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Two Boston College scientists have been named among the Top 100 experts in their respective fields, according to rankings based on the influence of their research and scholarship.
Patricia & Joseph T. Vanderslice Millennium Professor of Chemistry and Department Chair Amir Hoveyda was ranked 90th among the Top 100 Chemists in an analysis by Thomson Reuters that drew on data from the past decade on the impact of research by more than 1 million chemists around the world.
The 122 scientific papers published by Hoveyda during the most recent decade were cited 6,967 times, giving him an impact factor of 57.11.
Professor of Physics Zhifeng Ren ranked 49th among the Top 100 Material Scientists worldwide in the past decade, according to Times Higher Education, which used data provided by Thomson Reuters on 500,000 material scientists.
Ren, a pioneer in nanotechnology research, published 37 papers that have been cited 1,963 times, giving him an impact factor of 53.05.
The rankings were compiled in recognition of 2011 being named the International Year of Chemistry.