Thomson Reuters Honours India’s Contribution To Global Research
India Research Front Awards 2009 Recognise Eight Leading Indian Scientists For Their Influential Contribution To The Global Research Community on Four Research Fronts
New Delhi, INDIA — April 24, 2009 — The Healthcare and Science business of Thomson Reuters announced today the "Thomson Reuters Research Excellence — India Research Front Awards 2009." Eight of India's leading scientists were honoured for their groundbreaking research and influential contribution to global research and development on four research fronts 1.
The eight awardees were presented with the accolade after their research was analysed using Thomson Reuters Research Front Methodology to assess their level of influence on specific scientific fields. Research Front Methodology looks at patterns of intense communication between scientists and is compiled, using citation analysis of a list of highly cited papers, defined as the top 1% of papers in each of 22 disciplines. Discovering how these highly cited works are related and determining how often these papers have been jointly cited (frequency of co-citation of the two highly cited papers) is achieved by Essential Science Indicators (ESI) from Thomson Reuters, and is called Research Front analysis. This tool can assist in identifying areas where important work is being conducted and where the scientific community is focusing its attention.
Based on the findings, the four Research Front areas where Indian scientists have had greatest emphasis and world-class influence are:
Research Front #1751
Professor Aniruddha B Pandit, Institute of Chemical Technology, University of Mumbai, Maharashtra
Dr. Parag Ratnakar Gogate, University Institute of Chemical Technology, University of Mumbai, Maharashtra
For their contribution to research into advanced oxidation processes and techniques.
Research Front #6810
Dr. R Panneerselvam, Department of Botany, Annamalai University, Tamilnadu
Dr. Gopi Ragupathi, Department of Botany, Annamalai University, Tamilnadu
Dr. Abdul Jaleel Cheruth, Department of Botany, Annamalai University, Tamilnadu
For their contribution to research into antioxidant metabolism and defence system in higher plants.
Research Front #7435
Dr. GPS Raghava, Bioinformatics Centre, Institute of Microbial Technology (IMTECH), Chandigarh
Dr. Manoj Bhasin, Bioinformatics Centre, Institute of Microbial Technology (IMTECH), Chandigarh
For their contribution to research into MHC class I binding peptides, using SVMHC.
Research Front #9007
Dr. Ayyappanpillai Ajayaghosh, National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIIST), Trivandrum
For his contribution to research into chirality-sensing supramolecular systems.
The Awards ceremony, which was held at Le Meridien New Delhi, is part of a series of Asia Pacific Research Days hosted by Thomson Reuters. These events recognise research excellence in countries and regions demonstrating they are leading the world through innovation in their respective fields. Similar events have been held in Australia (2008), China (2008), South Korea (2007), Japan (2007, 2004), Taiwan (2006) and India 2 (2006).
The Guests-of-Honour were Dr. Rajagopala Chidambaram, Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India and Prof. Deepak Pental, Vice-Chancellor, University of Delhi. The event was attended by more than 150 of the awardees' industry peers from leading research institutions and libraries, and members of the government and policy institutions in India.
Said Mr. Wong Woei Fuh, Commercial Director, Asia Pacific, Thomson Reuters, "India has become an important contributor to the global research community — and the steadfast pursuit of scientific discovery by these eight award winners certainly bears testimony to this. At Thomson Reuters, we understand the importance of trusted information, be it scientific literature or citation indexing data, to help the research community accelerate research, discovery and innovation, and make better decisions faster. Our methodology has helped Indian researchers identify the fields where they are taking the global lead and making a significant contribution. We hope to continue working closely with India's institutions to help them identify research excellence."
According to the ESI, India is ranked 20 by total citations3 and ranked 12 by number of papers respectively in the annual listing of Top 20 countries in all fields from 1998-21 August 2008. This is presented by ScienceWatch.com, the bi-monthly newsletter by Thomson Reuters for the international research community.
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Notes to Editor:
1 A Research Front is a group of highly cited papers, referred to as "core papers," in a specialised topic defined by a cluster analysis. Research fronts are assigned to the 22 broad fields based on the field of the most frequently occurring journal in the front. Visit http://sciencewatch.com/about/met/core-rf/
2 The Thomson Scientific Citation Laureate Award 2006 recipients from India were Professor Kalyanmoy Deb, Indian Institute of Technology, Uttar Pradesh (Computer Science); Professor Gautam R Desiraju, University of Hyberabad, Andhra Pradesh (Chemistry); Professor Ashok Pandey, Biotech Research Society of India, Kerala, (Biology & Biochemistry); Professor Chintamani Nagesa Ramachandra Rao, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre of Advance Scientific Research, Karanataka (Materials Science) and Professor Ashoke Sen, Harish Chandra Research Institute, Uttar Pradesh (Physics).
For listing of the Top 20 Countries in All Fields, 1998-August 31, 20083, visit http://sciencewatch.com/dr/cou/2008/08decALL/
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