21 Brazilians Among the Most Cited Scientists in the World in 2021 – Revista Galileo

The survey was launched last Tuesday (16) Highly Cited Researchers 2021 It included 21 scientists from Brazil who are among the most influential in the world – two more than in 2020. The list is organized by website web of science, by Clarivate Analytics, and identifies nearly 6,600 researchers who have demonstrated positive impact in their fields over the past decade.

Of the more than 70 countries and territories, 6,602 names are listed in total, of which 3,774 have influence in specific regions and 2,828 cross-domains are affected (across the field). Among Brazilians, the most attended category was across the field, followed by experts from Agricultural Sciences and social sciences.

Selected by reference measurement experts at the Institute for Scientific Information in the US, the list looked between January 2010 and December 2020 to verify the most cited articles — and their authors.

a University of Sao Paulo (USP) comes out on top as the most cited Brazilian institution in the ranking, thanks to the work of seven of its researchers. Jeffrey Cannon, Maria Laura da Costa Lozada, Carlos Montero Eurydice Martinez Steele represents the College of Public Health (FSP-USP), while Andrei Rosovsky BrunoniRenata Perzi Levi and Raul Dias dos Santos Filho are part of the Faculty of Medicine (FM-USP).

a Campinas State University (Unicamp), the Federal Institute of Rio de Janeiro (IFRJ) and the Federal University of Viçosa (UFV) each have two of their scientists on the list. They are, respectively, Amin Mousavi Khanika (across the field), Anderson S. Sant’Ana (agricultural science), Adriano Gomes Cruz (agricultural science) and Marcia C. Silva (agricultural science), Adriano Nunes-Nesi (environmental science) and Francisco Murilo Zerbini (microbiology).

Also part of the menu Jose Marengo (geology), Act National Center for Monitoring and National Warnings of Disasters (Simaden) and Luiz Henrique Caparelli Matuso (Agricultural Science) from the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (EMBRaba).

Six researchers from federal universities complete the list of the most cited Brazilians: Joel Rodriguez (across the field) , Give Federal University of Piauí (UFPI); Louis Augusto Rode (Psychiatry and psychology), from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS); Felipe Barretto Schuch (Psychiatry and Psychology) from the Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM); Cesar G Victor (Clinical Medicine) from Federal University of Pelotas (UFPel); Pedro Henrique Santin Brancalion (across the field) , Give Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar); and Monica Q. Freitas (Agricultural Science) from Fluminense Federal University (UFF).

As in previous years, the United State Continuing as the best-represented country among the “most cited researchers 2021”, with 2,622 scientists on the list (39.7% of the total). Harvard university It includes 214 of them, and appears again as the institution with the highest concentration of researchers with scientific impact.

The second is China, which is the institutional base of 935 (or 14.2%) of the most cited professionals. The Asian country was in a strong growth trend: in four years, its presence on the list practically doubled. With 492 researchers, he could United kingdom Complements the platform of the most prominent countries in the survey.

Among the more than 6,600 researchers cited, there are 24 award winners Nobel, including five winners this year, all from the United States: David Julius and Erdem Patabotian (Nobel in Physiology or Medicine), David WC Macmillan (Nobel in Chemistry), David Card and Guido Empains (Nobel in Economics).

For Joel Haspel, senior vice president of strategy at Clarivate’s Science Group, the survey reflects the value of a decade of scientific publications and highlights the challenges behind the research. “In addition to recording moments” eureka! Our data tells the story of the long nights used to fill out grant applications, analyze results in the lab, and work in audit of manuscripts written by peers, as well as many small failures that ultimately led to greater successes and accelerated innovation,” Haspel says, in a press release.