Abstract
In ancient times, science was practiced only by the privileged, primarily because of its poor accessibility. However, the development of ICT has enabled modern man to make science much more accessible to him/ her. For that reason, today, there are many more scientists who are trying to change the world for the better with their activities. In the race for new knowledge and original discoveries, scientists want to be better than others. Different metrics are used to measure quality among scientists. Stanford University recently published an updated list of the best scientists in the world, which is considered one of the most prestigious. On a recently published list, three editors of Montenegrin Journal of Sports Science and Medicine: Yousef Saleh Khader, Sergej M. Ostojic and Stevo Popovic have been ranked among the world’s top 2% most-cited scientists in 2020 and the purpose of this editorial is to recognize and promote their scientific impact and scientific excellence.
Highlights
In ancient times, science was practiced only by the privileged, primarily because of its poor accessibility
It is very important to overcome certain technical and essential problems and to ensure an objective ranking of scientists around the world when it comes to assessing scientific impact and scientific excellence
Montenegrin Journal of Sports Science and Medicine (MJSSM) strives to be an interdisciplinary journal in the field of Sports Sciences, and to cover all subdisciplines belonging to Sports Sciences and Medicine, such as Social Sciences and Humanities, Sports Medicine and Physiology, and Biomechanics and Neurophysiology, three areas that are most visible internationally (Champely et al, 2017)
Summary
Science was practiced only by the privileged, primarily because of its poor accessibility. One of the metrics significantly used to assess scientific impact and scientific excellence is citation. It is very important to emphasize that there are several different databases of citations, and they are: "Google Scholar", "Scopus", "Web of Science" and others. The "Google Scholar" database gathers the entire Internet in one place and systematically processes all documents that have a scientific character, while the quality of these documents is not taken into account that is a huge limitation. It is very important to overcome certain technical and essential problems and to ensure an objective ranking of scientists around the world when it comes to assessing scientific impact and scientific excellence. Ostojic and Stevo Popovic have been ranked among the world’s top 2% most-cited scientists in 2020 and the purpose of this editorial is to recognize and promote their scientific impact and scientific excellence
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