Nine Waterloo researchers among the most cited in the world

Highly anticipated list identifies a "who's who" of influential researchers. A major annual publication has recognized nine University of Waterloo faculty members as being among the most cited in the word. A list published by the global analytics firm Clarivate identifies researchers who demonstrated "significant influence in their chosen field or fields through the publication of multiple highly cited papers during the last decade." Their names are drawn from the publications that rank in the top one per cent by citations for field and publication year in the company's global citation index. The methodology that determines the "who's who" of influential researchers draws on the data and analysis performed by bibliometric experts and data scientists at the company.  The University of Waterloo researchers on this year's list are:. Zhongwei Chen As a Canada Research Chair in Advanced Materials for Clean Energy and Professor in the Faculty of Engineering's Chemical Engineering department, Chen's work is at the interface of science and engineering. His focus is in using nanomaterials for advancing technologies important to alternative energy and environment needs.