As last year, 28 researchers who work at the Austrian Academy of Sciences (OeAW), or who are closely associated with it as members at home or abroad, are among the internationally most influential minds in science. This is the result of the current 2020 ranking of the world's most frequently cited researchers, published by Clarivate Analytics.
The annual survey examines how often publications by a researcher from a field of medicine or the natural and social sciences were cited by peers in their publications between 2009 and 2019. In addition to the number of publications in specialist journals, the number of citations is a measure of the scientific relevance of research work.
The "Highly Cited Researchers" ranking currently includes around 6,000 scientists worldwide from 22 research areas and is based on the "Web of Science" citation database. As last year, a total of 44 people from Austria are among the world's most cited researchers, 14 of whom are employees or members of the OeAW in Austria.
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 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 Society, Germany
• Mark W. Chase, Plant and Animal Biology
Member of the OeAW abroad, Curtin University, Australia
• Ignacio J. Cirac, Physics
Member of the OeAW abroad, Max Planck Society, Germany
• 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
• Christian Körner, Cross-Field
Member of the OeAW abroad, University of Basel, Switzerland
• Ferenc Krausz, Physics
Member of the OeAW abroad, Ludwig Maximilian University 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
• 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
• Christian F. Roos, Physics
Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (Innsbruck) of the OeAW and University of Innsbruck
• 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 S. Smolen, Clinical Medicine
Full Member of the OeAW, Medical University of Vienna
• Peter F. Stadler, Cross-Field
Member of the OeAW abroad, Leipzig University
• 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 University of Innsbruck
