ION academics recognised in annual global list of influential researchers

With 39 primary and 10 secondary affiliations, UCL has the 3^rd most in the UK behind the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, and ranks 5^th in Europe and 22^nd in the world overall.

UCL researchers were present in nine of the 17 academic fields listed, namely: Neuroscience & Behaviour; Environment & Ecology; Space Science; Molecular Biology & Genetics; Social Sciences; Psychiatry & Psychology; Pharmacology & Toxicology; Clinical Medicine and Cross-Field.

UCL has the second highest number of HCRs listed in Neuroscience and Behaviour in the UK (after Oxford): all but one of whom are from UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology

24 researchers are recognised in the ‘Cross-Field’ category, up two from 2019, reflecting UCL’s increasing engagement with cross-disciplinary activity.

Professor David Price, UCL Vice-Provost (Research), said: “It is a significant achievement to be included in this list, which highlights the truly global influence of those researchers, as well as the dedication of professional staff across UCL who have played a role in the success of these researchers. I am delighted to also see a large and growing number of ‘cross-field’ researchers included, highlighting the university’s commitment to and excellence in cross-disciplinary research”.  

The 'Highly Cited Researcher' list from Clarivate Web of Science honours the world's most influential researchers, those who produce multiple papers in the top 1% of papers when ranked by citations.

David Pendlebury, Senior Citation Analyst at the Institute for Scientific Information, said: “In the race for knowledge, it is human capital that is fundamental and this list identifies and celebrates exceptional individual researchers at UCL who are having a great impact on the research community as measured by the rate at which their work is being cited by others.” 

Listed UCL researchers from Queen Square Institute of Neurology

• Cross-Field: Professor Bart De Strooper, Professor Andrew Lees, Professor Hugh Perry
• Neuroscience & Behaviour: Professor Timothy Behrens, Professor Frederik Barkhof, Professor Karl Friston, Professor Nick Fox , Professor John Hardy , Professor Kenneth Harris, Professor Martin Rossor, Professor Angela Vincent, Professor Henrik Zetterberg

Links

• UCL news item including full UCL listing
• Highly Cited Researchers 2020
• Office of the UCL Vice-Provost (Research) – OVPR

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• Image Credit: Clarivate Web of Science