University of Halabja Lecturer Selected Among the World's Top 2% Scientists for the Second Time
In another remarkable scientific achievement for the University of Halabja, Assistant Professor Dr. Rabar Hama Amin Faraj, a faculty member in the Department of Civil Engineering at the College of Engineering, has been selected by Stanford University as one of the world's top 2% scientists for the second time (for the years 2024 and 2026).
Achievement Specialization
- Field: Construction and Building Materials.
About the Evaluation
The evaluation by American Stanford University is a globally credible assessment conducted annually in collaboration with Elsevier and based on the Scopus database. It identifies the 100,000 most influential scientists worldwide, categorizing them across 22 main scientific fields and 174 sub-fields.
The selection of the world's top 2% scientists is based on researchers' Composite Score, which factors in the following criteria:
- Total number of citations to research papers.
- H\text{-index}.
- Hm\text{-index}.
- Citations to papers authored as a single researcher.
- Citations to papers where the researcher is listed as the first author.
- Citations to papers where the researcher is listed as the last author.
Key Definitions:
- Scopus: One of the most prominent databases indexing top scientific journals and tracking researcher citations.
- Elsevier: A major publishing institution that owns the Scopus database.
- Stanford University: One of America's renowned universities, established in 1891.
Brief Academic Biography
- Bachelor's Degree: Civil Engineering from the University of Duhok.
- Master's Degree: Civil Engineering with a specialization in Construction Materials Engineering from Gaziantep University, Turkey.
- Ph.D.: Civil Engineering with a specialization in Construction Materials Engineering from the University of Sulaimani.
- Global Recognition: Selected as one of the world's top 2% scientists by Stanford University in 2024 and 2026 in the field of Construction and Building Materials.
- National Ranking: Achieved 4th place nationwide in Iraq in the field of Construction and Building Materials in 2023.
- Professional Experience: Served as an engineer across various projects in the private sector.
- Publications: Published 68 scientific research papers in high-ranking international scientific journals within the engineering field.
- Impact & Citations: His research works have been cited over 5,257 times by global researchers and scientists, demonstrating a profound international impact.