Stanford has released the Stanford/Elsevier Top 2% Scientists List 2025, which feature 20 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 2024 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 2024 (12):

• Francisco Santos (AIPS)
• Jorge Pacheco (AIPS)
• Rui Castro (SPS)
• Ana Paiva (AIPS)
• Arlindo Oliveira (IDSS)
• Miguel Pupo Correia (DPSS)
• Mário Véstias (HPCAS)
• Hugo Morais (SPS)
• José Fernando Silva (GESC)
• Armando Cordeiro (GESC)
• Victor Pires (GESC)
• Joaquim Jorge (GI)

INESC-ID scientists included in the career-long database (16):

• Arlindo Oliveira (IDSS)
• Leonel Sousa (HPCAS)
• Ana Paiva (AIPS)
• Francisco Santos (AIPS)
• Susana Vinga (IDSS)
• João Paulo Carvalho (HLT)
• Luís Ferreira (SPS)
• Luís Caires (IDSS)
• Rui Castro (SPS)
• Miguel Pupo Correia (DPSS)
• Alberto Rodrigues da Silva (IDSS)
• Hugo Morais (SPS)
• Bruno Martins (HLT)
• José Tribolet (IDSS)
• José Fernando Silva (GESC)
• Joaquim Jorge (GI)

More about last year INESC ID awardees list.