Seventeen ϳԹresearchers represented in prestigious Stanford/Elsevier Top 2% of Scientists list

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Elsevier, in collaboration with Stanford University, has unveiled its latest compilation of the world’s most influential and top-cited scientists (top 2%), offering a comprehensive view of academic impact across disciplines. The —which includes 17 ϳԹresearchers—provides a nuanced picture of scholarly influence, measuring both career-long achievements and single-year impacts and is intended to address the misuse of citation metrics.

“Congratulations to my colleagues for their achievements and commitment to research,” said Dr. Wendy Rodgers, ϳԹPresident and Vice-Chancellor. “Seeing this number of ϳԹscholars on this prestigious list is a source of pride as it reaffirms our identity as an institution that makes a positive impact on society through research and scholarly work.”

The was updated in August 2024 with information from Scopus, a large, multidisciplinary database of peer-reviewed literature including scientific journals, books, and conference proceedings.  

The study’s methodology categorizes researchers into 22 broad fields and 174 sub-fields, with percentile rankings for those boasting at least five publications. The selection is based on the top 100,000 scientists by the “index c-score” (a comprehensive gauge factoring in the total number of citations received for papers where the scientist is the single, first, or last author, emphasizing the impact of their published work) or a percentile rank of 2% or above in the sub-field.  

UPEI’s 17 researchers who are on the Top 2% of Scientists List in either the career- and single-year impact category (or both) include: 

Career (11)

  • Ian Gardner:
  • Greg Naterer:
  • Ian Dohoo:
  • Greg Keefe:
  • Robert Gilmour
  • Fred Kibenge:
  • Suzanne Kresta:
  • Mark Fast:
  • Gary Conboy:
  • David Speare:
  • Kevin Smith

Single Year (13)

  • Greg Naterer:
  • Khabat Khosravi
  • Travis Saunders:
  • Greg Keefe:
  • Ian Dohoo:
  • Ian Gardner:
  • Yulin Hu:
  • Fred Kibenge:
  • Aitazaz Farooque:
  • Mark Fast:
  • Gary Conboy:
  • Katy Proudfoot:
  • Jason Stull:

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