By Li Han
Staff Writer of Tsinghua News Center
Dr. James Testa, Director of Editorial Development of ISI (Institute for Scientific Information), visited Tsinghua on October 17. Tsinghua Vice President Kang Kejun had a talk with Dr. Testa.
On behalf of the university, Vice President Kang welcomed Testa to Tsinghua, noting that as a world-famous institute, ISI has contributed a lot to scientific research. Vice President Kang emphasized the importance of international exchange of research and gave an outline of Tsinghua’s research, talent recruitment, and the cooperation between the university and institutes and universities world wide.
Dr. Testa introduced ISI and its collaboration with China. The two sides also exchanged ideas on the development of Tsinghua Science and Technology and discussed possibilities for future cooperation.
Thomson ISI is a business of The Thomson Corporation, and has been an established leader in providing access to high-value, essential information for researchers and scholars worldwide for over 45 years. The goal of ISI is to increase the impact of research by empowering researchers to accelerate discovery.
