Global list of highly cited researchers for 2018 reveals influential scientists and their institutions

CRÊME PHILADELPHIA, November 28, 2018 / PRNewswire / – Clarivate Analytics, the World's Leading Provider of Reliable Analytics and Analytics for Researchers to Accelerate Discoveries, Released Today Its Highly Cited Researchers (HCR) Annual Report listing. The citation analysis, now in its fifth year, identifies influential researchers as determined by their peers around the world – those who have always been recognized in the form of a high number of citations over a decade. the Web of Science serves as a basis for the regular lists of researchers whose citation records place them in the top 1% by citing their field and year.

David PendleburySenior Claims Analyst at Clarivate Analytics, explained: "This year, a new category of cross fields has been added to recognize researchers with substantial influence in several fields but for whom the number of highly cited papers in a given field is not sufficient to be chosen. , an immunologist is now both a biochemist and molecular biologist, and a chemist is also a materials specialist and even an engineer.Breaking up the artificial barriers of conventional disciplinary categories by introducing the new cross-field category aims to maintain the list of highly cited contemporary and relevant scholars. "

The main conclusions show:

• More than 4,000 highly-cited researchers are appointed in 21 fields of science and social sciences.
• United States houses the largest number of HCRs, with 2,639 authors. the United Kingdom claims 546. China (continent) wins quickly with 482. Harvard University keep his pole position on the list.
• Of the 4,058 named researchers highly cited in the 21 fields of the Essential Science Indicator (ESI), 194, or 4.8%, appear in two fields of the ESI. An elite of 24 researchers from North America, Europe , Asia, and the Middle East, appear in three fields.
• New for 2018 – about 2,000 additional researchers have also been identified as performing exceptionally well with high-impact articles in a number of areas. Countries or regions with more than 40% of the highly-cited researchers selected in the cross-cutting area category are Sweden (53%), L & # 39; Austria (53%), Singapore (47%), Denmark (47%), China (43%) and South Korea (42%).
• This year's list continues to recognize the researchers whose references make them one of the most influential and impactful: it includes 17 Nobel laureates, including two announced this year: James P. Allison, Physiology or Medicine, and William D. Nordhaus, Economic science. Also included are 56 laureates of the Clarivate Analytics quote – people who, through citation analysis, have summer identified as Nobel-class researchers and potential Nobel laureates.
• Australian research institutes continue to impress. the number of researchers recognized as highly cited has more than doubled in four years, from 80 in 2014 to 170 in 2018, among those selected in one or more of the 21 domains. Australian research institutes appear to have recruited a significant number of UNHCR since 2014, while increasing their number of local HCRs.
• China (Continent) continues to climb the list and has exceeded Germany reach third place on the list of the top 10 countries / regions.
• Government research institutes also play a prominent role in the United States National Institutes of Health, the lead agency of the United States. United States government responsible for biomedical and health-related research, ranked second on the list of highly cited researchers. The Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Max Planck Society are also in the top 10.
• The most cited researchers represent more than 60 countries, but more than 80% of them belong to the 10 countries listed in the table below and 70% of the top five countries – a remarkable concentration of top talent.

Annette Thomas, CEO of the Scientific and Academic Research Group, explained: "The aThe advancement of scientific research is an essential activity for individual research institutes and for entire nations. The 2018 list of highly cited researchers helps to identify the researchers who have the greatest impact on the world of research, judging by the pace at which their work is cited by others and which greatly contributes to pushing the boundaries. and to acquire knowledge and innovations for civil society – contributions that make the world healthier, safer, richer and more sustainable. "

The methodology that determines the identity of high-impact researchers relies on data and analysis performed by bibliometric experts from the Clarivate Analytics Institute of Scientific Information. It uses Essential Science Indicators, a unique compilation of scientific performance metrics and trend data based on scholarly publication accounts and citations from Web of Science, the world's first scientific and scientific research literature web environment totaling more than 33 000 journals. Lily about methodology right here.

The list of highly cited 2018 researchers and their abstracts can be found at https://clarivate.com/hcr/.

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