Over 200 PolyU academics ranked as world's top-cited scholars
PolyU strives to create an environment that supports academics in undertaking cutting-edge basic and translational research. This has naturally led to the publication of research work by our scholars in top journals that has attracted many citations. Last year, the world-class research produced by PolyU scholars across a wide range of disciplines was recognised in different global citation rankings, including the rankings by Stanford and Clarivate, reflecting the University’s exceptional research excellence.
World’s Top 2% Most-cited Scientists by Stanford University
In the latest “Updated science-wide author databases of standardised citation indicators” of over 100,000 top scientists compiled by Stanford University, more than 190 PolyU academics were ranked among the world’s top 2% most-cited scholars. Among them, around 20 academics (see below list) made it to the top 50 scholars in the world in their respective fields, the highest number among universities in Hong Kong. PolyU also has the most top 2% scientists in Hong Kong and globally in the fields of Building and Construction (18 academics) and Civil Engineering (13 academics).
Subject field Rank in field (field size)
Building & Construction
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Sport, Leisure & Tourism
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Operations Research
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Civil Engineering
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Geological & Geomatics Engineering
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Operations Research
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Building & Construction | |
Chemical Engineering | |
Environmental Engineering | |
Operations Research | |
Strategic, Defence & Security Studies | |
Information Systems | |
Building & Construction | |
Building & Construction | |
Accounting | |
Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry | |
Building & Construction | |
Civil Engineering | |
Civil Engineering | |
Sport, Leisure & Tourism | |
Logistics & Transportation |
Highly Cited Researchers 2021 by Clarivate
In addition, eight PolyU academics (see above and below list) were named in the Highly Cited Researchers 2021 list by Clarivate, which identifies the most influential scholars around the world during the past decade, as demonstrated by their publication of multiple highly-cited papers that rank in the top 1% by citations for field and publication year in the Web of Science index between 2010 and 2020. Approximately 6,600 researchers from more than 70 countries and regions were recognised in the 2021 list.
Computer Science | |
Professor Guo Song Professor, Department of Computing | |
Cross-Field | |
Professor Lee Shun-cheng Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering | |
Professor Li Gang Professor, Department of Electronic and Information Engineering | |
Professor Yan Feng Professor, Department of Applied Physics | |
Dr Zhang Xiao Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering | |
Engineering | |
Professor Chau Kwok-wing Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering | |
Professor Zhang Lei Chair Professor of Computer Vision and Image Analysis, Department of Computing | |
Engineering & Environment and Ecology | |
Professor Daniel Tsang Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering |