Nine University of Waterloo professors are in the top one percent of citations for their field of study and publication based on Clarivate Analytics’ 2021 Highly Cited Researchers list. Among this prestigious list are Professor Linda Nazar from the Department of Chemistry and Professor Zhongwei Chen from the Department of Chemical Engineering.
Published annually, this list is comprised of scientists and social scientists in 21 fields that rank in the top one percent by citations for the field of study and publication year. The list identifies scientists and social scientists who have demonstrated significant influence through the publication of multiple highly cited papers during the last decade.
Out of almost 200 researchers listed in Canada, nine are from Waterloo. The other six Waterloo researchers who made the exclusive list, include Geoffrey Fong, Bernard Glick, David Hammond, Sharon Kirkpatrick, Will Percival, Daniel Scott and Xuemin Shen.
are selected for their exceptional research performance, determined by production of multiple highly cited papers that rank in the top 1% by citations for field and year in Web of Science.
Appearing
on
the
list
of
Highly
Cited
Researchers
many
times
in
the
past
decade
in
the
categories
of
both
chemistry
and
materials
science, Linda
Nazar is
a
world
leader
in
inorganic
materials
research.
With
over
200
publications,
she
has
been
cited
more
than
46,000
times
and
has
an
h-index
of
98.
Professor
Nazar’s
research
is
focused
on
the
development
of
electrochemical
energy
storage
devices
and
materials.
Her
team
synthesizes
new
materials,
determines
their
structures
and
investigates
their
physical
properties.
In
particular,
she
is
interested
in
ion
and
electron
transport
in
materials
as
these
properties
are
central
to
solid-state
electrochemistry
and
energy
storage
batteries.
Professor Chen's research is focused on the development of advanced nanostructured materials and electrodes for fuel cells, metal-air batteries, lithium-sulfur and other next-generation batteries. He was a pioneer in the development of various nanomaterials for batteries and fuel-cells for improved durability and lifetime, and decreased production costs.