(January 25, 2016) Citation
analysis reveals a who's who of researchers with global scholarly impact
The Intellectual Property (IP) and Science business of
Thomson Reuters, announces the release of "The World's Most Influential
Scientific Minds," a citation analysis identifying the scientists—as
determined by their fellow researchers—who have made the most significant global impact within their
respective field of study.
The two-part study includes an 11 year assessment of
research paper citations to determine the leaders within 21 broad fields of
science and a ranking of 2015’s top
scientists or “hottest researchers,”
revealing significant growth in cancer genomics and improvements in converting
solar cells into renewable energy.
The report draws on data and analysis performed by Thomson
Reuters IP & and Science bibliometric experts via InCitesTM Essential Science IndicatorsSM, the
world’s leading web-based research analytics platform and a unique compilation
of science performance metrics and trend data based on scholarly paper
publication counts and citation data from the Web of ScienceTM, the premier
web-based environment for scientific and scholarly research.
The longer-range study, widely known as the Highly Cited
Researchers, recognizes nearly 3,000 scientists who published the greatest
number of articles ranking among the top one percent by citations received in
their respective fields in each paper’s year of publication. Analysts assessed
more than 120,000 papers indexed between 2003 and 2013 throughout each area of
study.