Three School researchers on the 2017 Highly Cited Researcher List

photos of from L-R, Professors Frank R Carbone, Dale I Godfrey and Bill R Heath
L-R: Professors Frank R Carbone, Dale I Godfrey and Bill R Heath

The 2017 list has finally been validated and we are now free to publicise the results. The full listing is available from the Clarivate website.

Of the 137 top cited researchers in immunology, six were from Australia, three of whom are from the Department of Microbiology and Immunology which is a terrific result for our School.

  • Frank R Carbone, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne
  • Dale I Godfrey, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne
  • Bill R Heath, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne
  • Mark J Smyth, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, affiliation given as University of Melbourne
  • Charles R Mackay, Monash University
  • David L Paterson   University of Queensland

Five of the six Australian immunologists making the list are in some way affiliated with Melbourne Universities which further substantiates the reputation of the city as a mecca for immunology research, which has produced outstanding internationally-recognised researchers such as Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet and Sir Gustav Nossal.

One of our partners in the Bonn and Melbourne Research and Graduate School, Bo&MeRanG, Eicke Latz, from the University of Bonn, also made the list.

Australian scientists are also well-represented in other areas of biological research:

Microbiology

Edward C Holmes, University of Sydney

Molecular Biology & Genetics

Grant W Montgomery, University of Queensland
Peter M Visscher, University of Queensland

Neuroscience & Behaviour

Colin L Masters, Florey Department of Neuroscience & Mental Health, University of Melbourne
Christopher C Rowe, Austin Health
Victor L Villemagne, Medicine-Austin Health, University of Melbourne

Pharmacology & Toxicology

Mark S Butler, University of Queensland
Arthur Christopoulos, Monash University
Wei Duan, Deakin University
Jian Li, Monash University
Roger L Nation, Monash University
David L Paterson, University of Queensland
Patrick M Sexton, Monash University

Plant & Animal Science

Christine Anne Beveridge, University of Queensland
Tim J Brodribb, University of Tasmania
Mark W Chase, University of Western Australia
Elizabeth A Fulton, CSIRO
Kemai Kazan, CSIRO
John M Manners, CSIRO
Staffan Persson, University of Melbourne
Barry Pogson, ANU
Sergey Shabala, University of Tasmania
Ian D Small, University of Western Australia
Ian J Wright, Macquarie University