Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Hong Kong University of Science Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings 2025
Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: Scientists Last 6 years Citation Index, Universities Total Citations Rankings 2025 and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
Aggregation-Induced Emission
Functional Polymers
Sensing and Imaging
Room Temperature Phosphorescence
Clusteroluminescence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
201,352
129,584
0.644
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Artificial Intelligence
Transfer Learning
Federated Learning
Machine Learning and Data Mining
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125,321
78,989
0.630
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
topological insulator
topological superconductor
correlated system
dynamical mean field theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,544
34,528
0.489
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Clusters-Endohedral metallofullerenes-Nanomaterials-Energy Conversion and Storage
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,137
34,855
0.512
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Material Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,742
23,058
0.362
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,298
20,753
0.339
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Nano Materials
Soft Condensed Matter Physics
Wave Functional Materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,026
17,169
0.312
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Wireless
communications
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,399
25,220
0.464
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Composites
Nanocomposites
Nanocarbon & 2D materials
Energy storage materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,347
28,046
0.516
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Organic solar cells
polymer solar cells
organic transistors
organic electronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,429
35,214
0.698
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Big Data
wireless sensor networks
mobile computing
pervasive computing
high-speed networks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,646
13,917
0.298
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Heat transfer
Energy engineering
Energy storage
Fuel cells
Flow batteries
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,590
16,478
0.354
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Microelectronics and photonics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,385
14,400
0.340
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Information Systems
Technology Adoption
Human Computer Interaction
HCI
e-Government
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,886
23,778
0.568
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Computer Vision
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,247
24,894
0.619
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Research Interests: Modeling and Optimization of Transportation Systems
Traffic Dynamics
Transportation Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,754
16,289
0.456
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Chemical crystallography
Chiral resolution
Crystal engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,584
13,651
0.384
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Dynamic impact
fast boundary element method
elastic wave and acoustics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,947
13,547
0.388
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
computer communications
computer networks
multimedia communications
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,122
13,866
0.406
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Chemistry
AIE
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,048
27,801
0.817
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
wireless networking
IoT
Smart Healthcare
Cognitive radio networks and Dynamic Spectrum Management
multimedia networking
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,281
9,474
0.285
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Marine biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,248
13,421
0.404
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Ubiquitous Computing
Mobile Computing
Augmented Reality
Data Science
#UnivHelsinkiCS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,590
14,670
0.464
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
IoT
Smart Healthcare
Cognitive Radio Networks
Sensor Networks
Wireless Networks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,289
7,823
0.250
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Electrochemistry
Electrocatalysis
Fuel Cells
Lithium Batteries
Nanomaterials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,527
20,665
0.677
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
753
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Ben Zhong Tang
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Sai Kung District, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
201,352
129,584
0.644
Aggregation-Induced Emission
Functional Polymers
Sensing and Imaging
Room Temperature Phosphorescence
Clusteroluminescence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,920
8
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Qiang Yang (杨强）
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Sai Kung District, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
125,321
78,989
0.630
Artificial Intelligence
Transfer Learning
Federated Learning
Machine Learning and Data Mining
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,545
32
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Xi Dai
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Sai Kung District, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,544
34,528
0.489
topological insulator
topological superconductor
correlated system
dynamical mean field theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,858
35
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Shihe Yang
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Sai Kung District, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,137
34,855
0.512
Clusters-Endohedral metallofullerenes-Nanomaterials-Energy Conversion and Storage
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,521
41
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
CT Chan
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Sai Kung District, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
63,742
23,058
0.362
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,953
44
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Che Ting Chan
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Sai Kung District, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61,298
20,753
0.339
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,264
57
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Ping Sheng
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Sai Kung District, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,026
17,169
0.312
Nano Materials
Soft Condensed Matter Physics
Wave Functional Materials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,453
58
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Khaled B Letaief
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Sai Kung District, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,399
25,220
0.464
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,466
59
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Jang Kyo Kim
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Sai Kung District, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
54,347
28,046
0.516
Composites
Nanocomposites
Nanocarbon & 2D materials
Energy storage materials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,517
63
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
He Yan
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Sai Kung District, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50,429
35,214
0.698
Organic solar cells
polymer solar cells
organic transistors
organic electronics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,764
81
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Lionel Ni
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Sai Kung District, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,646
13,917
0.298
Big Data
wireless sensor networks
mobile computing
pervasive computing
high-speed networks
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,785
82
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
TS Zhao
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Sai Kung District, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,590
16,478
0.354
Heat transfer
Energy engineering
Energy storage
Fuel cells
Flow batteries
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,554
104
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
HS Kwok
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Sai Kung District, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,385
14,400
0.340
Microelectronics and photonics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,793
107
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
James Yl Thong
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Sai Kung District, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,886
23,778
0.568
Information Systems
Technology Adoption
Human Computer Interaction
HCI
e-Government
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,643
113
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Dit Yan Yeung
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Sai Kung District, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,247
24,894
0.619
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Computer Vision
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,464
140
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Hai Yang
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Sai Kung District, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,754
16,289
0.456
Research Interests: Modeling and Optimization of Transportation Systems
Traffic Dynamics
Transportation Economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,582
141
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Ian D Williams
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Sai Kung District, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,584
13,651
0.384
Chemical crystallography
Chiral resolution
Crystal engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,073
146
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Zhang Jun
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Sai Kung District, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,947
13,547
0.388
Dynamic impact
fast boundary element method
elastic wave and acoustics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,746
151
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Bo Li
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Sai Kung District, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,122
13,866
0.406
computer communications
computer networks
multimedia communications
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,804
154
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Ryan Kwok
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Sai Kung District, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,048
27,801
0.817
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,393
157
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Qian Zhang
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Sai Kung District, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,281
9,474
0.285
wireless networking
IoT
Smart Healthcare
Cognitive radio networks and Dynamic Spectrum Management
multimedia networking
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,431
159
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Pei Yuan Qian
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Sai Kung District, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,248
13,421
0.404
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,955
167
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Pan Hui
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Sai Kung District, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,590
14,670
0.464
Ubiquitous Computing
Mobile Computing
Augmented Reality
Data Science
#UnivHelsinkiCS
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,293
171
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Qian Zhang
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Sai Kung District, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,289
7,823
0.250
IoT
Smart Healthcare
Cognitive Radio Networks
Sensor Networks
Wireless Networks
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,052
184
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Minhua Shao
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Sai Kung District, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,527
20,665
0.677
Electrochemistry
Electrocatalysis
Fuel Cells
Lithium Batteries
Nanomaterials