Study ranks 41 UNH researchers in top 2 percent worldwide

Monday, January 25, 2021
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A recent study published in PLOS Biology Journal lists 41 current and emeritus UNH researchers among the world's leading 100,000 researchers, in the top 2 percent. The study, led by John P.A. Ioannidis of Stanford University, ranked more than 6 million researchers in 22 disciplines and 176 subdisciplines researchers based on citation metrics from data from 2019. The UNH researchers — from the College of Life Sciences and Agriculture, College of Engineering and Physical Sciences, College of Liberal Arts and Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space — span a wide range of disciplines.

“This impressive list of highly ranked UNH researchers amplifies the major impact our faculty have long had in their fields of study.”

“This impressive list of highly ranked UNH researchers amplifies the major impact our faculty have long had in their fields of study,” says Marian McCord, senior vice provost for research, economic engagement and outreach. “The researchers on this list highlight our strengths in natural resources, space science and physics, microbiology, sociology and crimes against children and psychology.”

Citations — references to source information upon which new research is built — are an important, if imperfect, metric for academic research productivity. The number of citations can indicate the impact of research on one’s field; researchers whose work is highly cited can be considered to contribute fundamental knowledge to a field of study.

The study includes the following UNH researchers:

John Aber, professor, natural resources and the environment

Richard Blakemore, professor emeritus, molecular, cellular and biomedical sciences

Benjamin Chandran, professor, physics and astronomy

N. Dennis Chasteen, professor emeritus, chemistry

Russell Congalton, professor, natural resources and the environment

Jack Dibb, research associate professor, Earth Systems Research Center

Michele Dillon, professor, sociology; dean of the College of Liberal Arts

Mark Ducey, professor, natural resources and the environment

Joseph Dwyer, professor, physics

Charles Farrugia, research professor, Space Science Center

David Finkelhor, professor, sociology; director of the Crimes against Children Research Center

Terry Forbes, research professor emeritus, physics and astronomy

Serita Frey, professor, natural resources and the environment

Steve Frolking, research professor, Earth Systems Research Center

Lawrence Hamilton, professor, sociology

Robert Harter, professor emeritus, natural resources and the environment

Erik Hobbie, research professor, Earth sciences

Joseph Hollweg, professor emeritus, physics and astronomy

Philip Isenberg, research professor, physics and astronomy

Marko Knezevic, associate professor, mechanical engineering

James Krzanowski, professor, mechanical engineering

Thomas Laue, professor emeritus, molecular, cellular and biomedical sciences

Lina Lee, professor, languages, literatures and cultures

Michael Lesser, research professor emeritus, molecular, cellular and biomedical sciences

John Mayer, professor, psychology

Larry Mayer, professor, Earth sciences; director of the Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping

Mark McConnell, professor, physics and astronomy

William McDowell, professor, natural resources and the environment

W. Thomas Miller, professor emeritus, electrical and computer engineering

Eberhard Möbius, professor emeritus, physics and astronomy

Scott Ollinger, professor, natural resources and the environment

Nina Schiller, professor emerita, anthropology

Nathan Schwadron, professor, physics and astronomy

Michelle Pellissier Scott, professor emerita, biological sciences

W. Rudolf Seitz, professor, chemistry

Fred Short, research professor emeritus, natural resources and the environment

Charles Smith, research professor, Space Science Center

Stacia Sower, professor emerita, molecular, cellular and biomedical sciences

W. Kelley Thomas, professor, molecular, cellular and biomedical sciences

Heather Turner, professor, sociology

Colin Ware, professor emeritus, computer science and ocean engineering

 

 

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