Two University of Louisville cancer researchers have been named Highly Cited Researchers for 2025 by Clarivate Analytics.
Huang-Ge Zhang, a professor in the Department of Microbiology & Immunology and endowed chair in cancer research at the Brown Cancer Center, and Jun Yan, chief of the Division of Immunotherapy within the Department of Surgery, are included in the 2025 report. Clarivate provides data, insights and analytics for academia, life sciences, health care and other fields and has compiled listings of the top 1% of researchers annually since 2014.
Citations, when one researcher references and builds on another’s work, are an important measure of success for academics. Typically, citations mean the researcher made a meaningful and original contribution to the world’s knowledge — and that their peers agree.
In a separate published list, more than 100 UofL researchers are listed among the top 2% most-cited in their fields in 2024, according to an updated list by a Stanford University researcher with data from Elsevier. The list spans researchers in 22 disciplines, from business to basic science, engineering and medicine, whose journal articles were the most referenced by other researchers in their works in 2024.
UofL researchers on the Elsevier list represent eight of the university’s schools and colleges: Arts & Sciences, Business, Dentistry, Education, Engineering, Law, Medicine and Public Health & Information Sciences.
“When a scholar’s work is cited by another scholar, it affirms the value of their work in the eyes of other researchers,” said Jon Klein, UofL’s executive vice president for research and innovation. “This recognition for so many UofL researchers highlights their impact in a wide variety of areas.”
The list, prepared by John P.A. Ioannidis of Stanford University, is based on data compiled by Elsevier, a publisher of academic scientific and medical journals. A separate table linked in the article recognizes top-cited researchers based on career-long impact and is calculated based on publications dating to 1995. That list also includes more than 100 UofL researchers.
UofL researchers among the top-cited in their fields in 2024:
- Thomas Abell, School of Medicine
- David Adamkin, School of Medicine
- Manju Ahuja, College of Business
- Bahaaldin Alsoufi, School of Medicine
- Farrukh Aqil, School of Medicine
- Ronald Atlas, School of Medicine
- Swagato Banerjee, College of Arts & Sciences
- Richard Baumgartner, School of Public Health and Information Sciences
- Harold Bays, School of Medicine
- Aruni Bhatnagar, School of Medicine (AHA)
- Kunwar Bhatnagar, School of Medicine
- Roberto Bolli, School of Medicine
- Douglas Borchman, School of Medicine
- Konrad Bresin, College of Arts & Sciences
- Lu Cai, School of Medicine
- Jeffrey Callen, School of Medicine
- Manuel Fernando Casanova, School of Medicine
- Matthew Cave, School of Medicine
- Jonathan Chaires, School of Medicine
- Andrew Chamblin, J.B. Speed School of Engineering
- William Cheadle, School of Medicine
- Jason Chesney, School of Medicine
- Kevin Chou, J.B. Speed School of Engineering
- Daniel Conklin, School of Medicine
- Toru Deguchi, School of Dentistry
- ZhongBin Deng, School of Medicine
- Gill Diamond, School of Dentistry
- Dale Ding, School of Medicine
- Lee Dugatkin, College of Arts & Sciences
- John Eaton, School of Medicine
- Ronald Elin, School of Medicine
- Adel Elmaghraby, J.B. Speed School of Engineering
- Andreas Elpidorou, College of Arts & Sciences
- Adam Enders, College of Arts & Sciences
- Paul Ewald, College of Arts & Sciences
- Mary Fallat, School of Medicine
- Minghong Fang, J.B. Speed School of Engineering
- Allan Farman, School of Dentistry
- Eugene Fletcher, School of Medicine
- Gary Foulks, School of Medicine
- Joseph Fowler, School of Medicine
- Per Fredriksson, College of Business
- Robert P. Friedland, School of Medicine
- Susan Galandiuk, School of Medicine
- Sachin Handa, College of Arts & Sciences
- Brian Harbrecht, School of Medicine
- David Hein, School of Medicine
- George Higgins, College of Arts & Sciences
- Bradford Hill, School of Medicine
- Steven Jones, School of Medicine
- Dinesh Kalra, School of Medicine
- Sayed Karimi, School of Public Health and Information Sciences
- Mohsen Bahmani Kashkouli, School of Medicine
- Karen Kayser, Kent School of Social Work
- Carolyn Klinge, School of Medicine
- Charles Kodner, School of Medicine
- Richard Lamont, School of Dentistry
- Rainer Lenhardt, School of Medicine
- Cheri Levinson, College of Arts & Sciences
- Ying Li, College of Arts & Sciences
- Bert Little, School of Public Health and Information Sciences
- Yiyan Liu, School of Medicine
- Igor Lukashevich, School of Medicine
- Vija Lusebrink, College of Education & Human Development
- Robert Malina, School of Public Health & Information Sciences
- Arthur Malkani, School of Medicine
- Gary Marshall, School of Medicine
- Robert C.G. Martin, School of Medicine
- Craig McClain, School of Medicine
- Stephen McClave, School of Medicine
- Kelly McMasters, School of Medicine
- Suzanne Meeks, College of Arts & Sciences
- Michael Merchant, School of Medicine
- Carolyn Mervis, College of Arts & Sciences
- Donald Miller, School of Medicine
- Jingyao Mu, School of Medicine
- John Nyland, School of Medicine
- Hiram Polk, School of Medicine
- Janina Ratajczak, School of Medicine
- Robert Reilly, School of Public Health & Information Sciences
- J. David Richardson, School of Medicine
- Mark Rothstein, Brandeis School of Law
- William Scarfe, School of Dentistry
- Charles Scoggins, School of Medicine
- Brad Shuck, College of Education & Human Development
- Ashwani Singal, School of Medicine
- Leah Siskind, School of Medicine
- Mark Slaughter, School of Medicine
- Sanjay Srivastava, School of Medicine
- Christopher States, School of Medicine
- Yi Tan, School of Medicine
- Douglas Taylor, School of Medicine
- Yun Teng, School of Medicine
- Richard Tewksbury, College of Arts & Sciences
- Neetu Tyagi, School of Medicine
- Suresh Tyagi, School of Medicine
- Teruo Umemoto, College of Arts & Sciences
- Jeffrey Valentine, College of Education & Human Development
- Václav Větvička, School of Medicine
- Banrida Wahlang, School of Medicine
- Eugenia Wang, School of Medicine
- Hui Wang, J.B. Speed School of Engineering
- Frederic Wightman, School of Medicine
- John Pierce Wise Sr., School of Medicine
- Jun Yan, School of Medicine
- Pavel Zahorik, College of Arts & Sciences
- Huang-Ge Zhang, School of Medicine (VA)
- Jacek Żurada, J.B. Speed School of Engineering