Four faculty members - Dr Godson Asirvatham, Dr Jude Hemanth, Dr Sneha Gautam and Dr A. Immanuel Selvakmar- of the Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences (KITS), Coimbatore have found a place in the top 2% of the scientists listed by Stanford University, USA.
The index representing the top 2% of the most-cited scientists in various disciplines was recently released by Stanford University.
The report was prepared by a team of experts led by Prof. John Ioannidis, the Eminent Professor at Stanford University. For the selection, all researchers were classified into 22 scientific fields and 176 sub-fields.
Field- and subfield-specific percentiles were also provided for all scientists who have published at least five papers. The selection was based on a percentile rank of 2% or above.
The Chancellor, Dr. Paul Dhinakaran, Vice Chancellor, Dr P Mannar Jawahar and Registrar, Dr. Elijah Blessing congratulated the faculty members for their commendable accomplishments.