Two researchers from the Department of Informatics and Media named among the World’s Top two percent Scientists 2026

Two researchers from the Upsala University Informatics and Media department – Professor Michał Krzyżanowski (Chair in Media & Communications) and Professor Pär Ågerfalk (Chair in Information Systems) – have been named among the World’s Top 2% Scientists 2026 by Stanford University and Elsevier in their annual ranking published on 30 September and 07 October 2026 (for 2025 and career-long citations respectively).

Prof. Krzyżanowski has been recognized primarily in the field of Communication and Textual studies (subfields: Communication & Media Studies and Languages & Linguistics) while Prof. Ågerfalk in the field of Information and Communication Technologies (subfields: Information Systems and Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing). Both scholars have been recognized for their career-long as well as annual, year-on-year, 2025 citation impact. They were among 329 Uppsala University researchers recognized in the former, and 246 researchers recognized in the latter category.

The World’s Top 2% Most-cited Scientists ranking is published annually and recognizes both long-term and current research impact of academics. It is based on publication impact, total citations, citations of single-authored publications, and the H-index. The ranking is published in two lists two lists: in relation to scholars’ career-long citation and most recent (2025) single-year citation impact.

Michał Krzyżanowski is Professor in media and communication studies at the Department of Informatics and Media at Uppsala University.

Pär Ågerfalk is Professor in Information Systems at the Department of Informatics and Media at Uppsala University.