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11/29/2018 10:28

Thirteen Goethe University researchers among most highly cited

Jennifer Hohensteiner Public Relations und Kommunikation
Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main

    Significant increase in number of successful scientists in Clarivate Analytics ranking

    FRANKFURT. Every year, a list is published of the top one percent of researchers worldwide, based on the frequency with which their work is cited by other scientists according to data from the “Web of Science”. The number of natural and medical scientists from Goethe University on the list increased from three to thirteen in the past year.

    Goethe University also stands out in comparison with other German universities: only Heidelberg University has one more researcher listed. The German research institution with the greatest number of highly cited researchers is the Max Planck Institute, which had 76 researchers on the list. A total of 256 researchers form German institutions made it on the list, which includes 6078 researchers in 22 different scientific disciplines.

    The most highly cited researchers at Goethe University are atmospheric researcher
    Joachim Curtius, biochemist Ivan Dikic, biologist Stefanie Dimmeler, hydrologist Petra Döll, pharmacologist Jennifer Dressman, geographer Thomas Hickler, cardiologist Stefan Hohnloser, pharmacist Stefan Knapp, cancer researcher Sibylle Loibl, medical scientist Christoph Sarrazin, brain researcher Wolf Singer, physicist Ernst Stelzer, and medical scientist Stefan Zeisel.

    “Web of science“ is a platform for researching academic literature. It indexes all scientific and reviewed publications, and also determines how frequently each publication is cited. It is operated by the company Clarivate Analytics.

    Further information: Prof. Dr. Joachim Curtius, Institute for Geosciences, Riedberg Campus, Tel.: -49 69 798-40258, curtius@iau.uni-frankfurt.de.

    Aktuelle Nachrichten aus Wissenschaft, Lehre und Gesellschaft in GOETHE-UNI online (www.aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de)

    Die Goethe-Universität ist eine forschungsstarke Hochschule in der europäischen Finanzmetropole Frankfurt. 1914 mit privaten Mitteln überwiegend jüdischer Stifter gegründet, hat sie seitdem Pionierleistungen erbracht auf den Feldern der Sozial-, Gesellschafts- und Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Medizin, Quantenphysik, Hirnforschung und Arbeitsrecht. Am 1. Januar 2008 gewann sie mit der Rückkehr zu ihren historischen Wurzeln als Stiftungsuniversität ein hohes Maß an Selbstverantwortung. Heute ist sie eine der zehn drittmittelstärksten und drei größten Universitäten Deutschlands mit drei Exzellenzclustern in Medizin, Lebenswissenschaften sowie Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften. Zusammen mit der Technischen Universität Darmstadt und der Universität Mainz ist sie Partner der länderübergreifenden strategischen Universitätsallianz Rhein-Main. Internet: www.uni-frankfurt.de

    Herausgeberin: Die Präsidentin der Goethe-Universität Redaktion: Dr. Anne Hardy, Referentin für Wissenschaftskommunikation, Abteilung PR & Kommunikation, Theodor-W.-Adorno-Platz 1, 60323 Frankfurt am Main, Tel: (069) 798-12498, Fax: (069) 798-763 12531.


    Contact for scientific information:

    Prof. Dr. Joachim Curtius, Institute for Geosciences, Riedberg Campus, Tel.: -49 69 798-40258, curtius@iau.uni-frankfurt.de.


    More information:

    http://List of highly cited researchers: https://hcr.clarivate.com/


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