36 Baylor faculty members named among top 2% most cited in higher ed research

Stanford University recently compiled a database of the most cited researchers in higher ed history — specifically, those who ranked among the top 2% all-time. It’s an incredible undertaking — and one that found 36 Baylor professors among the honorees.

If you ever studied under or worked with a Baylor research professor, you likely know that it’s important to get published in a peer-reviewed, scholarly journal. It’s a key step in getting these professors’ efforts out for others to share and benefit from — taking researchers’ work from the lab or the office to the world at large.

Once research is in a journal, the next step in extending that work is when other scholars cite your work — meaning they see your work as influential, important to understanding their own, or serving as a foundation on which to build further study. To have 36 current or retired Baylor faculty members appear among the top 2% most-cited — 30 of them still active at BU — is incredible, particularly considering Baylor’s relatively recent emphasis on research.

Here’s a list of those 36 Bears recognized among the world’s most cited researchers:

• Dr. Robert P. Adams, retired biology research professor
• Dr. Emmanuel Agamloh, associate professor of electrical engineering
• Dr. Alexander Beaujean, professor of psychology
• Dr. Matt Bradshaw, retired sociology faculty, Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion
• Dr. Bryan W. Brooks, Distinguished Professor of environmental science and biomedical studies
• Dr. Dawn Carlson (BBA ’89, MBA ’91), H.R. Gibson Chair of Organizational Development-Management
• Dr. Thomas A. Fergus, associate professor of psychology
• Dr. Paul Froese, professor of sociology
• Dr. Fritz Gesztesy, Ralph and Jean Storm Professor of Mathematics
• Dr. Craig Gundersen, Snee Family Endowed Chair, Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty
• Dr. Greg Hamerly, associate professor of computer science
• Dr. Johnny Henderson, Distinguished Professor of mathematics
• Dr. Jonathan Hu, associate professor of engineering
• Dr. Peter Klein, W.W. Caruth Endowed Chair of Entrepreneurship and Corporate Innovation
• Dr. Kwang Lee, chair and professor, electrical & computer engineering
• Dr. Dorothy E. Leidner, retired Ferguson Professor of Information Systems
• Dr. Jeff Levin, University Professor of Epidemiology and Population Health, professor of medical humanities
• Dr. Christine Limbers, associate professor of psychology
• Dr. James A. Marcum, professor of philosophy
• Dr. Michael Muehlenbein, professor and chair of anthropology
• Dr. Jerry Park, associate professor of sociology
• Dr. Jason Pitts, assistant professor of biology
• Dr. James Roberts, professor of marketing
• Dr. Robert C. Roberts, retired resident scholar, Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion
• Dr. Christie Sayes, associate professor of environmental science
• Dr. Michael Scullin, associate professor of psychology and neuroscience
• Dr. Rodney Stark, retired Distinguished Professor of the social sciences
• Dr. Rodney X. Sturdivant, associate professor of statistical science
• Dr. S. Kay Toombs, professor emeritus of philosophy
• Dr. Jo-Ann Tsang, associate professor of psychology
• Dr. Annette von Jouanne, professor of electrical & computer engineering
• Dr. Kirk Wakefield (MBA ’81), Edwin W. Streetman Professorship in Retail Marketing
• Dr. Anzhong Wang, professor of physics
• Dr. Marley W. Watkins, research professor, educational psychology
• Dr. Robert Woodberry, research associate professor, Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion
• Dr. Bernd Zechmann, director of Baylor’s Center for Microscopy and Imaging

Numerous other Baylor professors have had major impact on their colleagues through published works, and this elite list gives just a sample of that work. But it demonstrates clearly that when Baylor professors show their work, they’re creating new knowledge that has a ripple effect through higher education and beyond.

Sic ’em, Baylor researchers!