Derby academics ranked among world’s top scientists

Several academics at the University of Derby have been ranked among the most highly-cited scientists in the world, according to research by Stanford University.

Eight Derby staff are featured in the top 160,000 cited scientists out of seven million worldwide in the research, which analysed data across 22 disciplines over a period of 10 years.

Stanford University and Elsevier have created the database of scientists, providing data on the global influence of academic study using a variety of impact metrics.

Data was analysed for career-long and single year (2019) impact.

Eight current staff from the University of Derby are included in the top 4% of scientists (based on the citation year 2019).

Several staff from the university’s College of Business, Law and Social Social feature. They are: Professor Jose Arturo Garza-Reyes, Professor Marc Cowling, Professor David Best, Professor Stephen Farrall and Professor Ray Bull.

Paul Gilbert, Professor of Clinical Psychology in the College of Health, Psychology and Social Care also features, as does Zhiyin Yang, Professor of Aerospace Engineering in the College of Science and Engineering.

Meanwhile, Hugh Rollinson, Emeritus Professor of Earth Science in the College of Science and Engineering, is also in the top 4%.

Out of those eight staff, two are included in the top 2% of scientists as data based across their career until the end of 2019. They are Professor Paul Gilbert and Professor Ray Bull.

Professor Clare Brindley, Dean of Research at the University of Derby, said: “It is excellent to see high-quality researchers at Derby recognised in such a prestigious ranking.

“At the University of Derby, we nurture and encourage research excellence across all our disciplines and career stages.

“Our researchers are generating distinctive, world-leading and impactful research, which we use to inspire and inform our students.”