LASIGE integrated researchers Nuno Neves, Sara Silva, and Francisco M. Couto have been, once again, ranked as best scholars in the discipline of Computer Science featured in the 2026 edition of Research.com World’s Best Scientists. The results were published on May 12, 2026.

Research.com is a platform that provides information to scientists about the quality of scientific forums such as conferences and journals, as well as institutions. It also provides a list of the best scientists, ranked by their D-index (Discipline H-index), which takes into account only publications and citation data for an examined discipline, compiled from various bibliometric data sources. The bibliometric data for the 2026 edition (the 12th) of this ranking were gathered on January 12, 2026. The ranking is based on a thorough examination of 279,971 scholars discovered from a variety of bibliometric data sources. From this comprehensive set, 14,191 scientists affiliated specifically with Computer Science were examined in greater detail. The approval factors for scientists to be considered for the ranking of top scholars are based on the D-index, the proportion of publications made within the given discipline, in addition to the awards and achievements of the scholars.

In the 12th edition of the Research.com ranking of the best scholars in the field of Computer Science Nuno Neves appears in the 21st position among the top 50 Portuguese scientists in the computer science field. Sara Silva in the 38th and Francisco M. Couto appears in the 45th position. Our scientists are among the top 30% Computer Science researchers in the world.