| Category | Project Title | Awardee | Year |
| (Subfield: Plant Biology & Botany) | The ranking is based on the “updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators”, compiled and announced annually by a team of experts at Stanford University, USA, based on career-long citation impact (until the end of 2021). | LAM Hon-Ming, JIANG Liwen, ZHANG Jianhua, CHYE Mee Len, XIONG Liming | 2022 |
| (Subfield: Plant Biology & Botany) | The ranking is based on the “updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators”, compiled and announced annually by a team of experts at Stanford University, USA, based on single year citation category (until 1 Sep 2022). | LAM Hon-Ming, JIANG Liwen, | 2022 |
| (Subfield: Plant Biology & Botany) | The ranking is based on the “updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators”, compiled and announced annually by a team of experts at Stanford University, USA, based on single year citation category (until 1 Aug 2021). | LAM Hon-Ming, JIANG Liwen, ZHONG Silin, HE Junxian, ZHANG Jianhua, XIONG Liming, CHYE Mee Len | 2021 |
| Recognizing the true pioneers in their fields over the last decade, demonstrated by the production of multiple highly-cited papers that rank in the top 1% by citations for field and year in the Web of Science™. Of the world’s scientists and social scientists, Highly Cited Researchers truly are one in 1,000. | ZHANG Jianhua | 2021 |
| The combination of global warming and air pollution is severely threatening global food security | TAI Amos PK | 2015 |
| The Japanese Ministry of Education Global COE Program (Microscopy and Cell Science) | KANG Byung Ho | 2015 |
| Plant Science Agricultural Applications (Food Production) | ZHANG Jianhua | 2014 |
| For Increasing Global Food Supply (Tomato & Fruit Biology group | ZHONG Silin | 2014 |