Three faculty in the Yale Department of Psychiatry have been named to “The World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds, 2015” report by the mass media and information firm Thomson Reuters.
Tyrone D. Cannon, PhD, professor of psychology and psychiatry; Thomas H. McGlashan, MD, professor emeritus of and senior research scientist in psychiatry; and Scott W. Woods, MD, professor of psychiatry, joined approximately 3,000 highly cited researchers on the list.
Thomson Reuters analyzed citation data over an 11-year period between 2003 and 2013, and identified researchers who published the greatest number of highly cited papers.
According to the editors, “It is precisely this type of recognition – by peers in the form of citations given – that makes highly cited or hot researcher status meaningful. The identification of these individuals is rooted in the collective, objective opinions of field experts within the scientific community.
“Everyone acknowledged in this book is a person of influence in the sciences and social sciences,” the editors wrote. “They are often the researchers now on the cutting edge of their specialties. They are performing and publishing work that their peers recognize as central to the advancement of their science. These researchers are, thus, among the most influential scientific minds of our time.”
Researchers named in the report represent 12 countries, with nearly half affiliated with U.S.-based institutions.