Points will be calculated for applicants for the award according to the rules below:

60% of the competition points are awarded in light of the researcher’s scientific output during the year 2023 for published research indexed in Scopus and Web of Science databases, where points are calculated for research according to the total CitScore and impact factor of the journal in which it is published.

100% of the points are given to the first researcher.

80% of the points are given to the second researcher.

60% of the points are given to the third researcher.

40% of the points are given to the fourth researcher and beyond.

As for the Corresponding author, he is awarded additional points amounting to 30% of the points, regardless of the sequence of the research.

15% of the competition points are awarded to the researcher’s citations in Web of Science. For example, if the number of citations is 420, 63 points are awarded.

10% of the competition points are awarded to the researcher’s citations in the Scopus database. For example, if the number of citations is 420, 42 points are awarded.

10% of the competition points are awarded to the researcher’s H-index in Web of Science

5% of the competition points are awarded to the researcher’s H-index in Scopus

The winning researcher is the one who obtains the highest number of points according to each field.

The criteria from point 1 to 5 concern the first five fields, which are medical and engineering sciences, pure sciences, agricultural sciences, and young researchers only.