Azerbaijan's Top 2% Scientists 2024: Career-Long List
Azerbaijan has 9 scientists on the 2024 career-long Top 2% list, up 50.0% from 6 in 2023. That places Azerbaijan 99th in the world by number of listed scientists, up 7 places. Baku State University has the most listed scientists (2), followed by State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic (2).
Scientists in Azerbaijan on the list, by year
The career-long count has more than tripled since 2020.
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| Year | Single Year | Change | Career Data | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 5 | 2 | ||
| 2021 | 8 | +60.0% | 3 | +50.0% |
| 2022 | 14 | +75.0% | 2 | -33.3% |
| 2023 | 13 | -7.1% | 6 | +200.0% |
| 2024 | 18 | +38.5% | 9 | +50.0% |
| 2025 | 41 | +127.8% | 21 | +133.3% |
Institutes in Azerbaijan
By number of listed scientists
All 9 scientists
| Rank in Azerbaijan | World rank | Scientist | Institute | Sub-field | Rank in sub-field |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 44,655 | Baku State University | Geochemistry & Geophysics | Rank 761 | |
| 2 | 115,464 | Lankaran State University | Nuclear & Particle Physics | Rank 1,825 | |
| 3 | 201,070 | Khazar University | Energy | Rank 2,945 | |
| 4 | 215,390 | Azerbaijan State Oil and Industry University | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 4,406 | |
| 5 | 243,941 | İnformasiya Texnologiyaları İnstitutu Azərbaycan Respublikasının Elm və Təhsil Nazirliyi | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | Rank 5,070 | |
| 6 | 252,890 | Baku State University | General Mathematics | Rank 1,843 | |
| 7 | 286,919 | State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic | Energy | Rank 4,482 | |
| 8 | 344,529 | Anglo Asian Mining plc | Mining & Metallurgy | Rank 186 | |
| 9 | 400,679 | State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic | Energy | Rank 6,751 | |
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Frequently asked questions
How many scientists from Azerbaijan are in the 2024 Stanford Top 2% list?
18 scientists affiliated with Azerbaijan are on the 2024 single-year list, and 9 are on the career-long list.
Which institute in Azerbaijan has the most Top 2% scientists?
On the 2024 career-long list, Baku State University has the most listed scientists from Azerbaijan, with 2. It is followed by State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic with 2.
How has the number of Top 2% scientists in Azerbaijan changed since 2020?
On the career-long list, Azerbaijan went from 2 scientists in 2020 to 9 in 2024, a change of +350.0%.
What is the difference between the single-year and career-long lists?
The single-year list ranks scientists on the citations their work received in one year. The career-long list ranks them on citations across their whole career. Both lists are published every year, and a scientist can be on one, both or neither.
What is the official source of this data?
The rankings come from the science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators published by Ioannidis et al. in the Elsevier Data Repository, updated every year. TOPSCINET, an independent platform, organises that data by country, year, institute and field, so you can compare and explore it.