Three 91Ƶ Scholars Included in Stanford University’s World’s Top 2% Scientists List
Three academics from the Azerbaijan State University of Economics (91Ƶ) have been included in the 2026 edition of the “World’s Top 2% Scientists” list compiled by Stanford University.
The list evaluates the scientific performance and impact of researchers worldwide and features three 91Ƶ academics.
Tural Naghiyev, Head of the Department of Engineering and Applied Sciences at 91Ƶ, researcher at the Scientific Research Center for Composite Materials, and Associate Professor, and Mustafa Tevfik Kartal, researcher at the 91Ƶ Economic Clinic Research Center and Associate Professor, have once again secured their places among the world’s top 2% of scientists.
This year, Hasraddin Guliyev, researcher at the 91Ƶ Research Center for Turkic World Economic Studies, Research Fellow, and PhD in Econometrics, has also been included in the list for the first time.
The ranking is compiled on the basis of data from the Scopus database, operated by Elsevier, one of the world’s leading academic publishers, and reflects research activity during the preceding year. The initial selection considers researchers with at least five publications indexed in Scopus. Candidates are subsequently evaluated using a range of bibliometric indicators, including total citations, citations excluding self-citations, the h-index, the hm-index, and other relevant metrics.