On November 15, 2022, Clarivate Analytics revealed its 2022 list of Highly Cited Researchers (HCR). Of the world’s population of scientists, highly cited researchers are 1 in 1000, with 6938 highly cited researchers from 69 countries and regions worldwide named. The number of scholars from Mainland China continues to surge, rising from 935 (14.2%) in 2021 to 1,169 (16.2%) this year.
Soochow University has a total of 23 HCRs recognized in 2022 (for 27 person-times), ranking fifth among Chinese mainland universities, following Tsinghua University (73 person-times), Hunan University (32 person-times), Peking University (31 person-times), and Zhejiang University (28 person-times). Among them, CNST&FUNSOM is proud to have the following researchers included in the 2022 HCR global list for 15 person-times (in random order):
Name | Award Category |
Shuit-Tong Lee | Cross-Field |
Zhenhui Kang | |
Liangzhu Feng | |
Yang Liu | |
Chao Liang (2019 PhD graduate) | |
Ziliang Dong (2020 PhD graduate) | |
Jun Zhong | |
Zhuang Liu | Materials Science |
Liang Cheng | |
Liang Cheng | |
Chao Wang | |
Zhuang Liu | Chemistry |
Yanguang Li | |
Youyong Li |
Table 1. CNST&FUNSOM Members Named as 2022 Global Highly Cited Researchers
So far, scientists from CNST&FUNSOM have been regognized as HCRs for 67 person-times, which made remarkable contributions to Soochow University’s rising global impact. The number of HCRs (person-times) of both Soochow University and CNST&FUNSOM from 2015 to 2022 are as follows:
Year | Soochow University | CNST&FUNSOM |
2015 | 3 | 3 |
2016 | 4 | 3 |
2017 | 6 | 4 |
2018 | 18 | 10 |
2019 | 19 | 11 |
2020 | 19 | 9 |
2021 | 23 | 12 |
2022 | 27 | 15 |
Total | 119 | 67 |
Table 2. Number of Soochow University/CNST&FUNSOM Members Named as HCRs Over the Years
To date, 8 graduates/post-doctoral researchers (for 28 person-times in total) independently trained by our institute have also been recognized as HCRs over the past several years.
Name | training category | Graduation time |
Liang Cheng | PhD | 2012 |
Kai Yang | PhD | 2013 |
Chao Wang | PhD | 2014 |
Liangzhu Feng | PhD | 2015 |
Qian Chen | PhD | 2017 |
Chao Liang | PhD | 2019 |
Ziliang Dong | PhD | 2020 |
Guosheng Song | Postdoc | 2016 |
Table 3. Graduates/Postdocs Named as HCRs Over the Years
Editor: Guo Jia