Eight UNO Researchers Among Top Two Percent Cited Worldwide in Their Fields

An ongoing Stanford University study examining the impact and citations of all researchers has identified eight current and former UNO faculty who rank among the top two percent of researchers in the world in their fields.

The latest update to the research, published annually, creates a database of the 100,000 top-cited scientists across 22 scientific fields and 174 subfields, resulting in rankings for more than 195,000 top scientists total. This requires analyzing the work of more than six million scientists worldwide and ranking them based on their career-long or single-year output (as of 2021) within their field of study. The compilation tracks standardized information on the number of publications and various citation metrics that measure the impact of a researcher’s work.

At UNO, recognized faculty spanned the fields of biomechanics, information systems & quantitative analysis, psychology, biology, and more.

“One of the most gratifying results for a researcher is being able to see that the work is truly making an impact. This group of UNO researchers in particular should be celebrated for the expansive worldwide impact of their work," said Sara Myers, Ph.D., interim associate vice chancellor of research and creative activity. "It fills me with pride to see eight names on this list for 2021, and I am eager to see additional UNO researchers named in this study in the years to come.”

Updated data for 2022 is expected to be released in Fall 2023.

Single Year Impact

UNO single-year research honorees for 2021 include (all ranks shown for composite score):

• Andrea Grover, Ph.D., associate professor of information systems and quantitative analysis. Ranked No. 2,916 for her research in the field of artificial intelligence & image processing. Grover was also listed in 2020 and was ranked highly in a separate field.
  
  
• Sajda Qureshi, Ph.D., professor and Frederick W. Kayser Chair of information systems and quantitative analysis. Ranked 11,442 for her research in the field of artificial intelligence & image processing.
  
  
• Roni Reiter-Palmon, Ph.D., professor of psychology. Ranked No. 604 for her research in the field of social psychology. Reiter-Palmon was also listed in 2020 and rose three spots in the rankings.
  
  
• Nikolas Stergiou, Ph.D., assistant dean and director of the division of biomechanics and research development. Ranked No. 172 for his research in the field of orthopedics. Stergiou was also listed in 2020 and rose 18 spots in the rankings.

Career-Long Impact

For their career-long impact, the following seven UNO faculty were recognized (all ranks shown for composite score):

• Andrea Grover, Ph.D., associate professor of information systems & quantitative analysis. Ranked 7,481 for her research in the field of artificial intelligence & image processing.
  
  
• Derek J. Hodgson, Ph.D., former professor of chemistry and vice chancellor for academic affairs. Ranked No. 927 for his research in the fields of inorganic and nuclear chemistry. Hodgson was also listed in 2020 and has risen more than 370 spots in the rankings.
  
  
• Sajda Qureshi, Ph.D., professor and Frederick W. Kayser Chair of information systems and quantitative analysis. Ranked 6,741 for her research in the field of artificial intelligence & image processing.
  
  
• John “Jack” Shroder, Ph.D., professor emeritus of geology and geography, as well as emeritus faculty for the Center for Afghanistan Studies. Ranked No. 1,869 for his research in the field of geochemistry & geophysics. Shroder was also listed in 2020.
  
  
• Nikolas Stergiou, Ph.D., assistant dean for the UNO Division of Biomechanics and professor of biomechanics. Ranked No. 373 for his research in the field of orthopedics. Stergiou was also listed in 2020 and has risen more than 50 spots in the rankings.
  
  
• Jim Thorson, Ph.D., professor emeritus of gerontology. Ranked 11,936 for his research in the field of general & internal medicine.
  
  
• Zhenyuan Wang, Ph.D., professor emeritus of mathematical and statistical sciences. Ranked 9,139 for his research in the field of artificial intelligence & image processing.