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MEMPHIS, Tenn., Nov. 13, 2025 The 2025 list of Highly Cited Researchers has recognized 19 St. Jude scientists as among the world’s most impactful — the most in St. Jude history. The annual list was announced Nov. 12 and is compiled by the Web of Science with qualitative analysis done by experts at the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) at Clarivate.
Highly Cited Researchers are scientists who have demonstrated significant and broad influence in their investigative fields. While the list represents a small number of scientists who have expanded knowledge in different area, the researchers included on the list have written and published scientific papers ranked in the top 1% of citations annually for 10 years.
Analysts from ISI recognized 6,868 individuals from more than 1,300 institutions in 60 countries and regions. Researchers in the United States represent 34.7% of the entire list.
“I am incredibly grateful to be named among this group of influential researchers. This recognition means our work is not just being read, but is actively used by others to build new ideas, and hopefully make positive impacts on the world,” said Jeremy Chase Crawford, PhD, an assistant faculty member in the Department of Host-Microbe Interactions and a 2025 Highly Cited Researcher. “This honor is a direct reflection of the hard work of my entire team and our collaborators. It also represents what is possible here at St. Jude, even for early career scientists, because it underscores our institution’s commitment to fostering and supporting big science from the earliest stages.”
St. Jude researchers on the list represent multiple departments and include staff, early-career and longtime faculty members, and department heads. This year’s group is:
- Brian Abraham, PhD, assistant faculty member, Department of Computational Biology
- Kelly Caudle, PharmD, PhD, associate faculty member, director, Clinical Pharmacogenomics Implementation Consortium
- Hongbo Chi, PhD, chair of the Department of Immunology
- Jeremy Chase Crawford, PhD, assistant faculty member, Department of Host-Microbe Interactions
- Kristine Crews, PharmD, director of Scientific Research, associate director, Center for Translational Pharmacology
- Yiping Fan, PhD, associate director, Functional Genomics
- Douglas Green, PhD, faculty member and co-leader of the Cancer Biology Program
- Thirumala-Devi Kanneganti, PhD, faculty member and vice chair of the Department of Immunology
- Richard Kriwacki, PhD, faculty member and co-leader of the Cancer Biology Program
- RK Subbarao Malireddi, PhD, Department of Immunology
- Tanja Mittag, PhD, faculty member, Department of Structural Biology
- Mary Relling, PharmD, emeritus faculty member
- Bhesh Sharma, PhD, Department of Immunology
- J. Paul Taylor, MD, PhD, executive vice president, scientific director and chair of the Department of Cell & Molecular Biology
- Shengdar Tsai, PhD, assistant faculty member, Department of Hematology
- Peter Vogel, DVM, PhD, faculty member, Department of Pathology
- Richard Webby, PhD, faculty member, Department of Host-Microbe Interactions
- Gang Wu, PhD, associate faculty member and director of the Department of the Center for Applied Bioinformatics.
- Min Zheng, PhD, Department of Immunology
The complete list of Highly Cited Researchers can also be found here.
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is leading the way the world understands, treats and cures childhood cancer, sickle cell disease, and other life-threatening disorders. It is the only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center devoted solely to children. Treatments developed at St. Jude have helped push the overall childhood cancer survival rate from 20% to 80% since the hospital opened more than 60 years ago. St. Jude shares the breakthroughs it makes to help doctors and researchers at local hospitals and cancer centers around the world improve the quality of treatment and care for even more children. To learn more, visit stjude.org, read Progress: A Digital Magazine, and follow St. Jude on social media at @stjuderesearch.
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