The Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM) of the University of Aveiro stands out in 2024 as one of the major hubs of scientific excellence worldwide.
The latest Stanford World’s Top 2% Scientists ranking, based on citation metrics from the Scopus (Elsevier) database, highlights a record number of CESAM researchers: 15 in the career-long Top 2% and 26 in the Top 2% for 2024.
International recognition
The study, coordinated by John Ioannidis (Stanford University, USA), evaluates 22 scientific fields and 174 subfields, considering robust indicators such as the h-index, h-m index adjusted for co-authorship, and citations weighted by authorship position, ensuring an independent and global assessment of scientific relevance.
CESAM Researchers – Top 2% Career-Long
(Alphabetical order)
Adelaide P. Almeida, Alisa M. Rudnitskaya, Amadeu M. V. M. Soares, Ana Cláudia Dias, Armando C. Duarte, B. André Fernandes De Jesus Da Silva Nunes, Célia Anjos Alves, Daniël Francis Richard Cleary, João Pinto da Costa, Mónica João de Barros Amorim, Ricardo Calado, Rosa Freitas, Rosário Marques Domingues, Susana Loureiro, Teresa A. P. Rocha-Santos.
CESAM Researchers – Top 2% Impact in 2024
(Alphabetical order)
Adelaide P. Almeida, Alisa M. Rudnitskaya, Ana Luísa Patrício Silva, Armando C. Duarte, Artur Alves, B. André Fernandes De Jesus Da Silva Nunes, Célia Anjos Alves, Daniël Francis Richard Cleary, David Carvalho, João Pinto da Costa, João Serôdio, Luís A. C. Tarelho, Marco L. Fernandes, Miguel Oliveira, Ricardo Calado, Rosa Freitas, Rosário Marques Domingues, Teresa A. P. Rocha-Santos.
Excellence with Global Impact
The strong presence of CESAM in this ranking confirms its national leadership and international prominence in critical areas such as ecology, functional biodiversity, marine sciences and coastal ecosystems, biochemistry, environmental chemistry, marine chemistry, analytical chemistry applied to the environment, environmental health and ecotoxicology, integrated environmental systems, interdisciplinary approaches, oceanography, environmental toxicology, and climate change.
CESAM Director Amadeu Soares emphasized the significance of this achievement, stating that “This international recognition reaffirms the excellence of our fundamental and applied research which, in all its dimensions, is caring for the future.”
This underscores the center’s commitment to producing world-class science with national and international impact, reinforcing its pivotal role in building a sustainable future.
Original news source: Notícias UA, September 23, 2025