Javier Aizpurua in the world list of the highly cited researchers
Professor Javier Aizpurua
For fourth year in a row, Professor Javier Aizpurua has been named as one of the highly cited researchers in the world, according to the list recently drawn up by Clarivate Analytics.
Clarivate Analytics, a global leader and refuted tool for the analysis and compilation of scientific publications recently released this list. Highly Cited Researchers are selected for their exceptional research performance, determined by production of multiple highly cited papers that rank in the top 1% by citations for field during the last decade in Web of Science. Of the world population of scientists and social scientists, the Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researchers are one in 1,000.
Javier is the leader of the Theory Nanophotonics group of CFM, and the Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC), and until recently, he has combined his research activity with the scientific direction of the CFM. Aizpurua’s work focuses on the study of the interaction between light and nanomaterials.
He has collected more than 18,000 citations to his articles, with close to 20 works in the top 1% impact in the last 10 years. These works are related to the study of the interaction of light and matter at the nanoscale.
This year, the list is made up of approximately 6,000 researchers from all over the world, grouped into 21 different disciplines. Among the researchers selected, 124 develop their work in Spain.
Together with Aizpurua, 7 researchers appearing in this list develop their work in the Basque Autonomous country: Francisco Javier García-Vidal (DIPC), Francisco Guinea (DIPC), Unai Pascual (BC3), Ángel Borja (AZTI), Luis Liz Marzán (CIC biomaGUNE), Wolfgang Parak (CIC biomaGUNE) and Michel Armand (CIC energiGUNE).
The Web of Science (scientific database) is the tool that for more than two decades has served as the central basis for compiling the more than 2,000,000 publications registered each year in the scientific community. Clarivate analytics extracts annually from this database the results with which it elaborates this list of international recognition.
Assessing the scope and significance of a scientist’s research work involves knowing the impact his or her work has had on the scientific community as a reference or as an inspiration in the work of the rest of the research. In this sense, appearing on this world list is an honour and a clear international reference for the research excellence of a scientist. The number of highly-cited researchers is one of the parameters that is considered for the elaboration of the official world ranking of the best universities that Shangai Ranking Consultancy annually produces.