short information, 27. November 2018
Three UFZ scientists among the most influential scientists worldwide
In November 2018, three UFZ scientists, Prof. Josef Settele, Prof. Ingolf Kühn and Prof. Stan W. Harpole, will be represented in the annual scientific ranking of the most cited researchers (Highly Cited Researchers).
Photo: Sebastian Wiedling / UFZ
Photo: Sebastian Wiedling / UFZ
Photo: Sebastian Wiedling / UFZ
For the ranking, more than 6.000 researchers from 21 natural sciences and social sciences have been selected based on the number of the most frequently cited publications published between January 2006 and December 2016 over a period of 11 years. The Highly Cited Researchers 2018 represent the world’s most influential scientific minds. https://hcr.clarivate.com/
Prof. Josef Settele, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) & Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU). His research focuses on the Conservation and Evolutionary Biology of Insects, Biodiversity and Land Use and Interdisciplinary Cooperation and Project Co-ordination in the field of biodiversity. In the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) he is one of the three directors of the Global Assessment, which will be published in May 2019. https://www.ipbes.net/ http://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=38572
Prof Ingolf Kühn, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) & Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU). His research focuses on biological invasions, the functional composition of communities and assemblages, i.e. the composition of their functional traits, as well as impacts of climate change and land-use change on such assemblages. http://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=38592
Prof Stan W. Harpole, Head of Department Physiological Diversity at UFZ and iDiv and Professor at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU). His research focuses on developing, testing, and applying biodiversity theory to understand the interactive effects of multiple global change drivers. His expertise bridges ecosystem, theoretical and community ecology. Specific research topics include ecological stoichiometry, niche theory and mechanisms of coexistence. http://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=34230
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In the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), scientists conduct research into the causes and consequences of far-reaching environmental changes. Their areas of study cover water resources, ecosystems of the future, environmental technologies and biotechnologies, the effects of chemicals in the environment, modelling and social-scientific issues. The UFZ employs more than 1,100 staff at its sites in Leipzig, Halle and Magdeburg. It is funded by the Federal Government, Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt.
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