Wash U Researchers Among World’s 'Most Influential' Scientific Minds

Washington University is home to some of the “hottest of the hot” scientific researchers on the planet.

That’s according to a new report from Science Watch, which determined the most influential scientists by analyzing citation data over the past 11 years to identify those who published the work with the highest impact.

The report used “hot papers” to find the most prolific researchers. Hot papers are those ranked in the top 0.1 percent by citations for their field.

[St. Louis Business Journal]