Aligarh: Dr Irfan Ali, a faculty member in the Department of Statistics and Operations Research at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), has been ranked among the world’s top 0.5% of scholars in the fields of Mathematical Optimisation and Environmental Statistics by ScholarGPS, a globally recognised academic analytics platform.
A distinguished researcher in applied statistics, mathematical optimisation, estimation theory, and artificial intelligence, Dr Ali has made significant contributions to his field. He has authored over 105 research papers indexed in the Scopus database and 71 in the Web of Science, and edited eight books published by renowned publishers such as Taylor & Francis and Springer Nature, all indexed in Elsevier’s Scopus database.
His textbook, Optimization with LINGO 18: Problems and Applications, is widely regarded as a valuable resource for academicians, researchers, and students in the field of Operations Research.
His work has garnered more than 2,250 citations on Google Scholar, where he holds an h-index of 26 and an i10-index of 63.
In addition to his prolific research output, Dr Ali is a Lifetime Member of several prestigious professional societies, including the Operational Research Society of India, Indian Society for Probability and Statistics, Indian Mathematical Society, and The Indian Science Congress Association. He has been serving as an Associate Executive Council Member of the Indian Society for Probability and Statistics (ISPS) since 2021.
He is actively involved with over ten international journals in editorial capacities, including roles as associate editor and editorial board member.
