Komar University faculty member ranks first among Scopus Iraqi researchers

In July 2023, the Scopus Index and Abstract Database announced the latest list of Iraqi researchers in the field of reservoir inflow. Among the list, Mr. Sarmad Latif, a faculty member in the Department of Civil Engineering at Komar University of Science and Technology, has been ranked the first researcher in Iraq for the past three years. This ranking is based on the number of relevant papers published in top international journals and the number of citations.

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