Five UNIMED Researchers make 2026 Stanford–Elsevier List of World’s Top 2% Scientists

The College of Medical Sciences (UNIMED), Ondo, has recorded one other vital milestone in analysis excellence, with 5 of its researchers named within the 2026 Stanford–Elsevier listing of the world’s high 2% scientists beneath the Single-Yr Scientific Influence class, primarily based on quotation affect for the 2025 calendar 12 months.

The popularity underscores the college’s rising worldwide analysis visibility and its dedication to advancing scientific data, innovation and evidence-based options to societal challenges.

The 5 distinguished researchers are Dr Olumuyiwa James Peter of the Division of Mathematical and Laptop Sciences, School of Sciences; Dr Omamuyovwi M. Ijomone of the Division of Anatomy, School of Fundamental Medical Sciences; Dr Oyetunde T. Oyeyemi and Dr Aniefiok John Udoakang, each of the Division of Biosciences and Biotechnology, School of Sciences; and Dr Olorunsola I. Adeyomoye of the Division of Physiology, School of Fundamental Medical Sciences.

Congratulating the researchers, the Vice-Chancellor of UNIMED, Professor Ebunoluwa Adejuyigbe, described their inclusion within the prestigious international rating as a supply of pleasure for the college and a testomony to the standard and rising affect of analysis undertaken by its educational group.

“This recognition is a outstanding achievement for the College of Medical Sciences, Ondo. It displays the dedication, mental rigour and dedication of our researchers to producing scientific data that contributes meaningfully to humanity. Their success reinforces our perception that funding in analysis, innovation and educational excellence is important to the development of society,” the Vice-Chancellor mentioned.

Professor Adejuyigbe congratulated the 5 researchers, their collaborators and analysis groups, noting that their achievement would function an inspiration to different teachers and rising students inside the college.

She reaffirmed the college’s dedication to creating an enabling surroundings for high-quality analysis, fostering strategic collaborations and supporting scholarly contributions that tackle urgent native and international challenges.

The Stanford–Elsevier database, developed utilizing standardised quotation indicators derived from Scopus, assesses researchers’ scientific affect via a variety of metrics, together with citations, authorship contributions and field-specific indicators. The Single-Yr class highlights analysis affect inside a selected calendar 12 months.

The Central Workplace for Analysis and Growth (CORD) at UNIMED additionally congratulated the researchers, describing the popularity as proof of the college’s increasing scholarly affect and the rising contribution of its researchers to international scientific development.

CORD inspired educational employees and researchers to maintain the pursuit of impactful analysis, strengthen interdisciplinary and worldwide collaborations, and translate analysis outcomes into sensible options for healthcare, science and societal improvement.

The achievement additional reinforces UNIMED’s ambition to consolidate its place as a number one establishment for medical and well being sciences schooling, analysis and innovation in Nigeria and past.

E-signed

Isaac Oluyi
PRO, UNIMED, Ondo
eleventh October, 2026