Research excellence outlined in global analysis
Twenty-seven University of Sydney academics have been recognised as leaders in their field in this year‘s 2023 Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers list.
The Clarivate list recognises the most influential researchers who have published multiple papers frequently cited by their peers that rank in the top one percent of citations for field and year in the Web of Science.

Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) Professor Emma Johnston congratulated the Sydney researchers recognised as world-leaders in their fields.

This year’s list includes recent NSW Australian of the Year winners, Professor Richard Scolyer AO and Professor Georgina Long AO, whose pioneering melanoma research has saved thousands of lives and turned a diagnosis of advanced melanoma from being fatal to a curable disease.

They have also developed a series of world-first treatments based on their melanoma breakthroughs after Richard was diagnosed with incurable grade 4 brain cancer in June 2023. Richard is now the world’s first brain cancer patient to have pre-surgery combination immunotherapy.