In Review
When Rochester researchers talk, people listen. That’s the finding of a recent report by Thomson Reuters, which shows that discoveries and insights by University researchers disproportionately shape the thinking of other scientists. The study places Rochester on a short list of influential U.S. research institutions whose scholarly publications were referred to most frequently by colleagues.
The report compiled the number of times an institution’s researchers were cited by other authors in peer-reviewed scientific journals over a five-year period from 2005 to 2009—taking into account the number of citations, the prominence of the journals in which they appear, and the fields in which institutions specialize.
$1.8 billion
External research funding received by the University, 2005–09
No. 17
Rochester’s national ranking in relative citation impact
30 years
Years over which Rochester’s score has increased, even as U.S. university performance has remained essentially flat
29%
Papers indexed by Thomson Reuters in the study with a U.S. author or coauthor
36%
Papers by a European author or coauthor
31%
Papers in 2009 by Asian researchers
2,000 articles
The minimum produced in the most recent year by the universities among which Rochester was ranked for citation impact
2.8%
Percentage of U.S. GDP devoted to scientific funding
—Kathleen McGarvey
