The University of the Algarve (UAlg) has 18 scientists among the most cited worldwide, according to an update to ranking “World's Top 2% Scientists list”, made available recently by Stanford University (California, USA).
The database spans 22 areas and 176 disciplines, featuring “a selection of scientists whose published research work has accelerated progress in their respective fields and influenced the work productivity of other researchers,” says UAlg.
The update, published on the 19th of October, uses quotes from the Scopus database, «a reputable database online of abstracts and citations of articles in academic journals', with the data collected until August 2021.
Of the more than 100 researchers that appear in this list, and similarly to what had been done before, the data were compiled into two lists: one that allows measuring the impact throughout their career, in which 12 professors/scientists of the University stand out. of the Algarve, and another that has the impact over the last year as a reference, which includes 13 teachers/scientists from the Algarve academy.
UAlg's outstanding scientists are distributed in several areas, with special emphasis on Marine and Environmental Sciences, Health Sciences, Exact Sciences and Engineering, among others.
The most cited professors/scientists, considering the impact throughout their career, are Maria JAF Bebianno, Leslie V. Woodcock, M. Graça Miguel, Deborah M. Power, Karim Erzini, Karl Magnus Petersson, Maria Teresa Dinis, Óscar Ferreira , Henrik Hellquist, José Valente de Oliveira, Ana Grenha and António Ruano.
As for the most cited, with reference to the impact over the last year, the professors/scientists are M. Graça Miguel, Maria JAF Bebianno, Ana Grenha, Alice Newton, Karim Erzini, Óscar Ferreira, Maria Dulce Antunes, António Ruano, Manuel Aureliano, José Valente de Oliveira, Maria Teresa Dinis, Luísa Custódio and Pedro Fonte.
These results are based on a study led by John Loannidis (Stanford University), joined by Jeroen Baas (Elsevier BV) and Kevin W. Boyack (SciTech Strategies), and provide 'standardized citation information, H-index, Hm index adjusted for co-authorship, citations of articles in different authorship positions and a composite indicator», says the university.
The first version was published in 2019, with the purpose of creating a database of more than 100 scientists, available to the public. Since then, the publication is updated every year.
The study can be consulted at website da Public Library of Science Biology (PLOS Biology).
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