Sanjeeb Sahoo, a scientist from Odisha, has been placed in the world’s most influential researchers’ list released by the firm Clarivate Analytics.
He is the only Odia among 10 Indians figuring in the globe’s highly-cited researchers’ list that comprises over 4,000 scientists.
Sahoo, a researcher at the Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar, is known for the specialisation for use of nanotechnology in cancer drug delivery, especially in cancer cure.
The country may boast of the scientists from the institutions like IISc, IITs, TIFR, JNU and Tiss. However, only 10 Indians found place in the world’s 4,000 top scientists’ list. Interestingly, some of them are not from the country’s leading and prestigious institutions.
The United States is the top-ranking country with the highest number of 2,639 Highly-Cited Researchers (HCR) followed by the United Kingdom that boasts of 546 scientists and China (mainland) with 482.
As per the list of the Clarivate Analytics in its fifth edition, eminent scientist and former head of the scientific advisory council to the Prime Minister, CNR Rao has been placed in the list. Notably, Jyoti Mittal is the only woman researcher from India in the list.