Stanford and Elsevier release latest Top 2% Scientists ranking

Stanford University and Elsevier have released the latest edition of the Stanford Top 2% Scientists ranking, which recognizes researchers worldwide based on the impact of their scientific publications. The evaluation uses Scopus data to assess both career-long achievements and single-year impact across various scientific fields.

Professor Yong-Gu Kim of Korea University Ansan Hospital has been named to the list for the seventh consecutive year, marking him as one of South Korea’s top 100 researchers. A specialist in psychiatry, Professor Kim has contributed extensively to the study of depression, anxiety, panic disorders, and schizophrenia, with over 600 published papers.

Additionally, several scientists from the InLife Institute in Poland were included in the rankings. The InLife researchers were recognized in both the “Single Year” and “Career” categories, covering fields such as nutrigenomics, food chemistry, and gamete biology.