UCLA Fielding faculty members have been named among the world’s most influential scholars in the sciences and social sciences

These scholars, cited most often by others in their fields, are ‘driving innovation and addressing wider societal challenges to help transform our world’

Four UCLA Fielding School of Public Health faculty members have been named among the world’s most influential scholars in the sciences and social sciences. 

UCLA Fielding faculty named to the 2024 list are: Dr. Sander Greenland, Department of Epidemiology; Dr. Ron Hays, Department of Health Policy and Management; Dr. Carol Mangione, Department of Health Policy and Management; and Dr. Marc Suchard, Department of Biostatistics.

The annual Highly Cited Researchers list, compiled by the international data and analytics firm Clarivate, identifies scholars whose work has been cited most often in papers published by other researchers in their fields over the past decade. Those chosen for the 2024 list have authored multiple studies that rank in the top 1% in the number of scholarly citations worldwide.

“We celebrate these Highly Cited Researchers whose exceptional and community-wide influence shapes the future of science, technology and academia globally,” said Bar Veinstein, president of academia and government at Clarivate. “We honor not just their scientific achievement but their impact on driving innovation and addressing wider societal challenges to help transform our world.”

Overall, 6,636 researchers from 59 nations and regions were recognized this year, representing just 0.1% of the global research community. The U.S. had the most scholars on the list — with an exceptionally high concentration from California — followed by mainland China, the U.K., Germany and Australia.

Read the full Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers press release.