STM publisher Elsevier and the National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI) have announced the recipients of the 6th Annual NASI Scopus Young Scientist Awards.
Recognising India's increasing contribution to world science, Elsevier instituted the Scopus Young Scientist Awards in 2006 to honour the talent, knowledge and expertise of India’s early career researchers. In 2009, Elsevier partnered with NASI, institutionalising the Awards within the Indian scientific community.
Winners were selected from a pool of more than 250 applications from research institutes and universities throughout India based on both quantitative and qualitative measures. Elsevier provided quantitative analysis using data from SciVerse Scopus, which claims to be the world’s largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature and quality web sources. Subject experts from across India assisted in looking at qualitative aspects of the research work of the candidate. Awards were presented in eight disciplines.
The jury looked at: the quality and number of publications, fellowships of academies, awards and grants received, relevance of the scientific work and its outcome, and the overall presentation and discussion at the in person meeting. Special consideration was also given to novel ideas and innovations which have potential for future research and commercial application.
Researchers interested in submitting applications for next year’s NASI Scopus Young Scientist Awards are encouraged to register at http://southasia.elsevier.com/SYSA2012 to receive further information and updates. As part of its efforts to support the global research community, Elsevier honours dozens of early career researchers each year in various disciplines and regions around the world through Scopus award programmes.
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