According to metrics compiled by Stanford University, fifteen SEE faculty members are listed among the top 2% of the world’s most highly cited scientists (Top 2% in the world in their own areas of specialty), reflecting the high academic standard of our faculty and our excellent research performance. They are (in alphabetical order) Dr. Alicia An, Prof. Chak K. Chan, Prof. Johnny Chan, Dr. Liang Dong, Prof. Alex Jen, Prof. Michael Leung, Dr. Carol Lin, Dr. Chunhua Liu, Dr. Yun Hau Ng, Dr. Edwin Tso, Prof. Wen-Xiong Wang, Dr. Wei Wu, Prof. Angus Yip, Dr. Denis Yu, and Dr. Lin Zhang.

The list was prepared by a team of experts from Stanford University. It identifies scientists and social scientists who have demonstrated significant and broad influence, reflected in the publication of multiple papers frequently cited by their peers during the last decade. This publicly available database provides continually updated information on the work of the world’s top scientists including standardised information on citations, h-index, co-authorship-adjusted hm-index, citations of papers in different authorship positions, and a composite indicator.