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ION academics recognised in annual global list of influential researchers

A total of 74 UCL academics are featured in Clarivate’s annual ‘Highly Cited Researchers List’ 2024, recognising authors of the most influential research papers around the world.

25 November 2024

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UCL has the second most researchers listed in the UK and has moved up to eighth globally for top-tier research talent.

UCL researchers were present in 12 of the 21 academic fields listed, namely: Biology & Biochemistry; Chemistry; Clinical Medicine; Computer Science; Cross-Field; Environment & Ecology; Immunology; Molecular Biology & Genetics; Neuroscience & Behaviour; Pharmacology & Toxicology; Psychiatry & Psychology; and Social Sciences.

A total of 30 UCL researchers have been recognised in the ‘Cross-Field’ category, up from 24 in 2023, reflecting the university’s increasing engagement with cross-disciplinary activity.

UCL has the joint highest number of HCRs listed in Neuroscience and Behaviour in the UK: the majority of whom are from UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology.

Professor Geraint Rees, UCL Vice-Provost (Research, Innovation and Global Engagement), said: “I’m delighted to see so many of UCL’s leading academics included once again in this year’s Highly Cited Researchers. It demonstrates the powerful impact of world-leading research which seeks to increase our understanding and foster cross-disciplinarity, which is a crucial part of UCL’s commitment to harnessing insight and innovation for public benefit.
“I’d like to extend my warmest congratulations to the colleagues listed, and the many people across UCL who have contributed to these results, for their dedication and commitment to making UCL a world-leading university.”
David Pendlebury, Head of Research Analysis at the Institute for Scientific Information at Clarivate, commented: “As the need for high-quality data from rigorously selected sources is becoming ever more important, we have adapted and responded to technological advances and shifts in the publishing landscape. Just as we have applied stringent standards and transparent selection criteria to identify trusted journals in the Web of Science™, we continue to refine our evaluation and selection policies for our annual Highly Cited Researchers™ program to address the challenges of an increasingly complex and polluted scholarly record.”

Listed UCL researchers from Queen Square Institute of Neurology

  • Biology & Biochemistry: Prof Andrey Abramov
  • Cross-Field: Professor Bart De Strooper, Professor Tom Foltynie, Professor Kenneth Harris
  • Neuroscience & Behaviour: Professor Timothy Behrens, Professor Frederik Barkhof, Professor Olga Ciccarelli, Professor Karl Friston, Professor Sir John Hardy, Professor John Rothwell, Dr Michael Schöll , Professor Henrik Zetterberg

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