Kokrajhar: Three Bodoland University faculty members have been included in the 2026 Stanford–Elsevier World’s Top 2% Scientists database, with subject-wise rankings in environmental sciences, energy and plant biology.
Prof. Hemen Sarma of the Department of Botany ranked 933 in environmental sciences, his fourth consecutive year in the database, according to the university’s press release. Prof. Sanjay Basumatary ranked 2,323 in energy, marking his third consecutive year. Dr. Sanjib Baruah, also of the Department of Botany, was included for the first time, ranking 2,675 in plant biology and botany.
The release said the database uses standardized citation indicators derived from Scopus data and provides separate assessments of career-long and single-year research impact.
Vice-Chancellor Prof. B. L. Ahuja congratulated the faculty members and commended their research contributions. He encouraged faculty to pursue high-quality research and interdisciplinary collaboration, and said the university should strengthen its research visibility nationally and internationally
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