Eight faculty members from Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (LKYSPP) have ranked among the top 2% of all scientists in the world, according to a 2024 assessment undertaken by researchers who compared faculty based on citation metrics. Of the eight, two are in the top 1%.
The study, published by Elsevier BV, was led by John Ioannidis at Stanford University and his team who analysed data from Scopus to generate the
worldwide rankings of scientists.
The two LKYSPP faculty members who have ranked among the world's top 1% for both lifetime and 2023 citation impact, the current report’s period of assessment, are:
- LKYSPP’s Dean and Li Ka Shing Professor in Economics, Danny Quah
- Li Ka Shing Professor in Public Management and Director, Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES), Benjamin Cashore
They are joined by five other LKYSPP faculty who rank among the top 2% for their citations in 2023:
*they both rank among the top 2% in lifetime citation impact for their work in the same period
To round this up, Visiting Professor
Emmanuel Skoufias has also been named among the top 2% for lifetime citation impact.
The globally recognised study covers more than 6 million researchers in over 22 scientific fields and 174 sub-fields. The research team developed a database of top 2% of world scientists on the basis of standardised citation indicators, including information on citations, h-index, co-authorship, and a composite indicator for career-long impact.
The fields in which the eight faculty are acknowledged for demonstrates how LKYSPP’s policy research continues to strengthen evidence and build relevance in informing multiple practices and global concerns.
LKYSPP faculty have consistently topped global rankings. Since 2021, Prof Quah and Prof Cashore were also placed among the world’s top 1% of scientists for lifetime citations, as well as at the top 2% in a single-year citation impact with Assoc Prof Vu and Asst Prof Taeihagh.
Said Dean of LKYSPP, Professor Quah: “We are honoured to see our faculty recognised for their hard work and meaningful impact. This year’s list, which sees more of our faculty entering the ranking over the last year and before, comes as we mark 20 years since our founding. Such accomplishments reflect the strong drive of our school to remain engaged at the very highest levels in global scholarly and policy debate.”