On 1st of November 2016 , twenty local scientific researchers received the Malaysia’s Rising Star Award (MRSA) today as their work are recognized as among the most frequently cited scientific researches in the world. Among that 20 local researchers, 2 of them are our very own FCEE researchers, Prof Dr. Ahmad Fauzi Ismail and Prof. Dr. Sharifah Rafidah Wan Alwi.
The recognition was given after researchers from various public universities received citation issuance between one and 10% highest in the world in their respective fields according to the international database Web of Science(WoS) from Clarivate Analytics and Scopus from Elsevier, two world’s major indexing agencies on quality scientific publications
Final list of nominees have been selected by a special committee where awardees span over a variety of research areas such as engineering, agriculture sciences, material sciences, chemistry and environmental and ecology. A total of 14 awardees are selected this year.
The methodology employed in determining the awardees is based on evaluation of scientific papers indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection. The online database is recognised as the world’s most trusted source of multidisciplinary citation database.
Additionally, InCites (a web-based research evolution tool) and Essential Science Indicators SM (a web-based research analytical platform) were the source of additional evaluation metrics.
There are 3 categories in this year’s award: Frontier Researcher, Young Researcher, and Highly-Cited Review.
Prof. Dr. Ahmad Fauzi Ismail has won the Frontier Researchers
and Prof Dr. Sharifah Rafidah Wan Alwi has won the Young Researchers Category
Minister of Higher Education, Datuk Seri Idris Jusoh, presented the awards on 1st of November at Putrajaya. Warmest congratulations to both of our researchers for the great achievement. One of these days we shall interview them to know their secrets!
