On Wednesday, November 22, during the meeting of the Senate of the Cracow University of Technology, the Rector, Professor Andrzej Szarata, presented congratulatory letters to the University's researchers who were included in this year's edition of the prestigious TOP 2% ranking of the most cited scientists in the world. The ranking was compiled by analysts from Stanford University and the Elsevier publishing house.
The World's Top 2% Scientists 2023 ranking includes the names of 2% of the world's scientists whose publications are most frequently cited by other authors. The most recent lists were published at the beginning of October this year. The first takes into account the scientific output of researchers from the beginning of their scientific careers to the end of 2022, while the second takes into account their scientific achievements in 2022. Data from the Scopus database, provided by Elsevier Publishers via the ICSR Lab, was used to prepare the lists (John P. A. Ioannidis 2023), October 2023 data update for 'Updated science-wide author databases of standardised citation indicators', Elsevier Data Repository (V6, doi: 10.17632/btchxktzyw.6). Complex bibliometric criteria were taken into account, determined, among others, by indicators such as Hirsch (h-index) and Schreiber (hm-index) indices, total number of citations or citations taking into account the author's position among the co-authors of the publication.
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For yet another year in a row, scientists from the Cracow University of Technology found themselves in the rankings of the world's most cited authors of scientific publications. - This exceptional distinction is undoubtedly a reason for satisfaction with achievements to date, but it is also a motivation for further research activity and for reaching new heights on the path of the scientific career. I have no doubt that this well-deserved prestige as well as your ambition, diligence and extraordinary talent, will bear fruit in the form of further valuable publications, and therewith awards and distinctions,' wrote the Rector of the Cracow University of Technology in his congratulatory letters. In the 2022 list, the highest-ranked author from the CUT is dr hab. inż. Paweł Pławiak, Prof. of CUT, dean of the Faculty of Computer Science and Telecommunications. In total, there are 15 representatives of the University in the ranking for 2022. In the ranking taking into account all scientific achievements, the highest position is held by prof. dr hab. inż. Krzysztof Pielichowski, Head of the Department of Polymer Chemistry and Technology at the Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology of the CUT. A total of 14 representatives of the Crakow University of Technology were included in this ranking.
Researchers from the Cracow University of Technology in the TOP 2% ranking for 2022
(by position occupied in the TOP 2% list)
- Dr hab. inż. Paweł Pławiak, Prof. of CUT (Faculty of Computer Science and Telecommunications)
- Dr hab. inż. Izabela Hager, Prof. of CUT (Faculty Of Civil Engineering)
- dr hab. inż. Krzysztof Pielichowski (Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology)
- Dr Zhang Xiao (Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology)
- dr hab. inż. Dawid Taler (Faculty of Environmental Engineering and Energy)
- Dr inż. Reza Teimouri (Faculty of Mechanical Engineering)
- dr hab. inż. Paweł Ocłoń (Faculty of Environmental Engineering and Energy)
- dr hab. inż. Dawid Taler (Faculty of Environmental Engineering and Energy)
- dr hab. Stanisław Drożdż (Faculty of Computer Science and Telecommunications)
- Dr inż. Kinga Korniejenko (Faculty of Materials Engineering and Physics)
- dr hab. inż. Radomir Jasiński (Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology)
- dr hab. inż. Dariusz Bogdał (Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology)
- dr hab. inż. Aleksander Muc (Faculty of Materials Engineering and Physics)
- Dr hab. inż. Michał Łach, Prof. of CUT (Faculty of Materials Engineering and Physics)
- Dr hab. inż. Sławomir Wybraniec, Prof. of CUT (Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology)
More than 210,000 scientists from around the world were classified on the list, including 1,142 with a Polish affiliation.
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Researchers from the Cracow University of Technology in the TOP 2% ranking, taking into account the total output
(by position occupied in the TOP 2% list)
- dr hab. inż. Krzysztof Pielichowski (Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology)
- dr hab. inż. Dariusz Bogdał (Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology)
- dr hab. inż. Dawid Taler (Faculty of Environmental Engineering and Energy)
- dr hab. inż. Dawid Taler (Faculty of Environmental Engineering and Energy)
- dr hab. inż. Jarosław Handzlik (Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology)
- Dr hab. inż. Paweł Pławiak, Prof. of CUT (Faculty of Computer Science and Telecommunications)
- Dr Marek Malinowski, Prof. of CUT (Faculty of Computer Science and Telecommunications)
- Dr hab. inż. Lesław Bieniasz, Prof. of CUT (Faculty of Computer Science and Telecommunications)
- Dr hab. inż. Sławomir Wybraniec, Prof. of CUT (Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology)
- dr hab. inż. Radomir Jasiński (Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology)
- Dr hab. inż. Izabela Hager, Prof. of CUT (Faculty Of Civil Engineering)
- dr hab. inż. Aleksander Muc (Faculty of Materials Engineering and Physics)
- dr hab. inż. Edyta Plebankiewicz (Faculty of Civil Engineering)
- Dr hab. Joanna Kołodziej, Prof. of CUT (Faculty of Computer Science and Telecommunications)
The list includes more than 204,000 scientists from around the world, including 1,119 from Poland.
Detailed TOP 2% rankings of the World's Most Cited Scientists
During the meeting of the Senate of the CUT on November 22, congratulatory letters were received by: dr hab. inż. Lesław Bieniasz, Prof. of CUT, prof. dr hab. inż. Dariusz Bogdał, prof. dr hab. Stanisław Drożdż, dr hab. inż. Izabela Hager, Prof. of CUT, prof. dr hab. inż. Jarosław Handzlik, dr Marek Malinowski, Prof. of CUT, prof. dr hab. inż. Paweł Ocłoń, prof. dr hab. inż. Krzysztof Pielichowski, dr hab. inż. Paweł Pławiak, Prof. of CUT, prof. dr hab. inż. Jan Taler, prof. dr hab. inż. Dawid Taler, dr inż. Reza Teimouri, dr hab. inż. Sławomir Wybraniec, Prof. of CUT, dr Zhang Xiao. The other scientists ranked in the TOP 2% will receive congratulatory letters from the Rector of the University at the December Senate meeting.
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Congratulations from the Rector, Professor Andrzej Szarata, were also received on Wednesday by students of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Dorota Zawadzka and Krzysztof Swałdek - winners of the first prize in the nationwide PKP Intercity competition "Kolej na naukę - #IC2030". The students are the authors of the "Solar energy support system for passenger carriages" project.
(authors: bk, mas; transl.: M.M.)
Photo Jan Zych