LANGKAWI, 3 September 2015 – A researcher from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Assoc. Prof. Dr. Wong Kuan Yew has been selected as one of the recipients of Malaysia’s Rising Star Award 2015.
Assoc. Prof. Wong and 13 other recipients received their award from the Minister of Higher Education, Datuk Seri Idris Jusoh at the launching ceremony of the National Conference for Published High Impact Journals at Aseania Resort & Spa, Langkawi, Kedah.
The award recipients are the reprint authors whose research articles were mostly referred by researchers worldwide. Their articles were extracted from the Essential Science Indicators (ESI) for a period between 2005 to 2014 by indexing agencies, Thompson Reuters which is based in New York, United States.
This recognition is the result of joint ventures between Thomson Reuters and the Malaysian Citation Centre, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Higher Education in improving the status of researchers and recognising them not only at the national level but also internationally.
Indexing in international academic journals is the most significant factor in promoting the work of local researchers.
A total of 13 Malaysian journals were also selected as the recipient of the Incentive Scheme Publishing (CREAM) at the same event, as the journals had demonstrated high performance in international databases such as WoS and SCOPUS.
3 of the journals have been indexed in the Web of Science (WoS), while 10 of the journals have been indexed in SCOPUS,  involving the field of Science, Technology and Medicine (STP) and the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (SCC).