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DEEC Researchers on Top of Rankings

10-11-2021

 

Increased the number of researchers at the NOVA School of Science and Technology to 40 | FCT NOVA included in the latest update to the ranking of the most cited scientists worldwide, now made available by Stanford University (California, USA).

The list, known as the “World’s Top 2% Scientists list”, is the result of a study coordinated by John Ioannidis, a professor at Stanford University. It identifies more than 100,000 influential researchers from 149 countries, in 22 scientific areas and 176 disciplines, works that accelerated the progress and productivity in their areas. In Portugal, in total, more than 700 researchers are appointed, 40 of which are from FCT NOVA.

The study, now updated and released on October 19, resulted in two lists based on distinct categories: career-long impact and single-year impact. The ranking was supported by Scopus, an international online database of scientific articles, and respective citations, in different typologies, for newspapers and academic journals.

The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is proud to have one more researcher in these prestigious lists, now having 4 researchers, namely, Luís M. Camarinha-Matos, Manuel D. Ortigueira, Rita A. Ribeiro and João Martins (impact throughout of the last year).

The work, now released, is based on more accurate standardized citation metrics, with the purpose of combating self-citation abuses. The number of citations allows us to assess the impact and consolidated influence of a given scientist or institution on the progress of knowledge.

The NEW School of Science and Technology | FCT NOVA is proud to have so many representatives on this list, a mark of its position as a research oriented school.´º

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