Professor Hazem Kalaji among the most cited scientists in the world
Prof. dr hab. Hazem M. Kalaji from the Department of Plant Physiology, Institute of Biology, Warsaw University of Life Sciences
The list of the world’s most cited scientists (Highly Cited Researchers) was announced on November 18 this year. Clarivate Analytics . This year, the list includes nearly 6,400 people, including four from Poland, and among them Prof. dr hab. Hazem M. Kalaji. Presence in the group of Highly Cited Researchers is highly rewarded in the Shanghai Ranking. In the methodology of the Shanghai Ranking, the presence of scientists from a given university on the Highly Cited Researchers list is as high as 20%. Presence among the most cited Hazem M. Kalaji gives WULS-SGGW a chance to enter the Shanghai Ranking 2020.In addition to professor HM Kalaji, this prestigious list of Polish scientists includes: Piotr Ponikowski from the Medical University of Piastów Śląskich in Wrocław, Adam Torbicki from the Medical Center of Postgraduate Education in Warsaw and Jacek Namieśnik from the Gdańsk University of Technology. Also in 2019, Professor Kalaji was on the list of the most cited scientists.
The list of the most cited researchers is published by the international analytical company Clarivate Analytics based on the Web of Science database. It indicates scientists whose publications were among the 1% most cited in 21 fields of science. The list includes the most scientists from the United States (41.5%). Out of the 6,389 people on the list, 3,896 conduct research assigned to specific areas, and 2,493 conduct interdisciplinary research.
Research work of Professor Hazem M. Kalaji They focus, among others, on the fluorescence of chlorophyll as well as bioenergetics and the functioning of the photosynthetic apparatus of plants. Research on:
- assessment of both phases of photosynthesis, dependent and independent of photosynthetically active radiation, based on the measurement of the main parameters of gas exchange, chlorophyll content and efficiency of absorption of radiant energy by this pigment,
- learning about the functioning of the photosynthetic apparatus of plants in various growth environments, i.e. under controlled (phytotron), semi-controlled (greenhouse, vegetation hall) and field conditions,
- study of the reaction of the second plant’s photosystem to biotic and abiotic stresses using the chlorophyll fluorescence technique with a detailed analysis of its signal (JIP test),
- analysis of the complex responsible for the decomposition of water and the study of energy flow in the second photosystem (light energy absorption, capture by reaction centers and electron transport speed),
- developing recommendations for the needs of agrotechnics and establishing new selection criteria, which, through rapid and mass screening, should contribute to accelerating biological and breeding progress.
You can read about some of the professor’s research, discoveries and inventions in the following articles: