Five UEA professors named in annual Highly Cited Research list for 2024

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From top left: Prof David Livermore; Prof Paul Hunter; Prof Sophien Kamoun; Prof Jonathan Jones; Prof Cyril Zipfel

Five UEA professors have been named in the annual Highly Cited Researchers list for 2024, which celebrates some of the most influential researchers in the world today.

The Clarivate Web of Science Group list represents those researchers ranking in the top 1% by citations for their specific fields of expertise.

The citation analysis identifies influential researchers that is determined by their peers around the globe. Being highly cited in a particular research field is earned by delivering high quality research throughout a researcher's career.

The UK has the third largest amount of citations worldwide, behind China and USA, with 574 (8.1%) researchers listed. The appearance of five researchers from the University of East Anglia on the list is a measure of the exceptional impact that scientists based at the University are making globally.

Congratulations to the five UEA researchers named on the list. They are:

Professor Paul Hunter - Norwich Medical School at UEA, for medical research.

Professor Jonathan Jones - The Sainsbury Laboratory and UEA's School of Biology, for plant science research.

Professor Sophien Kamoun - The Sainsbury Laboratory and UEA's School of Biology, for plant and animal science research.

Professor David Livermore - Norwich Medical School at UEA, for medical research.

Professor Cyril Zipfel - The Sainsbury Laboratory, for plant and animal science research

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.

Highly Cited Researchers 2024

The full 2024 Highly Cited Researchers list and executive summary can be found above.

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