We are glad to see our Editor-in-Chief, Professor Santosh on the list and would like to congratulate Santosh on this achievement, ranking him in the top 1% most cited for his field.

About the list

ScienceWatch builds upon the selection of this list with the following information: Deriving from InCites Essential Science Indicators, a subset of the Web of Science. The Highly Cited Researchers list represents more than 3,000 authors in 21 main fields of science and social sciences. These researchers earned the distinction by writing the greatest numbers of reports officially designated by Essential Science Indicators as Highly Cited Papers—ranking among the top 1% most cited for their subject field and year of publication—between 2002 and 2012. Thus, the listing of Highly Cited Researchers feature authors whose published work in their specialty areas have consistently been judged by peers to be of particular significance and utility.