{"id":105946,"date":"2025-11-12T12:15:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T17:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=105946"},"modified":"2025-12-15T10:14:41","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T15:14:41","slug":"dozens-of-brock-scholars-on-global-list-of-top-researchers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2025\/11\/dozens-of-brock-scholars-on-global-list-of-top-researchers\/","title":{"rendered":"Dozens of Brock scholars on global list of top researchers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brock University researchers are making their mark, with 40 appearing on Stanford University\u2019s 2025 ranking of the top two per cent of international scientists with the most citations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCitations are one very important indicator of research uptake and influence,\u201d says Vice-President, Research Tim Kenyon.\u00a0\u201cThe inclusion of so many Brock University researchers on this list vividly illustrates the global reach and impact of Brock\u2019s community of inquiry and discovery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Citations, which appear in academic papers, are references made to earlier research. The number of times a researcher\u2019s work is referenced in other peer-reviewed work is an important indicator of their research impact and reputation.<\/p>\n<p>Released in late summer, <a href=\"https:\/\/elsevier.digitalcommonsdata.com\/datasets\/btchxktzyw\/8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the 2025 update<\/a> contains two tables: one listing a database of citations over the course of a career and another listing researchers for the most citations in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The 40 Brock researchers on the list of the highest number of citations over a career are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stephen Anco, Professor of Mathematics and Statistics<\/li>\n<li>Michael Ashton, Professor of Psychology<\/li>\n<li>Anthony Bogaert, Professor of Health Sciences<\/li>\n<li>Uwe Brand, Professor of Earth Sciences<\/li>\n<li>Ian Brindle, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry<\/li>\n<li>Katrina Brudzynski, Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Mathematics and Science<\/li>\n<li>Stefan Brudzynski, Professor Emeritis of Psychology<\/li>\n<li>Wangxue Chen, Adjunct Professor of Biological Sciences<\/li>\n<li>Stephen Cheung, Professor of Kinesiology<\/li>\n<li>Dirk De Clercq, Professor of Management<\/li>\n<li>Vincenzo De Luca, Professor of Biology<\/li>\n<li>Ivo D\u00fcntsch, Professor Emeritus of Computer Science<\/li>\n<li>Bareket Falk, Professor of Kinesiology<\/li>\n<li>Thomas Farrell, Professor of Applied Linguistics<\/li>\n<li>Maurice Feldman, Professor of Applied Disabilities Studies<\/li>\n<li>David Fennell, Professor of Geography and Tourism Studies<\/li>\n<li>Martin Head, Professor of Earth Sciences<\/li>\n<li>Gordon Hodson, Professor of Psychology<\/li>\n<li>Herbert Holland, Professor of Chemistry<\/li>\n<li>Tomas Hudlicky, Professor of Chemistry<\/li>\n<li>Frans Koffyberg, Professor of Physics<\/li>\n<li>Neil McCartney, Faculty of Applied Health Sciences<\/li>\n<li>Cheryl McCormick, Professor of Psychology<\/li>\n<li>Donald McCreary, Adjunct Professor of Psychology<\/li>\n<li>John Menzies, Professor of Earth Sciences<\/li>\n<li>Jack Miller, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry<\/li>\n<li>Catherine Mondloch, Professor of Psychology<\/li>\n<li>Georgii Nikonov, Professor of Chemistry<\/li>\n<li>Edward Piers, Faculty of Mathematics and Science<\/li>\n<li>Ryan Plummer, Professor in the Environmental Sustainability Research Centre<\/li>\n<li>Shahryar Rahnamayan, Professor of Engineering<\/li>\n<li>Peter Rand, Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences<\/li>\n<li>Andrew Reynolds, Professor of Biological Sciences<\/li>\n<li>Kirill Samokhin, Professor of Physics<\/li>\n<li>Sidney Segalowitz, Professor of Psychology<\/li>\n<li>Martin Tammem\u00e4gi, Professor Emeritus of Health Sciences<\/li>\n<li>Glenn Tattersall, Professor of Biological Sciences<\/li>\n<li>Peter Tiidus, Professor of Kinesiology<\/li>\n<li>Teena Willoughby, Professor of Psychology<\/li>\n<li>A.D. Walsh, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The 38 Brock researchers on the list of highest number of citations for 2024 are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stephen Anco, Professor of Mathematics, Faculty of Mathematics and Science<\/li>\n<li>Michael Ashton, Professor of Psychology<\/li>\n<li>Hassan Askari, Assistant Professor of Engineering<\/li>\n<li>Michael Bidochka, Professor of Biological Sciences<\/li>\n<li>Anthony Bogaert, Professor of Health Sciences<\/li>\n<li>Dave Bouckenooghe, Professor of Organizational Behaviour and Human Resource Management<\/li>\n<li>Uwe Brand, Professor of Earth Sciences<\/li>\n<li>Katrina Brudzynski, Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Mathematics and Science<\/li>\n<li>Stefan Brudzynski, Professor Emeritis of Psychology<\/li>\n<li>Michael Busseri, Professor of Psychology<\/li>\n<li>Wangxue Chen, Adjunct Professor of Biological Sciences<\/li>\n<li>Stephen Cheung, Professor of Kinesiology<\/li>\n<li>Dirk De Clercq, Professor of Management<\/li>\n<li>Vincenzo De Luca, Professor of Biological Sciences<\/li>\n<li>Andrea Doucet, Professor of Sociology and Women\u2019s and Gender Studies<\/li>\n<li>Thomas Farrell, Professor of Applied Linguistics<\/li>\n<li>David Fennell, Professor of Geography and Tourism Studies<\/li>\n<li>Tim Fletcher, Professor of Kinesiology<\/li>\n<li>Martin Head, Professor of Earth Sciences<\/li>\n<li>Gordon Hodson, Professor of Psychology<\/li>\n<li>Thomas Hudlicky, Professor of Chemistry<\/li>\n<li>Princely Ifinedo, Professor of Information Systems<\/li>\n<li>V Kumar, Professor of Marketing, International Business and Strategy<\/li>\n<li>Rebecca MacPherson, Associate Professor of Health Sciences<\/li>\n<li>Toby M\u00fcndel, Professor of Kinesiology<\/li>\n<li>Catherine Nash, Professor Emerita of Geography and Tourism Studies<\/li>\n<li>Georgii Nikonov, Professor of Chemistry<\/li>\n<li>Ryan Plummer, Professor in the Environmental Sustainability Research Centre<\/li>\n<li>Shahryar Rahnamayan, Professor of Engineering<\/li>\n<li>Peter Rand, Emeritus of Biological Sciences<\/li>\n<li>Andrew Reynolds, Professor of Biological Sciences<\/li>\n<li>Dragos Simandan, Professor of Geography and Tourism Studies<\/li>\n<li>Martin Tammem\u00e4gi, Professor Emeritus of Health Sciences<\/li>\n<li>Glenn Tattersall, Professor of Biological Sciences<\/li>\n<li>Ron Thomson, Professor of Applied Linguistics<\/li>\n<li>Evangelia Litsa Tsiani, Professor of Health Sciences<\/li>\n<li>Teena Willoughby, Professor of Psychology<\/li>\n<li>Lianxi Zhou, Professor of Marketing and International Business<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brock University researchers are making their mark, with about three dozen appearing on Stanford University\u2019s 2025 ranking of the top two per cent of international scientists with the most citations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":105950,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36,39,3319,4052,41,1,5,38],"tags":[423,13070,7948,8907,7437,567,885,5014,1696,996,9407,14132,356,14133,389,546,13069,296,7488,348,522,594,6204,5645,2281,14713,12149,11217],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105946"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105946"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105946\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":106641,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105946\/revisions\/106641"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}