Twenty-two professors from the Mediterranean University are listed in the international database of the most cited researchers.
The 2026 update, published by Elsevier and associated with Stanford University, analyzes citations received in 2025 and distinguishes between annual and career-level data.
Twenty-two professors from the Università Mediterranea, active in the fields of science, technology, and economics, appear in the annual list of the international database of most cited scholars. There were 19 in the previous survey.
The database, based on Scopus profiles, presents separate bibliometric indicators for the impact of citations over a career and for that of a single year. The update published in 2026 will consider citations received during 2025 for the annual list.
The Mediterranea teachers present in the annual list are:
Agriculture: Orlando Campolo, Angelo Maria Giuffrè, Adele Muscolo, Andrea Rosario Proto, Leonardo Schena, Demetrio Antonio Zema.
dAeD: Lucia Della Spina.
WE SAY: Gioacchino Alotta, Paolo Salvatore Calabrò, Giuseppe Failla, Nadia Mammone, Carlo F. Morabito, Saveria Santangelo, Mario Versaci.
DIGIES: Massimiliano Ferrara.
DIIES: Giuseppe Araniti, Claudia Campolo, Tommaso Isernia, Andrea F. Morabito, Rosario Morello, Francesco Russo, Antonino Vitetta.
The distinguished list referring to their entire career includes Giuseppe Araniti, Felice Arena, Paolo Boccotti, Paolo Salvatore Calabrò, Claudia Campolo, Claudio De Capua, Lucia Della Spina, Giuseppe Failla, Tommaso Isernia, Angelo Maria Giuffrè, Antonella Molinaro, Carlo Francesco Morabito, Andrea Francesco Morabito, Nicola Moraci, Rosario Morello, Adele Muscolo, Filippo Giammaria Praticò, Domenico Rosaci, Francesco Russo, Alba Sofi, Mario Versaci, Antonino Vitetta and Demetrio Antonio Zema.
"The inclusion of our faculty in this database highlights the work done every day in our departments and laboratories," observes Rector Giuseppe Zimbalatti. "This achievement affects the people, the research groups, and the environment in which young scholars develop. Investing in these conditions also strengthens our educational offerings, which are continually renewed through osmosis with research."
"The skills developed by our research groups are an essential foundation for technology transfer and collaborations with the local community," adds Massimo Lauria, Vice Rector for Research and Technology Transfer. "The recently concluded PNRR and PRIN projects, as well as those currently underway, offer Mediterranea groups resources and opportunities for collaboration to share their results, develop new experiments, and evaluate their scientific impact. We intend to build our future research initiatives on this work."
Data source: Elsevier Data Repository, August 2026 update, version 9 (released October 7, 2026).