Yandex and university researchers enter top global rankings

Russian researchers from Yandex, Skoltech, HSE University, and St. Petersburg State University have entered the list of the world's most influential scientists according to Elsevier.

The list is compiled based on data from the Scopus scientific database. The influence indicator is calculated through the frequency with which scientists from other countries cite their works.

The rating includes specialists from leading technology companies and universities:

• Georgy Aizel — meteorologist and researcher in engineering geosciences
• Artem Babenko — head of the Yandex Research laboratory and the HSE University's educational research lab
• Evgeny Burnaev — head of the Skoltech AI Center and SHAD
• Sergey Kuznetsov — applied mathematics lecturer at HSE University
• Sergey Nikolenko — scientific supervisor of the Data Science program at St. Petersburg State University
• Lyudmila Prokhorenkova — senior researcher at Yandex Research and SHAD lecturer