Vietnamese named in World top scientist list

ABO/NDO- Prof. Tran Dang Xuan at Japan’s Hiroshima University has been listed among the world’s top scientists by Research.com, a reputable scientist ranking website.

According to the website, Xuan has been recognised as one of Japan’s top 1% outstanding scientists in the discipline of Plant Science and Agronomy, ranking 61st nationwide.

Prof. Tran Dang Xuan at Japan’s Hiroshima University has been listed among the world’s top scientists (Photo: VNA).

He published more than 200 articles on international science magazines and, in 2022, Xuan and his colleagues at the university discovered anti-blood cancer agents and diabetic from rice. Among the university’s 78 scientists, Prof. Xuan is the sole foreign scientist who was named in the list.

The ranking is based on D-index (Discipline H-index), which includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline. It was completed after analysing the data of 166,880 scientists in 26 disciplines.

Vietnam has a total of 14 scientists in the list.

(Source: NDO)