Stanford University has announced another "2023 List of the World's Best 2% Scientists" in two categories. For another year in a row, the head of the Department of Technologies of Wood Composite Materials, Pulp, and Paper of the Ukrainian National Forestry University, Professor Pavlo BEKHTA, entered the list of the best scientists in the world in terms of citations to his publications. In addition, Professor Pavlo Bekhta ranks 8th on the list of the best scientists in the world in his scientific specialty, forestry and materials, and 29th on the list of the 98 best Ukrainian scientists. This year, only 5 scientists from Lviv were included in the ranking of the most influential scientists by citations in 2022: Sibyrnyi A. (14), Institute of Cell Biology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine; Bekhta P. (29), NLTU of Ukraine; and three representatives of Lviv Polytechnic University: R. Tkachenko (32), I. Izonin (46), and V. Vysotska (58).

The ranking list contains the names of the top 2% of scientists whose publications are most often cited by other authors. The entire scientific output of individual scientists is evaluated according to a complex bibliometric index (the so-called C-score), which takes into account such criteria as the Hirsch index, the number of citations, the impact factor, and the place in the list of authors. The rating is divided into two lists: the first covers scientific achievements for the entire period of the scientist's professional activity (Table 1-Authors_caree), and the second covers only the achievements of 2022 (Table 1-Authors_singleyr).

The full list of outstanding scientists can be found at the following link:
https://elsevier.digitalcommonsdata.com/datasets/btchxktzyw/6

We sincerely congratulate Professor Pavlo Bekhta on his high achievements!