David Roy Makes List of Most Highly Cited Researchers for Third Straight Year

November 22, 2021

The Center for Global Change and Earth Observations and the Department of Geography, Environment, and Spatial Sciences congratulate Dr. David Roy on being listed as one of the most highly cited researchers in the world. This is the third consecutive year that Dr. Roy has received this distinction.

The Highly Cited Researchers list is produced each year by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) at Clarivate. The list identifies scientists and social scientists who have demonstrated significant and broad influence, reflected in the publication of multiple papers frequently cited by their peers during the last decade. These highly cited papers rank in the top 1% by citations for a field or fields and publication year in the Web of Science.

Dr. Roy is one of 11 MSU faculty to be listed on the 2021 Highly Cited Researchers List. These faculty members include:

Christoph Benning, MSU Foundation Professor and University Distinguished Professor of biochemistry and molecular biology in the College of Natural Science and an MSU AgBioResearch faculty member in the College Agriculture and Natural Resources. He is also director of the MSU-U.S. Department of Energy Plant Research Laboratory.

Kevin Childs, assistant professor of plant biology in the College of Natural Science.

Gregg A. Howe, MSU Foundation Professor and University Distinguished Professor of biochemistry and molecular biology in the College of Natural Science.

Tomas M. Hult, professor of marketing in the Eli Broad College of Business.

Rufus Isaacs, professor of entomology in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources.

Russell E. Johnson, MSU Foundation Professor in the Eli Broad College of Business.

Jianguo “Jack” Liu, University Distinguished Professor in the College of Social Science and Rachel Carson Chair in Sustainability. He is also the director of the Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability. 

Morteza Mahmoudi, assistant professor in the Department of Radiology and Precision Health Program in the College of Human Medicine.

Aaron M. McCright, professor and chairperson in the Department of Sociology at the College of Social Science.

David Roy, professor of geography in the Department of Geography, Environment, and Spatial Sciences, and the Center for Global Change and Earth Observations in the College of Social Science.

James M. Tiedje, University Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the College of Natural Science and College of Agriculture and Natural Resources. He is also the former director of the MSU Center for Microbial Ecology.