11 CUHK Professors Named Most Highly Cited Researchers 2020

18 November 2020

11 professors of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) have earned the honour of being named in the list of “Highly Cited Researchers 2020” as among the world’s top researchers who have demonstrated significant and broad influence reflected in their publication of multiple papers, highly cited by fellow academics.

CUHK professors listed in the “Highly Cited Researchers 2020” are as follows:

Category	Professors	Research Areas
Clinical Medicine	Prof. Tony MOK, Chairman of the Department of Clinical Oncology and Li Shu Fan Medical Foundation Professor of Clinical Oncology, Faculty of Medicine	Lung cancer and liver cancer
	Prof. Joseph SUNG, Mok Hing Yiu Professor of Medicine and Director, Institute of Digestive Disease	Gastrointestinal ulcer bleeding, gastric cancer, hepatitis, colon cancer
	Prof. Vincent WONG Wai-Sun, Head of Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine	Fatty liver
Cross-Field	Prof. Henry CHAN Lik Yuen, Clinical Professor (honorary), Faculty of Medicine	Hepatitis, fatty liver, cirrhosis, liver cancer
	Prof. Xinhui LU, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science	Synchrotron x-ray scattering, organic photovoltaics, perovskite solar cells
	Prof. Siew Chien NG, Professor, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine	Inflammatory bowel disease, gut microbiota, faecal microbiota transplant, colorectal cancer
	Prof. Po Keung WONG, Emeritus Professor, School of Life Science, Faculty of Science	Photocatalytic treatment for environmental / water purification, environmental technology, environmental microbiology / biotechnology
	Prof. Jianbin XU, Professor, Department of Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering	Two-dimensional optoelectronic materials and devices, photodetection, optical signal modulation
	Prof. Jimmy YU, Choh-Ming Li Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science	Preparation and characterization of novel nano-structured materials, environmental applications of photocatalysis
	Prof. WONG Ching Ping, Emeritus Professor, Department of Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering	Materials for electronics, photonics and renewable energy harvesting and storages
Psychiatry and Psychology	Prof. LEE Sing, Clinical Professor (honorary), Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine	Mood disorders and eating disorders

“Highly Cited Researchers 2020”, released by the Clarivate Analytics, identifies the most influential researchers as determined by their peers around the world. The honour is given to researchers who published a high number of papers that rank in the top 1% by citations in their respective fields of study and year of publication. The 2020 list includes 6,167 highly cited researchers in various fields from more than 60 countries and regions.

For the full list of “Highly Cited Researchers 2020”, please refer to: https://recognition.webofsciencegroup.com/awards/highly-cited/2020/