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The 2026 ranking of the world’s most influential scientists, compiled by Prof. John P. A. Ioannidis and colleagues at Stanford University (US) in collaboration with Elsevier, was officially released in early October 2026.

Four DTU scientists are among the world’s 10,000 most

influential scientists in 2026, according to Elsevier. Photo: DTU

The ranking is based on Elsevier’s Scopus database, which covers more than 7 million scientists worldwide. Scientists are classified into 20 major fields and 174 subfields. Only those in the top 2% in their fields or among the 100,000 researchers with the highest c-scores are included in the list.

The ranking is split into two separate lists:

    2025 single-year: based on the preceding year, generally associated with affiliation;
    career-long: work throughout a career, including at multiple educational and research institutions.

According to the announcement, Vietnam has 280 scientists from 70 educational and research institutions in the 2025 single-year ranking and 121 scientists from 40 educational institutions in the career-long ranking.

Duy Tan University (DTU) is honored to have numerous scientists in both rankings: 27 scientists listed for 2025 single-year achievements and 13 for career-long achievement.

Four of the 27 DTU scientists in the 2025 single-year ranking are among the world top 10,000, while 11 are among the top 100,000. The four highest-ranked DTU scientists in this list are:

    Dr. Tran Nguyen Hai, specializing in environmental technology, currently working at the DTU Institute of Fundamental & Applied Sciences (IFAS).
    Dr. Hoang Nhat Duc, specializing in civil engineering, currently working at the DTU Institute of Research & Development (IRD).
    Dr. Tolulope Joshua Ashaolu, specializing in biotechnology, currently working at the DTU Institute of Research & Development.
    Dr. Anand Nayyar, specializing in computer science and AI, currently working at the DTU School of Data and AI (SDA).

In the career-long ranking, DTU has 13 of its people, including six in the world top 100,000 based on Elsevier’s citation-based metrics.

(Media Center)