St Petersburg University researchers included in the ranking of the best scientists in the world in 2022

The inclusion criteria for scholars to be considered for the ranking of top scientists are based on their h-index, the proportion of publications in international journals, the citation of authors, and the awards and achievements of scientists. The authors of the ranking studied more than 168 thousand researchers. The list of the best scientists includes 14 scientists from St Petersburg University. They are scientists in mathematics; physics; medicine; genetics and molecular biology; chemistry; materials science; Earth sciences; electronics; and engineering sciences.

Positions of St Petersburg University in the world ranking of the Research.com

According to the Research.com, the total number of all publications of the leading scientists at St Petersburg University that were taken into account in the ranking, is 3,162, with an average value of publications per scientist of 225.86. The total number of citations by the University scientists is 185,967, with an average value of 13,283 citations per scientist.

St Petersburg University is a leading university in terms of the number of mathematicians included in the world ranking of the best scientists. Nikolay Kuznetsov, Head of the Department of Applied Cybernetics at St Petersburg University, received the title of Best Mathematics Scientist in Russia, according to the Research.com. He is the third among Russian scientists and 313th in the world in the field of mathematics. It is the best result among the St Petersburg University scientists. In the new ranking, the St Petersburg University mathematician is included in the list of the world’s best electronics scientists, ranking sixth among Russian scientists in this list.

Recently, an international scientific group led by Nikolay Kuznetsov proved the existence of hidden points of attraction in an electrical circuit as part of the development of the theory of hidden oscillations. He has been among the most cited scientists in the world according to the Web of Science Highly Cited Researchers ranking for several years. In 2020, Nikolay Kuznetsov became the youngest external member of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters. Last year, he was elected a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and received the Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class.

The list of the best mathematicians also includes St Petersburg University Professor Gennady Leonov, who passed away in 2018. He takes 13th place in Russia and 1059th place in the world. The list also has Mikhail Ioffe, Head of the Department of High Energy Physics and Elementary Particles at St Petersburg University. He takes 24th place among Russian mathematicians and 1949th place in the world ranking.

Among the best scientists in Russia and the world who work at St Petersburg University is Raul Gainetdinov, Director of the Institute of Translational Biomedicine at St Petersburg University. His h-index is 91. He is St Petersburg University Professor and has recently received the President’s Commendation. He is the best Russian Medicine Scientist. Last year, a scientific group, which included the Professor of St Petersburg University, found a new way to partially restore memory in Alzheimer’s disease.

Alla Lapidus, Deputy Director of the Centre for Algorithmic Biotechnology at the Institute of Translational Biomedicine at St Petersburg University, is the best Russian Geneticist and Molecular Biology Scientist. She takes the 3rd place in Russia and 922nd place in the world. She is the head of the groups of bioinformaticians at the University who have developed an assembler for deciphering the genomes of coronaviruses.

The international ranking of the research portal Research.com also includes:

• Valeri Larionov, Chief Research Associate in the Department of Astrophysics at St Petersburg University; he takes the 6th place in Physics in Russia and 1013th place in the world
• Vadim Kukushkin, Professor of St Petersburg University; he takes the 6th place in Chemistry in Russia; he has also received the title of the Best Chemistry Scientist; he takes 3689th place in the world
• Viktor Sergeev, Professor in the Department of Earth Physics at St Petersburg University; he is the Best Earth Sciences Scientist in Russia; he takes 2nd place in Russia and 858th place in the world
• Vladimir Dubrovskii, Professor in the Department of Solid-State Physics at St Petersburg University, Head of the Laboratory of Physics of Semiconductor Nanostructures at St Petersburg University; he is the Best Materials Science Scientist in Russia; he takes 10th place in Russia and 4425th in the world
• Aleksandr Fradkov, Professor in the Department of Theoretical Cybernetics at St Petersburg University; he is the Best Electronics and Electrical Engineering Scientist in Russia; he takes 3rd place in Russia and 1983rd place in the world
• Andrey Legin, Associate Professor in the Department of Radiochemistry at St Petersburg University; he takes 38th place in Chemistry in Russia and 10558th place in the world
• Nikolai Tsyganenko, Associate Professor in the Department of Earth Physics at St Petersburg University; he takes 9th place in Earth Sciences in Russia and 3516th place in the world
• Alexey Matveev, Professor in the Department of Theoretical Cybernetics at St Petersburg University; he takes 8th place in Electronics and Electrical Engineering in Russia and 4410th place in the world
• Anatoly Zaitsev, Professor in the Department of Mineralogy at St Petersburg University; he takes 17th place in Earth Sciences in Russia and 5888th place in the world