On June 18, Thomson Reuters-Intellectual Property and Science business released The World’sMost Influential Scientific Minds: 2014, which listed top researchers around the globe who have earned their distinction by publishing the highest number of articles that rank among those most frequently cited by fellow researchers. Our alumnus Professor He Zhigang was among 2014 world’s most influential researchers listed in the category of “neuroscience and behavior”.
The world’s most influential researchers, also known as the most Highly Cited Researchers, rank among the top 1% most cited in their respective fields in the given year of publication. Thomson Reuters literature metrologistspublish this list based on ESI data and relevant comments. Followed by analyzing publications in 21 subject fields between 2001 and 2012 and tracking the authors who wrote the highly cited papers ranking among the top 1% most cited for their subject field and year of publication, Thomson Reuters then confirm that their papers are very significant and valuable in their subject field. This listing is selected from 3200 researchers in the world. Thomson Reuters collaborated with its valued partner, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Center for World-Class Universities, to create the Highly Cited Researchers listing for 2014.
Professor He Zhigang was graduated from our university majored in clinical medicine in 1984. He thenwent on his graduate study on pathological physiology in our university and graduate with a degree for Master of Sc.in 1987. He received his Ph.D. degree based on his outstanding research work from the University of Toronto in 1996. He continued his productive research career with focuses on the molecular mechanisms underlying neuroregeneration during his post-doctoral training at UCSF and his independent faculty career at Harvard University Medical School. During the course of study, he found an important suppressive molecule for neuronal regeneration and published several well cited papers regarding its molecular mechanism, which could lay a foundation for designing neuroregenerativetherapeutic compounds. Furthermore, he also extended his work on the area of the molecular mechanism underlying axonal degeneration. His research discoveries have extensive biological significances and clinical applications. Thus, he and his team have published their work in top research journals such as Science, Nature, Cell and other influential journals in the field. Additionally, Professor He Zhigang has won numerous scientific awards for his outstanding research work includingKlingenstein Fellowship Award in Neurosciences，John Merck Scholar，Leadership Award, and grants from California Stem Cell Institute (CIRM)
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Translates by:Pang Yue
Edited by: Professor Liu Yongjian
