Highly Cited Researchers 2023
The College of Science is proud to announce that 10 scientists have been listed as Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researchers 2023.
| Researcher | Category |
| Department of Chemistry | |
| Professor Zhanxi FAN Assistant Professor |
Cross-Field |
| Professor Alex JEN Lee Shau Kee Chair Professor in Materials Science |
Materials Science |
| Professor Chun Sing LEE Chair Professor of Materials Chemistry |
Cross-Field |
| Professor Xiongwen David LOU Chair Professor of Materials Chemistry |
Chemistry; Environment and Ecology; and Materials Science |
| Professor Xin WANG Chair Professor of Electrochemistry |
Materials Science |
| Professor Hua ZHANG Herman Hu Chair Professor in Nanomaterials |
Chemistry; and Materials Science |
| Professor Zonglong ZHU Associate Professor |
Cross-Field |
| Department of Mathematics | |
| Professor Daniel HO Chair Professor of Applied Mathematics |
Cross-Field |
| Department of Physics | |
| Professor Paul CHU Chair Professor of Materials Engineering |
Cross-Field |
| Professor Yang REN Chair Professor of Physics |
Cross-Field |
This annual Highly Cited Researchers list identifies influential scientists across the globe who have demonstrated significant and broad research influence in their chosen field or fields of research among their peers. Their papers are ranked in the top 1% by citations for fields and year of publication in the Web of Science™ over the past decade.
Top 2% of the World’s Most Highly Cited Scientists
Moreover, 31 faculty members and 4 Emeritus/Honorary/Adjunct Professors have been listed among the top 2% of the world’s most highly cited scientists (career-long/single year) in the latest report of Stanford University released in October 2023.We are delighted that about one-third of our faculty members are listed; they are:
| Faculty Member | Primary Field |
| Department of Chemistry | |
| Professor Yun CHI Chair Professor |
Organic Chemistry |
| Professor Zhanxi FAN Assistant Professor |
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology |
| Professor Alex JEN Lee Shau Kee Chair Professor in Materials Science |
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology |
| Professor Chun Kit KWOK Associate Professor |
Developmental Biology |
| Professor Chun Sing LEE Chair Professor of Materials Chemistry |
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology |
| Professor Kenneth M. Y. LEUNG Chair Professor of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry |
Marine Biology & Hydrobiology |
| Professor Kenneth LO Chair Professor |
Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry |
| Professor Xiongwen David LOU Chair Professor of Materials Chemistry |
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology |
| Professor Jingdong LUO Associate Professor |
Optoelectronics & Photonics |
| Professor Yudai MATSUDA Assistant Professor |
Organic Chemistry |
| Professor Xin WANG Chair Professor of Electrochemistry |
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology |
| Professor Ruquan YE Associate Professor |
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology |
| Professor Hua ZHANG Herman Hu Chair Professor in Nanomaterials |
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology |
| Professor Guangyu ZHU Professor |
Organic Chemistry |
| Professor Zonglong ZHU Associate Professor |
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology |
| Department of Mathematics | |
| Professor Raymond CHAN Chair Professor of Mathematics |
Numerical & Computational Mathematics |
| Professor Philippe CIARLET Emeritus Professor |
General Mathematics |
| Professor Felipe CUCKER Emeritus Professor |
Numerical & Computational Mathematics |
| Professor Daniel HO Chair Professor of Applied Mathematics |
Industrial Engineering & Automation |
| Professor Benny HON Adjunct Professor |
Applied Mathematics |
| Professor Heng LIAN Professor |
Statistics & Probability |
| Professor Hongyu LIU Professor |
Applied Mathematics |
| Professor Ya Yan LU Professor |
Optics |
| Professor Jean-Michel Henri Olivier MOREL Chair Professor |
Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing |
| Professor Stephen SMALE Honorary Professor |
General Mathematics |
| Department of Physics | |
| Professor Wei BAO Chair Professor of Physics |
Applied Physics |
| Professor Paul CHU Chair Professor of Materials Engineering |
Applied Physics |
| Professor Sai Tak CHU Professor |
Optoelectronics & Photonics |
| Professor Danfeng LI Assistant Professor |
Applied Physics |
| Professor Qi LIU Associate Professor |
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology |
| Professor Jeff OU Chair Professor of Physics |
General Physics |
| Professor Yang REN Chair Professor of Physics |
Materials |
| Professor Xun-Li WANG Chair Professor of Physics |
Materials |
| Professor Peter YU Professor |
Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging |
| Professor Ruiqin ZHANG Chair Professor of Physics |
Applied Physics |
This latest report was prepared by a team of experts led by Professor John Ioannidis of Stanford University, based on the October 1, 2023 snapshot from the Scopus database and is updated to the end of citation year 2022. The publicly available database provides information on the work of the world’s top scientists including standardised information on citations, h-index, co-authorship-adjusted hm-index, citations to papers in different authorship positions, and a composite indicator (c-score).
Scientists are classified into 22 scientific fields and 174 sub-fields. The selection is based on the top 100,000 scientists by c-score (with and without self-citations) or a percentile rank of 2% or above in the sub-field.
Congratulations to all the above members for their outstanding achievements!