IIGB geneticist Julia Bailey-Serres was one of five UCR researchers and 3,200 individuals who published the greatest number of highly-cited papers in one of 21 broad fields, according to the 2014 list developed by Thomson Reuters.

To generate the list, the company analyzed citation data over 11 years (2002-2012) to identify researchers whose published work has had enormous impact. Highly cited papers rank in the top 1 percent by citations for their field and year of publication.

According to Thomson Reuters, the researchers who made the list are persons of “influence in the sciences and social sciences. They are the people who are on the cutting edge of their fields. They are performing and publishing work that their peers recognize as vital to the advancement of their science. These researchers are, undoubtedly, among the most influential scientific minds of our time.”

Bailey-Serres works on providing modern solutions to agricultural challenges by unraveling the complexities of plant response to environmental challenges. In addition to Bailey-Serres, who was included in the “Plant & Animal Science” field, Roya Bahreini, an assistant professor of atmospheric sciences, was included in the “Geosciences” field; Robert Haddon, a distinguished professor of chemistry as well as chemical and environmental engineering, was included in the “Chemistry” field; Wei Ren, a professor of electrical and computer engineering, was included in the “Engineering” field; and Yadong Yin, a professor of chemistry, was included in two fields: “Chemistry” and “Materials Science.”

Thomson Reuters analyzed the citation data using its Web of Science and InCites platforms to determine which researchers produced work that is most frequently acknowledged by peers. Web of Science and InCites include an array of publication and citation-based data sets for gauging performance.