Highly Cited Researchers – Le Luxembourg mis à l’honneur

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Le Dr Torsten Bohn, scientifique du LIH, figure parmi les chercheurs les plus cités au monde

Le 18 novembre, Clarivate™ a publié son rapport annuel « Highly Cited Researchers », qui rend honneur aux pionniers des domaines de la science et de la technologie ayant rédigé de nombreux articles fréquemment cités qui se classent dans le premier percentile des citations du Web of Science™. Trois chercheurs luxembourgeois, dont le D^r Bohn, figurent dans l’édition 2020 de ce prestigieux classement international.

For the second consecutive year, Dr Torsten Bohn, Group leader of the Nutrition and Health Research team of the LIH Department of Population Health (DoPH), was featured in the list of the most cited global scientists in the field of Agricultural Sciences of the 2020 edition of Clarivate’s “Highly Cited Researchers” ranking. Over the past decade, Dr Bohn has been publishing 119 papers indexed in Web of Science™ and obtained a total of 5,477 citations. Dr Bohn’s research focuses on nutrition and health impact, with special attention to nutrient and secondary plant bioactives bioavailability, dietary patterns, inflammation and oxidative stress.

“I am currently developing our public health and nutrition research activities at LIH in line with the institute’s translational and transversal vision”, explains Dr Bohn. “Indeed, this research axis has a significant translational dimension. Nutrient absorption and availability are tightly linked to various health aspects, such as cardiometabolic diseases, one of the DoPH’s major research areas, as well as being a key element in unravelling the mechanisms underlying the relation between the microbiome, immunity, oxidative stress and inflammation, which are also the priority of the LIH Department of Infection and Immunity (DII). Not to mention the proven connections with cancer research carried out at the LIH Department of Oncology (DONC). Being distinguished as an internationally influential scientist is not only an immense honour, but also an unparalleled opportunity to uphold the institute’s visibility and reputation as a global centre of excellence in transversal and translational research”, he adds.

Dr Bohn is one of the three Luxembourg scientists to have received this accolade, together with Dr Stéphane Bordas (Computer Science Category) and Dr Alexandre Tkatchenko (Cross-Field category) from the University of Luxembourg.

Clarivate’s “Highly Cited Researchers” report can be accessed here.