Fifty-eight University of Southern Queensland (UniSQ) researchers have been recognised among the world's most-cited scientists in the latest Stanford/Elsevier global rankings, highlighting the University's research influence across a diverse range of disciplines.
The annual rankings recognise researchers whose published work has been widely cited by other scientists, reflecting their influence within their respective fields.
UniSQ researchers recognised in the latest rankings span 13 fields, including engineering, information and communication technologies, clinical medicine, economics and business, public health, environmental sciences, chemistry, psychology, physics and the social sciences.
Professor Rajendra Acharya was UniSQ's highest-ranked researcher, placing 1,492nd globally in Information and Communication Technologies.
Other highly ranked UniSQ researchers included Professor Stuart Biddle, ranked 3,005th globally in Clinical Medicine; Professor Mafiz Rahman, ranked 4,078th globally in Economics and Business; and Professor Hao Wang, ranked 4,135th globally in Enabling and Strategic Technologies.
The results demonstrate the breadth of research expertise across UniSQ's academic schools and research institutes, including the School of Science, Engineering and Digital Technologies, School of Business, Law, Humanities and Pathways, Institute for Health, and Institute for Agriculture, Climate and Environment.
The Stanford/Elsevier rankings draw on Scopus data and assess both career-long research impact and citations received during the 2025 calendar year.
Researchers are classified across 20 broad scientific fields and 174 subfields, with selection based on either placement among the top 100,000 scientists by composite citation score or a ranking within the top 2% of their subfield.
The database uses a composite citation indicator incorporating citation numbers, h-index, co-authorship-adjusted impact and citations to publications where the researcher is the single, first or last author. The composite score focuses on research influence rather than publication volume alone.
While citation-based rankings provide a measure of research influence, they should be considered alongside other evidence of research quality, contribution and impact.
The recognition reflects the quality, influence and global reach of research undertaken across UniSQ and the contributions of its researchers to advancing knowledge in their respective fields.
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