{
  "id": 16863873,
  "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-16863873",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-28T07:17:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "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": "Kookmin University's Professor Choi Sung-jin, from the School of Electrical Engineering, has been recognized as part of the World's Top 2% Scientists list for the sixth consecutive year. The prestigious list, jointly released by Stanford University and Elsevier, identifies the top 2 percent of researchers in their fields based on research impact. This determination is made using citation metrics and research output data from Elsevier’s Scopus database. The list categorizes researchers into two groups: career-long and single-year. Choi has been included in both categories for 2026. In applied physics, he stands among the top 1.3 percent globally in career-long impact and the top 0.9 percent in single-year impact. Choi has also shown consistent academic influence, with over 25,000 citations and an h-index of 70 or higher, as per Google Scholar. The h-index measures both the productivity and citation impact of a researcher’s publications.",
  "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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  "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."
}