More than 20 current and former UCLA Luskin faculty members have been recognized as among the world’s most influential researchers in the most recent Stanford-Elsevier Top 2% Scientists List.

Compiled by Stanford University in partnership with the publishing company Elsevier and SciTech Strategies, the list includes more than 100,000 researchers across 22 scientific fields and 174 subfields. The ranking is designed to offer visibility across disciplines, bringing attention to work that might otherwise remain niche or underappreciated.

The 2024 list includes numerous current and former UCLA Luskin-affiliated faculty and scholars:

• Laura Abrams, professor of social welfare
• Ron Avi Astor, professor of social welfare
• Evelyn Blumenberg, professor of urban planning
• Randall Crane, professor emeritus of urban planning
• Dana Cuff, professor of architecture/urban design and urban planning
• Robert W. Fairlie, distinguished professor of public policy and economics
• Martin Gilens, professor of public policy, political science and social welfare
• Yeheskel (Zeke) Hasenfeld, distinguished research professor emeritus of social welfare
• Jody Heymann, distinguished professor of health policy and management, public policy and medicine
• Aurora Jackson, professor emerita of social welfare
• Duncan Lindsey, professor emeritus of social welfare
• Susanne Lohmann, professor of political science and public policy
• Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris, distinguished professor of urban planning and interim dean of UCLA Luskin
• James Lubben, professor emeritus of social welfare
• Adam Millard-Ball, professor of urban planning
• Jack Needleman, professor of health policy and management and public policy
• Ananya Roy, professor of urban planning, social welfare and geography
• Allen J. Scott, distinguished professor emeritus of public policy and geography
• Donald Shoup, distinguished research professor of urban planning
• Michael Storper, distinguished professor of regional and international development in urban planning
• Brian D. Taylor, professor of urban planning and public policy
• John Villasenor, professor of public policy, electrical and computer engineering, management and law
• Martin Wachs, distinguished professor emeritus of urban planning
• Lynne G. Zucker, professor emeritus of public policy