Three Chalmers researchers are on the "Highly Cited researchers list" – a list of the most cited, and thereby most influential, researchers in the world.
The Highly Cited Researchers list identifies scientists who have demonstrated significant influence through publication of multiple highly cited papers during the last decade. The list is compiled by Clarivate and covers 21 different research categories.
Three researchers from Chalmers made this year's list, out of a total of just over 60 from Swedish universities. Jens Nielsen, professor, and Johan Bengtsson-Palme, assistant professor, at the Department of Biology and Biological Engineering have both been listed in previous years, and Erik Kristiansson, professor at the Department of Mathematical Sciences is on the list for the first time.
"I am happy to see that our research still has impact and is used by other researchers!", says Jens Nielsen, who is a pioneer in metabolic systems biology.
His research is focused on metabolism linked to the development of human diseases. He told more about his research in connection with the presentation of last year's list, read about it here.
Erik Kristiansson's research involves handling and analysing extremely large data sets, mainly from medicine and molecular biology. The purpose is to increase our understanding of the kinds of information that can be extracted, and what certain conclusions it can provide. An important part of the research involves developing and establishing completely new methods for processing and analysing data.
"The result of our work is not the analysis itself. Our methods can, for example, be used to find new medical treatments for infections caused by antibiotic-resistant bacteria or for policy changes in how dangerous chemicals should be handled and assessed", he says
Johan Bengtsson-Palme is active in the research field Systems Biology and combines data-driven bioinformatic approaches with high-throughput molecular methods and the robust theories developed for plant and animal ecology to understand pathogens, microbial communities and their interactions. Johan Bengtsson-Palme and Erik Kristiansson have a number of joint publications, for example on the subject of antibiotic resistance, and they both highlight collaboration and interdisciplinary research as important success factors.
"Successful research is very much about finding the right partners for collaboration, who can complement and enhance the compentences of my group, but where the research questions are clearly overlapping", says Johan Bengtsson-Palme.
Related links
More about Erik Kristiansson's research:
Economic interests cloud hazardous chemicals reductions
Research on polluting chemicals falling behind
More about Johan Bengtsson-Palme's research:
Bengtsson-Palme lab
More about Jens Nielsen's research:
Nielsen lab