Four University of Illinois chemists, Prashant K. Jain, Jeffrey S. Moore, Catherine Jones Murphy and Ralph G. Nuzzo were among the most highly cited authors as determined by Elsevier Scopus Data. They were among the top 300 of all researchers cited. Professor Jain was among the most highly cited in Chemical Engineering. Professors Moore, Murphy and Nuzzo were cited in the Materials Science and Engineering.

Image: University of Illinois chemistry professors Prashant K. Jain, Jeffrey S. Moore, Ralph Nuzzo and Catherine Jones Murphy (clockwise from top)

The Most Cited Researchers: Developed for ShanghaiRanking's Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2016 by Elsevier

Based on Engineering At Illinois article by Rick Kubetz