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Young Hungarian Researchers Receive Prestigious Scopus Award
BUDAPEST, Hungary, November 18, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ --
- International Honor for Ten Winners
Elsevier, the world-leading publisher of scientific, technical and
medical information products and services announced today that the Scopus
Young Scientist Awards were awarded to the best young researchers under 30
years old, in ten scientific disciplinary areas.
The winners were based on the votes from the Board of Presidents of the
Hungarian Rectors Conference and the awards were presented by Karoly Molnar,
Minister without portfolio for Research and Development, Imre Rudas,
President of the Hungarian Rectors' Conference (HRC), and Mr. Eduard Cohen,
Elsevier Managing Director of A&G International Markets at the awards
ceremony held in Budapest.
Nominations for the awards were put forth by the rectors, deans, and
department heads of higher education institutions. The ten winners were
selected from over 100 nominees, based on a rigorous review by a panel of
three judges delegated by the Board of Presidents of HRC, with the approval
of President Imre Rudas using quantitative and qualitative criteria. The main
prize, a scientific conference trip worth EUR2000 sponsored by Elsevier, was
awarded to Dr. Imre Szilagyi.
The 2008 Scopus Award Winners in Hungary are:
Dr. Demeter Zoltan Szent Istvan Egyetem veterinary surgeon
Dr. Papp Krisztian ELTE biologist
Dr. Szilagyi Imre BME chemist
program designer
Dr. Sule Zoltan Pannon Egyetem mathematician
Dr. Obermayer-Kovacs Nora Pannon Egyetem technical manager
Environment
Dr. Horvath Krisztian Pannon Egyetem engineering
Szilagyi Andras BME physics
Kaposi Ambrus SOTE genetics
Novak Tamas Karoly Robert Foiskola physics
linguist, social
Veszelszki Agnes ELTE science
The purpose of the Scopus Young Scientist Awards is to put the younger
generation of researchers in the spotlight, and to reward the efforts of
young talent. The awards are also a means for promoting the fight against
brain drain. Additionally, Dr. Molnar commented: "As part of this fight, and
our aim to increase the global visibility and recognition of Hungarian
scientific it is imperative to a maximum the number of scientific journals
from our country in Scopus."
The Hungarian Rectors' Conference, together with Elsevier, aim to
contribute to the development of the information society by promoting
scientific thinking in higher education, and improving international
visibility of Hungarian scientific achievements.
Eduard Cohen noted that: "A major cause of the brain drain can be
contributed to a lack in access to a wide range of high quality scientific.
We are proud to promote these young stars as Scopus can help them in their
quest for knowledge discovery."
About Scopus
Covering the world's research literature, Scopus is the largest abstract
and citation database of peer-reviewed literature and quality web sources
with smart tools to track, analyze and visualize research. Scopus is designed
and developed with over 500 users and librarians internationally. Its unique
database contains abstracts and references from 15,000 peer-reviewed journals
from more than 4,000 publishers worldwide, ensuring broad interdisciplinary
coverage. In addition, Scopus not only offers users citation information
about the articles covered, but also integrates web and patent searches
directly from its clean and simple interface. Direct links to full-text
articles, library resources and other applications like reference management
software, make Scopus quicker, easier and more comprehensive to use than any
other literature research tool. In 2009 the Arts & Humanities module will be
added to Scopus at no additional cost to end users.
For more information about Scopus please visit http://www.info.scopus.com.
About Elsevier
Elsevier is a world-leading publisher of scientific, technical and
medical information products and services. Working in partnership with the
global science and health communities, Elsevier's 7,000 employees in over 70
offices worldwide publish more than 2,000 journals and 1,900 new books per
year, in addition to offering a suite of innovative electronic products, such
as ScienceDirect (http://www.sciencedirect.com/), MD Consult
(http://www.mdconsult.com/), Scopus (http://www.info.scopus.com/),
bibliographic databases, and online reference works.
Elsevier (http://www.elsevier.com/) is a global business headquartered in
Amsterdam, The Netherlands and has offices worldwide. Elsevier is part of
Reed Elsevier Group plc (http://www.reedelsevier.com/), a world-leading
publisher and information provider. Operating in the science and medical,
legal, education and business-to-business sectors, Reed Elsevier provides
high-quality and flexible information solutions to users, with increasing
emphasis on the Internet as a means of delivery. Reed Elsevier's ticker
symbols are REN (Euronext Amsterdam), REL (London Stock Exchange), RUK and
ENL (New York Stock Exchange).
Media Contact:
Beky Endre,
Elsevier,
Phone Number: +36-70-323-4937,
e-mail: e.beky@elsevier.com.
SOURCE Elsevier
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