Dozens of current and emeritus faculty members affiliated with the University of South Carolina were honored in a recent list of the world’s top-cited researchers in their field.
The study is published annually by Stanford University and Elsevier, an academic publishing company, to determine the world’s top-cited researchers. The University of South Carolina had 148 faculty members across 11 different colleges and schools make the list. That is the highest among in-state universities — with the next best registering just over 100 faculty — and in the top half among SEC institutions.
“I am delighted to see the quality and reach of our faculty’s research across a wide array of disciplines,” says Mary Anne Fitzpatrick, USC’s executive vice president for academic affairs and provost. “The impact of this research can be seen not only locally in South Carolina but also across the nation and across the globe.”
USC’s largest college, the McCausland College of Arts and Sciences, had the most faculty represented with 61, followed by the Arnold School of Public Health (25), the School of Medicine Columbia (15), the Darla Moore School of Business (13) and the Molinaroli College of Engineering and Computing (11).
Other areas represented include: College of Pharmacy (5); Darla Moore School of Business (5); School of Medicine Greenville (5); College of Nursing (2); College of Hospitality, Retail and Sports Management (3); College of Education (2) and the School of Music (1).
“We’re proud that 130-plus USC faculty are recognized in this prestigious listing, which reflects the breadth and scholarly influence of our research enterprise,” says Julius Fridriksson, vice president for research. “Citation metrics provide one important lens on research impact, especially among senior faculty who have spent their careers influencing their areas of study. At USC, we’re proud to honor these senior faculty and to support emerging researchers doing breakthrough work that isn’t yet fully recognized in citation counts."
The latest study incorporates research citation data from 2024 and presents a combined score for each individual researcher. The top 100,000 researchers by score are included on the list as well as those who scored inside the top 2 percent in their specific subfield of work.
Current and emeritus USC professors are listed below with departments included for current USC faculty members.
McCausland College of Arts and Sciences
Richard Adams, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Brett Altschul, Physics and Astronomy
Jeeva Anandan
Stanley Angel, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Frank Avignone
Katherine Barbieri, Political Science
Brian Benicewicz
Claudia Benítez-Nelson; Earth, Ocean and Environment
Ronald Benner
Meredith Blackwell
Carol Boggs; Earth, Ocean and Environment
Bruce Coull
Susan Cutter
Wolfgang Dahmen
John Dawson
Bert Ely, Biological Sciences
John Ferry
Madilyn Fletcher
Leonard Gardner
William Graf
Thomas Hilbish, Biological Sciences
Michael Hodgson
Eugene Huebner, Psychology
Austin Hughes
Allan James
Björn Kjerfve
Beth Krizek, Biological Sciences
David Lincoln
Charles Lovell
Pawel Mazur
Willard Moore
James Morris
Timothy Mousseau, Biological Sciences
Yuriy Pershin, Physics and Astronomy
Alexey Petrov, Physics and Astronomy
James Pinckney; Earth, Ocean and Environment
Ronald Prinz, Psychology
Vitaly Rassolov, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Daniel Reger
John Richards, Psychology
Susan Richardson, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Ken Shimizu, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Natalia Shustova, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Mark Smith, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Harvey Starr
Pradeep Talwani
Chuanbing Tang, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Vladimir Temlyakov
Robert Thunell
Richard Vogt
Thomas Vogt, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Cuizhen Wang, Geography
Hong Wang, Mathematics
Hui Wang, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Qi Wang, Mathematics
Richard Webb
Mark Weist, Psychology
David Wethey
Dawn Wilson-King, Psychology
Roy Wuthier
Hans-Conrad zur Loye, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Arnold School of Public Health
Anthony Alberg, Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Kenn Apel, Communication Sciences and Disorders
Donna Arnett
Mohammed Baalousha, Environmental Health Sciences
Paul Beattie, Physical Therapy
Michael Beets, Exercise Science
Steven Blair
Thomas G. Chandler, Environmental Health Sciences
John Davis, Exercise Science
Alan Decho, Environmental Health Sciences
John Durstine, Exercise Science
Julius Fridriksson, Communication Sciences and Disorders
Edward Frongillo, Health Promotion Education and Behavior
Barbara Haight
James Hébert, Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Andrew Kaczynski, Health Promotion Education and Behavior
Jamie Lead
Xiaoming Li, Health Promotion Education and Behavior
Angela Liese, Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Anwar Merchant, Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Russell Pate, Exercise Science
Nitin Shivappa, Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Theresa Smith
Robert Valois
Sara Wilcox, Exercise Science
School of Medicine Columbia
John Baynes
Michael Blaivas
Charles Bryan
Rudolph de Jong
Emmanuel Farber
Alvin Fox
Richard Hoppmann, Internal Medicine
Joseph Janicki
Edward Luce
Edward Mayeaux
Alexander McDonald; Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience
Narendra Singh; Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
Frank Spinale, Cardiovascular research
Ramesh Tripathi
Kenneth Walsh; Pharmacology, Physiology and Neuroscience
Darla Moore School of Business
Allen Berger, banking and finance
Sjoerd Beugelsdijk, international business
Paul Bliese, management
Laura Cardinal, management professor
Mark Ferguson, management science
Omrane Guedhami, international business
Tatiana Kostova, international business
Anthony Nyberg, faculty director of the Center for Executive Succession
Robert Ployhart, business administration and human resources
Kendall Roth, executive director of the USC Center for International Business Education and Research
Tamara Sheldon, economics
Marc van Essen, international business
Patrick Wright, management
Molinaroli College of Engineering and Computing
Dan Cacuci, Mechanical Engineering
Zafer Gürdal, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Kevin Huang, Chemical Engineering
Michael Huhns, Computer Science and Engineering
Kenneth Reifsnider, Mechanical Engineering
Vijay Sethuraman
Amit Sheth, Computer Science and Engineering
Michael Sutton, Biomedical Engineering
Sang Won, Aerospace Engineering
Xiaofeng Yang, Electrical Engineering
Paul Ziehl, Civic and Environmental Engineering
School of Medicine Greenville
Alfredo Carbonell, Surgery
Peter Carek, Family Medicine
Brent Egan
Michael Gauderer
Shanu Kothari, Surgery
Mohammed Khalil, Biomedical Sciences
College of Pharmacy
Charles Bennett, Clinical Pharmacy and Outcomes Sciences
Lorne Hofseth, Drug Discovery and Biomedical Sciences
Campbell McInnes, Drug Discovery and Biomedical Sciences
Igor Roninson, Drug Discovery and Biomedical Sciences
Michael Wyatt, Drug Discovery and Biomedical Sciences
Other schools and colleges
Hospitality, Retail and Sports Management: Xavier Basurto; Simon Hudson; Haemoon Oh, Hotel Restaurant and Tourism Management
College of Nursing: Sue Heiney; Bernardine Pinto, Biobehavioral Health & Nursing Science
College of Education: Christine DiStefano, Educational and Developmental Science; David Stodden, Educational and Developmental Science
School of Music: Benjamin Gimarc
Other: William Hrushesky