José Luís Figueiredo and Alírio E. Rodrigues are included in the Top 25% of the 100.000 most cited scientists in the article A standardized citation metrics author database annotated for scientific field by Professor John P.A. Ioannidis from Stanford University, CA, USA (https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000384).
Professor José Luís Figueiredo ranked #16.868 and Professor Alírio E. Rodrigues #21.341. They are the first and second scientists from the University of Porto among the 24 scientists with Portuguese affiliations ranked in the Top 25%.
Scientists were ranked using a composite indicator that includes the total number of citations (excluding self-citations), the h-index, the hm-index (Schreiber) adjusted for co-authorships; and the number of citations to papers as single; single or first; or single, first, or last author (details in https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002548).