In the field of Engineering and Technology, Professor Doctor Nguyen Dinh Duc, director of the Academic Affairs Department at Vietnam National University (VNU), Hanoi, was ranked 2007th, with 198 publications and 5,592 citations.

Professor Doctor Nguyen Dinh Duc, director of the Academic Affairs Department at Vietnam National University (VNU), Hanoi.

For Environmental Sciences, Professor Doctor Pham Hung Vietnam and Associate Professor Doctor Tu Binh Minh from the University of Science under the VNU Hanoi were ranked 2,963rd and 5095 respectively. Hung saw 108 publications and 10,968 citations while the correspondent figures for Minh are 4,749 and 80.

Four Vietnamese scientists are honored in the field of Best Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Scientists. They are Professor Nguyen Xuan Hung at Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, ranked 42nd with 298 publications and 17,475 citations, and Associate Professor Phung Van Phuc of the same university, ranked 1,047th with 49 publications and 2,899 citations.

The other two scientists in this field work at Ton Duc Thang University in HCMC. They are Associate Professor Nguyen Thoi Trung, ranked 144th with 159 publications and 10,113 citations and Associate Professor Thai Hoang Chien, ranked 1,147th with 56 publications and 3,499 citations.

In the field of Medicine, Associate Professor Tran Xuan Bach is the only Vietnamese honored. Working at Hanoi Medical University, he is ranked 5,662nd with 487 publications and 127,375 citations.

Professor Nguyen Van Hieu at Phenikaa University in Hanoi is the only Vietnamese ranked in the field of Material Sciences. He is placed 7,419th with 54 publications and 5,788 citations.

Associate Professor Doctor Le Hoang Son from the VNU Hanoi is the only Vietnamese listed in the field of Computer Science. He is ranked 2,864th with 184 publications and 6,139 citations.

Research.com ranked scientists worldwide in 24 different fields based on a scientist's D-index (Discipline H-index), which only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline.

For this year’s ranking, Research.com ranked a total 166,880 candidates around the world.

The website described itself as the number one research portal for scientists. Its mission is to make it easier for professors, research fellows, and those studying for a PhD or a master’s degree to progress with their research and to ensure they are always up-to-date with the latest conferences around the world and publications related to their work.

Two female scientists receive Kovalevskaia Award 2021

A ceremony was held on May 16 to honour two female Vietnamese scientists with the Kovalevskaia Award 2021 for their excellent contributions to scientific research.

Vietnamese scientists successfully restore expired satellite

Scientists of the Space Technology Institute under the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology and other Vietnamese experts have successfully restored the system control servers and enabled VNREDSat-1, Vietnam’s first remote sensing satellite, to take pictures again from April 4, according to the academy.

Vietnamese scientist in Australia honoured with science-technology prize

Dr. Nguyen Trong Hieu, a senior lecturer in the solar cell major at the Australia National University (ANU), has been honoured with a science-technology prize in the field of new material technology presented by the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Central Committee and the Vietnamese Ministry of Science and Technology.

Five Vietnamese named in world's top 10,000 scientists

Five Vietnamese have been named in the list of the world’s top 10,000 scientists, which was recently released by the US’s PLOS Biology Journal.

Source: VnExpress