An award ceremony was held by Clarivate at City University of Hong Kong (CityU) on 29 March, commending 29 CityU scholars for being named Highly Cited Researchers for 2022, placing CityU 50th worldwide in this citation ranking. By faculty size, CityU's percentage of the world’s most Highly Cited Researchers puts it first in Hong Kong and Asia. This year, one of our teachers Prof.LEE Duu-Jong was listed among the world's most cited researchers.

The list recognises scientists and social scientists who have demonstrated substantial influence. A total of 6,938 researchers from 69 countries and regions were named Highly Cited Researchers for 2022. All of them have published multiple highly cited papers in their fields and rank in the top 1% by citations. Of the world’s population of scientists and social scientists, Highly Cited Researchers are 1 in 1,000.