UNSW celebrates 26 of the world’s most influential researchers

Top academics from more than 10 fields have been named on Clarivate’s 2024 list of Highly Cited Researchers.

UNSW is home to 26 of the world’s most influential academics in their fields, according to the annual Highly Cited Researchers list from Clarivate.

The prestigious list identifies researchers who have demonstrated significant influence in their chosen field or fields through the publication of multiple highly cited papers over the last decade.

Professor Bronwyn Fox, Deputy Vice-Chancellor Research & Enterprise at UNSW, congratulated the University’s researchers for their impact and influence.

“UNSW is incredibly proud of our academics recognised in the 2024 Highly Cited Researchers list. Just one in every 1000 of the world's scientists and social scientists make this list, and the honour is bestowed only on those who have the most significant and broad influence in their respective fields,” she said.

“Special congratulations to the extraordinary individuals recognised in two fields. Scientia Professor Liming Dai has for several years running been acknowledged in both Chemistry and Materials Science. And Scientia Professor Louisa Degenhardt was one of the most highly cited researchers in the fields of Clinical Medicine and Psychiatry and Psychology.

“This year we also welcome new entrants to the list: Professor Xiaojing Hao and Associate Professor Xiuping Jia.”

Driving societal progress

David Pendlebury, Head of Research Analysis at the Institute for Scientific Information at Clarivate, said: “The Highly Cited Researchers list identifies and celebrates exceptional individual researchers at UNSW whose significant and broad influence in their fields translates to impact in their research community. Their pioneering innovations contribute to a healthier, more sustainable and secure world. These researchers’ achievements strengthen the foundation of excellence and innovation that drives societal progress.”

The UNSW researchers named on the list this year by faculty are:

Engineering: Scientia Professor Rose Amal, Professor Bing-Jie Ni, Professor Cyrille Boyer, Scientia Professor Liming Dai (two fields), Scientia Professor Martin Green, Professor Xiaojing Hao, Associate Professor Derrick Wing Kwan, Professor Tommy Wiedmann.

Medicine & Health: Scientia Professor Helen Christensen, Scientia Professor Louisa Degenhardt (two fields), Professor Raina MacIntyre, Professor Bruce Neal, Scientia Professor Vlado Perkovic, Scientia Associate Professor Simon Rosenbaum, Professor Stuart Tangye, Professor Philip Ward, Professor Mark Woodward.

Science: Professor Lisa Alexander, Scientia Professor Richard Bryant, Professor David Eldridge, Associate Professor Alex Sen Gupta, Professor Peter Steinberg, Professor Ying-Ping Wang, Professor Chuan Zhao.

UNSW Canberra: Associate Professor Xiuping Jia, Professor Andrey Miroshnichenko.

Clarivate’s 2024 list of Highly Cited Researchers is now in its 11^th year. The academics’ names are drawn from the publications that rank in the top one per cent by citations for field and publication year in the Web of Science citation index.

Read more about the 2024 High Cited Researchers.