29 Vietnamese among world’s 100,000 most cited scientists

From top L to bottom R: Vietnamese scientists Bui Tien Dieu, Nguyen Xuan Hung, Le Hoang Son, Vo Xuan Vinh, Nguyen Dinh Duc. Photos courtesy of the scientists' universities

A recent study published in the American journal PLOS Biology shows 29 Vietnamese academics, all working in Vietnamese universities, are among 100,000 most-cited researchers in the world.

Vietnam has five scientists in the top 10,000 in the order of the ranking compiled by professors Jeroen Baas, Kevin Boyack and John P.A. Ioannidis of Stanford University.

The five scientists are: Nguyen Dinh Duc and Le Hoang Son with the Vietnam National University – Hanoi; Nguyen Xuan Hung with the Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology; Bui Tien Dieu with the Duy Tan University in Da Nang; and Vo Xuan Vinh with the University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City.

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