Researchers Named for Publishing Papers in Top 1 Percent by Citations for Their Fields

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Twenty-three New York University faculty have been named to the 2019 Highly Cited Researchers list from the Web of Science Group.

The annual list recognizes world-class researchers selected for their significant influence in their fields, which at NYU, range from genomics to economics and cardiology to neuroscience. The scientists and social scientists chosen from around the world have published multiple papers that rank in the top 1 percent by citations in their field over the past decade (2008-2018), according to Web of Science.

The methodology that determines the “who’s who” of influential researchers draws on the data and analysis performed by bibliometric experts from the Institute for Scientific Information at the Web of Science Group, part of Clarivate Analytics.

David Pendlebury, senior citation analyst at the Institute for Scientific Information said: “Recognition and support of these exceptional researchers represents an important activity for a nation or an institution’s plans for efficient and accelerated advancement. The Highly Cited Researchers list contributes to the identification of that small fraction of the researcher population that contributes disproportionately to extending the frontiers of knowledge. These researchers create gains for society, innovation and knowledge that make the world healthier, richer, more sustainable and more secure.”

This year’s highly cited NYU researchers are:

Viral V. Acharya, C.V. Starr Professor of Economics, NYU Stern School of Business

Hunt Allcott, Associate Professor of Economics, Department of Economics

Clancy Blair, Bezos Family Foundation Professor of Population Health, NYU Grossman School of Medicine and Professor of Cognitive Psychology, NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development

Martin Blaser, formerly the Muriel and George Singer Professor of Medicine and Professor of Microbiology, NYU Grossman School of Medicine (now at Rutgers University)

Nicholas A. Bokulich, former Postdoctoral Associate, NYU Grossman School of Medicine (now at Northern Arizona University)

Gyorgy Buzsaki, Biggs Professor of Neuroscience, NYU Grossman School of Medicine

F. Xavier Castellanos, Brooke and Daniel Neidich Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Marylene Cloitre, Director of the Institute for Trauma and Stress at the NYU Child Study Center

Jacqueline A. French, Professor of Neurology, NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Anindya Ghose, Heinz Riehl Professor of Business, NYU Stern School of Business

Jonathan Haidt, Thomas Cooley Professor of Ethical Leadership, NYU Stern School of Business

Adriana Heguy, Professor of Pathology and Assistant Dean for Advanced Research Technologies, NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Judith S. Hochman, Harold Snyder Family Professor of Cardiology and Director of the Cardiovascular Clinical Research Center, NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Joseph E. LeDoux, Henry and Lucy Moses Professor of Science, NYU Center for Neural Science

Dan R. Littman, Helen L. and Martin S. Kimmel Professor of Molecular Immunology, NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Thomas Marzetta, Director of NYU WIRELESS, Tandon School of Engineering

Kathryn J. Moore, Jean and David Blechman Professor of Cardiology, NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Raymond S. Niaura, Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences, NYU College of Global Public Health

Danny Reinberg, Terry and Mel Karmazin Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, NYU Grossman School of Medicine

Neville E. Sanjana, Assistant Professor of Biology, Department of Biology

Rahul Satija, Assistant Professor of Biology, Department of Biology

Jeffrey S. Weber, Professor of Medicine, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, and Deputy Director of the Perlmutter Cancer Center, NYU Langone Health

Theodore S. Rappaport, David Lee/Ernst Weber Chaired Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, NYU Tandon School of Engineering

Visit the Web of Science Group’s website for the full 2019 Highly Cited Researchers list and executive summary.

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