Drexel Engineers Listed Among Most Cited in Recent Stanford Database

Drexel's flagship College of Engineering continues to shine in national roundups. In a database compiled by Stanford University, 20 tenure or tenure-track faculty members, representing disciplines from across the college, appear among the top 2% of the most-cited researchers in their fields.

To create the publicly available database of top-cited researchers, a group of scientists at Stanford developed a ranking method based on standardized citation metrics that give a picture of an individual's impact in the previous year. Scientists are classified into 22 scientific fields and 174 sub-fields.

In the list of career impact for 2023, Distinguished University and Charles T. and Ruth M. Bach Professor Yury Gogotsi, PhD , maintains his outstanding position, ranked as the #176 researcher world-wide in all fields, and #8 world-wide for researchers whose primary discipline is listed as Nanoscience & Nanotechnology. His work in Materials Science, specifically in the discovery, characterization, research, and application of MXenes, continues to open up new areas of study in materials.

Distinguished Professor Michel Barsoum, PhD , an internationally recognized leader in the study of MAX phases as well as MXenes, ranked #524 in the 2023 worldwide list of all research disciplines, and #7 worldwide for researchers whose primary discipline is listed as Materials.

"These citations showcase the impact and relevance of the research conducted in our college," said Jin Wen, PhD , Associate Dean for Research and Innovation. "They reflect how our work is shaping fields across engineering and technology. Additionally, this recognition contributes to Drexel's rising status in national rankings, further affirming our position as a leading institution for engineering research and education."

Other researchers from across the College of Engineering who have been featured include:

Chemical & Biological Engineering

• Jason Baxter, PhD, Professor (Applied Physics)
• Joshua Snyder, PhD , Associate Professor (Energy)
• Masoud Soroush, PhD , George B. Francis Professor (Chemical Engineering)

Civil, Architectural & Environmental Engineering

• Bakhtier Farouk, PhD , J. Harland Billings Professor (Mechanical Engineering & Transports)
• Charles N. Haas, PhD , LD Betz Professor (Environmental Engineering)
• Michael Waring, PhD , Professor (Building & Construction)

Electrical & Computer Engineering

• Afshin Daryoush, PhD , Professor (Networking & Telecommunications)
• Anup Das, PhD , Associate Professor (Computer Hardware & Architecture)
• Gary Friedman, PhD , Professor (Applied Physics)
• Matthew C. Stamm, PhD , Associate Professor (Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing)

Mechanical Engineering & Mechanics

• Young I. Cho, PhD , Professor (Mechanical Engineering & Transports)
• Alexander Fridman, PhD , John A. Nyheim Chair Professor (Applied Physics)
• E. Caglan Kumbur, PhD , Professor (Energy)
• Jonathan E. Spanier, PhD , Hess Family Chair Professor (Applied Physics)

Materials Science and Engineering

• Christopher Li, PhD , Professor (Polymers)
• Steven J. May, PhD , Professor (Applied Physics)
• Ekaterina Pomerantseva, PhD , Associate Professor (Nanoscience & Nanotechnology)
• Antonios Zavaliangos, PhD , A. W. Grosvenor Professor (Materials)

This impressive showing across multiple disciplines underscores the breadth and depth of cutting-edge research being conducted in the College of Engineering and reinforces its commitment to fostering an environment of innovation and academic excellence, positioning Drexel at the forefront of engineering research and education.