The University of the Philippines System awarded Drs. Decibel F. Eslava and Maria Victoria O. Espaldon as UP’s Google Citation Scholars during a banquet on the eve of the Utak ay Puso Para sa Bayan (A Knowledge Festival) on 17-19 April 2016 at Taal Vista Hotel in Tagaytay City.

Drs. Eslava and Espaldon were recognized as UP’s Google Citation Scholars. Dr. Eslava has an h-index of 9 and 172 number of citations. Meanwhile, Dr. Espaldon has h-index of 6 with 995 citations. Their high citation marks contributed to the improvement of UP’s academic reputation.

With high citations, both SESAM professors are considered as champions of UP ideals in the local and global academic research community and serves as inspiration to young UP researchers.