INESC-ID Researchers among Stanford Elsevier’s World’s Top 2% Most Influential Scientists in 2025
Stanford has released the Stanford/Elsevier Top 2% Scientists List 2026, which feature 30 INESC-ID researchers, among the most cited scientists in the world.
This annual recognition comprises two lists naming top scientists, doctors, engineers, and mathematicians, among 200 thousand people, one referring to the 2025 most influential scientists and the other focusing on a career-long impact. The lists are compiled by Stanford University (USA) and published by Elsevier. Eligible individuals are classified in 22 scientific fields and 174 subfields, based on data from Scopus.
INESC-ID’s most influential scientists in 2025 (12):
Arlindo Oliveira (IDSS)
Rui Castro (SPS)
Ana Paiva (AIPS)
Jorge Pacheco (AIPS)
Miguel Pupo Correia (DPSS)
Aleksandar Ilić (HPCAS)
Mário Véstias (HPCAS)
Hugo Morais (SPS)
Christof Ferreira Torres (DPSS)
José Fernando Silva (GESC)
Francisco C. Santos (AIPS)
INESC-ID scientists included in the career-long database (18):
Arlindo Oliveira (IDSS)
Ana Paiva (AIPS)
Aleksandar Ilić (HPCAS)
Leonel Sousa (HPCAS)
Susana Vinga (IDSS)
Rui Castro (SPS)
João Paulo Carvalho (HLT)
Luís Ferreira (SPS)
Luís Caires (IDSS)
Miguel Pupo Correia (DPSS)
Alberto Rodrigues da Silva (IDSS)
José Fernando Silva (GESC)
Hugo Morais (SPS)
Bruno Martins (HLT)
José Tribolet (IDSS)
Francisco C. Santos (AIPS)
Joaquim Jorge (GI)