The largest international scientific publishing house Elsevier has updated the top 2% of the most cited scientists in the world, including eight scientists from Saratov State University.
‘The ranking of Elsevier international publishing house is fairly new, but at the same time an up-to-date ranking that allows us to assess the role of research, including at our university, among other global competitors. Such a ranking is carried out according to the Scopus international database, starting in 2019, and now it is the sixth edition of this rating. The scientists included into the Elsevier ranking are mainly physicists, mathematicians, and chemists, known both in our country and abroad. Their research is carried out as part of all three R&D strategic projects of the Priority 2030 programme, which once again underlines the demand for research conducted at our university by the world scientific community,’ Olga Moskalenko, Head of the Office of Research, Professor of the Department of Open Systems Physics, explained.
The Elsevier citation ranking uses the Scopus/Elsevier core which is based on data for 2022 and for the entire period of work of scientists. According to the first indicator, the top 2% included the following SSU scientists – Valerii Tuchin, Vyacheslav Yurko, Sergei Buterin, Alexander Sadovnikov, Elina Genina, and Nikolai Khlebtsov. The ranking, based on the number of citations for the entire scientific career of each scientist, included Valerii Tuchin, Vyacheslav Yurko, Igor Nefedov, Irina Goryacheva, Elina Genina, and Nikolai Khlebtsov.
‘2% in all sciences is not bad at all. For SSU, this means a high level of science, in this case natural sciences, including physics, mathematics, and chemistry. Perhaps, this will attract new applicants to the natural science courses,’ Valerii Tuchin said.
Valerii Tuchin – Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Chair of the Department of Optics and Biophotonics, Chief Researcher of the Laboratory of Biomedical Photoacoustics, Head of the Research Medical Centre, SSU. He manages the Technologies of Personalised Medicine strategic project of the Priority 2030 programme. Due to the technologies developed as part of the project, the scientists will be able to monitor oncological, infectious, and cardiovascular diseases in outpatient and home settings, deliver medicines in pathological areas, restore the reserve capabilities of the brain during sleep, and adjust treatment to the individual characteristics of the patient.
Vyacheslav Yurko – Chair of the Department of Mathematical Physics and Numerical Analysis. His research is devoted to boundary value problems on spatial networks, applications of spectral theory, as well as theory of differential and integral equations in natural sciences and engineering. His research papers have been widely recognised in Russia and abroad, the scientist has been awarded with more than 60 grants from international and Russian scientific foundations.
Sergei Buterin – Associate Professor of the Department of Mathematical Physics and Numerical Analysis. His research is connected with spectral theory, differential equations, and inverse issues. Sergei Buterin is the author of more than a hundred research papers. The scientist has received several grants from Russian and foreign scientific foundations, including grants from the President of the Russian Federation, the Russian Ministry of Higher Education and Science, Russian Foundation for Basic Research, and Russian Science Foundation.
Alexander Sadovnikov – Deputy Director of the Research Institute of Mechanics and Physics, Senior Researcher at the Metamaterials Laboratory, Associate Professor of the Department of Open Systems Physics, the Institute of Physics. He is the author of more than 60 research papers in domestic and world scientific journals, the owner of more than 10 patents for inventions and utility models. Alexander Sadovnikov is implementing strategic projects of the Priority 2030 programme. Thanks to the research of Alexander Sadovnikov and his colleagues, Saratov State University holds a leading position in Russia in the study of magnetic metamaterials.
Elina Genina – Professor of the Department of Optics and Biophotonics, the Institute of Physics. Her research includes biological and medical physics, biophotonics, optics of biological tissues, spectroscopy and phototherapy. She has been managing grant projects, including the study of pathological skin formations in vivo for optical diagnostics and therapy, and the development of optical technologies for biomedical imaging, diagnostics, and laser therapy. Elina Genina is a member of the editorial boards of prestigious biomedical journals.
Irina Goryacheva – Director of the Institute of Chemistry, Chair of the Department of General and Inorganic Chemistry. She is the winner of many grant competitions, including the Russian Academy of Sciences, RFBR, and the Russian Ministry of Higher Education and Science. Irina Goryacheva manages the Chemistry and New Materials strategic project of the Priority 2030 programme. The project participants develop modern multifunctional substances and materials, resource-saving chemical technologies and high-tech solutions for industry, medicine, and ecology.
Igor Nefedov – Leading Researcher at the Metamaterials Laboratory. His research focuses on the properties of carbon nanotubes and graphene. He studies the influence of various parameters of these promising materials on the characteristics of electronic devices. Igor Nefedov’s research is of great importance for the development of technologies based on carbon nanotubes and optimisation of the use of nanostructures in various electronic devices.
Nikolai Khlebtsov – Honoured Scientist of the Russian Federation, Professor of the Department of Materials Sciences and Technologies and Quality Management, Head of the Laboratory of Nanobiotechnology, the Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Plants and Microorganisms, the Russian Academy of Sciences. He focuses on the synthesis and study of the properties of nanoparticles with plasmon resonance, methods of nanobiotechnology, development of programmes for electrodynamic modelling of nanostructures, and carries out the experimental studies of nanoparticles. Nikolai Khlebtsov and his colleagues are developing the fundamental principles of the synthesis of new nanomaterials and their application in biology and biomedicine.
