Twenty scholars from the Michigan State University College of Education are among the top 2% of scientists worldwide, according to Stanford University’s 2024 World’s Top 2% Scientists list.

One hundred thousand scholars from more than 20 fields and 174 sub-fields are featured on the single-year list, which highlights research contributions for the 2023 calendar year. Seventeen scholars from the College of Education are recognized on the career-long impact list.

Since 2019, the list has been created in collaboration with Elsevier — a global leader in academic publishing and research analytics. The organizations use data from Scopus, a leading citation database of peer-reviewed literature.

Spartan scholars on the single-year include:

• Professor and Associate Dean for Research Emily Bouck

• Mildred B. Erickson Distinguished Chair in Higher, Adult, and Lifelong Education and Professor Brendan Cantwell

• Professor Dorinda Carter Andrews

• Professor Peter De Costa

• Associate Professor Dante Dixson

• Professor and Department of Kinesiology Chairperson Panteleimon Ekkekakis

• MSU Research Foundation Professor Kenneth Frank

• Gwendolyn Norrell Professor Emeritus Daniel Gould

• Professor Christine Greenhow

• Professor and Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs Matthew Koehler

• Professor Spyros Konstantopoulos

• Lappan-Phillips Professor of Science Education Joseph Krajcik

• Gwendolyn Norrell Professor Tracey Covassin

• John A. Hannah University Distinguished Professor Barbara Schneider

• Professor Christina Schwarz

• Professor Riyad Shahjahan

• Professor Kristen Renn

• Professor Tenko Raykov

• Lappan-Phillips Professor of Computing Education Aman Yadav

• Red Cedar Distinguished Professor and Department of Counseling, Educational Psychology, and Special Education Chairperson Kui Xie

"This recognition by Stanford University is more than a personal accolade for these faculty members; it is a reflection of the transformative work happening at a best-in-class college of education right here in East Lansing,” said Jerlando F. L. Jackson, dean and MSU Research Foundation Professor of Education.

Methodology

The rankings are determined by using a composite indicator, known as the c-score, which is calculated based on six key citation metrics:

• Total citations (NC): The total count of times a publication or a collection of publications has been referenced in other works

• H-index (H): Calculated by counting the number of publications that have been cited at least the same number of times

• Hm-index: H-index adjusted for the number of authors

• Citations to single-author papers (NCS): Total cites to single authored papers

• Citations to single or first-author papers (NCSF): Total cites to single and first authored papers

• Citations to single, first or last-author papers (NCSFL): Total cites to papers where the individual is the sole, first or last author

This story originally appeared on College of Education.