Seven Chemistry Department faculty ranked as Top Scientists in the World, including Professor Donald Truhlar at #14

MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (05/13/2022)—In the first edition of Research.com’s top scientists ranking, seven current Department of Chemistry faculty were included in the disciplines of Chemistry and Materials Science.

Professor Donald Truhlar led the way, with a ranking of #14 in the world and #9 in the United States in Chemistry. He is joined by Professors Lawrence Que, Marc Hillmyer, Timothy Lodge, Jiali Gao, Andreas Stein, and Ilja Siepmann.

According to Research.com, the ranking is based on a meticulous examination of scientists on Google Scholar and Microsoft Academic Graph. For scholars to be included in the list, their h-index must be above 40. Their contributions made within the given discipline, as well as awards and achievements, are also considered. Each profile is then manually verified and cross-correlated against publications in a wide range of credible sources.

Over 35,754 profiles were examined for the discipline of Chemistry, and more than 11,163 were reviewed for Materials Science.

Position in the ranking is based on each scientist’s h-index. The h-index, publications, and citations values displayed in the tables were collected on December 6th, 2021.

Three department affiliated faculty from the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science (CEMS) were also ranked as top scientists.