Eighty one (81) Pakistani academics have figured in the list of the world’s top two per cent scientists in a global list issued by the United States’ Stanford University. The global list, compiled by Prof John Ioannidis and his team, carries names of 159,683 people from all scientific disciplines.

All these authors have been selected on the basis of an international evaluation of their research papers and classified based on career-long citation impact until the end of 2019 as well as for their citation impact in a single year (2019).

Eighty one (81) Pakistani scientists have figured in the list for their career-long citation impact while 243 Pakistani scientists have been included for citation impact in a single year. A report on this list has been recently published in PLOS Biology.

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