Now in its sixth year, the 2019 Highly Cited Researchers report from Clarivate Analytics (the company behind Web of Science) is now available. Curious on who made this global list of influential scientific researchers? Read on to find out!
This year the report includes 6,216 highly cited researchers (last year’s report included 6,000). The key findings have been summarized and to learn how a researcher makes this list, take a moment to review their methodology.
| Name | Category | Name | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| Omar Abdel-Wahab | Molecular Biology & Genetics | Robert J. Motzer | Clinical Medicine |
| Maria E. Arcila | Clinical Medicine | *Eric G. Pamer | Immunology |
| Michael F. Berger | Clinical Medicine, Molecular Biology & Genetics | Dana Pe’er | Cross-Field |
| Cameron W. Brennan | Cross-Field | Michael A. Postow | Clinical Medicine |
| Margaret K. Callahan | Cross-Field | Natasha Rekhtman | Cross-Field |
| Timothy A. Chan | Cross-Field | Victor E. Reuter | Cross-Field |
| Paul B. Chapman | Cross-Field | Gregory J. Riely | Clinical Medicine |
| Justin R. Cross | Cross-Field | *Naiyer A. Rizvi | Cross-Field |
| Luis A. Diaz Jr. | Cross-Field | Neal Rosen | Cross-Field |
| Frederic Geissmann | Immunology | Alexander Y. Rudensky | Immunology |
| Mithat Gonen | Cross-Field | Charles M. Rudin | Clinical Medicine |
| *Adriana Heguy | Cross-Field | Michel Sadelain | Cross-Field |
| Matthew D. Hellmann | Clinical Medicine | Leonard B. Saltz | Cross-Field |
| *Eric C. Holland | Cross-Field | *Chris Sander | Molecular Biology & Genetics |
| Clifford A. Hudis | Clinical Medicine | Charles L. Sawyers | Cross-Field |
| *Jason T. Huse | Cross-Field | Howard I. Scher | Clinical Medicine |
| Christine Iacobuzio-Donahue | Molecular Biology & Genetics | Nikolaus Schultz | Molecular Biology & Genetics |
| *Robert R. Jenq | Cross-Field | Ronglai Shen | Cross-Field |
| David Jones | Cross-Field | Nicholas D. Socci | Cross-Field |
| Cyriac Kandoth | Cross-Field | David B. Solit | Clinical Medicine |
| Philip W. Kantoff | Clinical Medicine | Elisa de Stanchina | Cross-Field |
| David S. Klimstra | Cross-Field | Martin S. Tallman | Clinical Medicine |
| Mark G. Kris | Clinical Medicine | Barry S. Taylor | Molecular Biology & Genetics |
| Marc Ladanyi | Clinical Medicine, Molecular Biology & Genetics | Craig B. Thompson | Molecular Biology & Genetics |
| Ross L. Levine | Molecular Biology & Genetics | William D. Travis | Clinical Medicine |
| Joan Massague | Molecular Biology & Genetics | Marcel R. M. van den Brink | Cross-Field |
| Taha Merghoub | Cross-Field | Agnes Viale | Cross-Field |
| Vincent A. Miller | Clinical Medicine | Jedd D. Wolchok | Clinical Medicine |
*Former Employee
This year, I am delighted to share that 56 researchers associated with Memorial Sloan Kettering made the list (double the number compared to last year).
On behalf of the library staff, congratulations to these researchers and to all of our distinguished authors, who through their work contribute daily to the ever-growing body of published medical and scientific literature.
Donna Gibson
Director of Library Services
In honor of International Open Access Week, we will be featuring five open access publications by MSK authors and will showcase one each day (Monday to Friday) as a Today’s Science Sparks on the