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Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researchers 2020

18 November 2020

Six CU Medicine Professors Named Most Highly Cited Researchers

Six CU Medicine professors are named “Highly Cited Researchers 2020”, meaning they are CU Medicine Scholars among the world’s top researchers who have published a high number of papers that rank in the top 1% by citations in their respective fields of study and year of publication.

It is the third consecutive year for Professor Joseph SUNG, Professor Tony MOK, Professor Henry CHAN and Professor LEE Sing to receive this honour.

CU Medicine Scholars listed in the “Highly Cited Researchers 2020” are as follows:

Category	Professors	Research Areas
Clinical Medicine	Prof. Tony MOK Chairman of the Department of Clinical Oncology and Li Shu Fan Medical Foundation Professor of Clinical Oncology, Faculty of Medicine	Lung cancer and liver cancer
	Prof. Joseph SUNG Mok Hing Yiu Professor of Medicine and Director, Institute of Digestive Disease	Gastrointestinal ulcer bleeding, gastric cancer, hepatitis, colon cancer
	Prof. Vincent WONG Wai-Sun Head of Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine	Fatty liver
Cross-Field	Prof. Henry CHAN Lik Yuen Clinical Professor (honorary), Faculty of Medicine	Hepatitis, fatty liver, cirrhosis, liver cancer
Cross-Field	Prof. Siew Chien NG Professor, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine	Inflammatory bowel disease, gut microbiota, faecal microbiota transplant, colorectal cancer
Psychiatry & Psychology	Prof. LEE Sing Clinical Professor (honorary), Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine	Mood disorders and eating disorders

“Highly Cited Researchers 2020”, released by the Clarivate Analytics, identifies the most influential researchers determined by their peers around the world. The 2020 list includes 6,167 highly cited researchers in various fields from more than 60 countries and regions.

For the full list of “Highly Cited Researchers 2020”, please refer to https://recognition.webofsciencegroup.com/awards/highly-cited/2020/.

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