The Intellectual Property & Science business of Thomson Reuters joined the Ministry of Communication and Information Technologies of the Republic of Azerbaijan to honour the country's leading scientific researchers and journals, across a variety of disciplines. The 'Perspectives of Science and Development in Azerbaijan' award ceremony was recently held in Baku, Azerbaijan.
The honored researchers were chosen for the impact of their research, which has been demonstrated by the number of times their work has been cited by peers in the scientific community. This data was analysed with Thomson Reuters Web of Knowledge, an intelligent research platform providing access to the world's leading citation databases.
Awards were presented to Eldar Gasimov for excellence in medicine, neuroscience and clinical neurology; Elman M. Shahverdiev for excellence in physics; Bakhtiyar A. Mamedov for excellence in polymer chemistry; Azim Naghdaliyev for excellence in general medicine; and, Vugar A. Mammadov for excellence in metallurgy and metallurgical engineering.
The international journal Applied and Computational Mathematics was given an award for excellence in scientific publishing. The award was accepted by one of its two Editors-in Chief, Fikret A. Aliyev. The other Editor-in-Chief is the Minister of Communication and Information Technologies, Ali Abbasov.
Members of the Thomson Reuters team were onsite showcasing Thomson Reuters Web of Knowledge, to an audience of the Vice-Minister of Communication and Information Technologies, Vice-Minister of Education, Vice-President of Azerbaijani Academy of Sciences, Director of Science Department of the Ministry of Education, Vice-Chairman of the Copyright Agency and many Chancellors and Vice Chancellors from leading institutions across the country.
