Three DGHI Researchers Cited for Influence

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Published June 16, 2014, last updated on April 9, 2018 under Research News

A new compilation of the world’s most-cited scientists just released by Thomson Reuters shows that 32 Duke researchers are in the top one percent of their fields. Three of the 32 are faculty members of the Duke Global Health Institute: Kelly BrownellBart Haynes and Mary Story. They work in the areas of food policy, nutrition, obesity prevention and HIV/AIDS.

Most-cited means a particular paper has been named frequently in the references by other papers in that field. And that is a measure of gross influence that often correlates well with community perceptions of research leaders within a field,” Thomson Reuters says. The database company admits their study methodology does favor senior authors who have had their papers out there longer, but there are quite a few younger Duke researchers in this list too.

There are 3215 most-cited scientists on the list. See the full list of Duke's most cited researchers on Duke Research.

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