By: Communications
Six UEA professors have been named in the annual Highly Cited Researchers list for 2023, which celebrates some of the most influential researchers in the world today.
The Clarivate Web of Science Group list, now in its tenth year, represents those researchers ranking in the top 1% by citations for their specific fields of expertise.
The citation analysis identifies influential researchers that is determined by their peers around the globe. Being highly cited in a particular research field is earned by delivering high quality research throughout a researcher’s career.
The UK has the third largest amount of citations worldwide, behind China and USA, with 574 (8.1%) researchers listed. The appearance of six researchers from the University of East Anglia on the list is a measure of the exceptional impact that scientists based at the University are making globally.
Congratulations to the six UEA researchers named on the list. They are:
Professor Paul Hunter – Norwich Medical School at UEA, for medical research. https://research-portal.uea.ac.uk/en/persons/paul-hunter
Professor Jonathan Jones – The Sainsbury Laboratory and UEA's School of Biology, for plant science research. https://www.tsl.ac.uk/about/people/jonathan-jones
Professor Philip Jones – UEA's School of Environmental Sciences, for climate and environmental science research. https://research-portal.uea.ac.uk/en/persons/david-livermore
Professor Corinne Le Quéré – UEA's School of Environmental Sciences and Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, for climate and environmental research. https://tyndall.ac.uk/people/corinne-le-quere/
Professor David Livermore – Norwich Medical School at UEA, for medical research. https://research-portal.uea.ac.uk/en/persons/david-livermore
Professor Timothy Osborn – UEA's School of Environmental Sciences, for climate research. https://research-portal.uea.ac.uk/en/persons/timothy-osborn
The methodology that determines the “who’s who” of influential researchers draws on the data and analysis performed by bibliometric experts from the Institute for Scientific Information at the Web of Science Group.
Highly Cited Researchers 2023 list
The full 2023 Highly Cited Researchers list and executive summary can be found above.
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