UIC's eight scholars have been ranked the world's top scientists in 11 fields of study by Research.com, an international education portal.
Research.com's best researchers rankings are lists of leading scholars in a wide range of areas, created using an analysis of around 170,000 scholars determined from various bibliometric data sources. Position in the ranking is based on a researcher's D-index (Discipline H-index), which includes exclusively publications and citation values for an examined discipline.
The eight UIC scholars are: Director of UIC Institute for Advanced Study, Prof Tang Tao; Provost Prof Patrick Chau; Vice President (Research and Development) Prof Jia Weijia; Dean of Faculty of Business and Management Prof Liu Wenbin; Acting Dean of Faculty of Business and Management Prof Adolf K.Y. Ng; Prof Wang Qing-Guo of the Department of Computer Science; Prof Fang Kai-tai of the Department of Statistics and Data Science; and the Head of the Department of Life Sciences Prof Xu Baojun. They are named in the fields including Mathematics, Business and Management, Electronics and Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Social Sciences and Humanities, Biology and Biochemistry and more.
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Prof Tang Tao UIC Chair Professor and Director of Institute for Advanced Study Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences, Fellow of TWAS Named to the list of Best Mathematics Scientists | Prof Patrick Chau UIC Chair Professor and Provost Member of Association for Information Systems (AIS)
Named to the lists of Best Business and Management Scientists and Best Engineering and Technology Scientists |
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Prof Jia Weijia UIC Chair Professor and Vice President (Research and Development) Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) Named to the lists of Best Computer Science Scientists and Best Electronics and Electrical Engineering Scientists | Prof Liu Wenbin UIC Chair Professor and Dean of Faculty of Business and Management Named to the list of Best Mathematics Scientists and Best Engineering and Technology Scientists |
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Prof Adolf K.Y. Ng UIC Chair Professor and Acting Dean of Faculty of Business and Management Named to the list of Best Social Sciences and Humanities Scientists | Prof Wang Qing-Guo UIC Chair Professor of Department of Computer Science Member of the Academy of Science of South Africa Named to the list of Best Electronics and Electrical Engineering Scientists |
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Prof Fang Kai-tai UIC Chair Professor of Department of Statistics and Data Science Fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS) Life Fellow of the American Statistical Association (ASA) Named to the list of Best Mathematics Scientists | Prof Xu Baojun UIC Chair Professor and Head of Department of Life Sciences Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) Named to the list of Best Biology and Biochemistry Scientists |
Prof Tang Tao, Prof Patrick Chau and Prof Wang Qing-Guo are ranked in the top 700 in the world in their respective fields. Furthermore, Prof Tang Tao, Prof Patrick Chau, Prof Wang Qing-Guo, Prof Fang Kai-tai and Prof Adolf K.Y. Ng are ranked in the national top 60.
UIC has an international staff with lecturers and professors from around 30 countries and regions. Faculty members of all the departments have studied or worked abroad, with nearly 90% owning doctoral degrees. UIC's scholars have nudged it into the nation's top 100 in the concentration of high-calibre talents, providing students with high-quality academic resources and advanced teaching methods while continuing to make new breakthroughs in the field of research.
From MPRO
Reporter: Cecilia Yu
Editor: Deen He
