Claudia J. Coulton, Distinguished University Professor and the Lillian F. Harris Professor Emerita, and Dexter R. Voisin, the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Dean of Applied Social Sciences, are among the top 2% of most-cited researchers in the world, according to the Stanford University–Elsevier list, a science-wide author database of standardized citation indicators.
The database is created by experts at Stanford University, based on data from Elsevier’s Scopus, the publicly available abstract and citation database of 1.8+ billion cited references dating back to 1970. Citations show how many times a researcher's work is referenced in another scientific publication, demonstrating the lasting significance of their findings.
The study collected data on more than six million scientists worldwide, narrowing the field to the top 2%.
More than 300 faculty members from Case Western Reserve University have been named in the Stanford University–Elsevier list of the top 2% most-cited scientists in various disciplines worldwide.