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EPA STAR Grantees Among the Most Cited in Environment and Ecology
Monday, April 14, 2003
NCER Staff Writer
WASHINGTON (NCER) - Five
Science To Achieve Results (STAR)
grantees are listed as the most-cited scientists in the fields of environmental
science and ecology from 1992 to 2002. The "Top 20" list was
compiled by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI), an
internationally recognized company specializing in scientific databases
and retrieval services. The top 20 most-cited scientists were taken from
a pool of 1,975 scientists comprising the top 1% ranked by total citation
count in this field. The frequency by which scientists cite journal publications
by others in their own work indicates the impact of individual papers
or the cumulative work of specific researchers in the scientific community.
The complete listing can be found at: http://www.in-cites.com/scientists/env-eco.html.
The STAR grantees and their locations on the ISI list are:
| STAR Grantee | Location | ISI Ranking | Articles | Citations |
| Dr. John P. Giesy | Michigan State University | 7 | 130 | 1800 |
| Dr. John Aber | University of New Hampshire | 11 | 54 | 1765 |
| Dr. Walter Weber, Jr. | University of Michigan | 15 | 53 | 1701 |
| Dr. Joel Schwartz | Harvard University | 19 | 38 | 1514 |
| Dr. Louis Guillette, Jr. | University of Florida | 20 | 22 | 1507 |
ISI has also compiled a list of the 250 most cited scientists in environmental
science and ecology. Forty-two Science to Achieve Results (STAR) grantees,
representing 18.5 percent of the highly cited listing are currently included
in ISI's top 250 designation. ISI's topical listings for highly cited
scientists can be viewed at: http://isihighlycited.com
The STAR grantees on the highly cited list with links to their research
projects can be viewed at:
http://www.epa.gov/ncer/results/highly_cited.html
Seven of the top-cited scientists are from international universities and, therefore, not eligible for STAR grants. For more information about the research projects conducted by these and other STAR grantees, visit: http://www.epa.gov/ncer/.