ScholarGPS has released its 2025 Highly Ranked Scholars list, recognising the world’s top 0.05% of scientists based on research productivity, citation impact, and publication quality. 18 faculty members from College of Engineering (CENG) at City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK) have been included in the list (in the category of lifetime all). This remarkable achievement has also reflected the faculty’s outstanding research excellence and leadership.
| Name | Field | Department |
| Prof CHEN Guanrong | Engineering | EE |
| Prof CHU Paul K | Engineering | PHY/MSE |
| Prof DONG Zhao Yang | Engineering | EE |
| Prof FENG Gang | Engineering | MNE/BME |
| Prof GUO Zaiping | Engineering | MSE |
| Prof HUI Ron | Engineering | EE |
| Prof JEN Alex | Engineering | MSE/MNE/CHEM/SEE |
| Prof LIEW Kim Meow | Engineering | ACE |
| Prof LIU Bin | Engineering | MSE/CHEM |
| Prof LU Jian | Engineering | MNE/BME/MSE/DS/BMS |
| Prof LUK Kwai-Man | Engineering | EE |
| Prof ROGACH Andrey | Engineering | MSE |
| Prof SO Hing Cheung | Engineering | EE |
| Prof TSE Michael | Engineering | EE |
| Prof ZHU Yuntian | Engineering | MNE/MSE |
| Prof LEE Chun-Sing | Physical Sciences | CHEM/MSE |
| Prof ZENG Xiaocheng | Physical Sciences | MSE/PHY |
| Prof ZHANG Hua | Physical Sciences | CHEM/MSE |
In alphabetical order of surnames
ScholarGPS evaluates the academic impact of over 30 million scholars worldwide through comprehensive analyses of publications, citations (excluding self-citations), and research quality using advanced artificial intelligence, data mining, and machine learning techniques. The platform ranks scholars and 55,000 institutions across 14 fields, 177 disciplines, and more than 350,000 specialties based on research output, impact, and h-index.
Its Highly Ranked Scholars represent the top 0.05% of researchers globally—those demonstrating exceptional productivity, influence, and research quality. By profiling more than 30 million scholars and classifying 200 million publications into detailed categories, ScholarGPS uniquely recognises excellence at the specialty, discipline, field, and global levels.
| Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering (ACE) | Department of Electrical Engineering (EE) |
| Department of Biomedical Engineering (BME) | Department of Mechanical Engineering (MNE) |
| Department of Biomedical Sciences (BMS) | Department of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) |
| Department of Chemistry (CHEM) | Department of Physics (PHY) |
| Department of Data Science (DS) | School of Energy and Environment (SEE) |
