The Hong Kong Polytechnic University’s Faculty of Health and Social Sciences (FHSS) has 32 scholars ranked among the world’s top 2% most-cited scientists in the 2025 metrics compiled by Stanford University. The World’s Top 2% Most-cited Scientists is compiled by Stanford University based on composite indicators of publication impact. It covers 22 subject fields and 174 sub-fields, and is divided into two lists in relation to scholars’ career-long citation and single-year citation impact, recognising their long-term and recent research impact.
Department of Applied Social Sciences (APSS), Faculty of Health and Social Sciences (FHSS), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Oct 2025
According to the newly released metrics compiled by Stanford University, eight APSS colleagues have been ranked among the world’s top 2% most-cited scientists 2025. Let’s take a look at our scholars’ list:
| Name | Post |
| Prof. Xue BAI | Professor |
| Prof. Jenny CHAN | Associate Professor |
| Prof. Edward K.L. CHAN* | Chair Professor |
| Prof. Juan CHEN | Professor |
| Prof. Xiangen HU | Chair Professor |
| Prof. Karita KAN | Associate Professor |
| Prof. Daniel T.L. SHEK | Chair Professor |
| Prof. Hairong YAN | Honorary Professor |
* The only scholar in Hong Kong listed in the subfield of Criminology based on career-long citation impact.
