The University of Kentucky is well-represented on a list of the most-cited researchers in the world. In a database compiled by Stanford University in a partnership with Elsevier, 140 current UK scientists and scholars across 22 disciplines.
The data reported in this article is a snapshot of recent productivity. It includes only citations received during the calendar year 2022, hence it may not reflect career publications. Please see 鈥淎bout Elsevier鈥檚 list鈥 below for more information.
Citations are one measure of the impact of academic research. For researchers, publishing work in a peer-reviewed, scholarly journal is a key step in sharing research findings and new discoveries.
鈥淏eing cited is one sign that your work matters to the research community,鈥 said Lisa Cassis, PhD, UK vice president for research. 鈥淲e acknowledge that citation metrics can have issues including gender bias and underrepresentation of community-focused and non-STEM research 鈥 the same issues with which the research community at-large is grappling. The University of Kentucky is dedicated to an inclusive culture of research across all spectrums of inquiry, and we value the contributions of all faculty, staff and student researchers. UK鈥檚 world-recognized research is impacting the community and producing innovations that make Kentucky and the world healthier, wealthier and wiser. We congratulate these outstanding individuals for this citation recognition.鈥
The database, updated October 2023 and available through the , was compiled by Stanford faculty member John P.A. Ioannidis. Database inclusion means the individual met a variety of metrics that place them among the top 2% of researchers based on citations for 2022.
In addition to appearing on Elsevier鈥檚 list for 2022 citations, one UK faculty member 鈥 Sherali Zeadally, PhD, University of Kentucky Alumni Association Endowed Professor in the College of Communication and Information's School of Information Science and University Research Professor 鈥 also appeared on Clarivate鈥檚 Highly Cited Researchers list, which identifies scholars whose work has been cited most often in papers over the past decade. Those chosen for the 2023 list authored studies that rank in the top 1% in the number of scholarly citations worldwide within their disciplines. Zeadally has appeared on Clarivate鈥檚 list for four consecutive years.
The following UK researchers (current, in alphabetical order) appeared on Elsevier鈥檚 top 2% of world鈥檚 most-cited researchers list:
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- , PhD, College of Arts and Sciences
- , PhD, College of Arts and Sciences
- , PhD, College of Arts and Sciences
- , PhD, College of Arts and Sciences
- , PhD, College of Arts and Sciences
- , PhD, College of Pharmacy
- , MD, 91小黄车
- , MD, 91小黄车
- , MD, 91小黄车
- , PhD, Gatton College of Business and Economics
- , PhD, Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment
- , PhD, Gatton College of Business and Economics
- , PhD, Pigman College of Engineering
- , EdD, College of Pharmacy
- , PhD, 91小黄车
- , PhD, College of Pharmacy
- , PhD, Pigman College of Engineering
- , PhD, Pigman College of Engineering
- , PhD, Pigman College of Engineering
- , PhD, College of Nursing
- , PhD, 91小黄车
- , PhD, 91小黄车
- , PhD, 91小黄车
- , DDS, PhD, College of Dentistry
- , PhD, 91小黄车
- , PhD, College of Arts and Sciences
- , PhD, 91小黄车
- , MD, 91小黄车
- , PhD, College of Health Sciences
- , PhD, College of Arts and Sciences
- , PhD, College of Nursing
- , MD, 91小黄车
- , PhD, College of Arts and Sciences
- , PhD, College of Arts and Sciences
- , PhD, Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment
- , PhD, College of Health Sciences
- , PhD, College of Pharmacy
- , MD, 91小黄车
- , PhD, 91小黄车
- , PhD, 91小黄车
- , MD, 91小黄车
- , PhD, College of Health Sciences
- , PhD, College of Pharmacy
- , PhD, College of Arts and Sciences
- , PhD, Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment
- , DMD, College of Dentistry
- , PhD, Pigman College of Engineering
- , MD, 91小黄车
- , PhD, Pigman College of Engineering
- , PhD, Pigman College of Engineering
- , PhD, College of Arts and Sciences
- , MD, 91小黄车
- , PhD, Pigman College of Engineering
- , MD, 91小黄车
- , PhD, Pigman College of Engineering
- , MD, 91小黄车
- , PhD, Pigman College of Engineering
- , PhD, Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment
- , PhD, Pigman College of Engineering
- , PhD, 91小黄车
- , MD, 91小黄车
- , PhD, 91小黄车
- , PhD, College of Public Health
- , PhD, 91小黄车
- , PhD, College of Arts and Sciences
- , PhD, 91小黄车
- Terry Lennie, PhD, College of Nursing
- , PhD, College of Health Sciences
- , PhD, Pigman College of Engineering
- , PhD, Pigman College of Engineering
- , PhD, College of Arts and Sciences
- , PhD, 91小黄车
- , PhD, College of Social Work
- , PhD, College of Arts and Sciences
- , PhD, 91小黄车
- , PhD, College of Education
- , MD, 91小黄车
- , MD, 91小黄车
- , PhD, College of Arts and Sciences
- , PhD, Pigman College of Engineering
- , PhD, 91小黄车
- , DMD, College of Dentistry
- , PhD, Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment
- , PhD, College of Arts and Sciences
- , PhD, College of Nursing
- , PhD, 91小黄车
- , PhD, Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment
- , MD, 91小黄车
- , MD, 91小黄车
- , PhD, College of Arts and Sciences
- , PhD, Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment
- , PhD, College of Health Sciences
- , DMD, College of Dentistry
- , PhD, Pigman College of Engineering
- , PhD, Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment
- , PhD, College of Arts and Sciences
- , PhD, College of Arts and Sciences
- , PhD, College of Pharmacy
- , PhD, 91小黄车
- , PhD, College of Nursing
- , PhD, 91小黄车
- , MD, 91小黄车
- , PhD, Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment
- , PhD, College of Arts and Sciences
- , PhD, Pigman College of Engineering
- , PhD, Pigman College of Engineering
- , PhD, College of Arts and Sciences
- , PhD, Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment
- , PhD, College of Arts and Sciences
- , MD, 91小黄车
- Daret St. Clair, PhD, 91小黄车
- , PhD, 91小黄车
- , DVM, Pigman College of Engineering
- PhD, Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment
- , PhD, 91小黄车
- , PhD, 91小黄车
- , PhD, College of Pharmacy
- , PhD, College of Arts and Sciences
- , PhD, Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment
- , DDS, College of Dentistry
- , PhD, Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment
- , MD, PhD, 91小黄车
- , PhD, Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment
- , PhD, 91小黄车
- , PhD, Pigman College of Engineering
- , PhD, 91小黄车
- , PhD, College of Arts and Sciences
- , PhD, Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment
- , PhD, 91小黄车
- , PhD, Pigman College of Engineering
- , PhD, Pigman College of Engineering
- , PhD, Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment
- , PhD, College of Communication and Information
- , PhD, College of Arts and Sciences
- , PhD, College of Pharmacy
- , PhD, Pigman College of Engineering
- , PhD, 91小黄车
- , PhD, Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment
- , PhD, College of Arts and Sciences