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How to Find the Top Professors in your Majors to do your Research Masters/Masters or PhD anywhere in the World or getting degrees from Top Universities in the World
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January 12, 2025
How to Find the Top Professors in your Majors to do your Research Masters/Masters or PhD anywhere in the World or getting degrees from Top Universities in the World
(One of the many ways) Highly Cited Researchers in the World or Top Ranked Universities in the World
A) Highly Cited Researchers in the World
Dear all, Students who are applying or will apply for Masters & PhD Scholarships in any field and want to PhD or Masters under supervision of best Professors in Research in the World. Then, there is way to find your prospective/future supervisors for doing PhD or Research Masters.
Every year, ranking websites publish list of highly cited researchers/professors throughout the year. It means that their research work/paper was so much useful/worthy that a lot of researchers in the world acknowledged and cited their work in their papers. This means that if you find such professors relevant to your area, then start working with such professors for your masters or PhD. Then, you have good chances of acknowledgment of your research work easily because of already established reputation of those professors in the world
See the 03 lists of highly cited researchers from a) Clarivate Rankings b) Stanford Rankings c) AD Index
Search for the highly cited professors relevant to your field in the lists, especially in China, Korea, Australia, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Canada, Europe and USA and also in other countries and try to contact them if they can supervise you and also fund your studies by themselves or university fundings or any other fundings there such as in South Korea for MS Leading to PhD, Masters, PhD and in China for CSC scholarships for Masters or PhD and USA for MS leading to PhD or PhD or any other country in the World.
If it happens, then you have bright future as working under such professors will make your publications also highly cited due to professor's already established reputation of citations. Now, your future depends on your efforts
See the three lists here
a) Clarivate rankings :
b) Stanford University's World's Top 2% Scientists :https://topresearcherslist.com/
See articles here to better search : https://top2percentscientists.com/
See articles here to better search : https://top2percentscientists.com/
c) AD Scientific Index: https://www.adscientificindex.com/citation-ranking/
What are highly Cited Researcher ?
Highly Cited Researchers rank in the top 1% or top 2% or more by citations for their field in Web of Science and are making an impact in solving the world's biggest challenges.
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B) Top Ranked Universities in the World
Find the top universities in countries using global or subject-wise rankings and find relevant professors and contact them. Getting degrees from such top universities will make your profile top ranked after graduation due to ranking value. Also look for subject rankings than just global rankings, in order to find your relevant subject top ranked universities and relevant professors in those universities
a) QS Rankings : https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings
https://www.topuniversities.com/world-university-rankings
Rankings by Subject : https://www.topuniversities.com/subject-rankings
b) Times Higher Education Rankings : https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/latest/world-ranking
Rankings by Subject: https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/by-subject
c) US News Rankings: https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/rankings
You can also choose Employability Rankings, so this shows that if you study from such university, you will be highly employable
a) Times Higher Education Employability Rankings: https://www.timeshighereducation.com/student/best-universities/best-universities-graduate-jobs-global-university-employability-ranking
b) QS Employability Rankings:
https://www.topuniversities.com/employability-rankings
Do read this article also : https://gradwinner.com/articles/find-and-email-supervisors-for-ms-phd
Best Regards
Waqar Baig
a) QS Rankings : https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings
https://www.topuniversities.com/world-university-rankings
Rankings by Subject : https://www.topuniversities.com/subject-rankings
b) Times Higher Education Rankings : https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/latest/world-ranking
Rankings by Subject: https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/by-subject
c) US News Rankings: https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/rankings
You can also choose Employability Rankings, so this shows that if you study from such university, you will be highly employable
a) Times Higher Education Employability Rankings: https://www.timeshighereducation.com/student/best-universities/best-universities-graduate-jobs-global-university-employability-ranking
b) QS Employability Rankings:
https://www.topuniversities.com/employability-rankings
Do read this article also : https://gradwinner.com/articles/find-and-email-supervisors-for-ms-phd
Best Regards
Waqar Baig