Drexel's flagship College of Engineering continues to excel in national rankings. In a database compiled by Stanford University, 27 tenure, tenure-track or emeriti 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 both the previous year and over their career. Scientists are classified into 22 scientific fields and 174 sub-fields.
Yury Gogotsi, PhD, Distinguished University and Charles T. and Ruth M. Bach Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, is a leading figure in Drexel’s internationally recognized materials research community. In the 2024 citation-year update he is No. 21 overall across all fields and No. 2 within Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. Over his career he is No. 141 overall and No. 6 in the same subfield. His pioneering work on MXenes, from discovery to applications, has opened durable pathways for energy storage, electronics, and water treatment, helping make a Drexel-born material part of the worldwide research conversation.
Michel Barsoum, PhD, Distinguished Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, is likewise a defining voice in Drexel’s materials enterprise, renowned for foundational work on MAX phases and the family of two-dimensional MXenes that followed. In the 2024 citation-year rankings he is No. 99 overall and No. 1 in the Materials subfield using the no-self-citation metric. Across his career he is No. 401 overall and No. 4 in Materials. His research has reframed how layered ceramics are understood and engineered, shaping materials design across academia and industry.
“This level of citation impact reflects leadership across fields and years of sustained, high-quality scholarship,” said Joseph Hughes, PhD, interim associate dean for faculty advancement. “It is evidence that our work is setting direction for research and practice.”
Other researchers from across the College of Engineering who have been featured on the career or single-year list include:
Chemical & Biological Engineering (CBE)
Civil, Architectural & Environmental Engineering (CAEE)
Electrical & Computer Engineering (ECE)
Mechanical Engineering & Mechanics (MEM)
Materials Science & Engineering (MSE)
Ed. Note: An earlier version of this article unintentionally mixed entries from the Stanford–Elsevier single-year and career lists, leading to the omission of several colleagues. We have clarified the scope to recognize College of Engineering faculty who appear on either the 2024 single-year or the 2024 career tables.