52 Johns Hopkins-affiliated scholars among world's most cited researchers

Fifty-two researchers affiliated with Johns Hopkins are among the 6,636 individuals on the annual Highly Cited Researchers list compiled by Clarivate Analytics.

The list includes two of Johns Hopkins University's Nobel Laureates: Gregg L. Semenza, who won the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, and Adam Riess, who won the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics.

The list also includes the late Roland R. Griffiths, the pioneering psychedelics researcher who died last year.

Using qualitative and quantitative analysis to identify researchers from across the globe whose work holds broad influence, the list is drawn from highly cited papers that rank in the top percentile of citations for field and publication year over the past decade.

The individuals appearing on the 2024 list work in 59 countries, but the United States continued to lay claim to the highest concentration of highly cited researchers with 2,507, or 36.4% of the total, according to Clarivate's analysis of the rankings. However, the U.S. share has been shrinking for several years. The number of highly cited researchers in the United States declined by nearly 7% this year from 2018 while increasing 12.5% for mainland China over that same period. China ranks second with 1,405 researchers, or 20.4%. The United Kingdom came in at third with 8.2%, or 563 individuals.

"This list demonstrates that Johns Hopkins is home to some of the world's most important scholars and researchers from dozens of fields," said Denis Wirtz, JHU's vice provost for research. "They exemplify a culture focused on pushing the boundaries of discovery, and this has helped position Johns Hopkins as one of the best places on Earth for producing new, insightful, and consequential research. As an institution, we will continue to invest our time and resources into ensuring that our faculty can continue to focus on making discoveries that can change the world."

The Johns Hopkins researchers who made the list are:

• Stefan Baral, Bloomberg School of Public Health (cross-field)
• Frederick S. Barrett, School of Medicine (cross-field)
• Chris Beyrer, Bloomberg School of Public Health (cross-field) Note: Beyrer is now director of the Duke Global Health Institute at Duke University
• Robert E. Black, Bloomberg School of Public Health (clinical medicine)
• Roger S. Blumenthal, School of Medicine (clinical medicine)
• Julie R. Brahmer, School of Medicine (clinical medicine)
• Xu Cao, School of Medicine (cross-field)
• Stefano Casertano, Space Telescope Science Institute (space science)
• Mingwei Chen, Whiting School of Engineering (cross-field)
• Josef Coresh, Bloomberg School of Public Health (clinical medicine) Note: Coresh is now the founding director of the Optimal Aging Institute at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine
• Ted M. Dawson, School of Medicine (neuroscience and behavior)
• Valina L. Dawson, School of Medicine (neuroscience and behavior)
• Albena T. Dinkova-Kostova, School of Medicine (cross-field) Note: Dinkova-Kostova is on faculty at the University of Dundee in Scotland
• Charles G. Drake, School of Medicine (cross-field) Note: Drake is on faculty at Columbia University's Irving Medical Center
• Mikala Egeblad, School of Medicine (cross-field)
• Laura Ensign, School of Medicine (pharmacology and toxicology)
• Roland R. Griffiths, School of Medicine (cross-field) Note: Griffiths died in October 2023
• Justin Hanes, School of Medicine (pharmacology and toxicology)
• Fadi Jacob, School of Medicine (cross-field) Note: Jacob is on faculty at the Emory University School of Medicine
• Matthew W. Johnson, School of Medicine (cross-field)
• Sabra L. Klein, Bloomberg School of Public Health (cross-field)
• Dung Le, School of Medicine (cross-field)
• Michael Lim, School of Medicine (cross-field) Note: Lim is the chair of the Department of Neurosurgery at Stanford Medicine
• Frank R. Lin, School of Medicine (cross-field)
• Yayuan Liu, Whiting School of Engineering (cross-field)
• Constantine G. Lyketsos, School of Medicine (cross-field)
• Lisa L. Maragakis, School of Medicine (social sciences)
• Raymond S. Niaura, Bloomberg School of Public Health (social sciences) Note: Niaura is on faculty at the NYU School of Global Public Health
• Drew M. Pardoll, School of Medicine (cross-field)
• Edward J. Pearce, School of Medicine (immunology)
• Erika L. Pearce, School of Medicine (immunology)
• Jennifer L. Pearson, Bloomberg School of Public Health (social sciences) Note: Pearson is on faculty at the University of Nevada, Reno School of Public Health
• Henry B. Perry, Bloomberg School of Public Health (social sciences)
• Kenneth Pienta, School of Medicine (cross-field)
• Xuyu Qian, School of Medicine (cross-field) Note: Qian is a research fellow at Boston Children's Hospital
• Adam G. Riess, Krieger School of Arts & Sciences (space science)
• Jeffrey D. Rothstein, School of Medicine (cross-field)
• Steven L. Salzberg, School of Medicine and Whiting School of Engineering (biology and biochemistry)
• Michael C. Schatz, Whiting School of Engineering (cross-field)
• Bradley L. Schlaggar, School of Medicine (neuroscience and behavior) Note: Schlaggar is president and CEO of the Kennedy Krieger Institute
• Gregg L. Semenza, School of Medicine (cross-field)
• Robert F. Siliciano, School of Medicine (cross-field)
• Elizabeth A. Stuart, Bloomberg School of Public Health (social sciences)
• Jotham Suez, Bloomberg School of Public Health (cross-field)
• Janis M. Taube, School of Medicine (clinical medicine)
• Roland J. Thorpe, Bloomberg School of Public Health (social sciences)
• Peter P. Toth, School of Medicine (cross-field) Note: Toth is director of preventative cardiology at CGH Medical Center in Illinois
• Juan C. Troncoso, School of Medicine (cross-field)
• Bert Vogelstein, School of Medicine (cross-field)
• Daniel R. Weinberger, School of Medicine (cross-field)
• Kenneth W. Witwer, School of Medicine (biology and biochemistry)
• Jun Yu, School of Medicine (clinical medicine) Note: Yu is affiliated with the Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital in China