Goa, Jan. 5 -- EUGENIO VIASSA MONTEIRO

Stanford University, in col-laboration with Elsevier, released its annual list of the world's top 2% scientists, highlighting the most influen-tial researchers across various scientific fields. Two hundred thirty thousand scientists were scrutinised and ranked across 22 broad fields and 174 subfields. They are ranked according to a composite citation score that accounts for adjustments for au-thorship and co-authorship, en-suring a fairer evaluation of their influence.

What interest does it have for those who are part of this elite 2%, besides a certain self-es-teem? They are considered the most influential, as their re search has been cited in various works, suggesting that the topics under scruti...