Faculty Spotlight
Several WMed faculty members recently made the list of Stanford University/Elsevier’s Top 2% Scientist Rankings, which identifies the world’s leading researchers.
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The highly prestigious list of top scientists uses Scopus data provided by Elsevier through ICSR Lab and encompasses standardized data on citations, h-index, and a wide range of bibliometric factors. Scientists are classified into 22 scientific fields and 174 sub-fields according to the standard Science-Metrix classification. The latest list of top researchers draws from the October 1, 2023, snapshot from Scopus, updated to the end of citation year 2022.
“We are pleased that our medical school faculty have been recognized amongst the world’s leading researchers as they contribute to the advancement of medicine and science through their research,” said Robert G. Sawyer, ², the medical school dean.
The following WMed faculty made the list of top researchers:
- Rajiv Tandon, MBBS, ², MS (Professor Emeritus, Department of Psychiatry)
- Robert W. Rebar, ² (Professor Emeritus, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology)
- Thomas L. Rothstein, ², PhD (Chair and Professor, Department of Investigative Medicine)
- Kevin A. Ault, ² (Chair and Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology)
- Dilip R. Patel, MBBS (Chair ad Professor, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine)
- Craig A. Beam, PhD (Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences)
- Robert G. Sawyer, ² (The Hal B. Jenson, ² Dean; Senior Associate Dean for Research; Professor, Department of Surgical Services)
- Donald E. Greydanus, ² (Professor, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine)
- Joseph A. Prahlow (Clinical Professor, Department of Pathology)
For more information about the full list of scientist rankings, visit .