun Gong (Assistant Professor, Department of Manufacturing Engineering, College of Engineering and Computing)

• Dr. Masoud Davari (Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering, College of Engineering and Computing)

• Dr. Biswanath Samanta (Professor of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering and Computing)

The database of top-cited scientists provides standardized information on citations, h-index, co-authorship adjusted hm-index, citations to papers in different authorship positions and a composite indicator (c-score). For the full list of scientist, please visit website at https://elsevier.digitalcommonsdata.com/datasets/btchxktzyw/7

Join me in congratulating all of the Georgia Southern faculty on this prestigious list.