481 PolyU Scholars Ranked Among World’s Top 2% Most-Cited Scientists 2026 👏
PolyU’s research excellence has once again earned global recognition! In the latest World’s Top 2% Most-cited Scientists list released by Stanford University, 274 PolyU scholars were recognised for their career-long citation impact. Together with those named for single-year citation impact, a total of 481 scholars made the list, ranking second among Hong Kong universities.
📈 Highlights from the career-long citation rankings:
🔹 Six scholars ranked in the global top 10 in their respective fields:
- Ir Prof. C.S. POON (Building and Construction)
- Prof. Jin-Guang TENG, PolyU President (Civil Engineering)
- Ir Prof. T.C. Edwin CHENG (Operations Research)
- Prof. ZHU Zi-Qiang (Electrical and Electronic Engineering)
- Prof. Qihao WENG (Geological and Geomatics Engineering)
- Prof. Jean Claude BÜNZLI (Inorganic and Nuclear Chemistry)
🔹 No. 1 worldwide among universities across three sub-fields: Building and Construction; Operations Research; and Sport, Leisure and Tourism
🔹 No. 1 in Hong Kong across 27 sub-fields^, including Building and Construction, Materials, and Energy
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^Including sub-fields in which PolyU is tied with other local institutions