Stanford University and Elsevier BV have released a list of the world’s most influential scientists. The ranking entitled Top 2% World Ranking Scientists is an activity that is carried out every year.
On October 10, 2022, Stanford University and Elsevier BV re-released the Top 2% World Ranking Scientists for 2022. This list is a list of the most influential researchers in the world published by Stanford University and Elsevier BV, a Dutch academic publishing company that focuses on content. science, engineering, and health. Researchers included in this list are those who are actively conducting research and publishing scientific papers.
A total of 98 Indonesian scientists from various research institutions and universities are included in the list of the World’s Top 2% of Scientists in 2022. The selection of 98 scientists is based on the names most cited in scientific journals in the world. The scientists included in this database are classified into 22 scientific fields and 176 subfields. Selection is based on the top 100,000 scientists based on c-scores (with and without self-citations) or percentile ratings of 2% or more in a given sub-field. A total of 195,605 scientists are included in the career-long database and 200,409 scientists are included in the single recent year dataset (source: https://doi.org/10.17632/btchxktzyw.4).
Four of the 98 Indonesian scientists who are included in the World’s Top 2% Scientists 2022 are lecturers from the Faculty of Engineering, University of Indonesia. They are:
- Prof. Dr.-Ing. Nandy Putra (Mechanical Engineering)
- Mohammed Ali Berawi, M.Eng.Sc., Ph.D. (Civil Engineering)
- Prof. Dr. Ir. Irwan Katili, DEA (Civil Engineering)
- Prof. Dr. -Eng. Ir. Nasruddin (Mechanical Engineering)
Specific criteria are set to determine the best researchers on this international scale. Stanford University and Elsevier created a database of top-cited scientists that provides standardized information on citations, h-index, co-authorship adjusted hm-index, citations for papers in different authorship positions, and composite indicators (c-score).
The inclusion of lecturers from the Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Indonesia as the Most Influential Scientists in the World is an honor and pride for FTUI, UI, and Indonesia. This shows the usefulness of the research produced by the FTUI academic community. In addition, this award is a reminder and encouragement for the FTUI academic community to continue to develop research that brings impact and change in the national and international arena.
At the UI level, 4 FTUI lecturers are included in the 12 lecturers and researchers from Universitas Indonesia (UI) who are included in the World’s Top 2% Scientists 2022. From the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, 5 researchers are included in this list. The five researchers are Prof. Dr. Yoki Yulizar; Prof. Dr. rer. grout. Rosary Saleh; Prof. Dr. Ivandini Tribidasari Anggraningrum; Drs. Dr. Zuherman Rustam, DEA.; and Dr. Dipo Aldila, S.Si., M.Sc. Meanwhile, from the Faculty of Medicine, lecturers and researchers who are included in the list of the World’s Top 2% Scientists 2022, among others, Prof. Dr. dr. Siti Setiadi, SpPD-KGer, M.Epid, FINASIM.; Prof. dr. Jeanne Adiwinata Pawitan, M.S., Ph.D.; and Prof. Dr. dr. Sri Rezeki Hadinegoro, Sp.A (K).
The world’s best researchers list was officially released on October 10, 2022. As an annual publication, World’s Top 2% Scientists 2022 is the fourth version. Previously, Elsevier published the first version in July 2019, the second in October 2020, and the third in October 2021. The assessment of the Top 2% of Scientists in the World was carried out by Professor John P.A. Ioannidis, M.D., Ph.D. from Stanford University; Jeroen Baas of Elsevier; and Kevin Boyack from SciTech Strategies published through the fourth version of the “Updated Science-wide Author Databases of Standardized Citation Indicators”.
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