LVPEI Researchers Shine in Stanford/Elsevier Top 2% World Scientists Rankings 2025

Sep 25, 2025 - 16:29
LVPEI Researchers Shine in Stanford/Elsevier Top 2% World Scientists Rankings 2025

The prestigious 2025 Stanford/Elsevier Top 2% Scientists List, released recently, recognize the top-performing researchers worldwide based on standardized citation metrics. The L V Prasad Eye Institute(LVPEI) has once again demonstrated its global leadership in ophthalmology research with seven LVPEI associated clinician-scientists making it to the lifetime rankings and 15 making it to the annual rankings 2025.

 

Dr Gullapalli N Rao, Founder Chair – LVPEI is second in the top lifetime rankings for ophthalmology in India. This recognition is based on his career-long research impact and annual performance in 2024, reaffirming his status as India's leading scientist in ophthalmology.

 

The Stanford/Elsevier rankings identify scientists in the top 2% globally, evaluated by career-long and single-year citation data. For 2025, an impressive 61 Indian ophthalmologists made the annual rankings, with 15 affiliated to LVPEI, reflecting the growing excellence and international standing of LVPEI research.

 

Lifetime Ranking, Ophthalmology, India

Seven LVPEI-associated researchers have earned a place on the Lifetime Ranking for Ophthalmology from India, highlighting their substantial contributions to ophthalmology.

1. Dr Gullapalli N. Rao
2. Dr Savitri Sharma
3. Prof Balasubramanian D
4. Dr Mohd Javid Ali
5. Dr Prashant Garg
6. Dr Taraprasad Das
7. Dr Swathi Kaliki

 

This recognition places LVPEI researchers among the most influential scientists in their field, representing robust, world-class research output from India. The continued upward trajectory of LVPEI and Indian ophthalmologists in global rankings underscores India’s position as a powerhouse of innovative, impactful eye research.

 

Annual Ranking, Ophthalmology, India, 2025

Fifteen LVPEI-associated researchers earned a place on the Annual Ranking for Ophthalmology from India, highlighting their substantial contributions to ophthalmology.

1. Dr Mohd Javid Ali
2. Dr Swathi Kaliki
3. Dr Savitri Sharma
4. Dr Prashant Garg
5. Dr Sayan Basu
6. Dr Rohit Khanna
7. Dr Gullapalli N Rao
8. Dr Swathi Singh
9. Dr Taraprasad Das
10. Dr Jill Elizabeth Keeffe
11. Dr Vivek Singh
12. Dr Pavan Kumar Verkicharla
13. Dr Balasubramanian D
14. Dr Milind Neilkant Naik
15. Dr Subhadra Jalali

 

About the Stanford/Elsevier Top 2% Scientists List

Jointly developed by Stanford University and Elsevier, the Top 2% Scientists List is based on composite citation scores indexed in Scopus as of August 2025. The calculation includes career-long and single-year metrics, adjustments for self-citation, and fair comparisons across scientific subfields, ensuring rigorous and transparent recognition of global research excellence.

 

About LVPEI:  Established in 1987, with the vision,” to create excellent and equitable eye care systems that reach all those in need,” the L V Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI), a comprehensive eye health institute, is a World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Prevention of Blindness.

 

The LVPEI’s five-tier ‘Eye Health Pyramid’ model, covering all areas of the community from villages to cities, provides high-quality and comprehensive preventive, curative, and rehabilitative eye care to all. The LVPEI Eye Care Network has 310+ centres across the Indian states of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, and Karnataka. To date, it has offered over 24 million centre-based services (2 crores 40 lakh services), with more than 50% entirely free of cost, irrespective of the complexity of care needed.

 

For more information, please visit the Institute’s website at www.lvpei.org.

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