Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

* Updated 29 October 2021, at 2:37 pm, to include the list of scientists with current data (2020)

* Updated 3 November 2021, at 2:32 pm, to update the number of scientists linked to UFSC. Previously, the news mentioned 26 researchers, and, in total, considering the two lists, UFSC has 33 people cited in the study.

The third update of a survey conducted by a team at Stanford University, in the United States, was published on the 19  October, containing data to the list of over 100,000 of the most influential scientists in the world. UFSC has 26 researchers on the new list, which includes a total of 812 Brazilian researchers. Data from the latest version of the survey, published in 2020, indicated 14 researchers from UFSC and 600 representatives from Brazil.

The study update uses citations from the Scopus database until August 2021. Data were compiled into two spreadsheets, with scientists ranked by the citations they received throughout their careers (download link) and another with scientists ranked by current data (download link).

The publication is from the Journal Plos Biology.The database created by Stanford University scientists has the world’s leading scientists based on standardized citation metrics such as citation information, H-index, co-authorship and a composite indicator.

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Scientific Careers

According to the study presented in the career ranking data table, which demonstrates the lifetime impact of research on scientists, UFSC has the following representatives (in the order they appear in the ranking):

1. Bernhard Welz, Department of Chemistry, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (CFM/UFSC)
2. Traugott Peter Wolf, Graduate Program in Medical Sciences, School of Health Sciences (CCS/UFSC)
3. Nicolas Garcia
4. Ruy Exel, Department of Mathematics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (CFM/UFSC)
5. Rui Daniel Schröder Prediger, Department of Pharmacology, School of Biological Sciences (CCB/UFSC)
6. Ivo Barbi, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, School of Technology (CTC/UFSC)
7. Enedir Ghisi, Department of Civil Engineering, School of Technology (CTC/UFSC)
8. Eduardo Carasek da Rocha, Department of Chemistry, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (CFM/UFSC)
9. Diego Augusto Santos Silva, Department of Physical Education, School of Sports (CDS)
10. Antonio Luiz Braga, Department of Chemistry, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (CFM/UFSC),
11. Newton C. A. da Costa, Department of Philosophy, School of Philosophy and Human Sciences (CFH)
12. Alexandre Trofino Neto, Department of Automation and Systems, School of Technology (CTC/UFSC)
13. Afonso Celso Dias Bainy, Department of Biochemistry, School of Biological Sciences (CCB/UFSC)
14. Christian Johann Losso Hermes, Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Technology (CTC/UFSC)
15. Adilson Jose Curtius, Department of Chemistry, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (CFM/UFSC)
16. Marcelo Farina, Department of Biochemistry, School of Biological Sciences (CCB/UFSC)
17. Jamil Assreuy Filho, Department of Pharmacology, School of Biological Sciences (CCB/UFSC)
18. Mauricio Laterça Martins, Department of Aquaculture, School of Agricultural Sciences (CCA/UFSC)
19. Dachamir Hotza, Department of Chemical Engineering and Food Engineering, School of Technology (CTC/UFSC)
20. Hazim Ali Al-Qureshi, Department of Mobility Engineering (Joinville/UFSC)
21. Cláudia Maria Oliveira Simões, Graduate Program in Pharmacy, School of Health Sciences (CCS/UFSC)
22. Denizar Martins, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, School of Technology (CTC/UFSC)
23. Débora de Oliveira, Department of Chemical Engineering and Food Engineering, School of Technology (CTC/UFSC)
24. Marcelo Lobo Heldwein, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, School of Technology (CTC/UFSC)

2020 (data collected until August 2021)

1. Diego Augusto Santos Silva, Department of Physical Education, School of Sports (CDS)
2. Enedir Ghisi, Department of Civil Engineering, School of Technology (CTC/UFSC)
3. Ruy Exel, Department of Mathematics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (CFM/UFSC)
4. Guilherme Luz Tortorella, Department of Production and Systems Engineering, School of Technology (CTC/UFSC)
5. Rui Daniel Schröder Prediger, Department of Pharmacology, School of Biological Sciences (CCB/UFSC)
6. Paulo Augusto Cauchick Miguel, Department of Production and Systems Engineering, School of Technology (CTC/UFSC)
7. Danilo Wilhelm Filho, School of Biological Sciences (CCB/UFSC)
8. Traugott Peter Wolf, Graduate Program in Medical Sciences, School of Health Sciences (CCS/UFSC)
9. Dachamir Hotza, Department of Chemical Engineering and Food Engineering, School of Technology (CTC/UFSC)
10. Marcelo Farina, Department of Biochemistry, School of Biological Sciences (CCB/UFSC)
11. Selene Maria Arruda Guelli Ulson de Souza, Department of Chemical Engineering and Food Engineering (CTC/UFSC)
12. Bernhard Welz, Department of Chemistry, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (CFM/UFSC)
13. Christian Johann Losso Hermes, Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Technology (CTC/UFSC)
14. Mauricio Laterça Martins, Department of Aquaculture, School of Agricultural Sciences (CCA/UFSC)
15. Eduardo Carasek da Rocha, Department of Chemistry, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (CFM/UFSC)
16. Graziela de Luca Canto, Department of Dentistry, School of Health Sciences (CCS/UFSC)
17. Fabiane Barreto Vavassori Benitti, Department of Informatics and Statistics, School of Technology (CTC/UFSC)
18. Antonio Luiz Braga, Department of Chemistry, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (CFM/UFSC),
19. Débora de Oliveira, Department of Chemical Engineering and Food Engineering, School of Technology (CTC/UFSC)
20. Ivo Barbi, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, School of Technology (CTC/UFSC)
21. Ione Jayce Ceola Schneider, Department of Health Sciences, School of Sciences, Technologies and Health of Campus Araranguá (CTS/UFSC)
22. Julio Elias Normey Rico, Department of Automation and Systems, School of Technology (CTC/UFSC)
23. Hazim Ali Al-Qureshi, Department of Mobility Engineering (Joinville/UFSC)
24. Maria Jose Hötzel, Department of Animal Sciences and Rural Development, School of Agricultural Sciences (CCA/UFSC)
25. Cláudia Maria Oliveira Simões, Graduate Program in Pharmacy, School of Health Sciences (CCS/UFSC)
26. Marcelo Lobo Heldwein, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, School of Technology (CTC/UFSC)

Placement of UFSC in the ranking

The 812 classified authors from Brazil represent different institutions, public and private. UFSC is in 19th place among the 20 institutions with the highest number of citations from Brazil. Check below the 20 institutions with the highest number of citations (as they appear in the ranking of scientific careers).

• Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho
• Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas
• Universidade Federal de Pelotas
• Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
• Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Da Amazônia
• Iguaçu University
• Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul
• Centro de Inovação e Ensaios Pré-Clínicos (CIEnP)
• Universidade de São Paulo – USP
• Brazil’s Hospital Premier
• Universidade Federal do Paraná
• Centro Nacional de Monitoramento e Alertas de Desastres Naturais (Cemaden)
• Universidade Estadual de Campinas
• Embrapa Arroz e Feijão
• Fundação Oswaldo Cruz
• Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
• Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
• Laboratório Nacional de Nanotecnologia
• Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
• Laboratório Nacional de Computação Cientifica, Petrópolis

The data includes all scientists who are among the top 100,000 most cited in all fields according to the composite citation index (when self-citations are included and/or when they are not included). In addition, in the update, the table also includes scientists who are not among the top 100,000 ranked according to the composite index, but are amidst the top 2% scientists in their main subfield discipline, in the midst of those who have published at least five articles.

Translated by SINTER/UFSC

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