UFSC has 34 scientists ranked among the world’s most influential across 12 disciplines
In Chemistry alone, 13 UFSC researchers appear in the ranking, with more than 3,200 publications. Photo by Daiane Mayer/Agecom/UFSC
The Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC) has 34 scientists across 12 disciplines among the most influential in the world, according to the ranking Best Scientists in the World By Discipline 2025, published by Research.com, which measured and disclosed the impact of their work.
Compared to the 2023 edition, which included 26 UFSC researchers, this year’s ranking reflects an increase in citations of work associated with UFSC and its scholars, based on Research.com’s evaluation criteria. In the field of Chemistry alone, 13 researchers stood out, with a total of 3,264 publications recorded.
In the national ranking by discipline, UFSC ranks second in Electrical Engineering, third in Chemistry, and seventh in fields such as Medicine and Engineering and Technology.
According to Research.com, UFSC researchers have produced a total of 6,766 publications, with an average of 199 publications per researcher. The total number of citations among the highlighted scientists is 249,032, with an average of 7,324.47 citations per researcher.
List of UFSC scientists in the ranking
See the names cited in the ranking, as they appear on the platform. The disciplines, also defined by the platform, are listed below in alphabetical order.
Maurício Laterça Martins
Maria José Hötzel
Bernhard Welz (in memorian)
Antonio L. Braga
Rosendo A. Yunes
J. Vladimir Oliveira
Moacir Geraldo Pizzolatti
Debora de Oliveira
Ademir Neves (in memorian)
Eduardo Carasek
Regina de Fátima Peralta Muniz Moreira
Adailton J. Bortoluzzi
Roseane Fett
Valdir Soldi
Faruk Nome
Sergio R. Floeter
Paulo Antunes Horta
Malva Isabel Medina Hernández
Electronics and Electrical Engineering
Ivo Barbi
Julio E. Normey-Rico
Richard Demo Souza
Roberto Lamberts
Enedir Ghisi
Marcos L.S. Oliveira
Dachamir Hotza
Ruy Exel
João B. Calixto
Álvaro José Romanha (in memorian)
Neuroscience
Ana Lúcia S. Rodrigues
Reinaldo N. Takahashi
Roger Walz
Peter Wolf
Marcelo Maraschin
Miguel Pedro Guerra
About the platform
Research.com is an educational platform designed to helps students find the best schools, academic opportunities, and career paths. The platform features popular rankings of colleges and universities in the United States and other countries around the world, with an overview of each institution based on various metrics. In the 2024 ranking, UFSC ranked seventh in Brazil and fourth among Brazilian federal universities.
Translated by SINTER/UFSC.
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