Four PolyU scholars were named “Highly Cited Researchers 2017” by Clarivate Analytics. The list recognised leading researchers in sciences and social sciences whose academic papers indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection were ranked among the top 1% in terms of the total number of citations in their subject fields between 2005 and 2015.
| Scholar | Title | Department | Research interest |
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| Prof. Raymond Wong Wai-yeung | Chair Professor | Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology | - synthesis, functional properties and applications of metallopolymers - molecular materials for light/electrical energy conversion - rational design, synthesis and applications of new functional nanomaterials |
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Prof. Yang Hong-xing | Professor |
Department of Building Services Engineering | - building-integrated photovoltaics - nano materials in solar energy systems - wind power generation - ground coupled heat pumps - low energy consumption buildings |
| Prof. David Zhang Da-peng | Chair Professor | Department of Computing | - biometrics - pattern recognition and image processing - information security - neural networks |
| Prof. Zhang Lei | Chair Professor | Department of Computing | - image and video processing - computer vision - pattern recognition - biometrics |