Virginia Tech researchers among the most cited in the world
For researchers, scholarship and achievement aren’t quantified or evaluated strictly by funding dollars earned or number of research projects, but rather by citations — the number of times other scientists have referenced a researcher’s findings in their own academic papers. The higher the number of citations, the better. Citations are an indication that a particular work was influential in moving the field forward.
Of the world’s scientists and social scientists, six Virginia Tech researchers have been named on Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researchers 2022 list for demonstrating significant influence in their fields or across multiple fields through the publication of multiple highly cited papers during the last decade.