Steven Salzberg and Michael Schatz are among the 52 researchers affiliated with Johns Hopkins on the annual Highly Cited Researchers list compiled by Clarivate Analytics.
Using qualitative and quantitative analysis to identify researchers from across the globe whose work holds broad influence, the list is drawn from highly cited papers that rank in the top percentile of citations for field and publication year over the past decade.
As the Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Computational Biology and Genomics, Salzberg focuses on the development of new computational methods for DNA analysis from the latest sequencing technologies. His team has developed and applied software to many problems in gene finding, genome assembly, comparative genomics, evolutionary genomics, and sequencing technology itself. His current work emphasizes the analysis of DNA and RNA sequenced with next-generation technology.
The Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Computational Biology and Oncology, Schatz is among the world’s foremost experts in solving computational problems in genomics research. His innovative biotechnologies and computational tools to study the sequence and function of genomes are advancing the understanding of the structure, evolution, and function of genomes for medicine—particularly autism spectrum disorders, cancer, and other human diseases—and agriculture.
“This list demonstrates that Johns Hopkins is home to some of the world’s most important scholars and researchers from dozens of fields,” says Denis Wirtz, JHU’s vice provost for research. “They exemplify a culture focused on pushing the boundaries of discovery, and this has helped position Johns Hopkins as one of the best places on Earth for producing new, insightful, and consequential research. As an institution, we will continue to invest our time and resources into ensuring that our faculty can continue to focus on making discoveries that can change the world.”
See the rest of the Johns Hopkins researchers who made the list here.