posted on December 4, 2025
Several MSI PIs are among the University of Minnesota faculty listed on the “Highly Cited Researchers 2025” list published recently by Clarivate Analytics. This international list consists of researchers whose citation records place them in the top 1 percent of citation counts in their field. High citation counts show the influence of a researcher’s work.
Twenty-nine University of Minnesota Twin Cities researchers appear on the list, sixteen of whom are MSI PIs:
- Regents Professor Bruce Blazar (Pediatrics; Director, Clinical and Translational Science Institute)
- Regents Professor Elizabeth Borer (Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior)
- Adjunct Professor Jeannine Cavender-Bares (Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior)
- Regents Professor Sarah Hobbie (Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior)
- Associate Professor Forest Isbell (Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior)
- Associate Professor Justin Johnson (Applied Economics)
- Professor Peter Kennedy (Plant and Microbial Biology; Co-Lead, Cedar Creek LTER)
- Associate Professor Dan Knights (Computer Science and Engineering; Biotechnology Institute)
- Professor Robert Krueger (Psychology)
- Professor Fang Li (Pharmacology; Director, Center for Emerging Viruses)
- Professor David Masopust (Microbiology and Immunology)
- Regents Professor Stephen Polasky (Applied Economics)
- Professor Paul Robbins (Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics; Co-Director, Masonic Institute on the Biology of Aging and Metabolism)
- Professor Emeritus Michael Sadowsky (Soil, Water, and Climate)
- Professor Eric Seabloom (Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior; Interim Director, Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve; Co-Lead, Cedar Creek LTER)
- Professor Daniel Voytas (Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development; Director, Center for Precision Plant Genomics)
The full list of researchers can be found on the Clarivate Analytics website.