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Three USPCEU researchers among the top two percent of the world's best

19/04/2021
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Stanford University in California has published the list "Ranking of the World Scientists: World's Top 2% Scientists", which includes research professionals whose work has been most cited in the last year. Among the 159,683 researchers that appear on this famed list – selected from among almost 7 million active scientists - three from Universidad CEU San Pablo have been included: Emeritus Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Emilio Herrera, Professor of Analytical Chemistry Coral Barbas, and Professor of Neurology José A. Obeso.

The list has spotlighted the career of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Professor Emilio Herrera, emeritus professor at the Faculty of Pharmacy. For years, he has investigated the domain of metabolism in gestation and its implications for postnatal development. Head of the Biochemistry service at the Ramón y Cajal Hospital in Madrid, scientific researcher at the Higher Council for Scientific Research and dean of the Faculty of Experimental and Health Sciences of Universidad CEU San Pablo from 1994 to 1999, Herrera has also taught at the Complutense University, the University of Barcelona, the University of Alcalá de Henares and Universidad CEU San Pablo.

Coral Barbas, who directs the Center of Excellence in Metabolomics and Bioanalysis (CEMBIO), and the CEINDO International Doctoral School, which spans the three CEU universities, have also been included in this classification of researchers. Coral Barbas is Doctor Honoris Causa at the Medical University of Bialystok (Poland) and is the recipient of the Prize of the Belgian Society of Pharmaceutical Sciences. Her research focuses on bioanalysis with the development of analytical methodology for biological studies and Metabolomics applied to the search for diagnostic and prognostic markers or the effect of a treatment by means of mass spectrometry.

Also featured on the list is José Obeso, Professor of Neurology at the School of Medicine, who directs the Integral Neuroscience Center AC HM CINAC. Dr. Obeso is a renowned expert in Parkinson's disease and other Movement Disorders, and one of the most internationally influential Spanish doctors. Dr. Obeso and his team are deeply engaged in the development of new therapies. One concrete example is the bilateral application (on both sides of the body) of high intensity focal ultrasound (HIFU) to address essential tremor and motor manifestations of Parkinson's disease.

The Stanford list, which celebrates the work of nearly 160,000 world-class researchers, is created based on the impact of published research, taking into account various factors such as co-authorship or the percentage of self-citations, as well as through the combined analysis of various normalized parameters directly related to the impact of indexed scientific publications. It is considered the most prestigious ranking in the world of scientists doing high-impact research. 

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