Harvard MRSEC Researchers named 2023 Highly Cited Researchers and Citation Laureate
Highly Cited Researchers in the field of Cross-Field, and Citation Laureate in the field of Physics
By Leah Burrows and Carole Mezian
November 15, 2023
Seven Harvard MRSEC researchers have been nominated with a 2023 Highly Cited Researcher in the Cross-field category, and one Harvard MRSEC researcher with a 2023 Citation Laureate in the category of Physics.
The Highly Cited Researchers™ list from Clarivate™ identifies individual researchers in the sciences and social scientists, and those who demonstrated significant and broad influence in their ESI field(s) (Essential Science Indicators™) of research. There are 20 ESI field categories (including Physics), and a Cross-field category.
A total of 7,125 Highly Cited Researchers™ nominations for 2023 work in some 67 countries/regions where 83.8% researchers are from 10 countries, and also have demonstrated significant and broad influence in their ESI field(s) of research. Clarivate compiles a list to honor researchers with a Citation Laureate every year, which many Harvard MRSEC researchers are selected every year. Of the world's population of scientists and social scientists, Highly Cited Researchers™ equates to 1 researcher in 1,000 researchers globally.
One Harvard MRSEC researcher has been nominated out of twenty-three global 2023 Citation Laureates in an Annual List of Researchers of Nobel Class that were chosen within the fields of physiology or medicine, physics, chemistry, and economics.
"The achievements of these citation laureates are not just notable, but emblematic of the kind that Clarivate identifies as Nobel-worthy. Each researcher has at least one published paper that has been cited more than 2,000 times since 1970, a truly rare accolade, that should be celebrated. This list recognizes many decades of work, laying ground for countless discoveries and innovations that have transformed our world," said Emmanuel Thiveaud, Senior Vice President for Research & Analytics, Academia & Government at Clarivate.
Highly Cited Researchers in the field of Cross-Field for 2023
Seven MRSEC researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), have been named as Highly Cited Researcher 2023 in the field of Cross-field. A sixth year that identifies researchers with cross field impact, those who might contribute multiple highly cited papers in several different fields, but would not register enough highly cited papers in one single ESI field to be considered for a single selection.
The recognition of these researchers keeps our list contemporary and relevant with those who work at the intersection of different scientific or scholarly domains. This small fraction of the global researcher population contributes to extending the frontiers of knowledge and gaining for society innovations that make the world healthier, more sustainable and more secure.
The following researchers are Harvard University's NSF-MRSEC IRG I: Programmable Multiscale and Multi-Material Control of Functional Soft Matter
Katia Bertoldi, William and Ami Kuan Danoff Professor of Applied Mechanics
Highly Cited Researcher, field of Cross-Field 2022 and 2023
Subject Categories: Materials Science Physics Science & Technology - Other Topics Chemistry Mechanics
Katia is published as author/co-author in 205 total documents, with 10,190 Citing Articles reaching over 17,600 times cited, and 66 patents used have cited her articles 109 times.
Jennifer Lewis, Hansjorg Wyss Professor of Biologically Inspired Engineering
Jianming Yu Professor of Arts and Sciences
Highly Cited Researcher, field of Cross-Field 2023, 2021, 2020
Highly Cited Researcher, field of Materials Science 2022
Subject Categories: Materials Science Chemistry Science & Technology - Other Topics Physics Engineering
Jennifer is published as author/co-author in 361 total documents, with 26,725 Citing Articles reaching over 40,756 times cited, and 515 patents used have cited her articles 811 times.
Kevin Kit Parker, Tarr Family Professor of Bioengineering and Applied Physics
Highly Cited Researcher, field of Cross-Field 2023
Subject Categories: Science & Technology - Other Topics Materials Science Engineering Chemistry Cell Biology
Kevin is published as author/co-author in 167 total documents, with 9,578 Citing Articles reaching ~14,000 times cited, and 122 patents used have cited his articles 199 times.
Conor Walsh, Paul A. Maeder Professor of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Associate Faculty Member, Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering
Highly Cited Researcher, field of Cross-Field 2023
Subject Categories: Engineering Robotics Automation & Control Systems Rehabilitation Physics
Conor is published as author/co-author in 195 total documents, with 7,164 Citing Articles reaching over 12,000 times cited, and 62 patents used have cited his articles 87 times.
The following researchers are Harvard University's NSF-MRSEC IRG II: Non-Equilibrium Phenomena in Mechanically Soft Systems
Zhigang Suo, Allen E. and Marilyn M. Puckett Professor of Mechanics and Materials
Kavli Scholar, Kavli Institute for Bionano Science & Technology
Highly Cited Researcher, field of Cross-Field 2018–2023
Highly Cited Researcher, field of Engineering 2014–2017
Subject Categories: Materials Science Physics Mechanics Science & Technology - Other Topics Chemistry
Zhigang is published as author/co-author in 387 total documents, with 36,000 Citing Articles reaching over 59,600 times cited, and 479 patents used have cited his articles 1,024 times.
David A. Weitz, Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics and of Applied Physics
Core Faculty Member, Wyss Institute for Biomedical Engineering
Member, Kavli Institute for Bionano Science & Technology
Highly Cited Researcher, field of Cross-Field 2018–2023
Subject Categories: Physics Chemistry Science & Technology - Other Topics Materials Science Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
David is published as author/co-author in 963 total documents, with 59,883 Citing Articles reaching over 101,000 times cited, and 1,282 patents used have cited his articles 3,868 times.
The following researchers are Harvard University's NSF-MRSEC Seed Projects
David J. Mooney, Robert P. Pinkas Family Professor of Bioengineering
Core Faculty Member, Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired
Engineering at Harvard University
Subject Categories: Materials Science Engineering Science & Technology - Other Topics Chemistry Cell Biology
David is published as author/co-author in 700 total documents, with 56,061 Citing Articles reaching over 86,000 times cited, and 1,205 patents used have cited his articles 3,019 times.
Citation Laureate in the field of Physics
Federico Capasso, the Robert L. Wallace Professor of Applied Physics and Vinton Hayes Senior Research Fellow in Electrical Engineering at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), and a Harvard University NSF-MRSEC Seed researcher, has been named a 2023 Citation Laureate Researcher of Nobel Class by Clarivate.
Capasso is being recognized for his "pioneering research on photonics, plasmonics, and metasurfaces, as well as contributions to the invention of and improvements on the quantum cascade laser."
Capasso has four papers with more than 2,000 citations, including his seminal 1994 paper describing the breakthrough of the quantum cascade laser. His most cited work, with more than 8,000 citations, is his 2011 paper on the discovery of the generalized laws of refraction and reflection, which paved the way for the metasurface revolution. Since 1986, Capasso's publications have more than 110,000 citations.
His other most cited works include the report of the first metalens that focuses visible light with high efficiency and without distortions and a paper on flat optics.
Capasso's work has led to scientific breakthroughs, and to widely commercialized technological breakthroughs. The quantum cascade laser is one of the most widely used laser in the mid-infrared, a spectral region of paramount importance because most molecules have their telltale absorption fingerprints in this spectral region. Metalenz, a company spun out of Capasso's lab, is in partnership with major semiconductor manufacturers to produce metalenses for consumer electronics, smart home, and industrial robotics and automotive applications, using the established technology of semiconductor chip manufacturing.
This most recent recognition joins a long list of Capasso's honors and accolades, which includes membership in the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering, a fellowship of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and of the National Academy of Inventors, the IEEE Sarnoff Award in Electronics (1991), the Materials Research Society Medal (1995), the Wetherill Medal of the Franklin Institute (1997), the Rank Prize in Optoelectronics (1998), the Optica Wood Prize (2001), the IEEE Edison Medal (2004), the American Physical Society Arthur Schawlow Prize in Laser Science (2004), the King Faisal Prize (2005), the Berthold Leibinger Zukunft Prize (2010), the Julius Springer Prize in Applied Physics (2010), the Jan Czochralski Award for lifetime achievements in Materials Science (2011), the European Physical Society's Prize for Applied Aspects of Quantum Electronics and Optics (2013), the SPIE Gold Medal (2013), the American Academy of Arts and Sciences' Rumford Prize (2015), the International Balzan Foundation Prize (2016), the Enrico Fermi Prize of the Italian Physical Society (2018), the Matteucci medal of the Italian National Academy of Sciences (2019), and the Ives Medal and Jarus W. Quinn Prize of Optica (2021).
Authorship, funding, disclosures
MRSEC researcher's work was partially sponsored by the National Science Foundation through the Harvard University Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (DMR-1420570, DMR-2011754).
