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International Science and Diplomacy

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Andrei Polejack
Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia
2
Dan Garisto
Spectrum Research (United States)
3
Benjamin Plackett
World Federation of Science Journalists
4
Luisa F. Echeverría-King
National Training Service
5
Adrian Cho
Kleijnen Systematic Reviews (United Kingdom)
6
Anastasiia D. Shkodina
Poltava State Medical University
7
Francisco Del Canto Viterale
University of North Dakota
8
Oleksandr Spivakovsky
Kherson State University
9
Derya Büyüktanir Karacan
George Washington University
10
Olena Galynska
National University of Food Technologies

Rising Stars Papers

1
Pharmacological and Non-pharmacological Approaches for the Management of Neuropathic Pain in Multiple Sclerosis
CNS Drugs|2024
25 cit.
2
Superconductivity scandal: the inside story of deception in a rising star’s physics lab
Nature|2024
18 cit.
3
Hope for an accessible ocean: Blue justice and ocean science diplomacy central to the outcome of the UN Decade of Ocean Science
Marine Policy|2025
7 cit.
4
Global Governance of the Space System: A Multilevel Governance Analysis
Systems|2024
6 cit.
5
Google uncovers how quantum computers can beat today’s best supercomputers
Nature|2024
6 cit.
6
Global Power Dynamics in the Contemporary Space System
Systems|2025
6 cit.
7
Exclusive: official investigation reveals how superconductivity physicist faked blockbuster results
Nature|2024
5 cit.
8
DIGITALISATION OF CRISIS MANAGEMENT AND RESOURCE BALANCING FOR EDUCATIONAL QUALITY ASSURANCE AT A DISPLACED UNIVERSITY
Information Technologies and Learning Tools|2024
5 cit.
9
Superconductivity paper spurs dispute as field reels from earlier scandal
Nature|2024
4 cit.
10
Influence of sleep quality, excessive daytime sleepiness, circadian features and motor subtypes on depressive symptoms in Parkinson's disease
Sleep Medicine|2024
4 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Adriana L. Romero‐Olivares
New Mexico State University
2
Ina Ganguli
University of Massachusetts Amherst
3
John P. Haupt
United States Army War College
4
Maia Chankseliani
University of Oxford
5
Pablo Garcia Tello
European Organization for Nuclear Research
6
A. Е. Guskov
Institute of Computational Mathematics and Mathematical Geophysics
7
Wolf-Hendrik Uhlbach
Tilburg University
8
Viktor Korolchuk
Unknown
9
Amâncio Jorge Nunes de Oliveira
Universidade de São Paulo
10
Diarmuid Cooney‐O'Donoghue
Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
The effects of war on Ukrainian research
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications|2023
41 cit.
2
International development higher education: Looking from the past, looking to the future
Oxford Review of Education|2022
40 cit.
3
The process of building European university alliances: a rhizomatic analysis of the European Universities Initiative
Higher Education|2022
39 cit.
4
Who funds the production of globally visible research in the Global South?
Scientometrics|2022
38 cit.
5
How do international student returnees contribute to the development of their home countries? A systematic mapping and thematic synthesis
International Journal of Educational Research|2024
26 cit.
6
Scientific collaboration amid geopolitical tensions: a comparison of Sweden and Australia
Higher Education|2023
24 cit.
7
Public R&D funding and new regional specialisations: The contingent role of technological relatedness
Industry and Innovation|2022
21 cit.
8
Challenges to develop scientometric studies
Scientific and Technical Libraries|2023
18 cit.
9
International student mobility and poverty reduction: A cross-national analysis of low- and middle-income countries
International Journal of Educational Research|2024
18 cit.
10
Listening to locals: Regional spaces in higher education in the global south
International Journal of Educational Research|2023
15 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Dan McKenzie
Department of Earth Sciences
2
Mandy Singer‐Brodowski
Leuphana University of Lüneburg
3
Loet Leydesdorff
Amsterdam University College
4
Matthew S. Turner
University of Warwick
5
Chongming Yang
Brigham Young University
6
Lewis Pyenson
Western Michigan University
7
A. Zee
Delft University of Technology
8
G. Ünel
Slovak Academy of Sciences
9
H. B. Nielsen
University of Copenhagen
10
Markus A. Luty
University of California System

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
The dynamics of innovation: from National Systems and “Mode 2” to a Triple Helix of university–industry–government relations
Research Policy|2000
8.3k cit.
2
Some remarks on the development of sedimentary basins
Earth and Planetary Science Letters|1978
3.9k cit.
3
Conservation of Isotopic Spin and Isotopic Gauge Invariance
Physical Review|1954
3.2k cit.
4
Magmatism at rift zones: The generation of volcanic continental margins and flood basalts
Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres|1989
3k cit.
5
The Volume and Composition of Melt Generated by Extension of the Lithosphere
Journal of Petrology|1988
2.9k cit.
6
Active Tectonics of the Mediterranean Region
Geophysical Journal International|1972
2.8k cit.
7
Vortex-line models for dual strings
Nuclear Physics B|1973
2.7k cit.
8
Some Exact Results for the Many-Body Problem in one Dimension with Repulsive Delta-Function Interaction
Physical Review Letters|1967
2.4k cit.
9
Statistical Theory of Equations of State and Phase Transitions. II. Lattice Gas and Ising Model
Physical Review|1952
2.2k cit.
10
Partial Melt Distributions from Inversion of Rare Earth Element Concentrations
Journal of Petrology|1991
2.1k cit.

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