Three Chemistry Professors Named Among World's Most Highly Cited Researchers
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The research of three chemistry faculty is some of the world’s most highly cited in the sciences, according to a list published by Clarivate Analytics.
Neil M. Donahue, the Thomas Lord Professor of Chemistry, professor of chemical engineering and engineering and public policy, and director of Carnegie Mellon University’s Steinbrenner Institute for Environmental Education and Research, was listed among the most cited researchers in the field of geosciences. Donahue’s research centers on the chemistry of the atmosphere, specifically how organic molecules behave and change in it.
Rongchao Jin, professor of chemistry, was listed among the most cited researchers in the field of chemistry. Jin’s research focuses on nanochemistry, and he is well-known for developing new methodologies to create gold nanoparticles with precise numbers of atoms.
Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, the J.C. Warner Professor of Natural Sciences and director of Carnegie Mellon’s Center for Macromolecular Engineering, was also listed among the most cited researchers in the field of chemistry. Matyjaszewski is known worldwide for developing atom transfer radical polymerization, a method that lets scientists carefully structure polymers. With this precision, he and other scientists are able to develop innovative products with a wide range of functionalities.
The 2018 list was based on citations in papers published between 2006 and 2016 This year’s list includes roughly 4.000 highly cited researchers in 21 fields of the sciences and social sciences and 2,000 cross-field researchers whose work is highly cited in more than one field. Researchers make the list if their research publications were in the top 1 percent of the most cited papers for their subject field and year, and indexed in the Web of Science indexing platform operated by Clarivate Analytics. Details on the methodology of the list are available online.
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