Business information provider Thomson Reuters, US, has honoured 11 of Taiwan's leading scientists for their contribution to global research and development (R&D) in seven areas of emerging research. The 'Thomson Reuters Taiwan Research Day & Research Front Awards 2011' recognised these Taiwan scientists as being at the forefront of research fronts spanning biomedical science, psychiatry, engineering and agricultural science.
The 11 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 based on the top 1 percent of the most highly cited research papers in each of 22 disciplines in Essential Science Indicators (ESI) from Thomson Reuters.
According to the latest ESI data by Thomson Reuters, Taiwan is currently ranked 18th in the latest annual listing of Top 20 countries in all fields by total number of research papers behind the US, Japan, China, India and South Korea. In terms of total number of citations worldwide, Taiwan is ranked 22nd.
In specific fields such as physics and chemistry, Taiwan is ranked 20th worldwide by total citations in physics from January 2000-June 30, 2010, and 18th worldwide in chemistry by total citations from January 2000-December 2010. This is presented by ScienceWatch.com, a bi-monthly newsletter by Thomson Reuters for the international research community.
The awards ceremony, which was held at NTUH (National Taiwan University Hospital) International Convention Center, is part of a series of Asia Pacific Research Days hosted by Thomson Reuters. These events seek to recognise research excellence in countries and regions demonstrating they are leading the world through innovation in their respective fields. The previous event in Taipei was held in 2006. Similar events have also been held in Australia, China, South Korea, Japan and India.
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