Taylor’s University Researchers made it into Stanford University’s list of World’s Top 2% Scientists, 2020. The report recently released was prepared by a team of experts led by Prof. John Ioannidis, the eminent Professor at the Stanford University. The database was created to provide updated analyses and a publicly available database of top scientists.

One of our researchers, Professor Dr Lai Nai Ming from the School of Medicine was one of the 8 researchers and student from Taylor’s University on the list of a group of over 100,000 scientists, classified via 22 scientific fields and 176 subfields features. For over 15 years, Dr Lai has been an author and trainer of the Cochrane Collaboration, the most highly-regarded source of systematic reviews to inform health care practices. While honoured by the number of citations received for his work, Dr Lai considered it important to see citation number in perspective, as citation is only part of the overall impact of systematic reviews, while their direct access and incorporation into practice by health care decision makers to improve health outcomes is the most desirable impact of these reviews. 

^{Professor Dr Lai Nai Ming, Director of Clinical Campus for School of Medicine at Taylor's University}

Prof Dr Lai Nai Ming, MBBS (Hons) (Queensland, Aust), MRCP (Paeds), MRCPCH, AM (Mal)

Synopsis

Dr Lai’s research focus is evidence synthesis through systematic reviews in a wide range of areas including Paediatrics and Neonatal Medicine (Neonatal Jaundice, central venous catheter care, Paediatric neuro-sedation and constipation), Intensive Care (Central venous catheter modification and skin antisepsis), Geriatrics (Animal-assisted therapy for dementia) and Dermatology (eczema treatment). A number of the reviews he authored have been widely adopted in clinical practice guidelines in different countries and were translated into multiple languages. For over 15 years, Dr Lai has been an author and trainer of the Cochrane Collaboration, the most highly-regarded source of systematic reviews to inform health care practices. While honoured by the number of citations received for his work, Dr Lai considered it important to see citation number in perspective, as citation is only part of the overall impact of systematic reviews, while their direct access and incorporation into practice by health care decision makers to improve health outcomes is the most desirable impact of these reviews.  

Profile

• Professor of Paediatrics and Director of Clinical Campus, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Taylor’s University. A Paediatrician-Neonatologist by training.
• Research focus in Evidence Synthesis for over 17 years: Cochrane systematic review author, trainer and referee.
• First Malaysian recipient of the Kenneth Warren Prize (2018), awarded to the principal author of a high-quality Cochrane systematic review relevant to developing countries. 
• International faculty of Asia Pacific Evidence Based Medicine and Nursing Conference. 
• Founding member, Asia Pacific Evidence Based Medicine Network and Asian Centre for Evidence Synthesis. 
• Published over 155 peer-reviewed journal papers and editorials, with cumulative impact factor of over 400, cumulative citation of over 1600 and H Index of 24.
• Advisor and reviewer of British Medical Journal (Uncertainties series), member of the editorial board for Editor of Journal Pediatric Drugs, Associate Editor of Cochrane Clinical Answers, Journal Systematic Reviews and Editor of Cochrane Malay Translation Initiative. 
• Consultant in the Malaysian National Health Research Priority Setting exercise 2021-2025 (Malaysian National Institute of Health). Consultant for the Malaysian National Institute of Health in a large-scaled evidence synthesis project on the health effects of palm oil and its derivatives (2016). 
• Reviewed over 160 papers for over 40 indexed journals, reviewed national and international grant proposals from UK, Switzerland and Netherlands national funding authorities. 

Out of the list, one student, Bahman Nasiri-Tabrizi was also mentioned in the top 2%. He is supervised by Associate Professor Dr Yeong Chai Hong and Associate Professor Dr Win Min Thein.

The updated version (https://doi.org/10.17632/btchxktzyw.3) is available on Mendeley is based on the Aug 01, 2021 report. The database provides standardized information on citations, h-index, co-authorship-adjusted hm-index, citations to papers in different authorship positions, and a composite indicator.

Taylor’s University list of Researchers and student made it to the list are as follows:

• Professor Dr Lai Nai Ming
• Associate Professor Dr Saeed Pahlevansharif
• Amin, Muslim
• Ahn, Jiseon
• Schinckus, Christophe
• Gorain, Bapi
• Nasiri-Tabrizi, B.
• Mahdiraji, Ghafour Amouzad

References

_{Baas, Jeroen; Boyack, Kevin; Ioannidis, John P.A. (2021), “August 2021 data-update for “Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators””, Mendeley Data, V3, doi: 10.17632/btchxktzyw.3}