Bhubaneswar: Thirty-eight researchers from Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (SOA) Deemed to be University have featured in the 2026 list of the world’s top 2% scientists, prepared by Stanford University, US, and Elsevier, a major academic publishing and analytics company based in the Netherlands.Of the 38 researchers, 35 feature in the single-year impact category, which measures citation impact during the previous calendar year, while 20 are included in the career-long impact category, recognising sustained scholarly influence. Some researchers feature in both lists.Engineering accounts for the largest share, with 27 researchers from Institute of Technical Education and Research (ITER) and associated research institutions. Eight researchers are from School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, two from Institute of Medical Sciences and SUM Hospital, and one from Institute of Agricultural Sciences.Those recognised for career-long impact include eminent neurosurgeon Ashok Kumar Mahapatra, principal adviser (Health Sciences), SOA, and the late Pradipta Kumar Dash, former director of the university’s Multi-Disciplinary Research Cell. Both served as SOA vice-chancellors.Other prominent researchers on the list include Kulamani Parida, Prof Lala Behari Sukla, Hrudaynath Thatoi, Sanghamitra Nayak, Goutam Rath and Prof Rabindranath Padhy. SOA founder-president Manojranjan Nayak congratulated the researchers on their recognition.