Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings 2025
The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) highlight the most cited and influential researchers across a vast range of scientific fields, covering 197 main and sub-disciplines, including the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings. This service, offered exclusively by AD Scientific Index, aims to provide a balanced perspective by excluding data from CERN and other statistical sources that disproportionately favor certain researchers, particularly in the social sciences and humanities. This unique approach addresses the advantages researchers with multi-author publications and CERN involvement hold over others. Furthermore, citation rankings help uncover rule violations and unethical practices within the research community. For more detailed citation analyses, explore the 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
206,378
134,688
0.653
* 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
130,312
83,873
0.644
* 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
71,739
35,694
0.498
* 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
69,479
36,172
0.521
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Material Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
64,895
24,161
0.372
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,339
21,744
0.349
* 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
55,792
17,867
0.320
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Wireless
communications
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,791
26,585
0.477
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Composites
Nanocomposites
Energy storage materials
Graphene
2D materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,698
28,766
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
51,663
36,434
0.705
* 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
47,724
14,929
0.313
* 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
47,210
17,043
0.361
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Information Systems
Technology Adoption
Human Computer Interaction
HCI
e-Government
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,244
25,058
0.579
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Microelectronics and photonics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,930
14,933
0.348
* 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
41,435
26,030
0.628
* 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
36,621
17,114
0.467
* 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
36,094
14,164
0.392
* 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
35,513
14,042
0.395
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Chemistry
AIE
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,274
28,976
0.821
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Marine biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,904
14,033
0.414
* 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
32,917
9,193
0.279
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Ubiquitous Computing
Mobile Computing
Augmented Reality
Data Science
#UnivHelsinkiCS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,653
15,690
0.481
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Electrochemistry
Electrocatalysis
Fuel Cells
Lithium Batteries
Nanomaterials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,857
21,979
0.690
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
computer communications
computer networks
multimedia communications
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,856
12,306
0.386
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
IoT
Smart Healthcare
Cognitive Radio Networks
Sensor Networks
Wireless Networks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,780
8,359
0.263
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
743
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
206,378
134,688
0.653
Aggregation-Induced Emission
Functional Polymers
Sensing and Imaging
Room Temperature Phosphorescence
Clusteroluminescence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,868
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
130,312
83,873
0.644
Artificial Intelligence
Transfer Learning
Federated Learning
Machine Learning and Data Mining
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,580
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
71,739
35,694
0.498
topological insulator
topological superconductor
correlated system
dynamical mean field theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,894
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
69,479
36,172
0.521
Clusters-Endohedral metallofullerenes-Nanomaterials-Energy Conversion and Storage
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,570
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
64,895
24,161
0.372
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,026
45
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
62,339
21,744
0.349
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,401
58
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
55,792
17,867
0.320
Nano Materials
Soft Condensed Matter Physics
Wave Functional Materials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,403
59
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
55,791
26,585
0.477
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,433
60
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
55,698
28,766
0.516
Composites
Nanocomposites
Energy storage materials
Graphene
2D materials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,492
64
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
51,663
36,434
0.705
Organic solar cells
polymer solar cells
organic transistors
organic electronics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,762
82
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
47,724
14,929
0.313
Big Data
wireless sensor networks
mobile computing
pervasive computing
high-speed networks
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,947
85
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
47,210
17,043
0.361
Heat transfer
Energy engineering
Energy storage
Fuel cells
Flow batteries
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,605
102
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
James Yl Thong
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Sai Kung District, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,244
25,058
0.579
Information Systems
Technology Adoption
Human Computer Interaction
HCI
e-Government
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,748
107
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
HS Kwok
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Sai Kung District, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
42,930
14,933
0.348
Microelectronics and photonics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,485
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
41,435
26,030
0.628
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Computer Vision
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,426
138
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
36,621
17,114
0.467
Research Interests: Modeling and Optimization of Transportation Systems
Traffic Dynamics
Transportation Economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,791
142
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
36,094
14,164
0.392
Chemical crystallography
Chiral resolution
Crystal engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,224
145
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
35,513
14,042
0.395
Dynamic impact
fast boundary element method
elastic wave and acoustics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,417
146
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Ryan Kwok
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Sai Kung District, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,274
28,976
0.821
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,484
154
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Pei Yuan Qian
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Sai Kung District, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,904
14,033
0.414
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,348
162
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
32,917
9,193
0.279
wireless networking
IoT
Smart Healthcare
Cognitive radio networks and Dynamic Spectrum Management
multimedia networking
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
19,598
165
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Pan Hui
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Sai Kung District, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,653
15,690
0.481
Ubiquitous Computing
Mobile Computing
Augmented Reality
Data Science
#UnivHelsinkiCS
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,389
172
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Minhua Shao
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Sai Kung District, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,857
21,979
0.690
Electrochemistry
Electrocatalysis
Fuel Cells
Lithium Batteries
Nanomaterials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,390
173
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Bo Li
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Sai Kung District, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,856
12,306
0.386
computer communications
computer networks
multimedia communications
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,487
175
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Qian Zhang
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Sai Kung District, Hong Kong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,780
8,359
0.263
IoT
Smart Healthcare
Cognitive Radio Networks
Sensor Networks
Wireless Networks