ARU academics among world's most-cited researchers
Sixteen academics, including six who explore artificial intelligence, appear on annual list
We're proud that 16 of our academics have been named in the prestigious World’s Top 2% Most-Cited Scientists 2025 list, prepared by Stanford University and Elsevier (Ioannidis, 2025).
This international recognition highlights the global impact, visibility, and quality of ARU’s research across disciplines – from science and technology to business and health.
A special highlight is artificial intelligence research at ARU. Six of our AI scientists feature in this global Top 2% list, underlining the scale, influence, and impact of our work in one of the world’s most impactful fields.
Those listed are:
- Imran Ahmed – School of Computing and Information Science
- Eldré W Beukes – School of Psychology, Sport and Sensory Science
- Zareen P Bharucha – Global Sustainability Institute
- Clive R Boddy – School of Management
- Marcian N Cirstea – School of Computing and Information Science
- Manoj Kumar Dora – School of Management
- Nick Drydakis – School of Economics, Finance and Law
- Oliver Faust – School of Computing and Information Science
- Dannielle S Green – School of Life Sciences
- Man-Fai Leung – School of Computing and Information Science
- Andrew McVicar – School of Nursing
- Yonghong Peng – School of Computing and Information Science
- Segun I Popoola – School of Computing and Information Science
- Lee Smith – School of Psychology, Sport and Sensory Science
- Justin Stebbing – School of Life Sciences
- Viren Swami – School of Psychology, Sport and Sensory Science
Our AI scientists are Imran Ahmed, Marcian Cirstea, Oliver Faust, Man-Fai Leung, Yonghong Peng and Segun I Popoola.