Duke Anesthesiology’s Ru-Rong Ji, PhD, distinguished professor of anesthesiology, has once again been named among the most “Highly Cited Researchers” in the world. Ji is one of 37 Duke faculty named to the list this year; he is one of 22 faculty from the Duke University School of Medicine.
The annual list is based on the number of highly cited papers produced over an 11-year period from January 2009 to December 2019. Citation rate, as tracked by Clarivate’s Web of Science, is an approximate measure of a study’s influence and importance. 6,127 researchers from 60 countries are recognized by the 2020 listing.
Ji was one of 54 Duke researchers who made the global list of “Highly Cited Researchers” in 2019; a list he also made in 2018. His research focuses on molecular and cellular mechanisms of chronic pain, including but not limited to mediators of inflammation and pain, neuropathic pain and cancer pain.
"This list is very dynamic from year to year,” says Ji, director of the Sensory Plasticity and Pain Research Laboratory and co-director of the Center for Translational Pain Medicine at Duke Anesthesiology. “I am very pleased that someone from anesthesiology can make the list. I am proud to represent the field, and I appreciate the strong support for my research from the department."
The year’s most highly cited authors from the Duke University School of Medicine are:
Robert M. Califf—Clinical Medicine
Avshalom Caspi—Psychiatry and Psychology
Jane Costello— Psychiatry and Psychology
Lesley H. Curtis—Clinical Medicine
Geraldine Dawson— Cross-Field
Pamela S. Douglas—Clinical Medicine
Charles A. Gersbach—Cross-Field
Christopher Bull Granger—Clinical Medicine
Barton F. Haynes—Immunology and Microbiology
Adrian F. Hernandez—Clinical Medicine
Ru-Rong Ji—Cross-Field
Robert J. Lefkowitz—Clinical Medicine
Sarah H. Lisanby—Cross-Field
Jason Locasale— Cross-Field
Edward A. Miao—Immunology
Terrie E. Moffitt—Psychiatry and Psychology
Kristen Newby—Clinical Medicine
Christopher B. Newgard—Cross-Field
Erik Magnus Ohman—Clinical Medicine
Manesh R. Patel—Clinical Medicine
Michael J. Pencina—Social Sciences and Clinical Medicine
Eric D. Peterson—Clinical Medicine
For a complete list of Duke faculty, see the article at Duke Research Blog.
Source: Duke Med School Blog, November 19, 2020