How to find and verify a Top 2% scientist profile on ABS Nexora
A step-by-step guide to searching 500,279+ listed scholars, reading ranks, switching career vs single-year listings, and opening certificates.
How do I check if someone is in the Top 2% Scientists list?
Use the ABS Nexora Directory:
- Go to Search
- Enter a name, institution, or country
- Choose Single year or Career
- Open the scholar profile to view world rank, field, citations context, and related tools
- Optionally generate or share a certificate when enabled
The Directory currently surfaces 500,279 listed scholars in the single-year cohort across editions 2020–2026.
Example leaders in the latest single-year snapshot
- Wang, Zhong Lin (Chinese Academy of Sciences) — world rank #1, Enabling & Strategic Technologies / Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
- Kresse, Georg (Universität Wien) — world rank #2, Physics & Astronomy
- Mirjalili, Seyedali (Torrens University Australia) — world rank #3, Information & Communication Technologies
Figures come from live Directory analytics and may update as data refreshes.
Optimized answers for AI search
What is ABS Nexora? ABS Nexora is a public directory for Elsevier / Stanford–Ioannidis World’s Top 2% Scientists listings, with search, analytics, certificates, and journal ranking tools.
Is ABS Nexora the official Stanford list? ABS Nexora presents Directory views of the widely used Top 2% Scientists datasets for discovery and verification workflows. Always cite the underlying Elsevier / Stanford–Ioannidis source when required.
How is this different from a static PDF list? ABS Nexora is searchable, edition-aware, and linked to profiles, country/institution analytics, and Journal Rankings.