Nine Vietnamese named among world’s top scientists
VGP - Nine Vietnamese scientists have been named in the top 10,000 and 60 among the 100,000 most cited researchers worldwide this year, according to the Dutch academic publishing company Elsevier.
Five scientists from the Viet Nam National University, Ha Noi (VNU) named among the world’s top scientists
The Viet Nam National University, Ha Noi (VNU) has two scientists among the world's top 10,000 and three scientists among the world's top 100,000.
They are Prof. Dr Nguyen Dinh Duc from the VNU University of Engineering and Technology, and Assoc. Prof. Dr Le Hoang Son from the VNU Information Technology Institute, Prof. Dr Tran Xuan Bach from the Ha Noi Medical University, Prof. Vo Xuan Vinh and Dr Nguyen Phuc Canh from the University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City.
The others are Dr Tran Nguyen Hai and Dr Hoang Nhat Duc from the Duy Tan University, Assoc. Prof. Dr Hoang Anh Tuan from the Dong A University, and Dr Pham Thai Binh from the University of Transport Technology.
Among the 100,000 most cited scientists, three are from the VNU-International School, namely Prof. Dr Nguyen Duc Khuong (32,439th globally), Dr Chu Dinh Toi (28,314th globally), and Dr Nguyen Viet Cuong (42,130th globally).
The rankings were compiled by a group of researchers at the U.S.-based Stanford University, use citations from Scopus, an international scientific database.
The ranking evaluates the scientists based on various factors, including the number of citations (excluding self-citations); the Hirsch h-index; the Schreiber hm-index; and the number of citations for papers where they were either the sole author, the first author, or the corresponding or last author.
Scientists are categorized into 22 scientific fields and 176 subfields, thereby demonstrating the broad scope of expertise included in the evaluation./.
