{
  "id": 16860348,
  "title": "Kookmin University professor named to World's Top 2% Scientists list for 6th straight year",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/kookmin-university-professor-named-to-worlds-top-2-scientists-list",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-28T06:42:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/education/20261028/kookmin-university-professor-named-to-worlds-top-2-scientists-list-for-6th-straight-year"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Professor Choi Sung-jin, from Kookmin University's School of Electrical Engineering, has once again been honored as part of the 2026 World’s Top 2% Scientists list, released jointly by Stanford University and Elsevier. This prestigious recognition is Choi's sixth consecutive year on the list. The list identifies the top 2 percent of researchers in their fields, evaluating their impact based on citation metrics and research output using data from Elsevier’s Scopus database. Choi is featured in both the \"career-long\" category and the \"single-year\" category in the 2026 edition. In applied physics, Choi ranks in the top 1.3 percent globally for career-long impact and the top 0.9 percent for single-year impact. His academic influence is evident with over 25,000 citations and an h-index of 70 or higher, as reported by Google Scholar. The h-index is a measure of both the productivity and citation impact of an author's published work.",
  "summary": "Choi Sung-jin, a professor at Kookmin University’s School of Electrical Engineering, has been named to the 2026 World’s Top 2% Scientists list jointly released by Stanford University and Elsevier. The university said Choi has been included in the list for six consecutive years. The list identifies the top 2 percent of researchers in their respective fields based on a comprehensive analysis of…",
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        "outlet": "Phys.org",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}