Professor Roumiana Tsenkova of Kobe University, founder of Aquaphotomics, has once again been recognized among the World’s Top 2% Scientists in the 2025 edition of the global ranking compiled by Stanford University researchers and Elsevier B.V.
The new list, announced in September 2025, marks the sixth consecutive year (2020–2025) that Professor Tsenkova has received this honor—affirming her enduring international influence and leadership in pioneering a new field of science.
Global Recognition for Pioneering Research
The World’s Top 2% Scientists ranking analyzes data from Elsevier’s Scopus database. It identifies scientists whose research impact, measured through standardized citation metrics, places them among the top 2% in their respective disciplines worldwide.
The 2025 edition evaluated more than 100,000 scientists across 22 scientific fields and 174 subfields, highlighting both career-long and single-year research influence.
Aquaphotomics and Its Global Impact
Professor Tsenkova is internationally recognized as the founder of Aquaphotomics, a scientific discipline that explores the molecular structure of water as a mirror of biological and chemical systems using spectroscopy. Her pioneering research has redefined how scientists understand water’s functional role in living systems, connecting agriculture, medicine, environmental science, and biotechnology. Through her innovative vision and sustained dedication, Aquaphotomics has become a growing international field, inspiring collaborations and advancing new approaches to understanding water and life.
Aquaphotomics.com proudly celebrates this remarkable achievement and extends its warmest congratulations to Professor Roumiana Tsenkova for her continuing contributions to scientific innovation and discovery.
About the Top 2% Scientists List
The ranking is developed annually by a team led by Professor John P. A. Ioannidis at Stanford University, in collaboration with Elsevier B.V. It provides a publicly available database of the most influential scientists worldwide, based on citation indicators from the Scopus database.
The dataset is hosted on Mendeley Data, and Professor Tsenkova’s profile can also be viewed on TopSciNet. In the 2025 edition of the list, 89 scientists from Kobe University were recognized among the world’s Top 2 % researchers.