David Wardle on the list of the world's most cited researchers
NEWS
David Wardle, Professor of Ecology at Umeå University, is one of the most cited researchers on Clarivate's list 2024. The researchers on the list are in the top one percent and have an exceptional influence in their respective fields.
The “Highly Cited Researchers” list is compiled by Clarivate, an analytics company which owns the Web of Science publication database, and lists the researchers whose work has been cited most frequently (top 1 percent) over the past decade.
One of them is David Wardle. He researches how environmental change affects ecosystems both above and below ground. He has conducted field studies in many parts of the world, including south-east Asia, New Zealand and northern Sweden. In 2023, he was appointed professor at the Department of Ecology and Environment Science at Umeå University.
The list of most cited researchers also includes a visiting professor at Umeå University: Linda Hollebeek at the Umeå School of Business, Economics and Statistics. Her home university is Sunway University in Malaysia.
In total, the list consists of 6,886 world-leading researchers, 60 of whom are from Swedish higher education institutions.
