UQ scientists among most highly cited researchers

Five of The University of Queensland’s 14 most highly cited researchers for 2017 are based in the Faculty of Science.

Executive Dean of Science Professor Melissa Brown congratulated Professor Philip Hugenholtz, Associate Professor Margaret Mayfield, Professor Peter Mumby, Professor Hugh Possingham and Professor Christine Beveridge on the honour.

“The 2017 Highly Cited Researcher list, recently published at http://www.highlycited.com, represents some the world’s most influential researchers and inclusion on this list is prestigious,” she said.  

“Highly Cited Researchers have distinguished themselves by publishing a high number of papers that rank in the top one per cent most-cited in their respective fields over a recent 11-year period.

“Such consistent production of highly-cited papers indicates that their work has been repeatedly judged by their peers to be of notable significance and utility.”

• UQ Fellow in the School of Biological Sciences, Professor Christine Beveridge, who researches on plant development, takes up a role as Associate Dean (Research) and Deputy Dean in the Faculty of Science in February, 2018.
• ARC Laureate Fellow in the School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences Professor Philip Hugenholtz is also director of the Australian Centre for Ecogenomics. His research interests include the microbial ecology and evolution of host-associated ecosystems such as the termite hindgut and human microbiome, and genomic mapping of the microbial tree of life.
• Professor Margaret Mayfield, ARC Future Fellow, School of Biological Sciences and Director of the Ecology Centre, is an expert in plant community ecology, conservation biology and climate change biology.
• VC Research and Teaching Fellow Professor Peter Mumby, of the School of Biological Sciences, is an expert in coral reefs ecology, marine reserves and conservation, oceans and coasts.
• ARC Laureate Fellow in the School of Biological Sciences Professor Hugh Possingham, whose research interests are in conservation, ecology and decision science, is also Chief Scientist of the Nature Conservancy, the world’s largest environmental non-government organisation.