Medan State Polytechnic researchers entered the list of the most influential scientists in the world in 2021. The data is based on the Top 2% Scientist in the World: Single Year Impact 2020-2021 based on the c-score, which is the number of citations to publications that do not include citations by oneself or non-self. -citatio. The percentage figure of 2% is based on scientists whose names are most cited in scientific journals in the world through scientific publications entitled Data for Updated Science-Wide Author Databases of Standardized Citation Indicators by Stanford University.
Dr. Aridina Susan Silitonga, S.T., M.Eng, a lecturer at the Medan State Polytechnic, won the 7th best scientist in the world and the 1st best scientist for the Indonesian Vocational Higher Education level. In Indonesia alone there are 58 researchers who are called the most influential. This ranking is calculated by more than 100 thousand researchers around the world.
Director of Polmed, Abdul Rahman, S.E., Ak., M.Si, is also proud of the achievements that Dr. Arridina Susan, she also hopes that the achievements of this outstanding lecturer will be able to motivate other Polmed educators to produce scientific works and research on a national and international scale that is also beneficial for the community.
In addition, Deputy Director I for Academic Affairs, Dr. Roslina, M.I.T, also said “With this achievement, it can motivate Polmed lecturers to focus on creating and innovating according to their respective fields in implementing the Tri Dharma of Higher Education which is able to improve Polmed performance at the national and global level”.
Dr. Arridina Susan is a Lecturer in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Medan State Polytechnic who was born on January 23, 1981, who completed the Mechanical Engineering S1 program from Andalas University, and the Masters and Doctoral Programs were won at the University of Malaysia. Dr. Arridina Susan is also active in conducting research and devoting it to the community. The focus of his research field is renewable energy.