Three Scientists from Greifswald amongst the World’s Most-Cited Researchers

Eye examination as part of the SHIP study
Eye examination as part of the SHIP study Photo: Manuela Janke/University Medicine Greifswald

Three researchers at the University of Greifswald are among the world’s most-cited researchers: Prof. Dr. Henry Völzke, Chair of Clinical Epidemiology at  University Medicine Greifswald’s Institute for Community Medicine; Dr Alexander Teumer from the SHIP - Clicinal-Epidemiological Research (KEF) Section at University Medicine Greifswald’s Institute for Community Medicine;  and Dr. Georg Homuth, research fellow at the Department of Functional Genomics at the Interfaculty Institute of Genetics and Functional Genomics. These results were published in the current ‘Highly Cited Researchers 2018’ ranking, provided by the data analytics company Clarivate Analytics. The ranking lists more than 6000 researchers from more than 60 countries, including 356 from Germany.

The Highly-Cited Researchers 2018 ranking focuses on the top one percent of the world’s most influential researchers. The American company, Clarivate Analytics, investigated how often researchers were cited in academic publications in their field of work between the years 2006 and 2016. The list considers 22 fields of research, ranging from agricultural science to biology, physics, mathematics and environmental sciences. Greifswald’s three top scientists belong to the category ‘cross-field’, a new genre that was introduced to this year’s ranking.

The ‘Highly Cited Researchers’ ranking has established itself as an important indicator for measuring the influence of a researcher within a certain field of science. Prof. Dr. Henry Völzke says, ‘it is a truly great achievement for such a small university that three scientists from Greifswald have been included on the list.’

 

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Contacts at University Medicine Greifswald

Prof. Dr. Henry Völzke
Institute for Community Medicine
Section SHIP | Clinical-Epidemiological Research
Walther-Rathenau-Straße 48, 17489 Greifswald
Tel.: +49 3834 86 7541
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www.researchgate.net/profile/Henry_Voelzke

Dr. Alexander Teumer
Institute for Community Medicine
Study of Health in Pomerania (SHIP)
Walther-Rathenau-Straße 48, 17489 Greifswald
Tel.: +49 3834 86 19579
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www.researchgate.net/profile/Alexander_Teumer

Dr. Georg Homuth
Interfaculty Institute of Genetics and Functional Genomics
Department of Functional Genomics
C_FunGene, Felix-Hausdorff-Straße 8, 17475 Greifswald
Tel.: +49 3834 420 5812
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www.researchgate.net/profile/Georg_Homuth


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