Their studies are those most read: the scientific studies of "highly cited researchers". Among the world's most cited researchers are 28 scientists who are researching at the Austrian Academy of Sciences (OeAW) or are closely associated with the Academy as members either at home or abroad. The list comes from the current report of the US company Clarivate Analytics.
The report looks at how frequently publications of a researcher from a particular subject area – including science, medicine, economics and social sciences – were cited by peers in their publications. The citation frequency is, in addition to the number of publications in journals, a common comparative value for the scientific relevance of research work. To honor the work of researchers who have a strong influence in several scientific fields, the category "Cross-Field" for interdisciplinary work was added in 2018.
The ranking of the most productive and cited scientists is based on the citation database "Web of Science" and currently includes around 6,000 scientists worldwide from 22 research areas. From Austria, 44 people are among the internationally most cited researchers. Of these, 16 are members of the OeAW and 6 conduct research at OeAW institutes.
This number is particularly gratifying for the Academy and further evidence of the success of a long-standing, consistently pursued strategy of excellence. Indeed, although only 2% of all scientists working in Austria are employed by the OeAW, their proportion of the "highly cited researchers" is above average at 13%.
Highly Cited: Members and employees of the OeAW at a glance
• Markus Aspelmeyer, Physics
Corresponding member of the OeAW, Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (Vienna) of the OeAW and the University of Vienna
• Rainer Blatt, Physics
Full member of the OeAW, Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (Innsbruck) of the OeAW and the University of Innsbruck
• Christoph Bock, Cross-Field
Member of the Young Academy, CeMM – Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the OeAW and Medical University of Vienna
• Emmanuelle Charpentier, Cross-Field
Member of the OeAW abroad, Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Germany
• Mark W. Chase, Plant and Animal Biology
Member of the OeAW abroad, Curtin University, Australia
• Karlheinz Erb, Cross-Field
Member of the Young Academy (until May 2019), University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna
• Ernst Fehr, Economics
Member of the OeAW abroad, University of Zurich, Switzerland
• Jiři Friml, Plant and Animal Biology
Member of the Young Academy, IST Austria
• Thomas J. R. Hughes, Computer Science
Member of the OeAW abroad, University of Texas, USA
• Jürgen A. Knoblich, Cross-Field
Full member of the OeAW, IMBA - Institute for Molecular Biotechnology of the OeAW
• Ferenc Krausz, Physics
Member of the OeAW abroad, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany
• Georg Kresse, Physics
Full member of the OeAW, University of Vienna
• Guido Kroemer, Immunology
Member of the OeAW abroad, Paris Descartes University, France
• Robert S. Langer, Biology and Biochemistry
Member of the OeAW abroad, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
• Hans Lassmann, Neuroscience
Full member of the OeAW, Medical University of Vienna
• Andreas F. Molisch, Computer Science
Member of the OeAW abroad, University of Southern California, USA
• Martin A. Nowak, Economics
Member of the OeAW abroad, Harvard University, USA
• Anna Obenauf, Cross-Field
Member of the Young Academy, Medical University of Graz
• Peter Palese, Microbiology
Member of the OeAW abroad, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA
• Jian-Wei Pan, Physics
Member of the OeAW abroad, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
• Rupert Seidl, Cross-Field
Member of the Young Academy, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna
• Christa Schleper, Cross-Field
Full member of the OeAW, University of Vienna
• Josef Smolen, Clinical Medicine
Full member of the OeAW, Medical University of Vienna
• Peter F. Stadler, Cross-Field
Member of the OeAW abroad, University of Leipzig
• Jörg Striessnig, Pharmacology
Corresponding member of the OeAW, University of Innsbruck
• Michael Wagner, Microbiology
Full member of the OeAW, University of Vienna
• Anton Zeilinger, Physics
Full member of the OeAW, Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (Vienna) of the OeAW and the University of Vienna
• Peter Zoller, Physics
Full member of the OeAW, Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (Innsbruck) of the OeAW and the University of Innsbruck