Top 2% Scientists List 2025: Our Distinguished Editorial Board | Part 4

The final part of the Top 2% Scientists List 2025 highlights another distinguished group of researchers whose work has left a lasting impact on global science. These scholars represent a broad range of disciplines and exemplify excellence through sustained research productivity, international collaboration, and meaningful academic influence.
The scientists featured in this section are active contributors to several REAPress journals, reflecting both their scholarly leadership and their role in advancing interdisciplinary research. Their inclusion further strengthens the credibility and global relevance of the Top 2% Scientists List.
The selection process follows the same rigorous methodology applied throughout this series, drawing on comprehensive citation data, co-authorship networks, and impact indicators provided through the collaboration between Elsevier’s Scopus database and Stanford University. This ensures a consistent, transparent, and data-driven evaluation of scientific influence.
As the concluding section of this series, Part 4 completes the current overview of recognized researchers while reaffirming REAPress’s commitment to academic excellence, innovation, and collaboration. The Top 2% Scientists List remains an evolving initiative, and future articles will continue to expand this recognition by introducing additional journals and contributors.
| NEX | RAISE | RAMD | SCI | SIOT | SCFA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seyyed Ahmad Edalatpanah | Ali Husseinzadeh Kashan | Harish Garg | Celestine Iwendi | Hitesh Mohapatra | Seyyed Ahmad Edalatpanah |
| Philippe Courtet | Harish Garg | Dragan Pamucar | Dragan Pamucar | Seyyed Ahmad Edalatpanah | Florentin Smarandache |
| Norito Kawakami | — | Mohammad Yazdi | Hitesh Mohapatra | — | Dragan Pamucar |
| Zsolt Demetrovics | — | Hitesh Mohapatra | Muhammet Deveci | — | Reza Tavakkoli Moghaddam |
| — | — | — | — | — | Peide Liu |
| — | — | — | — | — | Feng Feng |
| SCODM | SA | TQFB | TSC | THI | UDA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morteza Yazdani | Dragan Pamucar | Meysam Kaviani | Farhad Hosseinzadeh Lotfi | S. A. Edalatpanah | Florentin Smarandache |
| Fatih Ecer | Reza Tavakkoli-Moghaddam | Peide Liu | Ali Ebrahimnejad | Hitesh Mohapatra | Seyyed Ahmad Edalatpanah |
| Feng Feng | Jun Ye | Feng Feng | Jose Luis Verdegay | — | Said Broumi |
| Sarfaraz Hashemkhani Zolfani | Peter Fernandes Wanke | Peiman Ghasemi | Tofigh Allahviranloo | — | Vakkas Uluçay |
| Vladimir Simic | Tofigh Allahviranloo | Maziar Yazdani | Alireza Amirteimoori | — | Harish Garg |
| Prasenjit Chatterjee | Harish Garg | — | Saman Babaie-Kafaki | — | Dragan Pamucar |
This final part concludes the Top 2% Scientists List 2025, recognizing distinguished researchers whose impactful work advances global science. REAPress is proud to collaborate with such influential scholars and remains committed to supporting academic excellence and future scientific innovation.