Seven Eberly College of Science faculty named highly cited researchers in 2025

Seven Penn State Eberly College of Science researchers were recognized recently as highly cited researchers by the Clarivate Analytics Web of Science Group.

The group’s annual list comprises authors who published papers in leading peer-reviewed journals, and those who are in the top 1% of citations for their field of study and publication year receive this honor.

Over 7,000 researchers were recognized this year in 21 fields of science with 15 of them being from Penn State and seven from Eberly.

 The list of Eberly faculty includes: 

• Jordan Bisanz, assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular biology, Dorothy Foehr and J. Lloyd Huck Early Career Chair in Host-Microbiome Interactions
• Daniel Cosgrove, professor and Eberly Family Chair of Biology
• Hong Ma, professor of biology, Huck Chair in Plant Reproductive Development and Evolution
• Joel Leja, Dr. Keiko Miwa Ross Early Career Associate Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics
• Andrew Patterson, John T. and Paige S. Smith Professor, professor of molecular toxicology in the Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences, professor of biochemistry and molecular biology
• Mikael Rechtsman, professor of physics, associate head for research
• Mauricio Terrones, George A. and Margaret M. Downsbrough Head of the Department of Physics, Evan Pugh University Professor, professor of chemistry and of materials science and engineering in the Penn State College of Earth and Mineral Sciences