The Stanford Top 2% Scientist Award 2025 (Stanford University, USA)
In December 2025, Dr. Maxat KASSEN received the Stanford Top 2% Scientist Award 2025 (Stanford University, USA). The award is widely regarded as one of the world's most prestigious assessments of researchers' scientific impact and contributions.
The ranking is based on Scopus bibliometric data provided by Elsevier and includes more than 180,000 leading researchers worldwide. It is compiled by a team of scientists at Stanford University led by Professor John P. A. Ioannidis, who evaluate researchers across 22 scientific fields and 174 subfields using the internationally recognized Science-Metrix classification. The methodology incorporates several bibliometric indicators, including citation counts, the h-index, the hm-index, and the composite c-score.
Since 2020, Dr. Maxat KASSEN has been recognized annually among the World's Top 2% Most-Cited Scientists, maintaining a distinguished position in this internationally recognized ranking for five consecutive years. His inclusion in this prestigious list provides further evidence of the international recognition of his scholarly contributions. Throughout his career, he has received numerous distinguished international honors, including the Fulbright Scholar Award (2012) from the U.S. Government, the Scopus Award (2018) presented by Elsevier (Netherlands), and the Leader of Science: Web of Science Award (2020) presented by Clarivate (USA).
The Stanford List of World's Top 2% Scientists (Stanford University, USA)
