Dr. Manel Esteller, ICREA Research Professor at the Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute (IJC), and Chairman of Genetics at School of Medicine of the University of Barcelona has been considered by the prestigious Stanford University in the United States among the group of top 2% of researchers with the most impact worldwide in all areas of science.

The study has recently been published by the Data Center for Biomedical Sciences, Statistics, Meta-Analysis and Innovation (METRICS) of Stanford University. Considering more than 217,000 researchers in all scientific disciplines worldwide in terms of the citations of their discoveries, their main authorship and their transcendence for other researchers, the authors conclude that Dr. Esteller holds the position 125 of the ranking (top 0.05%), being the first researcher considered for those who work in Spain.

Dr Manel Esteller's research focuses on the control of gene activity, an area called Epigenetics, applied in the study of many human diseases, but mainly in the cancer field. The results derived from his research have made possible, in addition to deciphering the molecular bases of many pathologies, the development of new diagnostic biomarkers and the emergence of new types of treatment.

Reference Article: Ioannidis, John P.A. (2024), August 2024 data-update for "Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators" Elsevier Data Repository, V7, DOI:10.17632/btchxktzyw.7 Published on 16 September 2024.