HKU Scholars in the Top 1%
This list recognizes HKU researchers ranked by Clarivate Analytics in the top 1% worldwide by citations in at least one of the 22 research fields. Data is drawn from Essential Science Indicators (ESI). For ESI methodology, please visit their Help page.
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* Names sorted in alphabetical order
* Data source: Essential Science Indicators, 2nd Bi-monthly Update as of July 10, 2025 to cover a 10-year and 4-month period: January 1, 2015 - April 30, 2025.
| Name | Department |
|---|---|
| Professor Ali, Sheikh Taslim | School of Public Health |
| Professor Alves Horta, Hugo Duarte | Education Faculty |
| Professor Becker, Benjamin | Department of Psychology |
| Professor Bishai, David Makram | School of Public Health |
| Professor Bonebrake, Timothy Carlton | School of Biological Sciences |
| Mr Cai, Jianpiao | Department of Microbiology, School of Clinical Medicine |
| Professor Carless, David Robert | Education Faculty |
| Dr Cerin, Ester | School of Public Health |
| Professor Chan, Cecilia Ka Yuk | Teaching and Learning Innovation Centre |
| Professor Chan, Daniel Tak Mao | Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine |
| Professor Chan, Jasper Fuk Woo | Department of Microbiology, School of Clinical Medicine |
| Professor Chan, Kit Wa | Department of Psychiatry, School of Clinical Medicine |
| Dr. Chan, Kwok Hung | Department of Microbiology, School of Clinical Medicine |
| Professor Chan, Tak Ming | Department of Civil Engineering |
| Dr Chan, Wan Mui | Department of Microbiology, School of Clinical Medicine |
| Professor Chang, Raymond Chuen Chung | School of Biomedical Sciences |
| Professor Chang, Wing Chung | Department of Psychiatry, School of Clinical Medicine |
| Professor Chau, Kwok Tong | Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering |
| Professor Chau, Kwong Wing | Department of Real Estate and Construction |
| Professor Che, Chi Ming | Department of Chemistry |
| Professor Chen, Bin | Department of Architecture |
| Emeritus Professor Chen, Eric Yu Hai | Centre on Behavioral Health |
| Professor Chen, Gaowei | Education Faculty |
| Professor Chen, Haohan | Department of Politics and Public Administration |
| Professor Chen, Honglin | Department of Microbiology, School of Clinical Medicine |
| Professor Chen, Wendy Yan | Department of Geography |
| Professor Chen, Yong Hua | Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| Professor Chen, Yue | Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| Professor Chen, Zhiwei | Department of Microbiology, School of Clinical Medicine |
| Professor Cheng, Cecilia | Department of Psychology |
| Dr. Cheng, Chi Chung Vincent | Department of Microbiology, School of Clinical Medicine |
| Professor Cheung, Ka Shing Michael | Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine |
| Professor Cheung, Tan To | Department of Surgery, School of Clinical Medicine |
| Professor Chow, Chi Yung Philip | Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| Professor Choy, Wallace Chik Ho | Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering |
| Professor Chu, Chun Hung | Restorative Dental Sciences |
| Professor Chu, Hin | Department of Microbiology, School of Clinical Medicine |
| Professor Cowling, Benjamin John | School of Public Health |
| Professor Dai, Hongjie | Department of Chemistry |
| Professor Datu, Jesus Alfonso Daep | Education Faculty |
| Professor Deng, Yu | Applied Oral Sciences and Community Dental Care |
| Professor Djurisic, Aleksandra | Department of Physics |
| Professor Dong, Renhao | Department of Chemistry |
| Professor Du, Hongyang | Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering |
| Professor Fang, Xuanlai | Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| Professor Fang, Yulin | Faculty of Business and Economics |
| Professor Feng, Yibin | School of Chinese Medicine |
| Professor Fong, Daniel Yee Tak | School of Nursing |
| Professor Fu, King Wa | Journalism and Media Studies Centre |
| Professor Gao, Shenghua | School of Computing and Data Science |
| Professor Gong, Peng | Department of Geography Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences |
| Professor Grepin, Karen Ann | School of Public Health |
| Professor Guan, Xin-Yuan | Department of Clinical Oncology, School of Clinical Medicine |
| Professor Guan, Yi | School of Public Health |
| Professor Guenard, Benoit Sebastien | School of Biological Sciences |
| Professor Guo, Zheng Xiao | Department of Chemistry |
| Professor Haeusser, Michael Andreas | School of Biomedical Sciences |
| Professor He, Guojun | Faculty of Business and Economics |
| Professor He, Jian | Department of Chemistry |
| Professor He, Shenjing | Department of Urban Planning and Design |
| Professor Hew, Khe Foon Timothy | Education Faculty |
| Professor Ho, Daniel Sai Yin | School of Public Health |
| Professor Ho, Pak Leung | Department of Microbiology, School of Clinical Medicine |
| Professor Hou, Yunhe | Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering |
| Professor Hu, Shiyan | Department of Data and Systems Engineering |
| Professor Huang, Bo | Department of Geography |
| Professor Huang, Guo Quan | Department of Data and Systems Engineering |
| Professor Huang, Kaibin | Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering |
| Professor Huang, Mingxin | Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| Professor Huang, Shi | Applied Oral Sciences and Community Dental Care |
| Professor Hughes, Alice Catherine | School of Biological Sciences |
| Professor Hui, Christy Lai Ming | Department of Psychiatry, School of Clinical Medicine |
| Professor Hui, Rina Yee-man | Centre of Cancer Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine |
| Emeritus Professor Hui, Shu Yuen Ron | Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering |
| Professor Hung, Fan Ngai Ivan | Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine |
| Professor Ip, Patrick | Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine |
| Professor Jia, Wei | Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy |
| Professor Jiang, Bin | Department of Architecture |
| Professor Jiang, Lianjiang George | Education Faculty |
| Professor Jin, Dong-Yan | School of Biomedical Sciences |
| Dr Kaplan, Jed Oliver | Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences |
| Professor Ke, Jintao | Department of Civil Engineering |
| Professor Kok, Kin Hang | Department of Microbiology, School of Clinical Medicine |
| Emeritus Professor Lai, Ching Lung | Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine |
| Professor Lai, Chun | Education Faculty |
| Professor Lam, James | Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| Dr Lam, Jenny Ka Wing | Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy |
| Professor Lam, Tak Wah | School of Computing and Data Science |
| Professor Lam, Tsan Yuk | School of Public Health |
| Professor Lam, Yun Fat | Department of Geography |
| Professor Lau, Bik San Clara | Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy |
| Dr Lau, Eric Ho Yin | School of Public Health |
| Professor Lau, Wallace Chak Sing | Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine |
| Professor Lau, Yu Lung | Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine |
| Professor Lee, Ho Ming Edwin | Department of Psychiatry, School of Clinical Medicine |
| Professor Lee, Tatia Mei Chun | Department of Psychology |
| Professor Lee, Wing Mui Anne | Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine - HKU Health System |
| Professor Leung, Gabriel Matthew | School of Public Health |
| Professor Leung, Sze Man Kathy | School of Public Health |
| Professor Leung, Wai Keung | Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine |
| Professor Leung, Yiu Cheong Dennis | Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| Professor Li, Can | Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering |
| Professor Li, Dong | Department of Mathematics |
| Professor Li, Lain-Jong | Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| Professor Li, Victor On Kwok | Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering |
| Professor Li, Xiao | Department of Civil Engineering |
| Professor Li, Xiaoyan | Department of Civil Engineering |
| Professor Li, Yuguo | Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| Professor Liang, Shunlin | Department of Geography |
| Professor Liao, Qiuyan | School of Public Health |
| Professor Lin, Chen | Faculty of Business and Economics |
| Professor Lin, Chin-Hsi | Education Faculty |
| Professor Lin, George Chu Sheng | Department of Geography |
| Professor Liu, Xingjian | Department of Urban Planning and Design |
| Professor Liu, Yuanwei | Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering |
| Professor Liu, Zhonghui | Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences |
| Professor Lo, Chung Mau | Department of Surgery, School of Clinical Medicine |
| Professor Loo, Becky Pui Ying | Department of Geography |
| Professor Lu, Liwei | Department of Pathology, School of Clinical Medicine |
| Professor Lu, Weisheng Wilson | Department of Real Estate and Construction |
| Professor Lu, Yang | Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| Professor Lui, Sai Yu Simon | Department of Psychiatry, School of Clinical Medicine |
| Professor Lumineau, Fabrice Eric Paul | Faculty of Business and Economics |
| Professor Luo, Ping | School of Computing and Data Science |
| Professor Luo, Ruibang | School of Computing and Data Science |
| Professor Ma, Yi | School of Computing and Data Science |
| Professor Mak, Tak Wah | Department of Pathology, School of Clinical Medicine |
| Professor Michaely, Roni | Faculty of Business and Economics |
| Professor Ng, Irene Oi Lin | Department of Pathology, School of Clinical Medicine |
| Professor Ng, Kwok Po | Department of Mathematics |
| Professor Ng, Thomas Wai Hung | Faculty of Business and Economics |
| Professor Ngai, Cheuk Han Edith | Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering |
| Professor Nicholls, John Malcolm | Department of Pathology, School of Clinical Medicine |
| Professor Pan, Jia | School of Computing and Data Science |
| Professor Pan, Wei | Department of Civil Engineering |
| Professor Peiris, Joseph Sriyal Malik | School of Public Health |
| Professor Peng, Yifan Evan | Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering |
| Professor Phillips, David Lee | Department of Chemistry |
| Professor Poon, Lit Man Leo | School of Public Health |
| Professor Ren, Chao | Department of Architecture |
| Professor Russell, Bayden Dwight | School of Biological Sciences |
| Professor Sarkar, Chinmoy | Department of Urban Planning and Design |
| Professor Schoenberg, Uta | Faculty of Business and Economics |
| Dr Schooling, Catherine Mary | School of Public Health |
| Professor Seto, Wai Kay Walter | Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine |
| Professor Seymour, Mathew Stephen | School of Biological Sciences |
| Professor Sham, Pak Chung | Department of Psychiatry, School of Clinical Medicine |
| Professor Shen, Zuojun Max | Department of Data and Systems Engineering Faculty of Business and Economics |
| Professor Shih, Kaimin | Department of Civil Engineering |
| Dr Shuai, Huiping Vivian | Department of Microbiology, School of Clinical Medicine |
| Professor Siu, Ming Fai Parco | School of Public Health |
| Emeritus Professor So, Kwok Fai | Department of Psychology |
| Professor Sridhar, Siddharth | Department of Microbiology, School of Clinical Medicine |
| Professor Su, Yuxiong | Dental Faculty - Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery |
| Emeritus Professor Sun, Min | Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences |
| Professor Szeto, Wai Yuen | Department of Civil Engineering |
| Professor Tai, Wai Hin Kevin | Education Faculty |
| Dr. Tam, Anthony Raymond | Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine |
| Professor Tang, Chuyang | Department of Civil Engineering |
| Professor Tang, Sydney Chi Wai | Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine |
| Professor Tang, Yi | Faculty of Business and Economics |
| Professor Tang, Yongjun | Faculty of Business and Economics |
| Professor Tanuseputro, Peter | Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, School of Clinical Medicine |
| Professor Tian, Linwei | School of Public Health |
| Professor To, Kelvin Kai Wang | Department of Microbiology, School of Clinical Medicine |
| Professor Tsang, Kam Lun Tim | School of Public Health |
| Professor Tse, Hung Fat | Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine |
| Professor Tu, Yanjun | Department of Physics |
| Professor Wang, Han | Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering |
| Professor Wang, Man Ping | School of Nursing |
| Dr Wang, Mingfu | School of Biological Sciences |
| Professor Wang, Minhong | Education Faculty |
| Professor Wang, Ning | School of Chinese Medicine |
| Professor Wang, Yi | Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering |
| Professor Wang, Yu | Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy |
| Professor Webster, Christopher John | Department of Urban Planning and Design |
| Professor Wen, Ming | Social Sciences Faculty |
| Professor Wong, Carmen Chak Lui | Department of Pathology, School of Clinical Medicine |
| Professor Wong, Chun Ming | Department of Pathology, School of Clinical Medicine |
| Professor Wong, Ian Chi Kei | Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy |
| Professor Wong, Ngai Yuen Louis | Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences |
| Professor Wong, Sze Chun | Department of Civil Engineering |
| Dr Wong, Yuen Ting | School of Public Health |
| Professor Woo, Patrick Chiu Yat | Department of Microbiology, School of Clinical Medicine |
| Professor Wu, Chenshu | School of Computing and Data Science |
| Professor Wu, Jin | School of Biological Sciences |
| Professor Wu, Joseph Tsz Kei | School of Public Health |
| Professor Wu, Peng | School of Public Health |
| Professor Xu, Aimin | Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine |
| Professor Xu, Dong | School of Computing and Data Science |
| Professor Xu, Yan | Faculty of Business and Economics |
| Professor Xu, Zhenci | Department of Geography |
| Professor Xue, Fan | Department of Real Estate and Construction |
| Professor Yam, Vivian Wing Wah | Department of Chemistry |
| Professor Yang, Jun | Department of Civil Engineering |
| Professor Yao, Wang | Department of Physics |
| Professor Yasuhara, Moriaki | School of Biological Sciences |
| Professor Yau, Chung Cheung Thomas | Centre of Cancer Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine |
| Professor Ye, Hailong | Department of Civil Engineering |
| Dr Ye, Ziwei | School of Biomedical Sciences |
| Professor Yeh, Anthony Gar On | Department of Urban Planning and Design |
| Professor Yen, Hui-Ling | School of Public Health |
| Professor Yeung, Kelvin Wai Kwok | Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, School of Clinical Medicine |
| Professor Yin, Guosheng | School of Computing and Data Science |
| Dr Yin, Xiaoxue Iris | Restorative Dental Sciences |
| Dr Yip, Chik Yan | Department of Microbiology, School of Clinical Medicine |
| Professor Yip, Paul Siu Fai | Department of Social Work and Social Administration |
| Professor Yu, Lequan | School of Computing and Data Science |
| Professor Yu, Yizhou | School of Computing and Data Science |
| Professor Yuan, Shuofeng | Department of Microbiology, School of Clinical Medicine |
| Professor Yuan, Xiaoming | Department of Mathematics |
| Professor Yuen, Kwok Yung | Department of Microbiology, School of Clinical Medicine |
| Professor Yuen, Richard Man Fung | Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Medicine |
| Professor Zhang, Fu | Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| Professor Zhang, Gao | Applied Oral Sciences and Community Dental Care |
| Professor Zhang, Jian | Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences |
| Professor Zhang, Jiangwen | School of Biological Sciences |
| Dr Zhang, Jing | Restorative Dental Sciences |
| Professor Zhang, Shuang | Department of Physics |
| Professor Zhang, Tong | Department of Civil Engineering |
| Professor Zhang, Xiang | Faculty of Engineering Faculty of Science |
| Professor Zhang, Xiaohu | Department of Urban Planning and Design |
| Professor Zhang, Xiaoling | Department of Real Estate and Construction |
| Professor Zhang, Yuhao | Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering |
| Professor Zhao, Guochun | Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences |
| Professor Zhong, Runyang Ray | Department of Data and Systems Engineering |
| Professor Zhou, Jiangping | Department of Urban Planning and Design |
| Professor Zhou, Jie | Department of Microbiology, School of Clinical Medicine |
| Professor Zhou, Kevin Zheng | Faculty of Business and Economics |
| Professor Zhou, Yuyu | Department of Geography |
| Professor Zhu, Huachen | School of Public Health |
| Professor Zhu, Jin | Department of Real Estate and Construction |