The "World Top 2% Scientists" list is published by Professor John P. A. Ioannidis's team at Stanford University and Mendeley Data, a subsidiary of Elsevier. It is based on the Scopus database and utilizes six key indicators: total citations, h-index, hm-index, single authorship, single or first authorship, and single, first, or last authorship citation counts. From nearly 7 million researchers worldwide, it selects the top 2% scientists globally across 22 fields and 176 sub-disciplines in the arts, sciences, and engineering. The data for this ranking spans from 1960 to 2022 and covers 200,000 scientists globally. The list is divided into two categories: "2022 Annual Scientific Impact Ranking" and "Lifetime Scientific Impact Ranking (1960-2022)."
Lifetime Scientific Impact Ranking (1960-2022)
Kang Zhang
Professor and Acting Head
Fu-Gee TSUNG
Chair Professor
Pan HUI
Chair Professor