Proud moment: Prof Ooi (fourth from left) receiving his award from Deputy Higher Education Minister Datuk Mustapha Sakmud at the Higher Education Ministry-Elsevier awards ceremony. Looking on are (from left) Higher Education director-general Prof Datuk Dr Azlinda Azman, Higher Education secretary-general Prof Datuk Seri Dr Zaini Ujang, Elsevier regional vice-president (Solutions Sales, Asia Pacific) Jessica Low and Elsevier vice-president (Global Strategic Networks) Dr Anders Karlsson.
UCSI University Centre for Business Informatics and Industrial Management director Distinguished Prof Dr Ooi Keng Boon was awarded the Malaysia Scopus Research Excellence Award recently.
Prof Ooi, who was previously named in Clarivate’s prestigious 2023 Highly Cited Researcher List that acknowledges the top 0.1% of the world’s most cited scientists, said he was honoured to receive the award in the “ground-breaking contributions” category.
