Five Waterloo researchers among top one per cent for citations

Friday, December 7, 2018

Five University of Waterloo professors are in the top one per cent of citations for their field of study and publication based on Clarivate Analytics’ 2018 Highly Cited Researchers list. Published annually, this list is comprised of scientists and social scientists in 21 fields that rank in the top one per cent by citations for field of study and publication year. The list focuses on papers indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection from 2006 – 2016. Out of 166 researchers listed in Canada, five are from Waterloo:

Zhongwei Chen (*Cross-field) Geoffrey Fong (Social Sciences) David Hammond (Social Sciences) Sharon Kirkpatrick (Agricultural Science) Linda Nazar (Chemistry & Materials Science)

*Identifies researchers with substantial influence in several fields from 2006-2016