A Stellies scientist and University Professor has made South Africa proud after making it onto a coveted list in academia that honours researchers whose work has been cited the most in the world!
Global (12 January 2024) — Stellies Scientist and Professor David Richardson is being celebrated for something pretty huge in the academic community.
Prof Richardson (who is part of Stellenbosch University’s Department of Botany and Zoology) was named on the global ‘Name Dropping List’ —the Clarivate list! This list names and fames researchers who are highly cited in their fields of influence, making Prof Richardson one of only ten people from South African institutions to be featured.
Prof Richardson now comfortably wears the title of one of the world’s most cited and respected researchers. This, for his contributions to ecology and the environment (2014-2021) and the cross-field category (from 2022-2023).
According to Stellenbosch University:
“The highly anticipated list identifies scientists and social scientists who produced multiple papers ranking in the top 1% by citations for their field and year of publication in the Web of Science over the past decade, demonstrating significant research influence among their pears.”
All in all, over 7000 researchers from 67 countries across 20 fields made the list.
For the Stellies scientist and professor, the nod is one of magnitude because it indicates the influence of one’s work. For the Dean of the Faculty of Science, it is a proud moment, both for the recognition it gives to Prof Richardson’s time and effort, as well as the spotlight it shines on his work with managing invasive species.
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