In September, Stanford University and Elsevier released their annual List of the World’s Top 2% Scientists.

It was remarkable to see 162 Curtin researchers included on the 2024 list, marking the highest number of Curtin academics to feature since its inception in 2019.

The ranking system is based on a normalised citation metric known as ‘c-score’, which evaluates the quality of a scientist’s research publications, regardless of their field.

Thanks to the Research Office at Curtin team, we have used this same methodology to determine the top ranked academics from Curtin, who are all named among the world’s top 7,000 scientists.

Curtin Rank Name Discipline World Rank
(c-score)		 Rank Within Discipline
1 John Curtin Distinguished Professor Sharon Parker Business & Management 1,038 33
2 John Curtin Distinguished Professor Rod Ellis Languages & Linguistics 1,384 6
3 Professor Faiz Shaikh Building & Construction 1,765 15
4 John Curtin Distinguished Professor Hong Hau Civil Engineering 2,362 7
5 John Curtin Distinguished Emeritus Professor Simon Wilde Geochemistry & Geophysics 2,799 26
6 John Curtin Distinguished Professor Marylène Gagné Business & Management 2,848 88
7 John Curtin Distinguished Professor Peter Love Building & Construction 2,916 20
8 John Curtin Distinguished Professor Zongping Shao Energy 2,987 78
9 John Curtin Distinguished Emeritus Professor Zheng-Xiang Li Geochemistry & Geophysics 3,216 37
10 Dr Jeremy Galbreath Business & Management 6,321 201

Congratulations to these academics and to all Curtin staff who featured on the list.

The full List of the World’s Top 2% Scientists is available here.