Three researchers from within the C4 Rice Project – Professor Andreas Weber (Heinriche Heine University), Professor Mark Stitt and Dr John Lunn (Max Planck Institute) – were named in this year’s Highly Cited Researchers list, published by Clarivate Analytics and Web of Science. The list recognises world-class researchers selected for their exceptional research performance, demonstrated by production of multiple highly cited papers that rank in the top 1% by citations for field and year in Web of Science.