The “National H-index Ranking” platform has announced the results of the rating based on the scientific indicators of scientific institutions and higher education institutions operating in Azerbaijan for the fourth quarter of 2025.

According to the assessment conducted on the basis of data from international scientific databases such as Scopus, Web of Science and Google Scholar, the national H-index of Azerbaijan State Agrarian University (ADAU) has increased from 12 to 15 compared to the results of the previous quarter. This indicator confirms that scientific activity at the university has recently intensified and research results have increased. Positive dynamics have also been recorded in general scientometric indicators. Thus, ADAU has risen from 17th place in the previous quarter to 16th place among 40 higher education institutions in the country.

At the same time, 14 ADAU employees (Q2 - 12) are included in the list of "1000 most highly rated scientists in Azerbaijan" according to Google Scholar data, and 2 employees (Q2 - 1) are included in the list according to Scopus data.

Azerbaijan State Agrarian University (ADAU) has been rated as a “reporter” for the first time in the “Interdisciplinary Science Rankings 2026” compiled by “Times Higher Education” (THE), one of the world’s leading ranking organizations.

Azerbaijan State Agrarian University is among the higher education institutions rated as “reporters”.

The ranking is designed to enhance scientific excellence, expand interdisciplinary approaches, and promote interdisciplinary collaboration in solving global problems.
The assessment process measures the performance of universities in terms of resources (funding and investment opportunities), processes (success indicators, academic opportunities, administrative support, and development prospects), and outcomes (scientific publications, research quality, and scientific reputation).

About the references to the articles published by ADAU researchers in the Web of Science scientific database

A total of 353 references have been published in the Web of Science scientific database in the last 7 years. The number of articles and references by year is as follows:
2018 – 2 articles
2019 – 2 articles
2020 – 4 articles and 13 references
2021 – 5 articles and 13 references
2022 – 16 articles and 38 references
2023 – 23 articles and 53 references
2024 – 16 articles and 130 references
2025 – 22 articles and 106 references

About the articles published by ADAU researchers in the Web of Science scientific database:
In the last 7 years, 90 articles have been published by the University's faculty in the Web of Science scientific database.

In the last 7 years, 140 articles have been published by the University's faculty in the Scopus scientific database, and a total of 682 references have been received to these articles. The number of articles and references by year is as follows:
2018 – 2 articles and 13 references
2019 – 1 article and 20 references
2020 – 7 articles and 31 references
2021 – 9 articles and 29 references
2022 – 19 articles and 56 references
2023 – 34 articles and 96 references
2024 – 29 articles and 203 references
2025 – 39 articles and 234 references.

About the articles published by ADAU researchers in the Scopus scientific database

Huseynov Nizami
Topic: The effectiveness of usage of the natural mineral zeolite in combination with fertilizers in growing cotton in the Ganja-Gazakh zone.

Brief description: In the research for the first time determined effective norms of mineral fertilizers on zeolite and manure under cotton, increased the fertility of the soil, improved water-physical, physical-chemical properties, productivity and quality indicators of products on cultivated gray-brown (chestnut) soils.

Kazımov Nizami
Topic: Creation of initial materials and donors for practical selection using forms of hexaploid origin in cotton growing.

Brief description: For the first time in the direction of creating early ripening varieties with high-quality fiber, resistant to external influences - drought, heat, diseases and pests, which can meet the constantly growing demand for a long time and now hybrid forms of hexaploid origin are being produced, it was clarified that the resulting hybridizations of highly genomic cotton varieties were hybridized with cotton varieties belonging to type G hirsutum L, which allowed creating a rich parametric starting material for practical breeding.

Alakbarov Fariz
Topic: Influence of basic methods of soil treatment on its fertility and fertility in the three-crop rotation cotton-alfalfa-grain.

Short description: İt has been developed a soil cultivation system that has no analogues among the republics of the former Soviet Union and differs from short-field cotton crop rotations carried out in foreign countries (USA, India, Greece, Türkiye, etc.) - an intensive short-field triple crop rotation of cotton-alfalfa-grain which is suitable for this crop rotation, ensuring an increase in soil fertility, improving its water-physical properties and obtaining high stable yields from crops grown in a crop rotation.

Isayeva Dunya
Topic: Effective technology for the cultivation of winter barley in the Ganja-Gazakh zone.

Short description: For the first time in research have been determined the effective norms of sowing and fertilization methods to obtain high-quality and high-quality grain of winter barley Karabakh-22 on irrigated gray-brown (chestnut) soils. Under the influence of the methods of sowing and fertilization, the soil fertility, yield, quality indicators of the yield increased and the degree of use of fertilizers increased.

Elman Movsumov
Topic: Synthesis of biologically active substances, extraction from natural sources and application in agriculture.

Brief description: Study of newly synthesized metal complexes by physicochemical methods. The use of newly synthesized carboxylates of microelements in agriculture.

Kamandar Dashdamirov
Topic: Physiological and biochemical characteristics species of amaranth, introduced in Azerbaijan.

Brief description: Study of the growth and development of amaranth grown in Azerbaijan.