Profs earn most cited paper award

OXFORD, Miss. – University of Mississippi researcher Amir Mehrara Molan, and two researchers from the University of Wyoming, recently received the ‘Most Cited Paper Award’ at the 102nd Transportation Research Board meeting Jan. 9 in the nation’s capital. The International Journal of Transportation Science and Technology presented certificates honoring their achievement. The paper, “Analyzing injury severity of motorcycle at-fault crashes using machine learning techniques, decision tree and logistic regression models,” was co-authored by Mahdi Rezapour, lead author, and Khaled Ksaibati of Wyoming. The paper has been cited 48 times since first published in June 2020, according to Google Scholar. “Despite the heightened severity of motorcycle crashes, not much research has been conducted by using comprehensive methods to identify the contributory factors of such crashes,” the UM professor said. (Ole Miss 01/30/23) Civil Engineering Professor Receives Most-Cited Paper Award - Ole Miss News