Institute for Scientific Information deepens qualitative
analysis of annual list to improve detection of gaming,
misconduct
LONDON, Nov. 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Clarivate Plc
(NYSE: CLVT), a global leader in providing trusted information and
insights to accelerate the pace of innovation, today revealed its
2022 list of Highly Cited Researchers™ – individuals at
universities, research institutes and commercial organizations who
have demonstrated a disproportionate level of significant and broad
influence in their field or fields of research. The methodology
draws on data from the Web of Science™ citation index, together
with analysis performed by bibliometric experts and data scientists
at the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI)™ at
Clarivate.
ISI analysts have awarded Highly Cited Researcher 2022
designations to 6,938 researchers from across the globe who
demonstrated significant influence in their chosen field or fields
over the last decade. The list is truly global, spanning 69
countries or regions and spread across a diverse range of research
fields in the sciences and social sciences.
This year Clarivate extended the qualitative analysis of the
Highly Cited Researchers list, to address increasing concerns over
potential misconduct (such as plagiarism, image manipulation, fake
peer review). With the assistance of Retraction Watch and its
unparalleled database of retractions, Clarivate analysts searched
for evidence of misconduct in all publications of those on the
preliminary list of Highly Cited Researchers. Researchers found to
have committed scientific misconduct in formal proceedings
conducted by a researcher's institution, a government agency, a
funder or a publisher are excluded from the list of Highly Cited
Researchers.
David Pendlebury, Head of
Research Analysis at the Institute for Scientific Information at
Clarivate said: "Research misconduct is an ever-increasing concern
in our world. Activities such as unusual citation activity and fake
peer review may represent efforts to game the system and create
self-generated status. This is why we've expanded our qualitative
analysis this year to ensure the Highly Cited Researchers list
reflects genuine, community-wide research influence. Our efforts
are part of a wider responsibility across the whole research
community to better police itself and uphold research
integrity."
The key findings for 2022 show:
- 6,938 researchers from 69 countries and regions have
been named this year. Some extraordinary researchers are recognized
in multiple Essential Science Indicators™ (ESI) research fields:
219 named in two fields, 28 named in three fields and 4 named in
four fields. Their achievements are truly exceptional and indicate
broad, multidisciplinary influence among their peers. Overall,
there are 3,981 awards in specific fields and 3,244 awards for
cross-field impact, totalling 7,225 awards across all of the
individual researchers named this year.
- The United States is
the institutional home for 2,764 of the Highly Cited Researchers in
2022, which amounts to 38.3% of the total list, 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, with 1,169 Highly Cited Researchers – continuing
to close the gap with the U.S. In five years, Mainland China has
more than doubled its share of the Highly Cited Researchers
population – from 7.9% in 2018 to 16.2% this year.
- The United Kingdom
comes in third with 579 researchers or 8.0%. This is a remarkably
high number of researchers at the very top of their fields in terms
of citation impact, given that the United
Kingdom has a population 1/5 the size of the United States and 1/20 the size of
Mainland China.
- Germany has pulled
ahead of Australia this
year – placing Germany at fourth
with 369 researchers, and Australia at fifth with 337 researchers.
Behind them are Canada
(226), the Netherlands
(210), France (134),
Switzerland (112) and
Singapore (106) which is
new to the top 10 this year as Spain drops down.
- Harvard University, home to
233 researchers on the list, is once again the institution with the
highest concentration of Highly Cited Researchers in the world.
Governmental and publicly funded research organizations also
feature strongly in the institutional top 10: the Chinese
Academy of Sciences comes in second overall (228), narrowing
the gap with Harvard, followed by the
U.S. National Institutes of Health (113) and Germany's Max Planck Society (67). The
University of Pennsylvania has
joined the top 10 this year, jumping 7 slots from number 17 in
2021.
Figure 1: Highly Cited Researchers by country/region
Ranking
|
Country/Region
|
Number
HCRs
|
%
|
Change % Share
2018 to 2022
|
1
|
United
States
|
2,764
|
38.3
|
-5.0
|
2
|
China
Mainland
|
1,169
|
16.2
|
8.3
|
3
|
United
Kingdom
|
579
|
8
|
-1.0
|
4
|
Germany
|
369
|
5.1
|
-0.8
|
5
|
Australia
|
337
|
4.7
|
0.7
|
6
|
Canada
|
226
|
3.1
|
0.4
|
7
|
The
Netherlands
|
210
|
2.9
|
-0.2
|
8
|
France
|
134
|
1.9
|
-0.7
|
9
|
Switzerland
|
112
|
1.6
|
-0.6
|
10
|
Singapore
|
106
|
1.5
|
0.2
|
Figure 2: Highly Cited Researchers by research institution or
organization
Ranking
|
Institution and
Country/Region
|
Number
HCRs
|
1
|
Harvard University,
United States
|
233
|
2
|
Chinese Academy of
Sciences, China Mainland
|
228
|
3
|
Stanford University,
United States
|
126
|
4
|
National Institutes of
Health (NIH), United States
|
113
|
5
|
Tsinghua University,
China Mainland
|
73
|
6
|
Massachusetts Institute
of Technology (MIT), United States
|
71
|
7
|
Max Planck Society,
Germany
|
67
|
8
|
University of
California San Diego, United States
|
66
|
9
|
University of Oxford,
United Kingdom
|
63
|
10
|
University of
Pennsylvania, United States
|
62
|
The full Highly Cited Researchers 2022 list and analysis can be
found here.
Follow us on Twitter @ClarivateAG #HighlyCited2022.
Notes to editors:
Methodology:
The Highly Cited Researchers' names are drawn from the
publications that rank in the top 1% by citations for field and
publication year in the Web of Science™ citation index, and the
list identifies the research institutions and countries where they
are based. Our analysis is based on primary researcher
affiliations, as specified by Highly Cited Researchers themselves.
This year, 7,225 researcher awards from 69 countries and regions
are recognized – 3,981 in specific fields and 3,244 for cross-field
impact. The 7,225 Highly Cited Researcher 2022 designations are
issued to 6,938 individuals. The number of awards exceeds the
number of unique individuals because some researchers are receiving
recognition in more than one Essential Science Indicators™ (ESI)
field of research. Our analysis of countries/regions and
institutions counts designations or appearances and is thus based
on the total of 7,225. These researchers were selected based on the
number of highly cited papers they produced over an 11-year period
from January 2011 to December 2021. The methodology that determines
the who's who of researchers draws on data and analysis performed
by bibliometric experts at the Institute for Scientific Information
at Clarivate. It uses InCites Benchmarking & Analytics™,
Essential Science Indicators™ and a unique compilation of science
performance metrics and trend data based on scholarly paper
publication counts and citation data from the Web of Science™, the
world's largest publisher-neutral citation index and research
intelligence platform.
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