According to the latest Alper-Doger (AD) Scientific Index\u2019s Top Scientists in the Philippines 2022 list, four DPSM professors made it to the prestigious list: Dr. Noel S. Quiming, Dr. Voltaire G. Organo, Dr. Marilou G. Nicolas, and Dr. Marcelina B. Lirazan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The AD Scientific Index, developed by Prof. Dr. Murat Alper of the University of Health Sciences Istanbul and Prof. Dr. Cihan Doger of Ankara City Hospital, is a ranking system based on the scientific productivity of the individual researchers, which is measured using their total H-index, i10-index, and citation scores in Google Scholar over the last five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With a total of 546 citations and an h-index of 11, Dr. Noel Quiming ranks 336th<\/sup>\u00a0in the Philippines. Likewise, Dr. Marilou Nicolas joins the list, ranking 607th<\/sup>\u00a0with a total of 432 citations and an h-index of 7. Dr. Quiming and Dr. Nicolas\u2019 most cited research is the \u201cInteraction of bovine serum albumin and metallothionein.\u201d Published in the Journal of Health Science, this study utilized far UV circular dichroism (CD) and fluorescence spectroscopy to prove the interaction between these two proteins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Also ranking 402th<\/sup>\u00a0on this year\u2019s list is Dr. Voltaire Organo, with 337 citations and an h-index of 11. Dr. Organo\u2019s study with Prof. Dmitry M. Rudkevich of the University of Texas at Arlington on the \u201cSupramolecular Features of Calixarene\u2010Based Synthetic Nanotubes\u201d is listed as his most cited article.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dr. Marcelina Lirazan completes the list of DPSM professors in the list by ranking 725th<\/sup>\u00a0with a total of 383 citations and an h-index of 5. Dr. Lirazan\u2019s most cited study is the \u201cThe T-superfamily of conotoxins\u201d, which describes the discovery and characterization of eight different T-superfamily peptides from five\u00a0Conus<\/em>\u00a0species.<\/p>\n\n\n\n