
INESC ID researchers among the World’s Top 2% Most Influential Scientists
Stanford has released the World’s Top 2% Most Influential Scientists lists, featuring fourteen INESC ID researchers among the 200 thousand World’s most cited scientists.
This annual recognition comprises two lists naming top scientists, doctors, engineers, and mathematicians, one referring to 2022 most influential scientists and the other focusing on a career-long impact.
Compiled by Stanford University (USA) and published by Elsevier, scientists are classified in 22 scientific fields and 174 subfields. The lists are based on data from Scopus – the reference database of article abstracts and citations for journals and other academic publications – which covers nearly 36 377 titles (22,794 active titles and 13,583 inactive titles) from approximately 11,678 publishers.
This year, a total of fourteen INESC-ID researchers have been appointed, some of them featuring in both categories:
INESC ID’s most influential scientists in 2022 (7):
- Ana Paiva
- Arlindo Oliveira;
- Francisco C. Santos;
- Gil Marques
- José Fernando Silva;
- Leonel Sousa;
- Miguel Correia;
INESC ID scientists included in the career-long database (14:
- Alberto Rodrigues da Silva;
- Ana Paiva
- Arlindo Oliveira;
- Francisco C. Santos;
- Gil Marques
- Hugo Morais;
- João Paulo Carvalho;
- Joaquim Jorge;
- José Fernando Silva;
- Leonel Sousa;
- Luís Caires (joined INESC ID and Técnico in 2023, previously FCT NOVA faculty)
- Luís Correia;
- Luís Ferreira;
- Victor Fernão Pires.
More about last year INESC ID awardees list.
Most influential 2022 scientists (full lists)
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The INESC Winter Meeting, organized in collaboration with INESC Holding, is scheduled for January 25th and 26th, 2024, and it will be held in the city of Porto.
On January 25th, the primary goal is to bring together individuals from all five INESC institutes, fostering an environment that encourages networking, forging new connections, and collectively engaging in a forward-thinking exercise regarding the future of our research fields and the positioning of the INESC group within the European landscape.
There will be a welcome lunch, followed by an afternoon dedicated to collaboration, openness, and curiosity. The event will have a participatory approach, and will be guided by Dirk Stockmans, a highly experienced facilitator who has worked for the European Commission for the last 30 years.
Furthermore, all INESC researchers are invited to submit proposals for e-posters to be displayed at the Winter Meeting. Deadline for submissions is December 10 and more information is available here.
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Preliminary agenda