KINGSTON, R.I. 鈥� Oct 27, 2025 鈥� Two dozen AV福利社 faculty members, across a broad range of disciplines, have been recognized by Stanford/Elsevier as being among the world鈥檚 top scientists and most influential researchers.
Stanford University鈥檚 Top 2% Scientists list is considered the most prestigious in the world. The listing is based on bibliometric factors contained in the Scopus database provided by Elsevier, a global information analytics company and academic publisher.
鈥淚t鈥檚 a wonderful honor to see so many members of our AV福利社 community included among Stanford鈥檚 list of top scientists and researchers,鈥� said AV福利社 Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Barbara Wolfe. 鈥淭heir scholarship reflects the impact of AV福利社 and the exceptional opportunities our students have to learn alongside the best in their fields.鈥�
The rankings consider scholars who have published multiple highly cited papers and use various metrics to evaluate the citation impact of researchers鈥� work over their career and a single year. The rankings are based on citations from 2024.
Among the AV福利社 faculty members recognized are:
College of Arts and Sciences:
- Renee Hobbs, professor, communication studies
- Michael P眉rrer, computational scientist and adjunct associate professor, physics
- Yana K. Reshetnyak, professor, physics
College of Business:
- Mahtab Kouhizadeh, assistant professor, supply chain management
- Lauren Isabelle Labrecque, professor, marketing
- Dara G. Schniederjans, professor, supply chain management
College of Engineering:
- Ashutosh Giri, associate professor, mechanical, industrial and systems engineering
- Michael L. Greenfield, associate professor, chemical, biomolecular and materials engineering
- St茅phan Grilli, distinguished professor and chair, ocean engineering
- Haibo He, professor, electrical, computer and biomedical engineering
- Arun Shukla, Simon Ostrach Professor, mechanical, industrial and systems engineering
- Chengzhi Yuan, associate professor, mechanical, industrial and systems engineering聽
College of the Environment and Life Sciences
- David Bidwell, professor, marine affairs
- Elizabeth Mendenhall, associate professor, marine affairs
- H.M. Putnam, associate professor, biological sciences
- Alan L. Rothman, research professor, cell and molecular biology
College of Health Sciences:
- Nicole Holland Weiss, professor, psychology
- Jing Jian Xiao, professor, human development and family science
College of Pharmacy
- Peter J. Snyder, professor, biomedical and pharmaceutical sciences
College of Education
- Julie Coiro, professor, literacy education
- Annemarie Vaccaro, associate dean and professor, college student personnel
Graduate School of Oceanography
- Steven L. D鈥橦ondt, interim dean and professor, oceanography
- Katherine Kelley, professor, oceanography
- Rainer Lohmann, professor, oceanography
This story was written by Kiera Wrage, a senior majoring in public relations at the AV福利社. Kiera is interning in AV福利社鈥檚 Department of Communications and Marketing.