Highly cited researchers are scholars who have produced multiple papers that are influential and rank in the top 1% in terms of citations for their field. In 2021, Clarivate named 31 HKU academics to this prestigious list, up from 13 in 2020. Our expertise in infectious diseases has helped make our research especially relevant during the COVID-19 pandemic, but we also saw increases in the number of engineering and science scholars included. Computer Science Dr Huang Kaibin Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering Cross-Field Economics andBusiness Geosciences Environment andEcology; Microbiology Microbiology Physics Mathematics Immunology; Microbiology Materials Science Immunology A BIG LEAP IN THE NUMBER OF HIGHLY CITED RESEARCHERS Mr Cai Jianpiao Department of Microbiology Professor Ester Cerin Dr Chan Kwok-hung Professor Vincent Cheng Chi-chung Dr Chu Hin Professor Mak Tak-wah Professor Dennis Leung Yiu-cheong Professor Gabriel MatthewLeung Professor James Lam Professor Gong Peng Professor Benjamin John Cowling Professor Malik Peiris Professor Kevin Zhou Zheng Dr Kelvin To Kai-wang Professor Yuen Kwok-yung Dr Jasper Chan Fuk-woo Professor Li Lain-Jong Professor Xiang Zhang Professor Zhang Shuang Professor YaoWang Professor Leo Poon Lit-man Professor Yuan Xiaoming Professor Zhang Tong Professor SunMin Professor Zhao Guochun Professor Tang Chuyang Professor PatrickWoo Chiu-yat Professor JosephWu Tsz-kei Dr Cyril Yip Chik-yan Dr Yuan Shuofeng School of Public Health Department of Microbiology Department of Microbiology Department of Microbiology Department of Pathology Department of Mechanical Engineering Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine Department of Mechanical Engineering President’s Office School of Public Health School of Public Health Faculty of Business and Economics Department of Microbiology Department of Microbiology Department of Microbiology Department of Mechanical Engineering President’s Office Department of Physics Department of Physics School of Public Health Department of Mathematics Department of Civil Engineering Department of Earth Sciences Department of Earth Sciences Department of Civil Engineering Department of Microbiology School of Public Health Department of Microbiology Department of Microbiology Research and Innovation HKU ANNUAL REPORT 2021 22 | 23
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