12/10/2026
The latest “World’s Top 2% Scientists” database update was released on 7 October 2026! It covers career-long citation data up to the end of 2025 and single-year citations received during 2025.
Selection is based on the top 100,000 scientists by composite citation score (with and without self-citations), or placement in the top 2% of their sub-field.
Researchers can check their names and celebrate their inclusion.
Congratulations to all those listed! 👏💐
Citation metrics are widely used and misused. We have created a publicly available database of top-cited scientists that provides standardized information on citations, h-index, co-authorship adjusted hm-index, citations to papers in different authorship positions and a composite indicator (c-score)...
