The Department of Building Environment and Energy Engineering (BEEE) of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) is delighted to announce a significant achievement. 19 BEEE academic staff members have been recognized among the world's top 2% of scientists in their respective disciplines, according to the index recently compiled by Stanford University.
BEEE Top 2% Scientists in the Global List
Name |
Subject Field (Top-Ranked Science-Metrix Category) |
Professor Ni Meng |
Energy |
Ir Professor Christopher Chao |
Building & Construction |
Professor Chen Qingyan |
Building & Construction |
Ir Professor Niu Jianlei |
Building & Construction |
Ir Professor Wang Shengwei |
Energy |
Professor Asif Sohail Usmani | Civil Engineering |
Professor Yan Jinyue Jerry |
Energy |
Ir Professor Lai Hung Kit Joseph |
Building & Construction |
Ir Professor Lu Lin Vivien |
Energy |
Ir Professor Mak Cheuk Ming |
Building & Construction |
Ir Professor Mui Kwok Wai Horace |
Building & Construction |
Professor Xiao Fu |
Building & Construction |
Ir Professor Yang Hongxing |
Energy |
Professor Cao Sunliang |
Energy |
Professor Huang Xinyan |
Energy |
Ir Professor Wong Ling Tim |
Building & Construction |
Professor Yuen Anthony Chun Yin |
Mechanical Engineering & Transports |
Dr Liu Junwei | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology |
Dr Shi Jihao | Energy |
The latest release of the citation indicators, compiled by a team of experts led by Professor John Ioannidis at Stanford University, is based on the top 100,000 scientists by c-score (with and without self-citations) or a percentile rank of 2% or above in the sub-field. Scientists are classified into 22 scientific fields and 174 sub-fields according to the standard Science-Metrix classification. Field- and subfield-specific percentiles are also provided for all scientists with at least 5 papers. Career-long data are updated to end-of-2024 and single recent year data pertain to citations received during calendar year 2024.
This publicly available database provides standardized information on citations, h-index, co-authorship adjusted hm-index, citations to papers in different authorship positions, and a composite indicator. The complete list can be found here.
(As per the data published by Elsevier 19 September 2025 (version 8) )
Congratulations to our top scientists for this well-deserved recognition!