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26 RISE Scholars Ranked World’s Top 2% Scientists Released by Stanford University

24 Dec 2021

RISE Top 2% Scientists in the global list


Stanford University has released an update for science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators. 3 RISE scholars are within top 50, totally 26 RISE scholars recognized as top 2% of scientists in the world.

It is prepared by a team of experts led by Professor John loannidis of Stanford University. The 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 list can be downloaded from here.

Congratulations to our top scientists!

RISE Top 2% Scientists in the Global List 

Name (by alphabetical order of surname)

Subject Field (Rank within field)
Dr Liang AN  Energy
Prof. Jiannong CAO  Networking & Telecommunications
Dr Yang CHAI  Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Prof. Guohua CHEN  Chemical Engineering (13)
Prof. Jianhua HAO  Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Dr Bolong HUANG  Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Prof. Haitao HUANG  Materials
Prof. Shu Ping LAU Daniel  Applied Physics
Prof. Gang LI  Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Prof. Lin LU  Energy
Dr Kwok Wai MUI Horace  Building & Construction
Prof. Meng NI  Energy
Prof. Jianlei NIU  Building & Construction
Prof. Xiao Ming TAO  Materials
Dr Peng WANG  Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Prof. Shengwei WANG

 Building & Construction (20)

Prof. Yuhong WANG  Building & Construction
Dr Ling-tim WONG  Building & Construction
Prof. Wai-yeung WONG Raymond  Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry (26)
Prof. Fu XIAO  Building & Construction
Prof. Zhao XU  Energy
Prof. Feng YAN  Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Prof. Hongxing YANG  Energy
Dr Haimin YAO  Mechanical Engineering & Transports
Dr Guangping ZHENG  Materials
Prof. Songye ZHU  Civil Engineering




Research Units Otto Poon Charitable Foundation Research Institute for Smart Energy

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