Clarivate Analytics’ Highly Cited Researchers List is an annual report of individuals at universities, research institutes and commercial organizations who demonstrate a significant and broad influence in their field or fields of research.
The list focuses on contemporary research achievement: only highly cited papers in the sciences and social sciences journals indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection™ during the 11-year period 2011 to 2021 were surveyed. Highly cited papers are defined as those that rank in the top 1% by citations for field and publication year.
Please join us in congratulating the 44 researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital who were named to this year’s list!
Galit Alter, PhD
Investigator, Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Samana Cay MGH Research Scholar 2017-2022
Kristine and Bob Higgins MGH Research Scholar 2012-2017
Ashwin N. Ananthakrishnan, MBBS, MPH
Physician Investigator, Division of Gastroenterology
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Martin Aryee, PhD
Associate Investigator, Department of Pathology
Associate Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School
Aditya Bardia, MBBS, MPH
Physician Investigator, Mass General Cancer Center
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Xandra O. Breakefield, PhD
Investigator, Department of Neurology
Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
Randy L. Buckner, PhD
Investigator, Department of Psychiatry
Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Andrew T. Chan, MD, MPH
Chief, Clinical and Translational Epidemiology Unit
Daniel K. Podolsky Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Stuart and Suzanne Steele MGH Research Scholar 2017-2022
Mark J. Daly, PhD
Chief, Analytics and Translational Genetics Unit
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Stephen V. Faraone, PhD
Investigator, Department of Psychiatry
Lecturer on Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Alessio Fasano, MD
Director, Mucosal Immunology and Biology Research Center
Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
Lisa Feldman-Barrett, PhD
Investigator, Department of Psychiatry
Professor of Psychology, Northeastern University
Christina R. Ferrone, MD
Physician Investigator, Department of Surgery
Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Keith T. Flaherty, MD
Physician Investigator, Mass General Cancer Center
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Dai Fukumura, MD, PhD
Investigator, Department of Radiation Oncology
Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology, Harvard Medical School
Justin F. Gainor, MD
Physician Investigator, Mass General Cancer Center
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Matthew P. Frosch, MD, PhD
Physician Investigator, Department of Pathology
Lawrence J. Henderson Associate Professor of Pathology and Health Science and Technology, Harvard Medical School
Gad Getz, PhD
Investigator, Mass General Cancer Center
Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School
Steven M. Greenberg, MD, PhD
Physician Investigator, Department of Neurology
Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
Daniel A. Haber, MD, PhD
Director, Mass General Cancer Center
Kurt J. Isselbacher Professor of Oncology, Harvard Medical School
Bradley T. Hyman, MD, PhD
Director, Massachusetts Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center
Physician Investigator, Department of Neurology
John B. Penny, Jr. Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
Anthony John Iafrate, MD, PhD
Deputy Chair, Department of Pathology
Austin L. Vickery, Jr. Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School
Rakesh K. Jain, PhD
Director, Edwin L. Steele Laboratory for Tumor Biology
A. Werk Cook Professor of Radiation Oncology, Harvard Medical School
Keith A. Johnson, MD, PhD
Physician Investigator, Gordon Center for Medical Imaging
Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School
J. Keith Joung, MD, PhD
Investigator, Molecular Pathology Unit
Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School
Desmond and Ann Heathwood MGH Research Scholar 2016-2021
Jim and Ann Orr MGH Research Scholar 2011-2016
Howard L. Kaufman, MD
Physician Investigator, Department of Surgery
Lecturer on Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Benjamin P. Kleinstiver, PhD
Assistant Investigator, Center for Genomic Medicine
Assistant Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School
Clotilde Lagier-Tourenne, MD, PhD
Associate Investigator, Department of Neurology
Associate Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
David N. Louis, MD
Chief of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham & Women’s Hospital
Benjamin Castle Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School
Andrew D. Luster, MD, PhD
Director, Center for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases
Persis, Cyrus and Marlow B. Harrison Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Marcela Maus, MD, PhD
Physician Investigator, Mass General Cancer Center
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Evan Macosko, MD, PhD
Physician Investigator, Department of Psychiatry
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
Assistant Professor of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School
Mari Mino-Kenudson, MD
Director of Pulmonary Pathology
Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School
Vamsi Mootha, MD
Physician Investigator, Department of Molecular Biology
Professor of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School
Matthias Naherndorf, MD, PhD
Investigator, Center for Systems Biology
Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School
Richard Moerschner Endowed MGH Research Institute Chair in Men’s Health
Weissman Family MGH Research Scholar 2014-2019
Benjamin P. Neale, PhD
Director, Genomics of Public Health Initiative, Analytics and Translational Genetics Unit
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Matthew K. Nock, PhD
Investigator, Department of Psychiatry
Edgar Pierce Professor of Psychology, Harvard College
Dorene M. Rentz, PsyD
Investigator, Department of Neurology
Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
Lecia V. Sequist, MD, MPH
Physician Investigator, Mass General Cancer Center
Landry Family Professor of Medicine in the Field of Medical Oncology, Harvard Medical School
Jeremy Schmahmann, MD
Director, Massachusetts General Hospital Ataxia Center
Director, Laboratory for Neuroanatomy and Cerebellar Neurology
Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
Alice T. Shaw, MD, PhD
Physician Investigator, Mass General Cancer Center
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Jen Sheen, PhD
Investigator, Department of Molecular Biology
Professor of Genetics, Harvard Medical School
Matthew R. Smith, MD, PhD
Director, Genitourinary Malignancies Program
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Reisa Sperling, MD
Physician Investigator, Department of Neurology
Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
Rudy Tanzi, PhD
Investigator, Department of Neurology
Joseph P. and Rose F. Kennedy Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
Ralph Weissleder, MD, PhD
Director, Center for Systems Biology
Thrall Family Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School
Ramnik Xavier, MD, PhD
Director, Center for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases
Director, Center for Computational and Integrative Biology
Kurt J. Isselbacher Professor of Medicine in the Field of Gastroenterology, Harvard Medical School
Congratulations as well to the 35 investigators from Brigham and Women’s Hospital who also made this year’s list. You can see the system-wide results on the Mass General Brigham website.
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