Congratulations to Philip Benfey, Xinnian Dong and Tai-Ping Sun for making it to the Thomson-Reuters List of Highly-Cited Researchers for 2015. The list includes the top 1% most cited researchers in their respective fields, amounting to about 3,000 scientists. Philip, Xinnian and Tai-Ping were honored in the category Plant and Animal Science. Three cheers for our three Arabidopsis specialists!