Fifteen researchers from the College of Science (CSCI) were named Highly Cited Researchers 2024 by Clarivate, which accounts almost half of the City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) list of 32 awardees. Congratulations!
Highly Cited Researchers 2024
| Researcher | Category |
| Department of Chemistry | |
| Professor Alex JEN Lee Shau Kee Chair Professor in Materials Science |
Materials Science |
| Professor Chun Sing LEE Chair Professor of Materials Chemistry |
Cross-Field |
| Dr. Francis LIN Postdoctoral Fellow |
Cross-Field |
| Professor Xiongwen David LOU Chair Professor of Materials Chemistry |
Chemistry; Environment and Ecology; and Materials Science |
| Professor Deyan LUAN Visiting Assistant Professor |
Cross-Field |
| Professor Xin WANG Chair Professor of Electrochemistry |
Cross-Field |
| Professor Ruquan YE Associate Professor |
Cross-Field |
| Professor Hua ZHANG Herman Hu Chair Professor in Nanomaterials |
Chemistry; and Materials Science |
| Professor Qichun ZHANG Professor |
Cross-Field |
| Professor Wenjun ZHANG Chair Professor |
Cross-Field |
| Professor Zonglong ZHU Associate Professor |
Cross-Field |
| Department of Mathematics | |
| Professor Daniel HO Chair Professor of Applied Mathematics |
Cross-Field |
| Professor Hongyu LIU Chair Professor of Applied Mathematics |
Cross-Field |
| Department of Physics | |
| Professor Paul CHU Chair Professor of Materials Engineering |
Cross-Field |
| Professor Qi LIU Associate Professor |
Cross-Field |
The Clarivate’s highly cited researchers list recognises scientists who have demonstrated substantial influence in their fields by publishing multiple highly cited papers ranked in the top 1% by citations.
Among the Clarivate’s highly cited researchers, Professor David Xiongwen Lou, Chair Professor of the Department of Chemistry, is one of the 22 researchers in the world awarded in three or more categories. Professor Hua Zhang, Herman Hu Chair Professor of Nanomaterials and Chair Professor of the Department of Chemistry, are among the 216 researchers in the world awarded in two categories.
Top 2% of the World’s Most Highly Cited Scientists
Moreover, 33 faculty members and 6 Emeritus/Honorary/Adjunct Professors from the College of Science have been listed among the “World’s Top 2% Most-cited Scientists” (career-long/single year) in the latest report of Stanford University released in October 2024. We are proud that about one-third of CSCI full-time faculty members, including three Assistant Professors, are on the list this year!
| Scientist | Primary Field |
| Department of Chemistry | |
| Professor Maria BABAK Assistant Professor |
Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry |
| Professor Zhongwei CHEN Adjunct Professor |
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology |
| Professor Yun CHI Chair Professor |
Organic Chemistry |
| Professor Zhanxi FAN Associate 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 Kwan Sing Paul LAM Honorary Professor |
Environmental Sciences |
| Professor Tai Chu LAU Emeritus Professor |
Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry |
| Professor Chun Sing LEE Chair Professor of Materials Chemistry |
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology |
| Professor Kenneth M. Y. LEUNG Chair Professor of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry |
Environmental Sciences |
| 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 Jieqiong SHAN Assistant Professor |
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology |
| Professor Ho Cheung Anderson SHUM Chair Professor of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering |
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology |
| Professor Fung Yee Nora TAM Emeritus Professor |
Environmental Sciences |
| Professor Xin WANG Chair Professor of Electrochemistry |
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology |
| Professor Jijian XU Assistant Professor |
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology |
| Professor Ruquan YE Associate Professor |
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology |
| Professor Hua ZHANG Herman Hu Chair Professor in Nanomaterials |
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology |
| Professor Qichun ZHANG Professor |
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology |
| Professor Wenjun ZHANG Chair Professor |
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology |
| Professor Zonglong ZHU Associate Professor |
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology |
| Department of 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 Hongyu LIU Chair Professor of Applied Mathematics |
Applied Mathematics |
| Professor Ya Yan LU Professor |
Optics |
| Professor Jean-Michel Henri Olivier MOREL Chair Professor |
Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing |
| 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 |
Optics |
| Professor Danfeng LI Associate 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 |
Chemical Physics |
This latest report was prepared by a team of experts led by Professor John Ioannidis of Stanford University, based on the August 1, 2024 snapshot from the Scopus database and is updated to the end of citation year 2023. The publicly available database provides information on the work of the world’s top-cited 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!