As we round out the year, the UNMC ID blog would like to take a moment to recognize the academic successes of those in our Division. We routinely feature ground-breaking research from UNMC ID faculty though our Research Digest post series (see these posts here), and we are very lucky to have such amazing, productive, and insightful researchers in our Division.
As recently reported in UNMC Today, updated analysis of paper citations using a standardized citation metric identified over 100 UNMC researchers as top-cited in the world. Among these were multiple current and former members of UNMC ID, including: Dr. Diana Florescu, Dr. Alison Freifeld, Dr. Andre Kalil, Dr. Mark Rupp, and Dr. Susan Swindells! These rankings identify the top 100,000 scientists (by citations and extrapolated impact) across all fields and institutions. Given that there is an estimated more than 8.8 million scientists in the world, this places these individuals near the top 1% of researchers- a huge achievement.
However, the authors of this analysis admit that, “If an author is not on the list it is simply because the composite indicator value was not high enough to appear on the list. It does not mean that the author does not do good work…Citation metrics have limitations.” Therefore, we celebrate all of the fantastic scientists and work out of UNMC ID this year and thank everyone for their dedication to the advancement of ID practice, science, and the field at large!