University of California, Irvine

University of California, Irvine

- Engineering and Technology Ranking

United States Established: 1965 Scholars: 18
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This ranking lists all the best researchers from the Engineering and Technology discipline and affiliated with University of California, Irvine. There are a total of 18 researchers included with 4 of them also being included in the global ranking.

Overview

One of the 10 campuses of the University of California system, the University of California, Irvine—UC Irvine or just UCI—is a public university based in Irvine, California. It was established in the 1960s to help the UC system with growing enrollments. Counting 87 undergraduate degrees along with 129 graduate and professional degrees in its program, the UCI is among those considered as "Public Ivies," publicly-funded universities whose quality of education is on par with their private Ivy League counterparts.

The quality and quantity of research at the UCI is among the best in the United States, making it one of the select few with Research I university classification. In 2018 alone, for example, it spent $436.6 million in R&D.

The university administers the UC Irvine Medical Center, a large teaching hospital in Orange, and its affiliated health sciences system; the UCI Arboretum; and a portion of the University of California Natural Reserve System.

The UCI was originally built upon 1,000 acres of land in Orange County, which was sold in 1960 to the University of California by the Irvine Company for one dollar. The company opted for the odd price since it was prohibited from donating to public entities. The university purchased an additional 510 hectares to accommodate housing and commercial purposes. In 1964, the campus was officially dedicated by President Lyndon B. Johnson.

As a peer of the best universities in the USA and the world, the UCI counts seven Nobel Prize winners associated with it. Additionally, seven Pulitzer Prize winners call UCI their home, four of them alumni and three as faculty members.

In sports, the UCI is an active member of the Big West Conference, with the UC Irvine Anteaters competing in the NCAA Division 1, up from the NCAA Division II level it previously played in. The Anteaters have won several national championships in different team sports, while many members have also won individual national championships. A large number of Anteaters have also competed in the Olympics.

The UCI Science Library is one of the largest consolidated science and medical libraries in the US. It serves as the main resource of the university's schools of physical sciences, information and computer science, biological sciences, and the College of Medicine among others.

Other notable libraries in the UCI include its Law Library, Grunigen Medical Library, the Jack Langson Library, and the Libraries Gateway Study Center. The university possesses a notable Critical Theory archive and Southeast Asian archive.

The libraries house extensive collections in Regional History and Dance and Performing Arts. Additionally, almost all of the UCI's departments and schools maintain their reading rooms and scholarly meeting rooms to complement the materials provided by the various libraries.

You can also learn more about the educational performance of University of California, Irvine in our ranking of US universities & colleges.

World
National
Scholar
D-index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines.
Citations
Publications
147 World 66 National
Kyriacos A. Athanasiou

Kyriacos A. Athanasiou

University of California, Irvine, United States
D-index 85 Citations 27,794 373
507 World 219 National
David J. Reinkensmeyer

David J. Reinkensmeyer

University of California, Irvine, United States
D-index 70 Citations 15,392 225
581 World 243 National
Abraham P. Lee

Abraham P. Lee

University of California, Irvine, United States
D-index 68 Citations 15,944 274
667 World 272 National
John Lowengrub

John Lowengrub

University of California, Irvine, United States
D-index 66 Citations 14,784 229
1251 World 506 National
Jasper A. Vrugt

Jasper A. Vrugt

University of California, Irvine, United States
D-index 57 Citations 16,863 167
1777 World 700 National
Fan-Gang Zeng

Fan-Gang Zeng

University of California, Irvine, United States
D-index 52 Citations 12,282 157
2028 World 783 National
Tryphon T. Georgiou

Tryphon T. Georgiou

University of California, Irvine, United States
D-index 50 Citations 9,259 308
2143 World 820 National
Filippo Capolino

Filippo Capolino

University of California, Irvine, United States
D-index 49 Citations 9,222 483
2937 World 1070 National
Thomas F. Golob

Thomas F. Golob

University of California, Irvine, United States
D-index 43 Citations 8,113 115
3862 World 1313 National
Brett F. Sanders

Brett F. Sanders

University of California, Irvine, United States
D-index 39 Citations 6,583 131
3888 World 1321 National
Jann N. Yang

Jann N. Yang

University of California, Irvine, United States
D-index 39 Citations 6,349 107
4081 World 1370 National
Yun Wang

Yun Wang

University of California, Irvine, United States
D-index 38 Citations 8,455 116
5085 World 1618 National
Eric Mjolsness

Eric Mjolsness

University of California, Irvine, United States
D-index 35 Citations 10,748 144
5168 World 1654 National
Guann-Pyng Li

Guann-Pyng Li

University of California, Irvine, United States
D-index 35 Citations 6,451 320
6395 World 1965 National
Lizhi Sun

Lizhi Sun

University of California, Irvine, United States
D-index 33 Citations 4,149 142
6606 World 2018 National
Alexander T. Ihler

Alexander T. Ihler

University of California, Irvine, United States
D-index 32 Citations 7,022 124
6749 World 2071 National
Frank G. Shi

Frank G. Shi

University of California, Irvine, United States
D-index 32 Citations 5,124 210
7194 World 2202 National
Jack Sklansky

Jack Sklansky

University of California, Irvine, United States
D-index 31 Citations 6,102 89

Our research was coordinated by Imed Bouchrika, PhD, a computer scientist with a well-established record of collaboration on a number of international research projects with different partners from the academic community. His role was to make sure all data remained unbiased, accurate, and up-to-date.

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