Professor Terence Seemungal, Professor Hazi Azamathulla, Dr Sephra Rampersad, Professor Christopher Oura, Dr Mandreker Bahall, Dr Rajiv Dahiya and the late Professor Dave Chadee of the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, rank in the top 2% of authors in their respective fields. The U.W.I, along with the Campus Principal, join in congratulating and encouraging them for their excellent work.
Details follow in this press release from the UWI:
The University of the West Indies (UWI) St Augustine Campus, April 22, 2022 – Seven UWI St. Augustine researchers are among the top 2% of the authors in their respective research disciplines globally in a database published in PLOS Biology journal authored by academics from Stanford University. This list represents the names of the scientists within the top 2% of their main sub-field discipline across those who have published at least five papers. The selection is based on the top 100,000 by c-score (with and without self-citations) or a percentile rank of 2% or above. The scientists are Professor Terence Seemungal, Professor Hazi Azamathulla, Dr Sephra Rampersad, Professor Christopher Oura, Dr Mandreker Bahall, Dr Rajiv Dahiya and the late Professor Dave Chadee.
These database rankings are globally recognized and are based on an analysis of data available in the Scopus database which is itself the standard for extracting bibliometric data for researchers worldwide. The list ranks more than 180,000 researchers within 22 scientific disciplines and 176 subfields, in an objective and transparent process. The process takes into account various measures of citations that a researcher receives as a single, first, or last author, including total citations and the Hirsch h-index metrics. The database is updated every year and hence - there are additions and subtractions every year.
UWI St. Augustine Pro Vice-Chancellor and Campus Principal, Professor Brian Copeland, in congratulating his colleagues, pointed out that while the selections are personal achievements for UWI scientists, it is synonymous with The UWI’s wider impact. “When these are considered in conjunction with the 2021 Times Higher Education institutional ranking of The UWI in the top 2.5% of the best universities globally, further confirm the strategic leadership and stewardship of The UWI, its scholastic research output, and advocacy,” he added.
