According to the public relations office of the university and as reported by the reputable site
top2percentscientists.com based on the Elsevier database, which is published annually by researchers of bibliometrics at Stanford University, the names of two faculty members from this university have been included in the list of the top two percent of scientists in the world. Dr. Hadi Ziyani and Dr. Hamid Karimi, faculty members of the Electrical Engineering Department at this university, have been recognized in the list of the top two percent of scientists globally. To compile the list of top scientists, the researchers' information from around the world has been examined across 20 areas and 159 subfields. In this ranking, multiple indicators are assessed, including the publication of at least five articles, the number of citations, the number of citations excluding self-citations, the composite index, total references, the number of references in the past year, the number of single-author articles, total references to single-author articles, rankings of scientists in specialized fields, and identification of authors' specialized areas, among others. In the published list based on one-year citation performance for 2024, a total of 2,327 researchers affiliated with the Islamic Republic of Iran are among a total of 223,152 international researchers. These scientists have been introduced based on the citation rate of reputable scientific articles published until the end of 2023. The Islamic Republic of Iran has secured the first rank in terms of the number of highly cited researchers in the top two percent among countries in the region. It is noteworthy that Dr. Hadi Ziyani was also among the top two percent of scientists globally last year.
