Rice University is a prestigious private university established in 1891 in United States. It is represented by 1,412 scientists in the AD Scientific Index. The university’s scientists are particularly concentrated in Engineering & Technology (451 scientists), Natural Sciences (250 scientists), and Social Sciences and Humanities (175 scientists).

* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Frank Geurts
heavy-ion physics
high-energy nuclear physic
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
253
149
0.589
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Ajayan PM
Materials Science
Nanotechnology
Chemistry
Physics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
233
146
0.627
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Menachem Elimelech
environmental engineering
membrane separations
environmental nanotechnology
desalination
wate
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
212
134
0.632
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Eduardo Salas
organizational psychology
team training
safety culture
human factors
teamwork
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
189
101
0.534
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
James M Tour
travel industr
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
178
102
0.573
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
NJ Halas
Nanotechnology
Plasmonics
Nanophotonics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
170
96
0.565
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Antonios G Mikos
Biomaterials
Drug Delivery
Nanotechnology
Regenerative Medicine
Tissue Engineering
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
169
75
0.444
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Kyriacos Nicolaou
Chemistry
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
162
50
0.309
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Gustavo E Scuseria
Quantum Chemistry
Electronic Structure
Condensed Matter Physics
Materials Science
Nanotechnology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
152
77
0.507
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Peter Nordlander
Plasmonics
Nanoscience
Electronic Structure
Transport
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
148
92
0.622

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* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Boris Yakobson
materials
modeling
physics
computations
chemistry
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128
85
0.664
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Richard Baraniuk
Signal Processing
Image Processing
Machine Learning
Open Education
Learning Technologies
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128
71
0.555
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Peter G Wolynes
Physical Chemistry
Biophysics
Protein Folding
Condensed Matter
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122
55
0.451
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Moshe Y Vardi
Logic and Computation
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121
54
0.446
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Pedro Jj Alvarez
environmental engineering
environmental nanotechnology
water treatment
biodegradation
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120
80
0.667
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Jose Onuchic
physics of living systems
biological physics
physics
chemistry
biology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114
60
0.526
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Rebecca Richards Kortum
Bioengineering
Global health
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113
43
0.381
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Jun Lou
Materials Science
Nanotechnology
Nanomechanics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111
92
0.829
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Gang Bao
Nanomedicine
nanotechnology
genome editing
molecular beacons
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
62
0.608
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Eshel Ben Jacob
Physics of Living Systems - Social Behaviors of Bacteria
Network Neuroscience
Neuro-Glia interactions
Econophysics
The found
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
47
0.461
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Frank Tittel
Laser Spectroscopy
Applications of Laser Spectroscopy
Environmental monitoring
Industrial Process Control
Medical Diagnostic
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98
56
0.571
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Fred C Mackintosh
Soft Matter
Biophysics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90
53
0.589
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Peter J Rossky
Theoretical chemistry
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89
37
0.416
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Robert E Hoskisson
corporate strategy
international strategy
corporate governance
innovation
stakeholder theory
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87
62
0.713
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
George N Phillips Jr
Structure
Function
and Dynamics of Proteins
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87
34
0.391
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Frank Geurts
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
253
149
0.589
heavy-ion physics
high-energy nuclear physic
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Ajayan PM
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
233
146
0.627
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Menachem Elimelech
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
212
134
0.632
environmental engineering
membrane separations
environmental nanotechnology
desalination
wate
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Eduardo Salas
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
189
101
0.534
organizational psychology
team training
safety culture
human factors
teamwork
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
James M Tour
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
178
102
0.573
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
NJ Halas
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
170
96
0.565
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Antonios G Mikos
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
169
75
0.444
Biomaterials
Drug Delivery
Nanotechnology
Regenerative Medicine
Tissue Engineering
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Kyriacos Nicolaou
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
162
50
0.309
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Gustavo E Scuseria
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
152
77
0.507
Quantum Chemistry
Electronic Structure
Condensed Matter Physics
Materials Science
Nanotechnology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Peter Nordlander
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
148
92
0.622
Plasmonics
Nanoscience
Electronic Structure
Transport

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* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Boris Yakobson
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128
85
0.664
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Richard Baraniuk
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
128
71
0.555
Signal Processing
Image Processing
Machine Learning
Open Education
Learning Technologies
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Peter G Wolynes
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
122
55
0.451
Physical Chemistry
Biophysics
Protein Folding
Condensed Matter
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Moshe Y Vardi
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121
54
0.446
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Pedro Jj Alvarez
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
120
80
0.667
environmental engineering
environmental nanotechnology
water treatment
biodegradation
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Jose Onuchic
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114
60
0.526
physics of living systems
biological physics
physics
chemistry
biology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Rebecca Richards Kortum
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
113
43
0.381
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Jun Lou
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111
92
0.829
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Gang Bao
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
62
0.608
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Eshel Ben Jacob
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
47
0.461
Physics of Living Systems - Social Behaviors of Bacteria
Network Neuroscience
Neuro-Glia interactions
Econophysics
The found
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Frank Tittel
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
98
56
0.571
Laser Spectroscopy
Applications of Laser Spectroscopy
Environmental monitoring
Industrial Process Control
Medical Diagnostic
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Fred C Mackintosh
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90
53
0.589
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Peter J Rossky
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89
37
0.416
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Robert E Hoskisson
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87
62
0.713
corporate strategy
international strategy
corporate governance
innovation
stakeholder theory
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
George N Phillips Jr
       H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87
34
0.391