Seven faculty members who work with and in the Texas Materials Institute have been distinguished as Highly Cited Researchers for 2025 based on Clarivate's Web of Science Core Collection, a platform that provides reference and citation data from academic journals, conferences, and other documents across disciplines. Each Highly Cited Researcher has authored mulitple highly-cited papers and rank in the top 1% for their field and publication year.
The list is first based on the citation data, and then further refined using quantitative metrics, qualitative analysis, and expert judgement.
The following faculty received the Highly Cited Researcher award for 2025:
- Deji Akinwande, Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering, TMI Affiated Faculty - Cross-Field Catagory
- Feliciano Giustino, Professor in Physics, TMI Affiliated Faculty - Cross-Field Catagory
- Nanshu Lu, Professor in Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, TMI Affilated Faculty - Cross Field Catagory
- Allan MacDonald, Professor in Physics, TMI Affiliated Faculty - Physics Catagory
- Arumugam Manthiram, Professor in Mechanical Engineering, TMI Affiliated Faculty - Chemistry Catagory & Materials Science Catagory
- David Mitlin, Professor in Mechanical Engineering, TMI Core Faculty - Cross-Field Catagory
- Guihua Yu, Professor in Mechanical Engineering, TMI Core Faculty - Chemistry Catagory & Materials Science Catagory
These researchers "demonstrate significant and broad influence in their field(s) of research" and are 7 of the 25 Highly Cited Researchers located at the University of Texas at Austin.
"Our evaluation and selection process continues to evolve with filters to address issues including hyper-prolific authorship, excessive self-citation, anomalous publication and citation patterns and profiles, ensuring that recognized researchers meet the benchmarks we require for this program." To see more on the number of researchers in each field or to learn more about the selection process, see Clarivate's website.
