Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\nKey-Points<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
This database includes the top 2 percent of scientists of the world from different fields on the basis of standardized citation indications. These include information on the number of citations, H -Index, co-authorship and a composite indicator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the exhaustive list of 1,59,683 persons, 1,492 Indians have found a place, with a majority of them being from IITs and IISc and other top institutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There were 16 Indian scientists who are ranked 30 or higher in the world, in their respective fields.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the field of Nuclear & Particle Physics, there are two Indians: Ashoke Sen (ranked 13) and T. Padmanabhan (ranked 24).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are two Indian in the field of Inorganic and Nuclear Chemistry: Prof Gautam Desiraju, (ranked 2) and CNR Rao (ranked 3) close to the top.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Biotechnology also has two names: Dr Ashok Pandey, (ranked 8) and Dr S Venkata Mohan, (rank 29).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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