Editorial Board Members from Drones Featured Among the World’s Top 2% Scientists in 2024

Researchers from Stanford University have recently published an update of the list of the top 2% most widely cited scientists—the World’s Top 2% Scientists.

The statistical data informing these rankings cover the period from 1960 to 2024, and the data is divided into two lists: “Lifetime Scientific Influence Ranking” and “2024 Annual Scientific Influence Ranking”. The “Lifetime Scientific Influence Ranking” calculates the comprehensive influence of scientists during their careers, and the “2024 Annual Influence Ranking” highlights the academic influence of scientists in the previous year. The World's Top 2% Scientists rankings, considered the most prestigious worldwide, is based on bibliometric information contained in the Scopus database and includes more than 200,000 researchers out of more than 10 million scientists considered active worldwide, with 22 scientific fields and 174 sub-fields taken into account.

We are pleased to share that 42 Editorial Board Members from Drones (ISSN: 2504-446X) were featured as the World’s Top 2% Scientists in 2024.

Name	Affiliation	sm-subfield
Dr. Mostafa Hassanalian	New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, USA	Aerospace & Aeronautics
Dr. Rakesh Kapania	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA	Aerospace & Aeronautics
Dr. Ziyang Zhen	Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China	Aerospace & Aeronautics
Prof. Dr. Abdessattar Abdelkefi	New Mexico State University, USA	Aerospace & Aeronautics
Prof. Dr. Felipe Gonzalez Toro	Queensland University of Technology, Australia	Aerospace & Aeronautics
Prof. Dr. Oleg Yakimenko	Naval Postgraduate School, USA	Aerospace & Aeronautics
Prof. Dr. Vaios Lappas	National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece	Aerospace & Aeronautics
Prof. Dr.Fei Liu	Zhejiang University, China	Analytical Chemistry
Dr. Geert Verhoeven	Universität Wien, Austria	Archaeology
Prof. Dr. Javaan Chahl	University of South Australia, Australia	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing
Dr. Salvatore Manfreda	Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy	Environmental Engineering
Dr. Arko Lucieer	University of Tasmania, Australia	Geological & Geomatics Engineering
Dr. Fabrizio Banfi	Politecnico di Milano, Italy	Geological & Geomatics Engineering
Dr. George P. Petropoulos	Harokopio University of Athens, Greece	Geological & Geomatics Engineering
Dr. Kim Calders	Universiteit Gent, Belgium	Geological & Geomatics Engineering
Prof. Dr. Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa	University of Alberta, Canada	Geological & Geomatics Engineering
Prof. Dr. Francesco Nex	Universiteit Twente, The Netherlands	Geological & Geomatics Engineering
Prof. Dr. Georg Bareth	Universität zu Köln, Germany	Geological & Geomatics Engineering
Prof. Dr. Lammert Kooistra	Wageningen University & Research, The Netherlands	Geological & Geomatics Engineering
Prof. Dr. Maggi Kelly	University of California, Berkeley, USA	Geological & Geomatics Engineering
Prof. Dr. Massimo Menenti	Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands	Geological & Geomatics Engineering
Prof. Dr. Fabio Remondino	Bruno Kessler Foundation, Italy	Geological & Geomatics Engineering
Dr. Chao Huang	The Hong Kong Polytechnic University， Hong Kong, China	Industrial Engineering & Automation
Dr. Ou Ma	University of Cincinnati, USA	Industrial Engineering & Automation
Dr. Xiangwei Bu	Air Force Engineering University China, China	Industrial Engineering & Automation
Prof. Dr. Andrey V. Savkin	UNSW Sydney, Australia	Industrial Engineering & Automation
Prof. Dr. George Nikolakopoulos	Luleå University of Technology, Sweden	Industrial Engineering & Automation
Prof. Dr. Haibin Duan	Beihang University, China	Industrial Engineering & Automation
Prof. Dr. MouChen	Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China	Industrial Engineering & Automation
Prof. Dr. Xiwang Dong	Beihang University, China	Industrial Engineering & Automation
Prof. Dr. Yangquan Chen	UC Merced, USA	Industrial Engineering & Automation
Prof. Dr. Youmin Zhang	Concordia University, Canada	Industrial Engineering & Automation
Prof. Dr. Rosdiadee Nordin	Sunway University, Malaysia	Information & Communication Technologies
Dr. Houbing Song	College of Engineering and Information Technology, USA	Networking & Telecommunications
Dr. Peiying Zhang	China University of Petroleum (East China), China	Networking & Telecommunications
Dr. Petros S. Bithas	National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece	Networking & Telecommunications
Dr. Shiva Raj Pokhrel	Deakin University, Australia	Networking & Telecommunications
Dr.Omar Sami Oubbati	CNRS Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France	Networking & Telecommunications
Prof. Dr. Carlos Tavares Calafate	Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain	Networking & Telecommunications
Prof. Dr. Kamesh Namuduri	University of North Texas, USA	Networking & Telecommunications
Prof. Dr. Ke Xiong	Beijing Jiaotong University, China	Networking & Telecommunications
Prof. Dr. Zygmunt Haas	Cornell University, USA	Networking & Telecommunications

The latest rankings reflect the significant influence and research excellence of scientists who are committed to furthering their knowledge for the benefit of the world.

We would like to congratulate our Editorial Board Members on their excellent achievement and thank them for their immense contributions to the scientific progression and development of Drones.