Dr. Manel Esteller, director of the Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute, recognized among the scientists with the most impact according to Stanford University
Manel Esteller, Director of the Josep Carreras Leukemia Research Institute (IJC), ICREA Researcher and Professor of Genetics at the University of Barcelona is recognized by the prestigious Stanford University in the United States among the 0.001% of researchers with the most impact on world level in all areas of Science.
Considering more than 7,000,000 researchers in 175 disciplines worldwide in the last 23 years in terms of the citations of their discoveries, their main authorship and their transcendence for other scientists, the authors conclude that Dr Esteller occupies position 137 of the ranking, being the first biomedical researcher considered for those who work in Spain.
This is reflected in a study recently published in the international journal PLoS Biology and carried out by the Data Center for Biomedical Sciences, Statistics, Meta-Analysis and Innovation (METRICS) of said University.
Dr Manel Esteller's research focuses on the epigenetic mechanisms involved in the onset and progression of human diseases, mainly cancer. The results derived from their studies have allowed, in addition to knowing the molecular bases of various pathologies, the development of novel diagnostic tools and new therapies fir human diseases.
Reference article:
Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators. Ioannidis JPA, Boyack KW, Baas J. PLoS Biology, 16;18(10):e3000918. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3000918