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SFT scholars ranked among World’s Top 2% Most-cited Scientists 2026

20 Oct 2026

Research & Innovation

SFT is proud to announce that 13 scholars have been listed on the World’s Top 2% most-cited Scientists, according to the latest two rankings compiled by Stanford University. Notably, 11 scholars are included based on their career-long citation impact. 12 scholars are recognised for their single-year citation impact. These rankings attest to our research excellence and outstanding academia.

The scholars who are listed among the Top 2% include Profs. Fan Jintu, Fei Bin, Kinor Jiang, Kan Chi-wai, Chloe Ki, Shou Dahua, Tao Xiaoming, Christina Wong, Calvin Wong, John Xin, Xu Bingang, Joanne Yip; and Dr Esfandiar Pakdel.

Over 100,000 top scientists globally are grouped into 20 scientific fields and 174 sub-fields according to the standard Science-Metrix classification. The list is based on composite indicators of publication impact, including total citations, citations to single-authored publications and the H-index. It is divided into two lists in relation to scholars’ career-long citation and single-year citation impact, thus recognising their lifetime achievement and recent research impact, respectively.

The two tables below list the rankings of the SFT scholars in terms of ‘Career-long Data’ and ‘Single-year Data’. Our heartiest congratulations to our colleagues on their excellent achievement!

Career-long Data

Name and Position	Scientific Field
Prof. Fan Jintu Lee Family Professor in Textiles Technology and Chair Professor of Fiber Science and Apparel Engineering, Director of Research Centre of Textiles for Future Fashion, Associate Director of Research Institute for Sports Science and Technology
	Materials
Prof. Fei Bin Professor	Polymers
Prof. Kinor Jiang Professor	Materials
Prof. Kan Chi-wai Professor and Associate Dean	Polymers
Prof. Shou Dahua Associate Professor and Limin Endowed Young Scholar in Advanced Textiles Technologies	Materials
Prof. Tao Xiaoming Chair Professor of Textile Technology, Vincent and Lily Woo Professor in Textile Technology, Director of Research Centre for Smart Wearable Technology, Director of Research Institute for Intelligent Wearable Systems	Materials
Prof. Christina Wong Professor and Director of Research and Innovation	Operations Research
Prof. Calvin Wong Professor, Cheng Yik Hung Professor in Fashion, Director of AiDLab	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing
Prof. John Xin Chair Professor and Lee Family Professor in Fashion and Textiles	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Prof. Xu Bingang Professor	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Prof. Joanne Yip Professor and Associate Dean	Materials

Single-year Data

Name and Position		Scientific Field
Prof. Fan Jintu Lee Family Professor in Textiles Technology and Chair Professor of Fiber Science and Apparel Engineering, Director of Research Centre of Textiles for Future Fashion, Associate Director of Research Institute for Sports Science and Technology		Materials
Prof. Fei Bin Professor		Polymers
Prof. Kinor Jiang Professor		Materials
Prof. Kan Chi-wai Professor and Associate Dean		Polymers
Prof. Chloe Ki Associate Professor		Marketing
Dr Esfandiar Pakdel Research Assistant Professor		Polymers
Prof. Shou Dahua Associate Professor and Limin Endowed Young Scholar in Advanced Textiles Technologies		Materials
Prof. Tao Xiaoming Chair Professor of Textile Technology, Vincent and Lily Woo Professor in Textile Technology, Director of Research Centre for Smart Wearable Technology, Director of Research Institute for Intelligent Wearable Systems		Materials
Prof. Christina Wong Professor and Director of Research and Innovation		Operations Research
Prof. John Xin Chair Professor and Lee Family Professor in Fashion and Textiles		Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Prof. Xu Bingang Professor		Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Prof. Joanne Yip Professor and Associate Dean		Materials

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