On October 4, 2023, Stanford University released an updated list featuring the top 2% of the most significant scientists worldwide across various disciplines. The current version relies on Scopus data, which has been updated at the end of the citation year 2022 and supplied by Elsevier.

This year's compilation includes five scientists affiliated with our university's medical faculty.

Career-long database:

Emeritus Professor H J de Silva (Medicine)

Professor N R de Silva (Parasitology) - Vice Chancellor

Single year database:

Professor H A de Silva (Pharmacology)

Emeritus Professor H J de Silva (Medicine)

Professor A Kasturiratne (Public Health)

Professor S Mettananda (Paediatrics)