Rice University is a
prestigious private university
established in 1891 in United States. It is represented
by 1,413 scientists in the AD Scientific Index. The
university’s scientists are particularly concentrated in
Engineering & Technology (489 scientists), Natural Sciences (250 scientists), and Social Sciences and Humanities (177 scientists).
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 1
![Frank Geurts](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/f1/4973981.jpg)
heavy-ion physics
high-energy nuclear physics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
254
144
0.567
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 2
![Ajayan PM](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Materials Science
Nanotechnology
Chemistry
Physics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
232
144
0.621
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 3
![Menachem Elimelech](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/2d/834856.jpg)
environmental engineering
membrane separations
environmental nanotechnology
desalination
water
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
208
129
0.620
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 4
![Eduardo Salas](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
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](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/cb/5003224.jpg)
travel industry
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
178
99
0.556
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 6
![NJ Halas](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/e8/1513919.jpg)
Nanotechnology
Plasmonics
Nanophotonics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
169
94
0.556
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 7
![Antonios G Mikos](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/3a/1449687.jpg)
Biomaterials
Drug Delivery
Nanotechnology
Regenerative Medicine
Tissue Engineering
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
169
74
0.438
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 8
![Kyriacos Nicolaou](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Chemistry
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
162
49
0.302
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 9
![Gustavo E Scuseria](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/44/1599569.jpg)
Quantum Chemistry
Electronic Structure
Condensed Matter Physics
Materials Science
Nanotechnology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
152
78
0.513
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 10
![Peter Nordlander](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/f8/1447795.jpg)
Plasmonics
Nanoscience
Electronic Structure
Transport
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
148
91
0.615
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 11
![Richard Baraniuk](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/5c/1501926.jpg)
Signal Processing
Image Processing
Machine Learning
Open Education
Learning Technologies
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127
70
0.551
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 12
![Boris Yakobson](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/b7/1462540.jpg)
materials
modeling
physics
computations
chemistry
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126
84
0.667
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 13
![Moshe Y Vardi](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/69/1518342.jpg)
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: 14
![Peter G Wolynes](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/5b/1459820.jpg)
Physical Chemistry
Biophysics
Protein Folding
Condensed Matter
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](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/62/1509309.jpg)
environmental engineering
environmental nanotechnology
water treatment
biodegradation
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119
80
0.672
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 16
![Jose Onuchic](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/0c/1547410.jpg)
physics of living systems
biological physics
physics
chemistry
biology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114
58
0.509
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 17
![Rebecca Richards Kortum](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/be/1449617.jpg)
Bioengineering
Global health
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112
42
0.375
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 18
![Jun Lou](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/0d/1462545.jpg)
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
![Eshel Ben Jacob](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/6a/1447927.jpg)
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
103
46
0.447
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 20
![Gang Bao](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/a9/1593489.jpg)
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: 21
![Frank Tittel](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Laser Spectroscopy
Applications of Laser Spectroscopy
Environmental monitoring
Industrial Process Control
Medical Diagnostic
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97
54
0.557
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 22
![Fred C Mackintosh](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/39/1594377.jpg)
Soft Matter
Biophysics
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90
52
0.578
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 23
![Peter J Rossky](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/b3/1442044.jpg)
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](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/91/1500890.jpg)
corporate strategy
international strategy
corporate governance
innovation
stakeholder theory
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87
63
0.724
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 25
![George N Phillips Jr](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/7f/1592696.jpg)
Structure
Function
and Dynamics of Proteins
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87
33
0.379
Frank Geurts
Rice University
Houston, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
254
144
0.567
heavy-ion physics
high-energy nuclear physics
Ajayan PM
Rice University
Houston, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
232
144
0.621
Materials Science
Nanotechnology
Chemistry
Physics
Menachem Elimelech
Rice University
Houston, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
208
129
0.620
environmental engineering
membrane separations
environmental nanotechnology
desalination
water
Eduardo Salas
Rice University
Houston, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
189
101
0.534
organizational psychology
team training
safety culture
human factors
teamwork
James M Tour
Rice University
Houston, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
178
99
0.556
NJ Halas
Rice University
Houston, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
169
94
0.556
Nanotechnology
Plasmonics
Nanophotonics
Antonios G Mikos
Rice University
Houston, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
169
74
0.438
Biomaterials
Drug Delivery
Nanotechnology
Regenerative Medicine
Tissue Engineering
Kyriacos Nicolaou
Rice University
Houston, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
162
49
0.302
Gustavo E Scuseria
Rice University
Houston, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
152
78
0.513
Quantum Chemistry
Electronic Structure
Condensed Matter Physics
Materials Science
Nanotechnology
Peter Nordlander
Rice University
Houston, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
148
91
0.615
Plasmonics
Nanoscience
Electronic Structure
Transport
Richard Baraniuk
Rice University
Houston, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
127
70
0.551
Signal Processing
Image Processing
Machine Learning
Open Education
Learning Technologies
Boris Yakobson
Rice University
Houston, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126
84
0.667
materials
modeling
physics
computations
chemistry
Moshe Y Vardi
Rice University
Houston, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121
54
0.446
Peter G Wolynes
Rice University
Houston, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121
54
0.446
Physical Chemistry
Biophysics
Protein Folding
Condensed Matter
Pedro Jj Alvarez
Rice University
Houston, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119
80
0.672
environmental engineering
environmental nanotechnology
water treatment
biodegradation
Jose Onuchic
Rice University
Houston, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114
58
0.509
physics of living systems
biological physics
physics
chemistry
biology
Rebecca Richards Kortum
Rice University
Houston, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
112
42
0.375
Bioengineering
Global health
Jun Lou
Rice University
Houston, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111
92
0.829
Materials Science
Nanotechnology
Nanomechanics
Eshel Ben Jacob
Rice University
Houston, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103
46
0.447
Physics of Living Systems - Social Behaviors of Bacteria
Network Neuroscience
Neuro-Glia interactions
Econophysics
The found
Gang Bao
Rice University
Houston, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102
62
0.608
Nanomedicine
nanotechnology
genome editing
molecular beacons
Frank Tittel
Rice University
Houston, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97
54
0.557
Laser Spectroscopy
Applications of Laser Spectroscopy
Environmental monitoring
Industrial Process Control
Medical Diagnostic
Fred C Mackintosh
Rice University
Houston, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
90
52
0.578
Peter J Rossky
Rice University
Houston, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89
37
0.416
Robert E Hoskisson
Rice University
Houston, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87
63
0.724
corporate strategy
international strategy
corporate governance
innovation
stakeholder theory
George N Phillips Jr
Rice University
Houston, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
87
33
0.379
Structure
Function
and Dynamics of Proteins