Clarivate Analytics recognizes Dr. Barsoum for his research performance demonstrated by production of multiple highly cited papers that rank in the top 1% by citations for 2018 in the field of Materials Science & Engineering as per Web of Science. Also, among this list are former Layered Solids Group Alumni Prof. Michael Naguib (Assistant Professor, Tulane University) and Dr. Babak Anasori (Research Professor, Drexel University). Other researchers to earn this distinction can be found here.
The distinction derives not from Clarivate Analytics but from his peers, who have time and again acknowledged the influence of research contributions in their publications and citations.