Believe it or not, 17 teachers from different faculties of Islamic University have been ranked  among the world’s best researchers in the Alper-Doger (AD) Scientific Index.  They are Atiqur Rahman, SM Mostafa Kamal, M Mizanur Rahman, Ashok Kumar Chakraborty, Md Abuhena Mostafa Jamal, GM Arifuzzaman Khan, Md Rezwanul Islam, Jalal Uddin, Minhaj-ul-Haq, Deepak Kumar Pal, Md Moniruzzaman, KMA Subhan, Md Helal Uddin, Md Ibrahim Abdullah, Mohammad Ruhul Amin Bhuiyan, Ahsanul Haque and M Manjurul Haque. On Sunday, the international organisation published the list based on citations and other indices of more than 700,000 scientists from 13,531 universities around the world. Read: Islamic University to start final exams from Sept 12 In case of listing 708,480 scientists from around the world -- 153,262 from Asia, 1,788 from Bangladesh -- their citations in the last five years were taken into account.