Professor Bidyut Saha, FRSC (London), eldest son of Haradhan Saha and Arati Saha, is an internationally recognized chemist listed among the World's Top 2% Scientists (2023–2026) in Chemical Physics (Organic Chemistry) and ranked within the top 0.05% globally in Hexavalent Chromium Chemistry (ScholarGPS, 2024, 2025 & 2026). He currently serves as Associate Editor of Chemistry Africa and as an Editorial Board Member of Research on Chemical Intermediates and the Vietnam Journal of Chemistry. He is a recipient of the Springer Nature Editor of Distinction Award (2025) and the Publons Top Peer Reviewer Award (2019). Professor Saha has contributed to 11 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through impactful teaching, research, innovation, student mentoring, community outreach, and sustainable development initiatives. Scientific contributions on hexavalent chromium, Nickel & Vanadium directly cited in official public health benchmarks and groundwater management standards by the EFSA, USGS, NMED, BEU Alm. del., New Zealand (Ministry for Primary Industries Technical Paper No: 2019/08) & Brazil. He earned his PhD from Visva-Bharati University under the supervision of Professor Asim K. Das and subsequently completed postdoctoral research at the University of British Columbia, Canada, under Professor Chris Orvig as a BOYSCAST Fellow. He has successfully supervised 21 PhD scholars and two postdoctoral researchers and is currently guiding 10 doctoral students.
The University of Burdwan
Burdwan, West Bengal, India
Chemistry
Top 1% of reviewers in Cross-Field 2019
PUBLONS
The Top 1% of Reviewers in Cross-Field is an annual recognition given by Clarivate (Web of Science) through their Reviewer Recognition program (earlier through Publons). It identifies and honours peer reviewers whose reviewing activity places them in the top 1% globally across all research fields combined.
Springer Nature Author Service Award 2025
Springer Nature
It highlights editors who go above and beyond to support authors — not just in assessing submissions, but in making the review process more pleasant, fair, and constructive.
World’s Top 2% Scientists; for the year 2023, 2024 & 2025 in Chemical Physics
Stanford University (John Ioannidis and colleagues) using data from Elsevier / Scopus
It is a global, citation-metric–based recognition that identifies researchers whose scientific impact ranks in the top 2% of their field.
FRSC (UK), 2024
Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)
one of the highest professional honours in chemistry, recognizing his significant scientific contributions, research leadership, and sustained excellence in advancing the chemical sciences.
Highly Ranked Scholars (Specialty: : hexavalent chromium), 2023, 2024, 2025
ScholarGPS
Highly Ranked Scholars™ are the most productive authors (by number of publications) whose works demonstrate exceptional impact (citations) and outstanding quality (h-index). These scholars hold a ScholarGPS® Rank within the top 0.05% in any given Field, Discipline, or Specialty.
Associate Editor, Chemistry Africa (Springer Nature)
Springer Nature
Associate Editor, Chemistry Africa (Springer Nature)
Editorial Board Member, Research on Chemical Intermediates (Springer Nature)
Springer Nature
Editorial Board Member, Research on Chemical Intermediates (Springer Nature)
Editorial Board Member, Vietnam Journal of Chemistry (Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology)
VAST
Editorial Board Member, Vietnam Journal of Chemistry (Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology)
Certified as a World’s Top 5% Scientist by the SciRank Global Registry 2025
SciRank Global Registry
An international research distinction awarded by the SciRank Global Registry to scientists whose scholarly performance ranks within the top 5% worldwide. The ranking is based on a comprehensive bibliometric evaluation of research productivity, citation impact, scientific influence, and academic excellence using globally indexed research data.
University Lecturer
The University of Burdwan, Burdwan, India
01 Dec 2005 - 01 Jun 2014