The much-anticipated Stanford/Elsevier Top 2% Scientists List for 2025 has been officially released! This prestigious list highlights the world’s leading scientists who have made a substantial impact in their respective fields through their citation influence. For researchers, institutions, and science enthusiasts alike, this is a vital resource to recognize excellence and track cutting-edge scientific contributions.
What Is the Top 2% Scientists List?
Developed jointly by Stanford University and Elsevier, this list identifies the top 2% of scientists worldwide by standardized citation metrics.
It evaluates research impact using career-long and single-year citation data across 22 scientific fields and 174 sub-fields to ensure fair and comprehensive representation. The selection metric—the composite indicator (c-score)—accounts for the number of citations, co-authorship adjustments, and authorship positions, focusing on meaningful impact rather than just productivity.
By being included in this list, scientists receive global recognition for advancing knowledge and influencing their scientific communities.
2025 Data Highlights and Methodology
The 2025 update uses data indexed by Scopus as of August 1, 2025, covering citations up to the end of 2024. This version is based on a snapshot of over 100,000 top scientists based on their composite citation scores. It offers:
- Career-long citation impact data
- Recent single-year citation metrics for 2024
- Metrics adjusted for self-citations
- Classification of scientists into detailed scientific subfields
- Information on retracted papers and adjustments for their citations
This effort reflects a transparent and rigorous approach, helping avoid common pitfalls in citation analysis while emphasizing fair evaluation across disciplines.
New User-Friendly Search Tool
To make this extensive database more accessible, the user-friendly search tool previously hosted on topresearcherslist has moved to https://topscinet.com/. Researchers can now:
- Search for themselves or their peers by name or institution
- Check their ranking in career-long or single-year impact
- Claim and customize their profiles with institutional and social media links
- Explore top scientists across various fields and subfields with ease
This dynamic platform empowers the scientific community and institutions to showcase excellence and foster collaboration globally.
TOPSCINET
Scientists included in the Top 2% list are encouraged to claim and update their profiles at TOPSCINET to maximize visibility and impact. For those not yet on the list, understanding the metrics and methodology can guide future research focus and publication strategies.
Congratulations to all researchers recognized for their outstanding contributions in 2025. Your dedication fuels progress and innovation worldwide!
For detailed information and to browse the full 2025 Top 2% Scientists List, please visit the official dataset here.
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Searchable Database for Top 2% Scientists
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Please send me lists of Stanford top 2% scientists
You can find the data at this website: https://topscinet.com/
Hemaid I.A.Soliman
research gate
How can I obtain a certificate recognizing me among the top 2% of researchers worldwide?
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There’s a mistake for the institute of Professor Liu, Chuang, as his institute should be Northwestern Polytechnical University.
Please confirm and correct. Perhaps a recently published article was mistaken for being by the same person, leading to misidentification.
Thanks.
449286 Liu, Chuang Harbin Institute of Technology
Looking forward to your reply.
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Hi, I noticed that there two similar names for my profile. How can I merge it into one profile?
We have merged your profiles, your career certificate is also available to download.
I am Unable to download my 2025 Certificate
Dears,
The web is not open for me? I want to download certificate.
My name is listed twice in the list, once in 85845 rank and other in 94192 rank? .
Is it possible to change it to show a single name with a single rank?
J. Judith Vijaya, Department of Chemistry, Loyola College, Chennai 34, Tamil Nadu, India.
We have merged your profiles.
The link doesn’t work.
I have a question bout this list. I have many articles and citations but why I am not listed in this list. Where this system takes this information.
how to update the picture and include the other years – – – I have been included from 2020 to 2025 – – but it only shows 20225
We have merged your profiles, now you can update your profile picture. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWKyzGKTwAk
There is a mistake in one of the names. My name should be Subba Rao, N. But it is Subba Rao, N.V. (3105) How do I change it?. Please let me know.
There is a mistake in one of the names.
I am Prof. Subba Rao, N. , Andhra University, India
My name should be Subba Rao, N.
But it is Subba Rao, N.V. (3105).
It leads to misidentification.
Please see the following in this regard —
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=dqq7R4sAAAAJ&hl=en
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4686-3480
Please correct it in the Top 2% list 2025 and confirm it for me.
We have merged your profiles, you can claim it using your institutional email address. For the claiming process: https://top2percentscientists.com/claim-your-top-2-scientists-profile-on-topscinet-2025/
This is my information
I claimed my profile since yesterday and have not gotten any response. Even though the affiliation is wrong, I have already updated my SCOPUS account. Kindly check the status of my claim.
My name is not listed for the year 2025
but it is listed for years 2022, 2023, 2024
I believe there is a mistake
Scopus ID: 8898843900
0000-0002-6862-1634
My institute address is changed in the current year list as
Govt. College of Engineering, Kalahandi
in place of Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology, Sarang.
Please do the necessary changes
My name: Sunil Kumar Tripathy ( last year it appeared as Tripathy, S.K.)
How to Update Your Institute and Research Fields on TOPSCINET: https://top2percentscientists.com/how-to-update-your-institute-and-research-fields-on-topscinet/
I am Jamshed Ali, Assistant Professor at the Institute of Chemistry, Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur-66020, Pakistan. My name is not listed in the Stanford/Elsevier Top 2% Scientists List for the year 2025. However, I have published 50 articles, with more than 1,200 citations, an H-index of 19, and an i10-index of 38, according to Google Scholar (https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=r_XVodgAAAAJ).
My Scopus ID is 56372237800, and my ORCID ID is 0000-0002-0631-2297. I believe there may be a mistake. Kindly review and update my profile.
Thank you.
I am Prakash Chandra Sahu, from IIT, Bhubaneswar with good publications in the year2024 and 2025. Having citations of 1668 with i10 index-48 and hindex-22. Comparing with my colloquies (those are in 2%) i have good publications and citations, but my name is not appearing in 2%. Can you suggest. Scopus ID: 57211849897
My name is not listed for the year 2025
but it is listed for years 2022, 2023, 2024
I believe there is a mistake
Scopus ID: 8898843900
Orcid ID: 0000-0002-6862-1634
I have published till now 160 papers with total citations of 2972 in 1901 papers
My colleague published 75 papers with total citations 938 in 628 papers
So, I am sure there is a mistake
I will appreciate checking this and reply ((TopAdmin))