Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

The ranking produces two lists of scientific impact: one with career-long data and the other with single recent year (2024) data. Photo: UFSC

The Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) currently has 35 researchers recognized among the most influential in the world. This recognition comes from an updated international ranking released by Elsevier, a Dutch company specializing in scientific and technical publishing. The ranking considers the 100,000 scientists who are best positioned according to the established criteria or who stand out in a specific sub-field.

The methodology relies on a “composite indicator” – c-score, which evaluates researchers based on citation counts, citation distribution across publications, and other metrics. Self-citations and formally retracted papers, when applicable, are also considered as controls in the calculation.

Research output through 2024

The Updated Science-Wide Author Databases of Standardized Citation Indicators was published on 19 September. It presents two lists of the world’s most influential researchers: one based on career-long impact and another based solely on their scientific impact in 2024. UFSC has 35 researchers on the career-long impact list and 32 on the 2024 single-year list, with 16 appearing on both.

Researchers are ranked according to their c-score. The highest-ranked UFSC researcher on the career-long impact list is 44,768^th globally, while on the single-year impact list, the university’s top researcher ranks 16,457th.

The ranking spans 22 scientific fields and 174 sub-fields. Metrics were sourced from the Scopus citation database, based on the 1 August 2025 snapshot and updated to end of citation year 2024.

UFSC most influential researchers  – Career-long impact

* Names appearing on both lists

1. Bernhard Welz
2.  Traugott Peter Wolf
3. Diego Augusto Santos Silva*
4.  Ruy Exel*
5. Enedir Ghisi*
6. Rui Daniel Schröder Prediger*
7. Ivo Barbi*
8. Paulo Augusto Cauchick Miguel*
9. Danilo Wilhelm-Filho*
10. Eduardo Carasek da Rocha*
11. Antônio Luiz Braga*
12. Dachamir Hotza*
13. Christian Johann Losso Hermes*
14. Maurício Laterça Martins*
15. Newton Carneiro Affonso da Costa
16. Rosendo Augusto Yunes
17. Afonso Celso Dias Bainy
18. Alexandre Trofino Neto
19. Marcelo Farina*
20. Hazim Ali al-Qureshi
21. Carlos Brisola Marcondes
22. Jamil Assreuy
23. Adilson José Curtius
24. Glen G Langdon
25. Cláudia Maria Oliveira Simões
26. Débora de Oliveira *
27. Denizar Cruz Martins
28. Jader Riso Barbosa Jr
29. Eduardo Camponogara
30. Maria José Hötzel*
31. Maique Weber Biavatti
32. Fabiane Barreto Vavassori Benitti*
33. Ricardo Rüther
34. Moacir Geraldo Pizzolatti
35. Boris Juam Carlos Ugarte Stambuk

UFSC most influential researchers – 2024 impact

* Names appearing on both lists

1. Diego Augusto Santos Silva*
2. Tiago Olivoto
3. Enedir Ghisi*
4. Dachamir Hotza*
5. Ângelo Paggi Matos
6. Paulo Augusto Cauchick Miguel*
7. Ruy Exel *
8. German Ayala-Valencia
9. Graziela De Luca Canto
10. Marcelo Farina*
11. Rui Daniel Schröder Prediger*
12. João Luiz Dornelles Bastos
13. Rafael Cypriano Dutra
14. Débora de Oliveira*
15. Sandra Regina Salvador Ferreira
16. Sergio Ricardo Floeter
17. Christian Johann Losso Hermes*
18. Eduardo Carasek da Rocha*
19. Maria José Hötzel*
20. Danilo Wilhelm-Filho*
21. Bruno Alexandre Pacheco De Castro Henriques
22. Fabiane Barreto Vavassori Benitti*
23. Marcia Barbosa Henriques Mantelli
24. Maurício Laterça Martins*
25. Enzo Morosini Frazzon
26. Antônio Luiz Braga*
27. Ivo Barbi*
28. Luísa Mota da Silva
29. Ione Jayce Ceola Schneider
30. Fernanda Weber Mello
31. Telles Brunelli Lazzarin
32. Louis Pergaud Sandjo

Translated by SINTER/UFSC.

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