Professor Marcus Munafò, Provost and Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the University of Bath, has been named on the Clarivate 2025 Highly Cited list, recognising the global influence of his research.

This award celebrates the researchers whose work is among the top 1% in the world by citations in their field and year, and is then refined using other quantitative metrics, as well as qualitative analysis and expert judgment.

Marcus said: “It’s obviously an honour to be recognised in this way, but this really reflects all the fantastic colleagues that I’ve been fortunate enough to work with over the years.

“Research is a team sport, and wouldn’t be possible without the many academic, technical and professional services colleagues that contribute to any project.”

This year marks the eighth consecutive year that Marcus has made the list. Awarded in the cross-field category, for researchers with multiple highly cited papers across several different fields, his selection highlights the strength of his research across psychology, psychiatry, neuroscience, and public, environmental and occupational health.

Marcus’ research has focused on the relationship between health behaviours, such as tobacco and alcohol use, and both physical and mental health outcomes. He has worked closely with policy makers at a national level and has a long-standing interest in the factors that influence research quality.

Hayley Shaw, Research Culture Manager at the University of Bath, said: “We're committed to assessing research outputs responsibly at the University of Bath and consider three facets of quality when doing so: contribution; quality of the content; and impact, influence, visibility or reach.

“The Clarivate Highly Cited list celebrates the latter – recognising those with ‘significant and broad influence’ in their field.

“Importantly, Clarivate's method helps to address some of potential issues with celebrating citations by removing those who compromise research integrity in pursuit of recognition (e.g. by excessively self-citing).”

Marcus concluded: “I’m keen to champion a culture of excellence across all our academic activities. Our new Academic Promotions Framework and our approach Responsible Research Assessment together ensure we don’t focus on narrow definitions of what excellence means.

“While it’s always nice to be recognised, it's important to remember that citations, whilst valuable, remain only one way demonstrate the impact of any research.”