Distinguished Professor Belinda Medlyn, Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment
Western Sydney University researchers have been named among the most highly-cited in the world as part of this year's Clarivate's Highly Cited (HiCis) Researchers list.
Six University researchers and four affiliate researchers were named among the prestigious list for 2022.
Professor Deborah Sweeney, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research, Enterprise and International), offered her congratulations to the researchers.
"This outstanding result affirms the high quality and impact of the University's world-class research, and will have a substantial positive impact on Western's future Academic Ranking of World Universities," said Professor Sweeney.
"I congratulate the researchers, who through their innovative work at the University, are addressing the critical issues affecting our world and region."
The University's highly-cited researchers for 2022 are:
Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment
- Associate Professor Remko Duursma (in the Cross-Field category)
- Professor Brajesh Singh (Environment and Ecology)
- Associate Professor Brendan Choat (Plant and Animal Science)
- Distinguished Professor Belinda Medlyn (Plant and Animal Science)
- Professor Ian Wright (Plant and Animal Science)
- Dr Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo (affiliate)
- Professor Peter Reich (affiliate)
School of Computer, Data and Mathematical Sciences
- Distinguished Professor Wei-Xing Zheng (Engineering)
NICM Health Research Institute
- Dr Joe Firth (affiliate)
Institute for Culture and Society
- Professor Jamie Peck (affiliate)
Clarivate's Highly Cited Researchers list uses analysis to identify individuals from across the globe who have demonstrated significant and broad influence in their chosen field, with the preliminary list drawn from the highly cited papers that rank in the top 1 per cent by citations for field and publication year in the Web of Science citation index over the past decade.
This year's list recognised 6,938 researchers from more than 69 countries, with Australia having the fifth-largest number of highly cited researchers in the world at 337 researchers.
To view the full Highly Cited (HiCis) Researchers list for 2022, please visit the Clarivate web page .
Distinguished Professor Wei-Xing Zheng, School of Computer, Data and Mathematical Sciences
