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Fourteen UNC School of Medicine faculty members were listed by Clarivate Analytics in the company’s 2018 Highly Cited Research list.


Each year, Clarivate Analytics compiles a list to recognize world-class researchers selected for their exceptional research performance, demonstrated by the production of multiple highly cited papers that rank in the top 1 percent by citations for their field. Here’s the list of UNC School of Medicine faculty included this year. For the full searchable list, which includes UNC-Chapel Hill faculty in other schools and the college, check Clarivate’s website.

Ralph Baric, PhD, Microbiology & Immunology, Lineberger

A. Wesley Burks, MD, Pediatrics, Allergies

John Buse, MD, PhD, Medicine, Diabetes

Myron Cohen, MD, Medicine, Infectious diseases

Joseph Eron, MD, Medicine, Infectious diseases

Katherine Hoadley, PhD, Genetics, Lineberger

Edward Miao, MD, PhD, Microbiology & Immunology, Lineberger

Karen Mohlke, PhD, Genetics / Lineberger

Diana Perkins, MD, MPH, Psychiatry

Charles Perou, PhD, Genetics, Lineberger

Bryan Roth, MD, PhD, Pharmacology, Lineberger

Kenneth Shulz, PhD, Obstetrics & Gynecology

Sidney Smith, MD, Medicine, Cardiology

Jenny Ting, PhD, Genetics, Microbiology & Immunology, Lineberger

Media contact: Mark Derewicz, 984-974-1915, mark.derewicz@unchealth.unc.edu