Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Charles Godfrey Binder professor, was the co-author of two papers that appeared in the lists of top-10 most cited papers of 2009.

The following paper was rated second in the list of the top-10 most cited papers published in the Journal of Modern Optics in 2009. J. Han and A. Lakhtakia, Semiconductor split-ring resonators for thermally tunable terahertz metamaterials, J. Modern Opt., 56:554-557, 2009.

The following paper was rated third in the list of the top-10 most cited papers published in the Proceedings A of the Royal Society in 2009. J. A. Polo Jr. and A. Lakhtakia, On the surface plasmon polariton wave at the planar interface of a metal and a chiral sculptured thin film, Proc. R. Soc. Lond. A, 465:87-107, 2009.