Banda Aceh (ANTARA) \u2013 Professor Muhammad Siddiq Armia of the Faculty\nof Sharia and Law (FSH) at UIN Ar-Raniry, representing Indonesia\u2019s state\nIslamic higher education institutions (PTKIN), has ranked first in the\n2026 Stanford University\u2013Elsevier list of the world\u2019s top 2 per cent of\nscientists.<\/p>\n
\u201cAlhamdulillah, our name has again been included in the 2026 list of\nthe world\u2019s top 2 per cent of scientists. This year\u2019s ranking is better\nthan last year\u2019s,\u201d Siddiq said in a statement received in Banda Aceh on\nSunday.<\/p>\n
He said that, alongside him, Professor Mursyid Djawas, also from UIN\nAr-Raniry\u2019s Faculty of Sharia and Law, had made the list. In total,\nseven UIN academics from across Indonesia were included in the\nranking.<\/p>\n
In ranking order, they are Siddiq Armia, Mursyid Djawas, Hariyanto\n(UIN Purwokerto), Saiful Mujani (UIN Jakarta), Khairunnisa Musari (UIN\nJember), Maila DH Rehiem (UIN Jakarta) and Habibis Saleh (UIN Riau).<\/p>\n
Siddiq said he regularly passes on world-class knowledge to young\nacademics and students, particularly skills in writing and publishing in\ninternational journals.<\/p>\n
A graduate of MAN Beureunuen, he is often invited to teach or examine\ndoctoral dissertations at leading universities in the UK, Morocco, the\nUAE, Qatar, the Philippines, Thailand, South Korea, Malaysia and other\ncountries.<\/p>\n
From late August to September 2026, Siddiq represented Indonesia at a\nglobal scientific meeting at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva,\nalongside academics from 20 countries. He also visited the UK\nParliament\u2019s House of Lords.<\/p>\n
Muhammad Siddiq Armia completed his undergraduate degree at UIN\nAr-Raniry\u2019s Faculty of Sharia and Law in 2000, his master\u2019s degree at\nthe University of Indonesia in 2004, and his doctorate at Anglia Ruskin\nUniversity in Cambridge, UK, in 2016. His doctoral dissertation compared\nconstitutional courts in different countries, including Germany\u2019s\nFederal Constitutional Court.<\/p>\n
His specialisation is international constitutional law. His work has\nappeared in various prestigious international journals and has been\ncited thousands of times by academics across countries.<\/p>\n
In 2025, the Takengon-born academic, from Central Aceh, also appeared\non the same list.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/uin-ar-raniry-professor-ranked-no-1-among-the-worlds-top-scientists-1791730314", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }