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Top positions in international rankings
"Interdisciplinary sustainability research has now achieved a high level of visibility in the scientific landscape, as evidenced by the 'Highly Cited Researchers' award," says Plieninger. "This award is at the same time motivation to develop this central field of research at the University of Kassel even further," Seuring emphasizes.
Highly Cited, i.e. frequently cited, publications are those that are among the top 1% most cited in their field in the ten years following publication. Only those scientists who are involved in several such Highly Cited Papers at the same time are included in the circle of "Highly Cited Researchers". In 2019, the circle comprised 6,216 researchers from almost 60 countries, 327 of them from Germany. Being named a Highly Cited Researcher demonstrates the researchers' high level of significance and broad influence.
The list of Highly Cited Researchers is published annually by the U.S. company Clarivate Analytics (formerly Thomson Reuters). It is based on the "Web of Science" database, which lists scientific articles from around 34,000 journals. According to the company, the list includes researchers who have had a particular influence on their specialist community through their publications over the past decade.
The 2019 Highly Cited Researchers list: https://recognition.webofsciencegroup.com/awards/highly-cited/2019/