"Highly cited researchers" are authors of papers whose number of citations is in the top 1% in each research field in the Reuter Thomson Essential Science Indicators database. The following five MANA researchers were selected as members of as members of this elite group in 2015.

Katsuhiko Ariga, MANA Principal Investigator

Yoshio Bando, MANA Chief Operation Director

Dmitri Golberg, MANA Principal Investigator

Zhong Lin Wang, MANA Principal Investigator

Zhong Lin Wang, MANA Principal Investigator

Omar Yaghi, MANA Principal Investigator

(Listed in alphabetical order)