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UNU-MERIT Researchers Among World’s Top 2% Most-Cited

8 UNU-MERIT researchers have been recognised as being among the most widely cited scientists in the world, according to a Stanford University ranking.

Eight UNU-MERIT researchers have been recognised as being among the most widely cited scientists in the world, according to the latest edition of the annual Stanford University / Elsevier ranking known as the ‘World's Top 2% Scientists’ list.

First published in 2019, the Stanford list is updated every year; the seventh and latest version was released last month. There are two categories within this ranking: single-year performance (based on citations received during the previous calendar year - in this case, 2023) and career-long performance. 

How the ranking is calculated

The publicly available database provides standardised information on citations, h-index, co-authorship adjusted hm-index, citations to papers in different authorship positions and a composite indicator (c-score). Scientists are classified into 22 scientific fields and 174 sub-fields, and the selection is based on the top 100,000 scientists by c-score - with and without self-citations - or a percentile rank of 2% or more in the sub-field.

Highlights from the 2024 ranking


Commenting on this accomplishment, UNU-MERIT Interim Director Clemens Kool stated: "Having so many UNU-MERIT researchers on this list is a great achievement. It convincingly confirms our institute’s research excellence and reputation, which we are continuing to build on for the future."

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