Scientist hailed for work in nanotech

Chinese-American physicist Wang Zhonglin has been recognized as one of the 2015 Thomson Reuters Citation Laureates, an annual list of researchers with the highest potential to win a Nobel Prize, Thomson Reuters said on its website on Thursday.

Having a good track record of forecasting Nobel Prize winners since it was launched in 2002, the Citation Laureates identifies the most influential researchers in the fields of chemistry, physics, medicine and economics by analyzing a researcher's academic publications and citations in the past 30 years, and evaluating their contributions to cutting-edge research.

Wang, 54, is the only ethnic Chinese among the 18 candidates this year. Previously, four ethnic Chinese have been listed.