Prof. Dr. M. Emin Özdemir Has Been Included in the List of the “World’s Most Influential Scientists.”
The number of faculty members at Bursa Uludağ University (BUÜ) achieving international recognition continues to increase each year.
According to the 2025 data (August 2026 release) of the World’s Top 2% Scientists list, compiled through a collaboration between Stanford University and Elsevier, 26 academics from BUÜ were included in the annual impact list, while 18 academics were featured in the career-long impact list, marking a significant achievement for the university. The evaluation was based on international criteria, including citation counts and the h-index, excluding self-citations. The findings demonstrate that the academics’ research contributions have achieved international recognition both in terms of their annual performance and their overall careers.
Academics Included in the 2025 Annual Impact List
According to the ranking based on performance in 2025, 26 scientists from BUÜ were placed among the world’s top 2% most influential scientists. The academics included in the list, in order, were: Prof. Dr. Ali Rıza Yıldız, Prof. Dr. İbrahim Arpacı, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Davut İzci, Prof. Dr. Mustafa İnci, Prof. Dr. Betül Sultan Yıldız, Prof. Dr. Mustafa Özgür Yaylı, Prof. Dr. Senem Kamiloğlu Beştepe, Prof. Dr. Ömer Kaynaklı, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sedat Arslan, Prof. Dr. Mehmet Karahan, Prof. Dr. Ali Mardani, Prof. Dr. Hıdır Selçuk Nogay, Prof. Dr. Adem Doğangün, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Murtaza Cicioğlu, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Murat Öztürk, Prof. Dr. Muhamet Emin Özdemir, Prof. Dr. Muhsin Kılıç, Prof. Dr. Serdal Dikmen, Prof. Dr. Emrullah Yaşar, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Arzu Akbulut, Prof. Dr. Fatih Karpat, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Büşra Uzun, Prof. Dr. Ahmet Karadağ, Prof. Dr. Tülay Özcan, Prof. Dr. İlker Ercan, and Prof. Dr. Necmettin Kaya.
Rector Yılmaz Congratulates the Academics
Rector Prof. Dr. Ferudun Yılmaz congratulated all the scientists included in the international ranking and expressed his satisfaction with the university’s and the country’s continued progress each year. Extending his congratulations and wishing the academics continued success, Rector Yılmaz emphasized his belief that these distinguished scholars would serve as important role models for the university’s early-career academics.
We congratulate Prof. Dr. M. Emin ÖZDEMİR, a faculty member of our Faculty’s Elementary Mathematics Education Program, on this outstanding achievement and wish him continued success.