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Delaware’s Allen among ’highly cited researchers’
4:12 p.m., Aug. 22, 2006--Herbert E. Allen, professor of civil and environmental engineering and director of the University of Delaware's Center for the Study of Metals in the Environment, recently joined seven other University of Delaware faculty members designated as Highly Cited Researchers by the Institute of Scientific Information (ISI). The basic mission of ISI as a database publishing company is to provide comprehensive coverage of the world's most important and influential research. Allen is highly regarded for his work in environmental chemistry and engineering, ecological risk assessment, the development of environmental standards and the fate of pollutants in water, sediment and soil. Allen is director of UD's Center for the Study of Metals in the Environment, a multi-institutional consortium of scientists and engineers working to further the understanding of processes affecting the fate and effects of metals in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. “It is indeed an honor to join my colleagues at the University who have also achieved this designation, and to know that my work has been recognized by my peers in the field,” Allen said. In addition to Allen, members of the UD faculty who have been recognized by ISI include Jack Baroudi, associate dean of the Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics; John Boyer, E.I. du Pont Professor in the College of Marine and Earth Studies; Tsu-Wei Chou, Pierre S. du Pont Professor in the College of Engineering; Dominic M. Di Toro, Edward C. Davis Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering; David L. Kirchman, Maxwell P. and Mildred H. Harrington Professor of Marine Studies and associate dean in the College of Marine and Earth Studies; David Mason, professor of statistics in the Department of Food and Resource Economics in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources; and Donald L. Sparks, S. Hallock du Pont Chair and chairperson of the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources. The eight UD professors are among a very exclusive group comprising less than one-half of 1 percent of all publishing researchers. In compiling the list, ISI analyzed some several million articles to determine the most highly cited researchers in broad categories in the life sciences, medicine, physical sciences, engineering and social sciences. Researchers are selected for inclusion based on the total number of citations received by their articles within a given category. The online database, [ISIHighlyCited.com], enables researchers from throughout the world to identify individuals, departments and laboratories that have made fundamental contributions to the advancement of science and technology in recent decades. Article by Neil Thomas |
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