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15 Nov 2022

Eleven CUHK scholars named Highly Cited Researchers 2022

15 Nov 2022

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https://www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk/en/?p=133652

Professor Henry Chan Lik-yuen

Professor Tony Mok

Professor Siew Ng

Professor Joseph Sung Jao-yiu

Professor Vincent Wong Wai-sun

Professor Francis K.L. Chan

Professor David Hui Shu-cheong

Professor Xu Jianbin

Professor Wong Po-keung

Professor Jin Bangti

Professor Wong Ching-ping

The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) is proud to announce that eleven CUHK scholars have been named on the list of Highly Cited Researchers 2022.

This much-anticipated annual list, released today (15 November) by Clarivate Analytics, recognises researchers who demonstrated significant and broad influence in their fields of study through the publication of multiple papers which ranked in the top 1% by citations during the last decade.

CUHK Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research) Professor Sham Mai-har said she is delighted that CUHK scholars have been selected for the list, giving international recognition to their outstanding performance. She remarked, “With research and innovation being one of the key areas of the CUHK Strategic Plan 2021-2025, the University is committed to creating value and bringing benefit to society through research and innovation. CUHK is ranked among the world’s elite and its performance has gradually risen in many rankings, demonstrating its extraordinary research achievements. The University will continue to advance education, research and innovation, making contributions to the development of Hong Kong, mainland China and the world.”

CUHK professors from the faculties of Medicine, Engineering and Science were on the list. Details are as follows:

Category	Researcher	Department / Faculty and Titles	Research Areas
Clinical Medicine	Professor Henry Chan Lik-yuen	Clinical Professor (honorary), Faculty of Medicine	Hepatitis, fatty liver, cirrhosis, liver cancer
	Professor Tony Mok	Chairman of the Department of Clinical Oncology and Li Shu Fan Medical Foundation Professor of Clinical Oncology, Faculty of Medicine	Lung cancer, targeted therapy, immunotherapy, biomarkers
	Professor Siew Ng	Professor, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine and Croucher Professor in Medical Sciences	Inflammatory bowel disease, gut microbiota, fecal microbiota transplantation, colorectal cancer
	Professor Joseph Sung Jao-yiu	CUHK Emeritus Professor of Medicine	Gastrointestinal ulcer bleeding, microbiome, colon cancer, artificial intelligence
	Professor Vincent Wong Wai-sun	Mok Hing Yiu Professor of Medicine and Head of the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine	Fatty liver
Cross-Field	Professor Francis K.L. Chan	Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, and Choh-Ming Li Professor of Medicine and Therapeutics	Anti-thrombotics and gastrointestinal bleeding, colorectal cancer screening, gut microbiota
	Professor David Hui Shu-cheong	Professor of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine	Respiratory failure and sleep disordered breathing, management of emerging severe acute respiratory infections, safety of respiratory therapy and prevention of nosocomial infections in the post-SARS era, common airway diseases
	Professor Xu Jianbin	Choh-Ming Li Professor of Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering	Two-dimensional optoelectronic materials and devices, photodetection, optical signal modulation, thermal management materials
	Professor Wong Po-keung	Emeritus Professor, School of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science	Photocatalytic treatment for environmental/ water purification, environmental technology, environmental microbiology/ biotechnology
Mathematics	Professor Jin Bangti	Global STEM Scholar, Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science	Numerical analysis, inverse problems, machine learning
Materials Science	Professor Wong Ching-ping	Emeritus Professor, Department of Electronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering	Materials for electronics, photonics and renewable energy harvesting and storages