22 David Geffen School of Medicine researchers named to list of the world’s most influential scientists

Those chosen for the 2024 list have authored multiple studies that rank in the top 1% in the number of scholarly citations worldwide

November 25, 2024

By UCLA Newsroom

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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, medicine

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