15 academicians from Ege University (EU) took part in the list where the world's best scientists were listed. In the article titled "Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators" published by John PA Ioannidis, K. W. Boyack and J. Baas in the journal PLOS Biology, 15 academicians from EU took part in the first 2 percent of the world. Our faculty members, Prof. Dr. Meltem SERDAROĞLU, Prof. Dr. Filiz İÇİER and Prof. Dr. Sibel KARAKAYA has been included in this list.