Congratulations to the researchers of the Institute of Economics and Rural Development (IERD) of the Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences (LCSS) – Principal Researchers Dr Tomas Baležentis and Dr Genovaitė Liobikienė, and Senior Researcher Dr Indrė Šikšnelytė-Butkienė – on being ranked among the world's top 2% most-cited scientists in 2025.
The LCSS IERD researchers have been included in the prestigious annual list of the world's leading scientists compiled by Stanford University, based on bibliometric data from the Elsevier Scopus database and an established evaluation methodology. Dr Tomas Baležentis has been included in this list for several consecutive years, consistently maintaining a high level of international scientific recognition.
We are delighted and proud of our colleagues' scientific achievements, their contributions to the international research community, and their role in raising the profile of the Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences worldwide.
Further information:
Lithuanian Centre for Social Sciences | Top 2% Scientists | TOPSCINET