e-Bulletin December 2024
RECOGNITION |
A Record-breaking Twelve SPH Faculty Members Named “Highly Cited Researchers 2024”
Recognition for their Exceptional Research Impact
A record-breaking twelve faculty members from our School have been named by Clarivate as “Highly Cited Researchers 2024”. The works of these scholars have been highly cited by fellow academics and are hence making a significant impact on ongoing research in their respective fields of study.
Our School’s twelve Highly Cited Researchers are *:
- Professor Ester Cerin, Honorary Professor
- Professor Ben Cowling, Helen and Francis Zimmern Professorship in Population Health, Chair Professor of Epidemiology, and Head of Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Professor Tommy Lam, Associate Professor
- Dr Eric Lau, Honorary Assistant Professor
- Professor Gabriel Leung, Honorary Clinical Professor
- Professor Kathy Leung, Assistant Professor
- Professor Malik Peiris, Tam Wah-Ching Professor in Medical Science and Chair Professor of Virology
- Professor Leo Poon, Associate Dean (Human Capital) of LKS Faculty of Medicine, Daniel C K Yu Professorship in Virology, Chair Professor of Public Health Virology, and Head of Division of Public Health Laboratory Sciences
- Professor Joseph Wu, Sir Robert Kotewall Professorship in Public Health and Professor
- Professor Wu Peng, Assistant Professor
- Professor Hui-ling Yen, Associate Professor
- Professor Zhang Tong, Professor (by courtesy) and Chair Professor of Water and Environmental Engineering (Department of Civil Engineering)
*In alphabetical order of surname
The “Highly Cited Researchers 2024” are selected for their exceptional research performance. This selection is determined by the production of multiple highly cited papers that rank in the top 1% by citations for their fields and publication year in Web of Science over the past decade. According to Clarivate Analytics, a total of 6,636 scholars from 59 countries and regions worldwide have been named in this list.
The School extends our heartfelt congratulations to our colleagues.