The list of Highly Cited Researcher identifies pioneers in their respective fields who repeatedly demonstrated significant and broad influence. IBC2 Director Ivan Đikić is honored for generating exceptional impact by publishing multiple highly cited papers in the past decade in even two fields, “Biology and Biochemistry” and “Molecular Biology and Genetics”. His papers in these fields rank in the top 1% by citations. The analysis is based on citations as recorded in Web of Science, for 2021 all publications between 2010 and 2020 were considered.

The Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researchers list honors the most influential scientific mind worldwide and Ivan Đikić has been continuously on the list since 2018. This year, a total of 6,602 researchers worldwide was selected, 331 of whom are based in Germany. Five colleagues from Goethe University have been credited besides Đikić, amongst them Stefanie Dimmeler, Stefan Zeuzem and Stefan Knapp, who are close collaborators in several GU research networks, e.g. the Hessian cluster ENABLE and the federally funded Excellence Cluster CPI. The global pole position is traditionally taken by Harvard University, this year followed closely by the Chinese Academy of Sciences.