Concentration of top talent with 10
countries/regions representing over 80% of list
LONDON, Nov. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Clarivate
Plc (NYSE:CLVT), a global leader in connecting people and
organizations to intelligence they can trust to transform their
world, today revealed its 2023 list of Highly Cited Researchers™ –
influential researchers at universities, research institutes and
commercial organizations around the world who have demonstrated
significant and broad influence in their field(s) of research.
Analysts at the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI)™ have
recognized 6,849 Highly Cited Researchers in 2023, from more than
1,300 institutions in 67 nations and regions. The evaluation and
selection process draws on data from the Web of Science™ citation
index, together with analysis performed by bibliometric experts and
data scientists at the ISI at Clarivate™.
Bar Veinstein, President of Academia & Government at
Clarivate said: "We celebrate the Highly Cited Researchers whose
contributions transform our world by helping to make it healthier,
more sustainable and more secure. Recognition of Highly Cited
Researchers not only validates research excellence but also
enhances reputation, fosters collaboration, and informs resource
allocation, acting as a beacon for academic institutions and
commercial organizations."
This year the evaluation and selection process for Highly Cited
Researchers has evolved as we respond to a rise in threats to
research integrity. ISI analysts first reviewed Highly Cited
Papers™ from the last decade to create a list of preliminary
candidates. Enhanced qualitative filters were then used to identify
publication anomalies including extreme levels of hyper-authorship,
excessive self-citation, or unusual patterns of group citation
activity, which warrant exclusion from the list.
David Pendlebury, Head of
Research Analysis at the Institute for Scientific Information at
Clarivate said: "As the need for high-quality data from rigorously
selected sources is becoming ever more important, we have adapted
and responded to technological advances and changes in the
publishing landscape. Just as we have applied stringent standards
and transparent selection criteria to identify trusted journals, we
have evolved our evaluation and selection policies for our annual
Highly Cited Researchers program to address the challenges of an
increasingly complex and polluted scholarly record."
The key findings for 2023 show:
- 6,849 individual researchers from institutions in 67
countries/regions have been named this year, but 83.8% are
based in just 10 countries and 72.7% in the top five, a remarkable
concentration of top talent.
- Some extraordinary researchers are recognized in multiple
Essential Science Indicators™ (ESI) research fields: 238 named in
two fields, 21 named in three fields, four named in four fields,
and one named in five fields. Their achievements are truly
exceptional and indicate broad, multidisciplinary influence among
their peers.
- This year 2,669 Highly Cited Researcher designations were given
to researchers at institutions in the United States, which amounts to 37.5% of
the group, down from 43.3% in 2018. While the slow downward loss of
share continues for U.S.-based Highly Cited Researchers, the U.S.
clearly still leads the world in research influence.
- Mainland China is second this year, as it has been
for several years, with 1,275 Highly Cited Researcher designations,
or 17.9%, up from 7.9% in 2018. In five years, Mainland China has
more than doubled its world share of the Highly Cited Researcher
population. This reflects a transformational rebalancing of
scientific and scholarly contributions at the top level through the
globalization of research.
- Among all institutions, including governmental and other types
of research organizations, the Chinese Academy of
Sciences heads the list with 270 Highly Cited Researcher
recognitions, up from 228 last year. Other top-ranked
governmental or non-university institutions include the U.S.
National Institutes of Health (NIH) (105), Max Planck
Society (59), Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
(49) and the Broad Institute (27).
Figure 1: Highly Cited Researcher 2023 designations by
country/region
Ranking
|
Country/Region
|
Number Highly
Cited Researchers
|
World
share %
|
Change % share
from 2022
|
1
|
United
States
|
2,669
|
37.5
|
-0.9
|
2
|
China
Mainland
|
1,275
|
17.9
|
1.7
|
3
|
United
Kingdom
|
574
|
8.1
|
0.1
|
4
|
Germany
|
336
|
4.7
|
-0.4
|
5
|
Australia
|
321
|
4.5
|
-0.2
|
6
|
Canada
|
218
|
3.1
|
0
|
7
|
Netherlands
|
195
|
2.7
|
-0.2
|
8
|
France
|
139
|
2
|
0.1
|
9
|
Hong Kong
|
120
|
1.7
|
0.3
|
10
|
Italy
|
115
|
1.6
|
0.1
|
Figure 2: Highly Cited Researcher 2023 designations by
institution
Ranking
|
Institution and
Country/Region
|
Number Highly
Cited Researchers
|
1
|
Chinese Academy of
Sciences, China Mainland
|
270
|
2
|
Harvard University,
United States
|
237
|
3
|
Stanford University,
United States
|
126
|
4
|
National Institutes of
Health (NIH), United States
|
105
|
5
|
Tsinghua University,
China Mainland
|
78
|
6
|
Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, United States
|
73
|
7
|
University of
California San Diego, United States
|
71
|
8
|
University of
Pennsylvania, United States
|
63
|
9
|
University of Oxford,
United Kingdom
|
62
|
10
|
Max Planck Society,
Germany
|
59
|
The full Highly Cited Researchers 2023 list, analysis and
evaluation and selection policy are available here.
Follow us on social media: @ClarivateAG / Clarivate for
Academia & Government / #HighlyCited2023.
Our evaluation and selection process for Highly Cited
Researchers 2023
The Highly Cited Researchers list by Clarivate is an annual
recognition of influential scientists and social scientists
worldwide who have made significant contributions to their fields.
This year, 7,125 Highly Cited Researcher 2023 designations were
issued to 6,849 individuals. The number of awards exceeds the
number of unique individuals because some researchers are
recognized in more than one Essential Science Indicators (ESI)
field of research. Our analysis of countries/regions and
institutions counts designated awards and is thus based on the
total of 7,125. The 2023 list features 3,793 Highly Cited
Researcher recognitions across 20 fields, with an additional 3,332
recognitions for outstanding performance in multiple fields
(cross-field). These individuals represent just 1 in 1,000
researchers globally. The selection process involves rigorous
evaluation and curation of data from Highly Cited Papers in trusted
science and social sciences journals indexed in the Science
Citation Index Expanded™ and Social Sciences Citation Index™ during
the 11-year period 2012 to 2022 and involves the review of 188,500
Highly Cited Papers across various fields.
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