Dhaka, Sept. 23 -- Seven faculty members and a student from Jahangirnagar University (JU) have been ranked among the world's top 2.0 per cent of most-cited scientists in a list prepared by Stanford University researchers and published in the Elsevier journal on September 20.

The list, compiled by John P. A. Ioannidis of the Meta-Research Innovation Center at Stanford University in the US, assesses scientists based on research publications, H-index, citations, and other metrics. It categorises researchers across 22 scientific fields and 174 sub-fields, recognising them for both career-long impact and single-year performance.

The JU scholars recognised in the list are Prof AA Mamun of Physics department; Associate Prof Md Mostafizur Rahma...