Eleven current faculty members at Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt University Medical Center are on the 2025 list of “highly cited researchers” among 7,131 faculty worldwide. Their publications rank in the top 1% by citations for their field of research in the Web of Science Core Collection over the past decade, according to the global analytics firm, Clarivate.
Congratulations to these faculty members for their broad and significant influence in their field of research:
- Justin Balko, PharmD, PhD, professor of Medicine and Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
- Mariana Byndloss, DVM, PhD, assistant professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
- Nancy Cox, PhD, professor of Medicine
- De-en Jiang, PhD, the H. Eugene McBrayer Professor of Chemical Engineering
- Douglas Johnson, MD, MSCI, holder of the Susan and Luke Simons Directorship, professor of Medicine, and associate director for Translational Research at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center
- Shihong Lin, PhD, professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and a Chancellor Faculty Fellow
- Mary Philip, MD, PhD, assistant professor of Medicine and Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology
- Elizabeth Phillips, MD, the John A. Oates Professor of Clinical Research, professor of Medicine, Pharmacology, Dermatology, and Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, director of the Center for Drug Safety and Immunology at VUMC
- Dan Roden, MD, the Sam L. Clark, MD, PhD Professor of Medicine, Pharmacology and Biomedical Informatics, and Senior Vice President for Personalized Medicine at VUMC
- C Michael Stein, MBChB, the Dan May Professor and professor of Medicine and Pharmacology
- H. Keipp Talbot, MD, MPH, holder of the Vaccinology Research Directorship and professor of Medicine and Health Policy
According to the Clarivate report, the United States has the highest concentration of awards in the world with 2,670 in 2025, followed by Mainland China (1,406), the United Kingdom (570), Germany (363), and Australia (312).
Read the full Highly Cited Researchers list.