Elsevier Library Connect Newsletter: Scopus Awards in Jordan bring together national leaders and researchers

Volume 7 • Number 2
April 2009
ISSN: 1549-3725
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Scopus Awards in Jordan bring together national leaders and researchers
By Ahmed Rostom, Account Development Manager, Elsevier, Cairo, Egypt

(Left to right) Herman van Campenhout presents a gift of Dutch
pottery to HRH Princess Sumaya, as Jordanian Minister of Higher
Education HE Dr. Walid Al Maani and Elsevier Event Manager
Alberto Rodriguez-Zapata look on.

On March 31, a Scopus Awards event in Amman, Jordan drew nearly 100 researchers. Jordan’s Royal Scientific Society and Ministry of Higher Education, as well as Elsevier, cosponsored the event.

HRH Princess Sumaya bint El Hassan, the president of the society and head of the Princess Sumaya University for Technology Board of Trustees, said, "I am confident the interesting part is still to come. We'll continue to develop a talent pool, develop intellectual property and facilitate usage in Jordan." HE Dr. Walid Al Maani, Jordan's minister of higher education and scientific research, spoke about the need to monitor the quality and quantity of scientific output as well as centralize research activity.

Elsevier CEO Science & Technology Herman van Campenhout presented the awards.

The winners were the following:

Dr. Yaseen Al-Soud, Dr. Basem Ali and Dr. Hutaf Baker (with Al al-Bayt University)
Dr. Zaid Odibat, Dr. Omar Othman Badran and Dr. Mohammed Al-Odat (with Al-Balqa Applied University)
Dr. Adel Al Khattab and Dr. Bassem Al-Twesi (with Al-Hussein Bin Talal University)
Dr. Nabil Ayoub and Dr. Fedda Alzoubi (with German-Jordanian University)
Dr. Mousa Mohsen, Dr. Adnan Abu-Surrah and Dr. Khaled Abu-Elteen (with Hashemite University)
Dr. Anwar M. Battikhi, Dr. Yousef Khader, Dr. Ayed Amr and Dr. Riad Bitar (with the Higher Council for Science & Technology)
Dr. Mohammad Mubarak, Dr. Fuad Kittaneh and Dr. Jamil Khalifeh (with Jordan University)
Dr. Mohammad Al-Nimr, Dr. Kamal Bani-Hani, Dr. Fawzi Banat and Dr. Sameer Al-Asheh (with Jordan University for Science & Technology)
Dr. Shaher Momani (with Mu'tah University)
Dr. Mohammad Al-Ghouti, Dr. Yehia Abu-Khaled and Dr. Akl Awwad (with the Royal Scientific Society)
Dr. Eyad Hrayshat, Dr. Aiman Al-Rawajfeh and Dr. Abdul Wali-Ajlouni (with Tafileh University)
Dr. Sami Mahmood, Dr. Sami Abdel-Hafez and Dr. Idrees Al-Momani (with Yarmouk University)

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