41 Tar Heels ranked as ‘highly cited researchers’

In 2023, more than 40 researchers from Carolina made Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researchers list as trailblazers among their peers, an increase from 2022’s rankings.

Each researcher selected has authored multiple papers that rank in the top 1% by citations for their fields and publication year in the Web of Science over the past decade. Citation activity is not the sole selection indicator. A preliminary list based on citation activity is then refined using qualitative analysis and expert judgment.

This year, 6,849 individual researchers from institutions in 67 countries and regions have been awarded the designation. Most of Carolina’s researchers were recognized for cross-field influence.

Listed under Clarivate’s categories, Carolina’s most-cited researchers include:

Biology and biochemistry

•Jeffery Dangl, College of Arts and Sciences

•Xi-Ping Huang, School of Medicine

•Bryan Roth, School of Medicine, Eshelman School of Pharmacy

Clinical medicine

•John Buse, School of Medicine

•Sidney C. Smith Jr., School of Medicine

Cross field

•Ariane Brown, Gilling School of Global Public Health

•Ke Cheng, Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering

•Yehao Deng, formerly with College of Arts and Sciences

•Kenneth Dinnon, School of Medicine

•Gianpietro Dotti, School of Medicine

•Katherine Hoadley, School of Medicine

•Leaf Huang, Eshelman School of Pharmacy

•David Martinez, Gillings School of Global Public Health

•John McCorvy, formerly with School of Medicine

•Charles Perou, School of Medicine

•Barry Popkin, Gillings School of Global Public Health

•Scott Randell, School of Medicine

•Bryce Reeve, Gillings School of Global Public Health

•Barbara Savoldo, School of Medicine

•Dinggang Shen, formerly with School of Medicine

•Amy Sims, Gillings School of Global Public Health

•Martin Styner, School of Medicine

•Patrick Sullivan, School of Medicine

•Jenny Ting, School of Medicine

•Chao Wang, formerly with College of Arts and Sciences

•Qi Wang, formerly with College of Arts and Sciences

•Haotong Wei, formerly with College of Arts and Sciences

•Yanqi Ye, Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering

Immunology

•David van Duin, School of Medicine

Materials science

•Jinsong Huang, College of Arts and Sciences

Microbiology

•Ralph Baric, Gillings School of Global Public Health, School of Medicine

•Rachel Graham, Gillings School of Global Public Health

•Lisa Gralinski, Gillings School of Global Public Health

•Sarah Leist, Gillings School of Global Public Health

•Alexandra Schafer, Gillings School of Global Public Health

•Timothy Sheahan, Gillings School of Global Public Health, School of Medicine

Pharmacology and toxicology

•Aaron Anselmo, formerly with Eshelman School of Pharmacy

•Bryan Roth, School of Medicine, Eshelman School of Pharmacy

Plant and animal science

•Jeffery Dangl, College of Arts and Sciences

•Hans Paerl, College of Arts and Sciences, Gillings School of Global Public Health

Social sciences

•Noel Brewer, Gillings School of Global Public Health

•Stephen Cole, Gillings School of Global Public Health

•Byron Powell, Gillings School of Global Public Health

See last year’s rankings and learn more about the methodology behind the highly cited researchers list.