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South African mining and metallurgy researchers ranked in the 2021 listing of the world's top 2% scientists

A recently updated database¹ from Stanford University lists the top 2% of science researchers in the world. This year, 26 South African scientists are recognized in the sub-discipline of Mining and Metallurgy, up by 24% from the previous rankings. It is also gratifying to see a significant increase in the number of women represented, as well as a wider range of academic institutions and commercial entities.

The research team, led by Professor John Ioannidis, created a database that includes the best scientists in the world, using standard citation indicators. The indicators take a range of factors into account, including the number of citations, h-index, citations of papers in different authorship positions, and a composite indicator. The database categorizes 186 000 scientists in 22 scientific fields and 176 sub-fields.

The South African scientists who featured in the Mining and Metallurgy ranking according to career-long citation impact are as follows.

Baas, J., Boyack, K., an Ioannidis, J.P.A. 2021. August 2021 data-update for "Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators". Mendeley Data, vol. 3, doi: 10.17632/btchxktzyw.3