HKU Annual Report 2023

39 38 HKU ANNUAL REPORT 2023 ACHIEVING IMPACT HKU scholars were widely honoured in 2023 for the excellence of their work and their contributions to many disciplines. In November, a record high number of 50 academics were named among the ‘Highly Cited Researchers 2023’ by Clarivate for producing multiple highly cited papers that ranked in the top 1% by citations during 2012–22, a significant increase from 38 named last year. HKU also ranked 13th globally among all institutions on the list and its rise was acknowledged by Clarivate as contributing to Hong Kong’s ascent into the Top 10 nations and regions of 2023. ACCOLADES FOR RESEARCH EXCELLENCE CHEMISTRY PROFESSOR DAI HONGJIE Department of Chemistry PROFESSOR SIR FRASER STODDART Department of Chemistry COMPUTER SCIENCE PROFESSOR HUANG KAIBIN Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering PROFESSOR LAI CHING LUNG Department of Medicine DR KOK KIN HANG Department of Microbiology CROSS-FIELD PROFESSOR ESTER CERIN School of Public Health DR CHAN WAN MUI Department of Microbiology PROFESSOR CHEN HONGLIN Department of Microbiology PROFESSOR CHEN ZHIWEI AIDS Institute; Department of Microbiology PROFESSOR VINCENT CHENG CHI CHUNG Department of Microbiology 50 HKU SCHOLARS NAMED TO CLARIVATE’S ‘HIGHLY CITED RESEARCHERS 2023’ LIST PROFESSOR JOSEPH SRIYAL MALIK PEIRIS School of Public Health PROFESSOR TANG CHUYANG Department of Civil Engineering PROFESSOR WANG HAN Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering DR WANG ZHONGRUI Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering DR ANTHONY RAYMOND TAM Department of Medicine PROFESSOR LI YUGUO Department of Mechanical Engineering PROFESSOR LIANG SHUNLIN Department of Geography DR KATHY LEUNG SZE MAN School of Public Health DR ERIC LAU HO YIN School of Public Health PROFESSOR MAK TAK WAH Department of Pathology CHEMISTRY, MATERIALS SCIENCE DR TAN CHAOLIANG Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering HKU IS RANKED 13TH GLOBALLY BY THE NUMBER OF HIGHLY CITED RESEARCHERS

RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy ODI4MTQ=