Twenty-two University of Aberdeen researchers have been named among the world's most highly cited in the UK and the world, according to new figures.
Research.com ranked tens of thousands of researchers over 26 categories with 22 Aberdeen researchers named either within the top 100 in the UK or top 1000 in the world in terms of citation numbers.
Among them were: Pete Smith (UK 1, World 27, in Biology and Biochemistry); George Boyne (UK 4, World 23 in Political Science); Harry J Flint (UK 15, World 127 in Microbiology); Chris Soulsby (UK 19, World 194 in Earth Sciences); Emeritus Prof Mandy Ryan (UK 56, World 456 in Economics and Finance) and Dr Sylvia H. Duncan (UK 71, World 659 in Microbiology).
Biology and Biochemistry
Prof Pete Smith – UK 1, World 27
Prof John Speakman – UK 32, World 533
Business and Management
Prof George Boyne – UK 14, World 150
Prof Zaheer Khan – UK 108, World 759
Earth Sciences
Prof Chris Soulsby – UK 19, World 194
Economics and Finance
Emeritus Prof Mandy Ryan – UK 56, World 456
Immunology
Emeritus Prof John Forrester – UK 84, World 888
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Prof Stephen R Reid – UK 36, World 635
Prof Marian Wiercigroch – UK 42, World 726
Medicine
Prof David Price – UK 48, World 395
Microbiology
Emeritus Prof Harry J. Flint – UK 15, World 127
Emeritus Prof Christopher J. Secombes – UK 33, World 238
Emeritus Prof James I. Prosser – UK 34, World 243
Dr Sylvia H. Duncan – UK 71, World 659
Plant Science and Agronomy
Prof Paul D. Hallett – UK 59, World 624
Prof Adam H. Price – 67 UK, World 726
Political Science
Prof George Boyne – UK 4, World 23
Psychology
Emeritus Prof Marie Johnston – UK 91, World 725
Professor C. Neil Macrae – UK 105, 866 World
Emeritus Prof John Robertson Crawford – UK 118, World 973
Social Sciences and Humanities
Emeritus Prof Tim Ingold – UK 64, World 367
Prof Vikki Entwistle – UK 158, World 833