Associate Prof. Panagiotis Sarigiannidis, director of ITHACA Lab, is included amongst the top 2% of scientists worldwide with the greatest impact for the year 2020 in his research area, according to a study conducted by Stanford University, entitled “Data for updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators”. A total of 9 researchers and academic staff from the University of Western Macedonia are included in the list, verifying the high quality research activities taking place in the University.