Elsevier Announces Winners of 3rd Annual Scopus...

NEW DELHI, India, December 5 /PRNewswire/ --     Elsevier, the world's leading 
publisher of scientific information,
announced today the winners of the third annual Scopus Young Indian Scientist
Award. Prof. J J Theo Groothuizen, S&T Counsellor, Embassy of Netherlands,
presided over the award ceremony, held at Le Meridien in New Delhi.



    The award has been designed to recognize outstanding young scientists and
researchers in India who have made significant contributions to providing new
research insights in their areas of research. Analytical tools in Scopus,
Elsevier's abstract and citation database of peer reviewed literature were
used in providing statistical data on applicants to the selection panel.
Recipients received a certificate of recognition, a cash prize and a crystal
trophy.



    Over 200 Indian scientists and researchers under the age of 40 submitted
their work for consideration in eleven disciplines included - Agriculture,
Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, Engineering, Library and
Information Sciences, Mathematics, Medicine, Pharmacology, Physics & Social
Sciences. Each entry was endorsed from the head of the applicant's present
institution.


    
    Following are the winners from each category:
    
    - Agriculture : Dr. R Raman, International Centre for Genetic Engg & 
      Biotechnology
    - Biological Sciences : Prof. S Ganesh, Indian Institute of Technology, 
      Kanpur
    - Chemistry - Dr. B V S Reddy, Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, 
      Hyderabad
    - Earth Sciences - Dr. Govindasamy Bala, Indian Institute of Science, 
      Bangalore
    - Engineering - Prof. Suman Chakraborthy, Indian Institute of 
      Technology, Kharagpur
    - Mathematics - Dr. Siva Athreya, Indian Statistical Institute, 
      Bangalore
    - Medicine - Dr. Bhanuprakash Reddy, National Institute of Nutrition, 
      Hyderabad
    - Physics - Dr. Moulik Parikh, Inter University Centre for Astronomy 
      & Astrophysics
    - & Dr. Satyabrata Patnaik, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi





    Finalists were selected by a jury of eight panelists, one peer from each
discipline. Applicants were selected based on statistical key criteria such
as number of citations, their h-index, number of publications and patents
based on Scopus data. The qualitative parameters included the impact of the
research and the new insights of knowledge developed thereon.



    "The Scopus award is a very interesting and novel way of highlighting the
best of research from young scientists in the country. If it stimulates, even
if by a small amount, the translation of quality research into quality
publications, it would have served an important cause," says Prof. K.
Vijayaraghavan, Director, National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bangalore
who is on the selection panel of the awards.



    "We are very pleased to recognize India's best and brightest up and
coming scientists across a broad spectrum of key research disciplines," said
Sander Verboom, Regional Director for Elsevier South Asia. "In the
increasingly competitive and multidisciplinary reality, it's vital to support
our young researchers in their quest to advance the frontiers of science and
we look forward to seeing great things from our 2008 recipients."



About Scopus

    Covering the world's research literature, Scopus is the largest abstract 
and citation database of peer-reviewed literature and quality Web sources 
with smart tools to track analyze and visualize research. Scopus was designed 
and developed with over 500 users and librarians internationally. Its unique
database contains abstracts and references from over 15,000 peer-reviewed
journals from 4,000 publishers worldwide, ensuring broad interdisciplinary
coverage. In addition, Scopus not only offers users citation information
about the articles covered, but also directly integrates Web and patent
searches. Direct links to full-text articles, library resources and other
applications like reference management software, make Scopus quicker, easier
and more comprehensive to use than any other literature research tool. For
more information about Scopus please visit http://www.info.scopus.com.



About Elsevier

    Elsevier is a world-leading publisher of scientific, technical and 
medical information products and services. Working in partnership with the 
global science and health communities, Elsevier's 7,000 employees in over 70 
offices worldwide publish more than 2,000 journals and 1,900 new books per 
year, in addition to offering a suite of innovative electronic products, 
such as ScienceDirect (http://www.sciencedirect.com/), MD Consult 
(http://www.mdconsult.com/), Scopus (http://www.info.scopus.com/),
bibliographic databases, and online reference works.



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