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PolyU MM Members Rank among World’s Top 2% Scientists 2026

12 Oct 2026

(From left) Prof. Wai Ting Eric NGAI, Prof. Michael Harris BOND, and Dr Chi Hong Simon CHAN

Prof. Wai Ting Eric NGAI and Prof. Michael Harris BOND are ranked among the world’s top 100,000 scientists by citation (with and without self-citations) or a percentile rank of 2% or above in their disciplines.

Prof. Wai Ting Eric NGAI and Prof. Michael Harris BOND have been listed as the world’s top 2% for seven consecutive years. Tracking millions of scientists worldwide, the study has identified about 243,949 scientists across 20 scientific fields and 174 sub-fields, among whom 272 are PolyU academics.

Rank in PolyU Business School*

Name

Discipline

Total Citations

2 (15)

Prof. Wai Ting Eric NGAI

Information Systems

22,037

3 (16)

Prof. Michael Harris BOND

Social Psychology

21,276

*The ranks are based on a composite score with self-citations excluded. The numbers in the brackets represent the ranks of the staff among the 272 PolyU scientists listed in the study.

Dr Chi Hong Simon CHAN ranks among the world’s top 2% of scientists in his main discipline for single year impact (Ioannidis, 2026).

Rank in PolyU

Name

Discipline

Total Citations (2025 Single Year)

179

Dr Chi Hong Simon CHAN

Business & Management

177

 

Ioannidis, John P.A. (2026), “August 2026 data-update for "Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators"”, Elsevier Data Repository, V9.Available at: https://elsevier.digitalcommonsdata.com/datasets/btchxktzyw/9.

 




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