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The world-class research conducted by PolyU scholars across a wide spectrum of disciplines has been recognised in rankings by Stanford University and Clarivate, reflecting the University’s research excellence.

 

World’s top 2% most-cited scientists by Stanford University

More than 200 PolyU academics were ranked among the world’s top 2% most-cited scientists in the latest “Updated science-wide author databases of standardised citation indicators”, released in October 2022, covering more than 100,000 top scientists, compiled by Stanford University.

 

In addition to having the most top 2% scientists globally in the fields of Building and Construction (13 scientists) and Civil Engineering (16), PolyU has the largest number of top 2% scholars in four other fields in Hong Kong, namely Energy (16), Environmental Sciences (5), Materials (21), and Optoelectronics and Photonics (9). Overall, more than ten scholars made it into the top 50 (see the below list).

 

Subject field
Rank in field (field size)

Ir Professor Poon Chi-sun

 

Building & Construction

3 (23,422)

Ir Professor Poon Chi-sun
Chair Professor of Sustainable Construction Materials, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Ir Professor Edwin Cheng

 

Operations Research

5 (15,661)

Ir Professor Edwin Cheng
Chair Professor of Management, Department of Logistics and Maritime Studies

Professor Jin-Guang Teng

 

Civil Engineering

5 (50,292)

Professor Jin-Guang Teng
Chair Professor of Structural Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Professor Weng Qihao

 

Geological & Geomatics Engineering

7 (58,101)

Professor Weng Qihao
Chair Professor of Geomatics and Artificial Intelligence, Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics

Professor Chen Qingyan

 

Building & Construction

12 (23,422)

Professor Chen Qingyan
Chair Professor of Building Thermal Science, Department of Building Environment and Energy Engineering

Ir Professor Albert Chan

 

Building & Construction

23 (23,422)

Ir Professor Albert Chan
Chair Professor of Construction Engineering and Management, Department of Building and Real Estate

Professor Li Heng

 

Building & Construction

25 (23,422)

Professor Li Heng
Chair Professor of Construction Informatics, Department of Building and Real Estate

Professor Xu Youlin

 

Civil Engineering

28 (50,292)

Professor Xu Youlin
Emeritus Professor (Structural Engineering), Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Professor Daniel Shek

 

Education

30 (88,403)

Professor Daniel Shek
Chair Professor of Applied Social Sciences, Department of Applied Social Sciences

Professor Cathy Hsu

 

Sport, Leisure & Tourism

44 (6,566)

Professor Cathy Hsu
Chair Professor of Hospitality and Tourism Marketing, School of Hotel and Tourism Management

Professor Qi Liqun

 

General Mathematics

50 (80,129)

Professor Qi Liqun
Emeritus Professor of Applied Mathematics, Department of Applied Mathematics

Ir Professor Ben Young

 

Civil Engineering

50 (50,292)

Ir Professor Ben Young
Chair Professor of Steel Structures, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

 

The world’s most highly cited researchers 2022 by Clarivate

Meanwhile, around ten PolyU academics were among the most influential scholars around the world, according to Clarivate Analytics’ list of “Highly Cited Researchers 2022”. Inclusion in the list is based on the production of multiple highly cited papers that rank in the top 1% of citations by field and publication year in the Web of Science citation index over the past decade. Around 6,900 researchers from 69 countries and regions, across a diverse range of research fields were recognised in the 2022 list.

 

 

Computer Science

 
Professor Guo Song

 

Professor Guo Song
Professor, Department of Computing

 

Cross-Field

 
Dr Huang Bolong

 

Dr Huang Bolong
Associate Professor, Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology

Professor Li Gang

 

Professor Li Gang
Chair Professor of Energy Conversion Technology, Department of Electronic and Information Engineering

Professor Loh Kian-ping

 

Professor Loh Kian-ping
Chair Professor of Materials Physics and Chemistry, Department of Applied Physics

Professor Wang Zuankai

 

Professor Wang Zuankai
Chair Professor of Nature-Inspired Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Professor Yan Feng

 

Professor Yan Feng
Chair Professor of Organic Electronics, Department of Applied Physics

Dr Zhang Xiao

 

Dr Zhang Xiao
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Dr Zhao Xin

 

Dr Zhao Xin
Associate Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering

 

Engineering

 
Professor Dan Tsang

 

Professor Dan Tsang
Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Also in the field of Environment and Ecology

Professor Zhang Lei

 

Professor Zhang Lei John
Chair Professor of Computer Vision and Image Analysis, Department of Computing