Twenty-two researchers from the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA are among 38 UCLA faculty members and researchers named to a list of the world’s most influential scholars in the sciences and social sciences.
The annual Highly Cited Researchers list, compiled by the international data and analytics firm Clarivate, identifies scholars whose work has been cited most often in papers published by other researchers in their fields over the past decade. Those chosen for the 2024 list have authored multiple studies that rank in the top 1% in the number of scholarly citations worldwide.
"We are immensely proud of our researchers who have been recognized on the Highly Cited Researchers list for 2024," said Steven Dubinett, MD, dean of the David Geffen School of Medicine. "This acknowledgment is a testament to their dedication, innovation, and the significant impact of their work in the research and clinical communities."
Overall, 6,636 researchers from 59 nations and regions were recognized this year, representing just 0.1% of the global research community. The U.S. had the most scholars on the list — with an exceptionally high concentration from California — followed by mainland China, the U.K., Germany and Australia.
Current UCLA researchers named to the 2024 list, along with their primary field or fields of study, are:
Nasim Annabi, chemical and biomolecular engineering
Aditya Bardia, medicine
Matthew Budoff, medicine
Jun Chen, bioengineering
Timothy Cloughesy, neurology
Giovanni Coppola, psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences
Michelle Craske, psychology
Xiangfeng Duan, inorganic chemistry
Bruce Dunn, materials science and engineering
David Eisenberg, biochemistry
Richard Finn, medicine
Gregg Fonarow, medicine
Edward Garon, medicine
Daniel Geschwind, neurology
Jonathan Goldman, medicine
Sander Greenland, statistics and epidemiology
Ron Hays, health policy and management
Steve Horvath, biostatistics and human genetics
Elaine Hsiao, integrative biology
Yu Huang, materials science and engineering
Riki Kawaguchi, neuroscience
Baljit Khakh, physiology and neurobiology
Yuzhang Li, chemical and biomolecular engineering
Aldons Lusis, medicine
Carol Mangione, medicine
Emeran Mayer, neurobiology
Ilan Meyer, law
Bengt Muthen, education
Aydogan Ozcan, electrical engineering
Mason Porter, mathematics
Antoni Ribas, medicine
Yair Rivenson, electrical and computer engineering
Lawren Sack, ecology and evolutionary biology
Michael Sofroniew, neurobiology
Marc Suchard, human genetics
Tommaso Treu, physics and astronomy
Zev Wainberg, medicine
Yang Yang, materials science and engineering