On April 22nd, Elsevier formally released its list ofHighly Cited Chinese Researchers 2020, and two scholars from Huaqiao University have earned the honor, whereas only one professor was listed last year. They are Professor Wu Jihuai from College of Materials Science and Engineering, who has been named on the list for seven consecutive years in the field of chemistry, and Professor Li Jibin from School of Mathematical Sciences, who was also listed for the seventh year in the field of mathematics but the first time as a faculty member in Huaqiao University.
Elsevier’s list of Highly Cited Chinese Researchers 2020 takes Scopus, a global authoritative citation and database index, as the data source of Chinese scholars’ scientific research achievements, and adopts the selection method designed by Shanghai Ranking Consultancy, and finally obtains 4,023 Chinese scholars with the most global influence from 373 universities, enterprises and scientific research institutions, covering 10 fields of disciplines and 84 first-level disciplines of the Ministry of Education.