PolyU Business School (PBS) faculty have been widely recognised by the AD Scientific Index 2023 for the significance and impact of their research. The AD Scientific Index evaluates the research performance of 1,355,081 scientists in 21,897 universities in 218 countries using h-index, i10-index, and citation counts as its key criteria. It also ranks scientists by subject, productivity, and citation counts. The index currently tracks 759 PolyU scientists.
World Scientist Rankings
Based on Total h-index, Dean Ir Professor Edwin Cheng ranks 45th in the World’s Top 100 Business and Management scientists and Prof. Michael Bond ranks 180th in the World’s Top Social Sciences scientists.
Four PBS faculty are in the top 1.2% of the world scientists across all disciplines.
World Scientist Productivity Rankings
Productivity ranking is a measure of how prolific researchers are in publishing scientific articles of value. It is calculated based on the i10-index, which measures the number of publications that have received at least ten citations from other researchers. The top three most productive PBS faculty are currently Ir Prof. Edwin Cheng, Prof. Michael Bond, and Prof. Eric Ngai.
Prof. Mike Lai (Hong Kong: 358; Asia: 5,819; World: 33,931) and Prof. Hans Wang (Hong Kong: 412; Asia: 6,757; World: 39,744) are currently the 4th and 5th most productive PBS faculty respectively.
World Scientist Citation Rankings
Citation ranking is based on the total number of times a researcher’s publications are being cited by other researchers. Prof. Michael Bond, Ir Prof. Edwin Cheng, and Prof. Eric Ngai are currently the most cited PBS faculty.
Prof. Mike Lai (Hong Kong: 143; Asia: 1,637; World: 17,052) and Dr Xin Xu (Hong Kong: 375; Asia: 5,120; World: 46,483) are the 4th and 5th most cited PBS faculty respectively.
Subject Rankings
The following table presents the current top PBS faculty in Business & Management, Economics & Econometrics, Engineering & Technology, and Social Sciences.
All the figures presented are extracted from AD Science Index as of 24 June 2023.
Source: AD Scientific Index 2023
