Monash academics behind the world’s most influential research
Monash University academics have been recognised as among the world’s most Highly Cited (HiCi) Researchers in a new list just released by Thomson Reuters.
Identified and honoured for their sustained research contributions placing them among the world’s best in their field Monash University’s Professor Stuart Batten, Professor Arthur Christopoulos, Professor Patrick Sexton and Professor Dan Li have been recognised by Thomson Reuters as new Highly Cited Researchers. In addition, Monash joint appointments, Professor Donyuan Zhao, Professor Rinaldo Bellomo, Professor Lei Jiaing, Professor Paul Zimmet and Professor Jonathon Shaw are listed as new HiCis.
Highly Cited Researchers are those whose publications are most cited in academic journals in a respective field over a 10-year rolling period. Being acknowledged as a HiCi means their research has been published in papers that are in the top one per cent of most highly cited papers in their discipline over the past decade.
Inclusion in the HiCi list is a measure of the esteem and recognition of the researchers’ influence on their field, globally. The HiCi performance is also one of the six indicators used to determine top research universities in the Academic Ranking of World Universities, compiled by the Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
The work of Associate Professor Batten, of the School of Chemistry, focuses on the development of new materials, which now have application for developing hydrogen-fuelled vehicles or the trapping of greenhouse gases.
After the initial discovery of an efficient way to produce graphene in large amounts, Professor Dan Li of the Department of Materials Engineering is now developing ways to process and assemble it into useful macrostructures to address global challenges related to green energy, water purification, health care and environmental protection.
Professor Christopoulos and Professor Sexton, from the Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences (MIPS), lead the Drug Discovery Biology (DDB) program to investigate novel approaches to drug discovery.
Monash University Pro Vice-Chancellor (Academic Performance), Professor Kim Langfield-Smith, said the results highlighted the significant contributions of Monash scientists and the University’s continued investment in high-impact research.
“Recognition as a Highly Cited Researcher is an indicator of the outstanding scientific contributions of our academic staff and underlines the University’s strong investment in research,” Professor Langfield-Smith said.
“Our academic staff have contributed some of the most thought-provoking and influential research to date and we congratulate them on this remarkable accomplishment.”
Compiled by Thomson Reuters, the Highly Cited Research resource captured the people behind the most influential publications in 21 broad subject categories in life sciences, medicine, physical sciences, engineering and social sciences.
Image - Clockwise from top right: Professor Stuart Batten, Professor Arthur Christopoulos, Professor Dan Li, Professor Patrick Sexton,