Baishideng’s Reference Citation Analysis database announces the first Article Influence Index of multidisciplinary scholars

After three rounds of rigorous evaluation of registered scholars conducted by the Reference Citation Analysis (RCA) editorial team of Baishideng Publishing Group (Baishideng), the RCA database of Baishideng officially released the 2022 Article Influence Index (2022 AII) of 632 scholars from 74 countries/territories in 98 research categories, for the first time. The list of 632 scholars can be found at: https://www.referencecitationanalysis.com/searchscholar. Among them, the highest 2022 AII is 348.211, the highest number of total citations is 42830, and the highest number of total articles is 901. The category with the largest number of RCA scholars is Gastroenterology & Hepatology, with a total of 100 (15.8%), and the second is Surgery, with a total of 46 (7.3%). This article summarizes the RCA scholars and describes the mission of RCA, the openness and transparency of RCA evaluation, the calculation method for the 2022 AII, and the evaluation process of RCA scholars. The RCA scholar list will effectively serve as a useful Find-a-Scholar tool. Any interested scholar is welcome to register and join this RCA scholar list.