A ceremony was held recently by the University of Jordan (UJ) marking the university's 1st Academic Research Day. The event involved a ceremony to recognize and honor UJ's distinguished researchers, whose work has been an important contribution to the advancing of scientific research, and increasing qualitative knowledge production.
In a solemn ceremony, for the first time, more than 120 distinguished scholars from various schools and centers at the University were honored.
The honoring is a gesture of appreciation for the efforts of the scholars which have contributed to improving the university's position in global rankings.
The ceremony was organized by the Deanship of Academic Research in cooperation with the Accreditation and Quality Assurance Center. The honored scholars are the most cited researchers according to Scopes database for the period 2104 – 2019 (30 scholars from the health, scientific and humanities schools were recognized), in addition to 10 distinguished young scholars and 14 outstanding students who were nominated by their schools.