Bhubaneswar, Oct 14: Thirtyeight researchers of Siksha 'O' Anusandhan Deemed to be University (SOA) here have found place in the list of world's top 2 per cent scientists for 2026 prepared by the prestigious Stanford University of USA and Elsevier, the major Dutch academic publishing and information analytics company.

Stanford’s top 2 per cent scientists’ list is an emerging ranking focusing on researchers in two categories-- career long impact and recent single-year impact. Of the 38 researchers picked from SOA, 35 are in the single-year impact list while 20 are in the career-long impact register.

While the single-year impact list measures citation impact strictly during the previous calendar year, the career-long list reflects lifetime or long-term scholarly influence.

The SOA list includes 27 researchers drawn from different disciplines of engineering who work in the Institute of Technical Education and Research (ITER), the Deemed to be University’s faculty of engineering and technology, and related research institutions while eight are from the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences (SPS), the university’s faculty of pharmaceutical sciences and biotechnology. Similarly, two researchers from Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital, SOA’s faculty of medical sciences, and one from Institute of Agricultural Sciences, faculty of agricultural sciences, have been included in the prestigious list.

Among the researchers named in the career-long impact list are Prof. (Dr) Ashok Kumar Mahapatra, eminent neuro surgeon and Principal Advisor (Health Sciences), SOA and Late Prof. Pradipta Kumar Dash, former Director of Multi-Disciplinary Research Cell, both of whom served the university as Vice-Chancellors in the past.

The list also includes Prof. Kulamani Parida, Director of Centre for Nano Sciences and Nano Technology (CNNT), Prof. Lala Behari Sukla, Director of Bio-fuels Bio-processing Research Center (BBRC), Prof. Hrudaynath Thatoi, Director of Center for Industrial Bio-technolgy Research (CIBR), Prof. Sanghamitra Nayak, Head, Center for Biotechnology (CBT), Prof. Goutam Rath, Professor of Pharmaceutics (SPS) and Prof. Rabindranath Padhy, Professor in the Central Research Laboratory of the Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital.

SOA’s Founder President Prof. (Dr.) Manojranjan Nayak congratulated the researchers for their selection in the Stanford list while wishing them greater success in the future.

The researchers from ITER who have found place in the list include Prof. R.N.P. Chaudhary, Prof. Manohar Mishra, Prof. Rashmi Acharya, Prof. Satya Ranjan Mishra, Prof. Tapas Ranjan Routray, Prof. Binod Kumar Sahu, Prof. Renu Sharma, Prof. Niharbala Devi, Prof. P.G.R. Achary, Dr. Lopamudra Acharya, Dr. Satyabrata Subudhi, Dr. Sekhar Chandra Ray, Dr. Subhashree Choudhury, Dr. Santosh Kumar Parida, Dr. Rahul Priyadarshi, Dr. Debasish Panda, Dr. Sudhanshu Sekhar Hota, Dr. Rupa Baithalu, Dr. Susanginee Nayak, Dr. Subhajit Panda, Dr. Sulagna Patnaik, Dr. Dipti Prava Sahoo, Dr. Debabrata Pradhan  and Dr. Suresh Kumar Patra.

The other scientists named in the list are Prof. Ramesh Chandra Ray, Adjunct Professor in CIBR, Prof. Gyana Ranjan Rout (Institute of Agricultural Sciences), Prof. Amit Kumar Nayak, Dr. Vineet Kumar Rai, Dr. George Kerry Rout (all SPS) and Dr. Sujogya Kumar Panda (CBT).