The representatives of the authorities of the Fahrenheit Universities: the FarU Director Prof. Adriana Zaleska-Medynska of the University of Gdańsk and a member of the FarU Assembly, Prof. Piotr Stepnowski, Rector of the UG, ranked among the top 2 % scientists in the world, according to the ranking prepared by Stanford University in cooperation with the Elsevier and SciTech Strategies.

The prestigious circle of the most influential scientists now includes a total of over 60 scientists within the FarU. Among them, there are 34 researchers of the Gdańsk University of Technology, 15 of the University of Gdańsk and 13 of the Medical University of Gdańsk. In total, among nearly 160,000 best researchers in the world, there are 726 researchers who represent Poland. The list of all those distinguished is available here.

The TOP 2 % ranking evaluates the whole of the scientific achievements of the various researchers as per the bibliometric index, which takes into account the criteria such as the Hirsch index, the number of independent quotations and the scientist's role and position on the list of publication authors.

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