• A total of 26 researchers from the University of A Coruña (UDC) are listed among the most influential figures in the scientific community, according to the World’s Top 2% Scientist List.
• This list identifies the top 2% of scientists worldwide across all fields of knowledge.

Six researchers from the CITIC at the University of A Coruña have been recognized by Stanford University (USA) in the prestigious World’s Top 2% Scientist List, which identifies the top 2% of the most influential scientists globally across all disciplines.

The list, compiled from the Scopus (Elsevier) database, provides two rankings: one covering researchers’ entire careers and another focused on their most recent work (year 2024).

In the case of CITIC, Tiago M. Fernández Caramés, Carlos Gómez Rodríguez, and Verónica Bolón Canedo are included in both rankings — recognized for their career achievements as well as for their recent publications and citations. Meanwhile, Paula Fraga Lamas, Diego Darriba, and Amparo Alonso Betanzos are featured in the ranking focused on the past year.

This international recognition highlights CITIC’s leadership in fields such as Information and Communication Technologies, one of the most highly represented areas in the global ranking.

The Ranking of the World Scientists: World’s Top 2% Scientists is regarded as one of the most prestigious worldwide. In its eighth edition, it evaluates standardized data on scientific output, citations, and other bibliometric indicators from more than 200,000 researchers around the globe.