By Communications staff, WSU Insider
The 2024 list recognizing researchers whose studies are most often cited in their fields includes six Washington State University faculty: Dan “Annie” Du, Dogan Gursoy, Kris Kowdley, Yuehe Lin, Nathan McDowell, and Yong Wang.
Clarivate, the analytics company that runs the Web of Science research platform, creates the Highly Cited Researchers List every year. Inclusion on the list means that research by these faculty ranks in the top 1% by citations for their fields and publication year in the Web of Science over the past decade.
Nathan McDowell
Earth Scientist
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory with a joint appointment in WSU’s School of Biological Sciences
McDowell is an international expert on forest function and disturbance under global environmental change. His recent work focuses on causes and consequences of tree mortality due to drought, fire, insect attack, and sea level rise. Among his many publications, he was lead author on articles on woody plant mortality in Nature Reviews, Earth & Environment and Global Change Biology.