UTSouthwestern scientists are currently leading about 5,800 research projects with more than $643 million in support from the National Institutes of Health, the state of Texas, foundations, individuals, and corporations.

DALLAS Nov. 22, 2023 More than a dozen UTSouthwestern Medical Center scientists are included on the 2023 Highly Cited Researcherslist, which recognizes the top 1% of researchers from around the world who have demonstrated significant and broad influence in their chosen field or fields of research.

Considered a whos who of influential researchers, the Highly Cited Researchers list is produced each year by the Institute for Scientific Information at Clarivate, a British analytics company. It highlights scientists who have published multiple highly cited papers over the last decade and rank in the top 1% of citations for a field or fields. This years list includes 6,849 researchers from institutions in 67 countries who represent 0.1% of the world's population of scientists and social scientists.

At UTSouthwestern, this years Highly Cited Researchers work in Biochemistry, Biophysics, Cancer Biology, Cardiology, Cell Biology, Genetics, Immunology, Molecular Biology, Pediatrics, Pharmacology, and Surgery. The list includes leaders from UTSouthwesterns Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center,Hamon Center for Regenerative Science and Medicine,Hamon Center for Therapeutic Oncology Research,Peter ODonnell Jr. Brain Institute,Touchstone Diabetes Center, Harry S. Moss Heart Center,Center for Depression Research and Clinical Care,Childrens Medical Center Research Institute at UTSouthwestern, Center for Inflammation Research, and the Peter ODonnell Jr. School of Public Health.

The Highly Cited Researchers list identifies and celebrates exceptional individual researchers at UTSouthwestern Medical Center whose significant and broad influence in their fields translates to impact in their research community and innovations that make the world healthier, more sustainable, and more secure, saidDavid Pendlebury, Head of Research Analysis at the Institute for Scientific Information at Clarivate. Their contributions resonate far beyond their individual achievements, strengthening the foundation of excellence and innovation in research.

The Highly Cited Researchers listing comes atop other recent recognition for research at UTSouthwestern.

UTSouthwestern is ranked as the top-rated public institution and No. 3 among health care institutions globally byNatureIndex for publishing high-quality research. Its scientists are currently leading about 5,800 research projects with more than $643 million in support from the National Institutes of Health, the state of Texas, foundations, individuals, and corporations.UTSouthwestern is also ranked fourth in the nation and No. 1 in Texas by Heartland Forward for commercializing new biomedical technologies.

In addition, UTSouthwesterns William P. Clements Jr. University Hospital is on U.S. News & World Reports national Honor Roll of top hospitals, ranked No. 1 in Texas (tied) and, for the seventh year in a row, No. 1 in Dallas-Fort Worth the nations fourth-largest metro area.

About UTSouthwestern Medical Center

UTSouthwestern, one of the nations premier academic medical centers, integrates pioneering biomedical research with exceptional clinical care and education. The institutions faculty members have received six Nobel Prizes and include 26 members of the National Academy of Sciences, 20 members of the National Academy of Medicine, and 13 Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigators. The full-time faculty of more than 3,100 is responsible for groundbreaking medical advances and is committed to translating science-driven research quickly to new clinical treatments. UTSouthwestern physicians provide care in more than 80 specialties to more than 120,000 hospitalized patients, more than 360,000 emergency room cases, and oversee nearly 5 million outpatient visits a year.

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