Udupi : Dr. Satheesha Nayak B, Alambi, Professor of Anatomy at Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE) Manipal, is featured in the Stanford University list of top 2% Scientists in the world for the fourth time.

The list was released September 16, 2024. Dr. Nayak is the only Anatomists of India to be featured in both “Single year” and “Career’ categories of this list for the fourth time. Most of the Indian researchers in this list are from the leading universities like IISc, IITs, NITs, and IIITs, etc. Though there are different categories/subdisciplines, this list is a common list comparing the researchers of all disciplines of science.

According to the Stanford – Elsevier report, the top 100,000 Scientists in the world were ranked based on standardized citation indicators such as information on citations, H-index, co-authorship, and a composite indicator. These scientists were classified into 22 scientific fields and 174 sub-fields. For analyses of the citations and the composite indicators, SCOPUS data was used. Scopus is a huge multidisciplinary database with citations and abstracts from peer-reviewed journal literature, trade journals, books, patent records, and conference publications.

Dr. Nayak, has published more than 400 scientific research articles in many prestigious high impact International Journals, the main area of his research being Human Anatomy and Medical Education.

Dr. Nayak is the alumnus of Govt Higher Primary School, 80th Badagabettu, Parkala High School, Manipal Junior College, Mahathma Gandhi Memorial College, Udupi and Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, He is the son of Shri. Vittal Nayak and Lakshmi Nayak, Alambi, Udupi District of Karnataka.