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17 November 2025
Drones Editorial Board Members Featured in the World’s Top 2% Scientists in 2025
Scientists at Stanford University have recently published an update of the top 2% most widely cited scientists list—the World’s Top 2% Scientists.
The statistical data of this list is collected from 1960 to 2025, and it is divided into two further metrics: “Lifetime Scientific Influence Ranking” and “2025 Annual Scientific Influence Ranking”. The former evaluates the comprehensive influence of scientists throughout their careers, and the latter highlights the academic influence of scientists in the previous year. This ranking, regarded as the most prestigious worldwide, is based on bibliometric information contained in the Scopus database. It includes more than 200,000 researchers from a total of more than 10 million scientists considered to be active worldwide, with 22 scientific fields and 174 subfields taken into account.
We are delighted to announce that 61 Editorial Board Members (EBMs) of MDPI’s Drones (ISSN: 2504-446X) have been included in the 2025 World’s Top 2% Scientists list.
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Name |
Affiliation |
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Prof. Dr. Abdessattar Abdelkefi |
New Mexico State University, USA |
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Prof. Dr. Carlos Tavares Calafate |
Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), Spain |
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Prof. Dr. Yangquan Chen |
University of California, USA |
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Prof. Dr. Xiwang Dong |
Beihang University, China |
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Dr. Petros S. Bithas |
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece |
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Dr. George P. Petropoulos |
Harokopio University of Athens, Greece |
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Prof. Dr. Andrey V. Savkin |
University of New South Wales, Australia |
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Prof. Dr. Oleg Yakimenko |
Naval Postgraduate School, USA |
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Dr. Fabrizio Banfi |
Built Environment and Construction Engineering, Italy |
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Prof. Dr. Georg Bareth |
University of Cologne, Germany |
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Dr. Kim Calders |
Ghent University, Belgium |
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Prof. Dr. Javaan Chahl |
University of South Australia, Australia |
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Prof. Dr. Bing Chen |
Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China |
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Prof. Dr. Haibin Duan |
Beihang University, China |
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Dr. Eija Honkavaara |
National Land Survey of Finland, Finland |
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Prof. Dr. Maggi Kelly |
University of California, USA |
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Prof. Dr. Lammert Kooistra |
Wageningen University, the Netherlands |
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Dr. Hung La |
University of Nevada, USA |
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Prof. Dr. Arko Lucieer |
University of Tasmania, Australia |
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Prof. Dr. Antonino Maltese |
University of Palermo, Italy |
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Prof. Dr. Salvatore Manfreda |
University of Naples "Federico II", Italy |
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Prof. Dr. Massimo Menenti |
1 Chinese Academy of Sciences, China |
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Prof. Dr. Miguel A. Moreno |
University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain |
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Prof. Dr. Francesco Nex |
University of Twente, the Netherlands |
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Prof. Dr. George Nikolakopoulos |
Electrical and Space Engineering at Luleå University of Technology, Sweden |
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Prof. Dr. Fabio Remondino |
Bruno Kessler Foundation (FBK), Italy |
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Prof. Dr. Xingling Shao |
North University of China, China |
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Prof. Dr. Kimon P. Valavanis |
University of Denver, USA |
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Dr. Geert Verhoeven |
University of Vienna, Austria |
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Prof. Dr. Ke Xiong |
Beijing Jiaotong University, China |
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Prof. Dr. Ziyang Zhen |
Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China |
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Prof. Dr. Mou Chen |
Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China |
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Dr. Zhi Feng |
Beihang University, China |
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Dr. Fei Gao |
Zhejiang University, China |
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Prof. Dr. Zygmunt Haas |
Cornell University, USA |
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Dr. Mostafa Hassanalian |
New Mexico Tech, USA |
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Dr. Yongzhao Hua |
Beihang University, China |
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Prof. Dr. Rakesh Kapania |
Virginia Tech, USA |
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Dr. Mumtaz Karatas |
Wright State University, USA |
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Prof. Dr. Vaios Lappas |
National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece |
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Dr. Maolong Lv |
Air Force Engineering University, China |
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Dr. Yuezu Lv |
Beijing Institute of Technology, China |
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Prof. Dr. Ou Ma |
University of Cincinnati, USA |
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Prof. Dr. Kamesh Namuduri |
University of North Texas, USA |
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Prof. Dr. Paulo Jorge Oliveira |
Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal |
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Dr. Omar Sami Oubbati |
Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée, France |
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Dr. Shiva Raj Pokhrel |
Deakin University, Australia |
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Prof. Dr. Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa |
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada |
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Dr. Houbing Song |
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, USA |
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Prof. Dr. Antonio J. Torija Martinez |
University of Salford, Manchester, UK |
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Prof. Dr. Bohui Wang |
Xi'an Jiaotong University, China |
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Dr. Dawei Wang |
Northwestern Polytechnical University, China |
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Dr. Shihao Yan |
Edith Cowan University, Australia |
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Prof. Dr. Yuan Yuan |
Northwestern Polytechnical University, China |
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Prof. Dr. Youmin Zhang |
Concordia University, Canada |
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Prof. Dr. Kun Zhu |
Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China |
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Prof. Dr. Qiuming Zhu |
Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China |
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Dr. Xiangwei Bu |
Air Force Engineering University, China |
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Dr. Peiying Zhang |
China University of Petroleum (East China), China |
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Prof. Dr. Rosdiadee Nordin |
Sunway University, Malaysia |
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Dr. Felipe Gonzalez Toro |
Queensland University of Technology, Australia |
The latest rankings underscore the remarkable academic influence and research commitment of these scientists, who are dedicated to advancing knowledge for the betterment of global society.
We would like to congratulate these EBMs on their outstanding achievements and thank them for their contributions to the advancement of Drones. Their expertise and efforts have been instrumental in shaping the journal’s academic standing and driving progress in this field.
