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Global Highly Cited Researchers 2019 list reveals top talent in the sciences and social sciences
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.
The key findings for 2019 show:
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 significantly extends the frontiers of knowledge. These researchers create gains for society, innovation and knowledge that make the world healthier, richer, more sustainable and more secure."
Table 1: The Highly Cited Researchers represent nearly 60 nations, but 85% are affiliated to institutions from just ten nations and 72% from the first five, a remarkable concentration of top talent.
Table 2: 'Home to Highly Cited Researchers' – affiliations to institutions and organizations as reported by the researcher.
The data are taken from 21 broad research fields within , a component of . The fields are defined by sets of journals and exceptionally, in the case of multidisciplinary journals such as and , by a paper-by-paper assignment to a field based on an analysis of the cited references in the papers. This percentile-based selection method removes the citation advantage of older papers relative to recently published ones, since papers are weighed against others in the same annual cohort.
The full 2019 Highly Cited Researchers list and executive summary can be found here, and the methodology can be found here.
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