ELLIS Shines Globally: 16 Members Named Highly Cited Researchers 2024 Across 8 Countries

18 January 2025 News

ELLIS Shines Globally: 16 Members Named Highly Cited Researchers 2024 Across 8 Countries

We would like to highlight the exceptional contributions and high citation impact of 16 ELLIS Members, as recognized in Clarivate Plc's 2024 list of Highly Cited Researchers, which honors 6,636 globally influential scientists and scholars.

Clarivate Plc (NYSE:CLVT) has announced its 2024 list of Highly Cited Researchers™, honoring a distinguished group of scientists and scholars from universities, research institutions, and commercial organizations worldwide. These individuals have made exceptional contributions to their respective fields, earning recognition for the remarkable influence of their work, as reflected by the high frequency of citations in academic literature.

This year, the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI)™ at Clarivate identified 6,636 Highly Cited Researchers, representing over 1,200 institutions across 59 countries and regions. The rigorous selection process blends quantitative data from the Web of Science Core Collection™citation index (spanning 2013–2023) with expert qualitative analysis by ISI experts, ensuring that the list highlights researchers with truly global impact.

We are thrilled to announce that 16 ELLIS members have been named to this esteemed list. Their inclusion underscores the extraordinary contributions and leadership of ELLIS researchers in driving scientific innovation and shaping the future of science and technology. These members are affiliated with seven ELLIS units across Europe and contribute to four key ELLIS programsHealthQuantum and Physics-Based Machine LearningMachine Learning for Earth and Climate Sciences, and Natural Intelligence.

The honored ELLIS Members:

Bruno Correia

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) | ELLIS Fellow 

Christoph Bock

CeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine | ELLIS Fellow

Fabian Theis

Helmholtz Center Munich  | ELLIS Fellow

Frank Noé

Free University of Berlin | ELLIS Fellow

Gustau Camps-Valls

Universitat de València | ELLIS Fellow

Jakob Zscheischler

Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research | ELLIS Scholar

Jocelyn Chanussot

Grenoble INP, Université Grenoble Alpes | ELLIS Fellow

Julio Saez-Rodriguez

Heidelberg University & Heidelberg University Hospital | ELLIS Member

Markus Reichstein

Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry | ELLIS Fellow

Matthew Botvinick

DeepMind & University College London | ELLIS Fellow

Metin Sitti

Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems | ELLIS Member

Ole Winther

University of Copenhagen & Technical University of Denmark | ELLIS Fellow

Oliver Stegle

German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) & EMBL Heidelberg | ELLIS Fellow

Stein Aerts

KU Leuven | ELLIS Member

Timothy Behrens

University of Oxford | ELLIS Fellow

Wolfgang Huber

EMBL Heidelberg | ELLIS Fellow

This recognition underscores the commitment of ELLIS to fostering excellence in AI and related fields, driving innovation and addressing pressing societal challenges.

For more details on the full list of Highly Cited Researchers, visit Clarivate's announcement.