STAFF REPORT KHI: The Pakistan Council for Science and Technology (PCST), Islamabad, has declared Prof. Dr. Muhammad Iqbal Choudhary, Director International Centre for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS), Karachi University (KU), the most productive scientist of Pakistan.

Dr. Choudhary was selected from around 1700 productive scientists of Pakistan. Under the umbrella of ICCBS, Dr. Choudhary also heads HEJ Research Institute of Chemistry, and Dr. Panjwani Center for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research, KU.

An official said that the scoring system takes into account different factors from which the academic status and output of scientists and engineers is judged. These include research publications at national and international level, books written or edited, supervision of PhD, MPhil or MSc students, international awards, research grants won, impact factor of the journals in which the research papers were published.

As per the said criteria, in the field of chemistry, Dr Iqbal Choudhary has led over 1700 productive scientists of Pakistan, he said.

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