Mammadova authored numerous research papers, articles and books on Azerbaijani ancient and medieval history.
In her research, she is known to be a disciple of the late Azerbaijani historian and the former vice-president of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences Ziya Bunyadov.
[1] She defended her doctoral dissertation in 1971 under the supervision of historian Karen Yuzbashyan on different copies of the manuscript The History of the Country of Albania by Movses Kaghankatvatsi.
[2] According to Thomas de Waal, Mammadova's theories on the Albanians were formulated in such a way as "to separate the Armenians completely from the Caucasus."
[3] During her interviews Mammadova has made anti-Armenian statements, including: And it is known that on whole planet exactly the Armenian people are distinguished by their absence of spiritual and other human values.