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November
2021
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32 NUS scientists among the world’s most highly cited researchers

Thirty-two NUS researchers have been placed among some of the world’s most highly cited researchers, according to the Highly Cited Researchers 2021 List published by data analytics firm Clarivate.

The highly-anticipated annual list, comprising 6,602 researchers from more than 70 countries and regions across the globe this year, identifies researchers who have demonstrated significant influence in their chosen field or fields through the publication of multiple highly cited papers during the last decade.

Publications by Highly Cited Researchers are ranked in the top 1 percent by citations for field and publication year in Clarivate’s Web of Science citation index.

The methodology that determines the “who’s who” of influential researchers draws on the data and analysis performed by bibliometric experts and data scientists at the Institute for Scientific Information at Clarivate. It also uses the tallies to identify the countries and research institutions where these citation elite are based.

The NUS luminaries in this year’s list are recognised by their peers as outstanding in the fields of Chemistry, Clinical Medicine, Computer Science, Economics and Business, Engineering, Materials Science, Neuroscience and Behaviour, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Physics and more.

NUS Deputy President (Research and Technology) Professor Chen Tsuhan said, “NUS is incredibly proud of our highly regarded researchers who have been pushing the frontiers of their respective fields, and in turn, benefitting the community by creating new knowledge and solving real-world problems. Their outstanding work advances NUS’ standing as one of the world’s leading universities, and strengthens Singapore’s reputation as a world-class research hub.”

David Pendlebury, Senior Citation Analyst at the Institute for Scientific Information at Clarivate, said: “It is increasingly important for nations and institutions to recognise and support the exceptional researchers who are driving the expansion of the world’s knowledge. This list identifies and celebrates exceptional individual researchers at NUS who are having a significant impact on the research community as evidenced by the rate at which their work is being cited by their peers.

“The research they have contributed is fueling the innovation, sustainability, health and security that is key for our society’s future,” he added.

The 32 highly cited NUS researchers in their respective fields are:

Chemistry
Professor Jiang Donglin
Department of Chemistry, NUS Faculty of Science

Professor Liu Xiaogang
Department of Chemistry, NUS Faculty of Science
Clinical Medicine

Professor Wong Tien Yin
Duke-NUS Medical School &
Department of Ophthalmology, NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine

Computer Science
Dr Tan Jen Hong
NUS Institute of Systems Science

Professor Zhang Rui
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, NUS Faculty of Engineering
Cross-Field
Professor Antonio Bertoletti
Duke-NUS Medical School

Professor Chen Wei
Department of Chemistry & Department of Physics, NUS Faculty of Science

Associate Professor Goki Eda
Department of Chemistry and Department of Physics, NUS Faculty of Science

Professor Derek John Hausenloy
Duke-NUS Medical School

Assistant Professor Cyrus Ho
Department of Psychological Medicine, NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine

Associate Professor Roger Ho Chun-Man
Department of Psychological Medicine, NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine

Associate Professor Sibudjing Kawi
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, NUS Faculty of Engineering

Research Assistant Professor Alan Prem Kumar
Department of Pharmacology, NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine &
Cancer Science Institute of Singapore at NUS

Professor Lim Chwee Teck
Department of Biomedical Engineering, NUS Faculty of Engineering &
Institute for Health Innovation & Technology &
Mechanobiology Institute at NUS

Professor Liu Bin
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, NUS Faculty of Engineering

Professor Loh Kian Ping
Department of Chemistry, NUS Faculty of Science

Professor Barbaros Özyilmaz
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, NUS Faculty of Engineering &
Department of Physics, NUS Faculty of Science &
Centre for Advanced 2D Materials at NUS

Professor Seeram Ramakrishna
Department of Mechanical Engineering, NUS Faculty of Engineering

Dr Muthu Kumaraswamy Shanmugam
Department of Pharmacology, NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine

Assistant Professor Benjamin Tee
Department of Materials Science and Engineering & Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, NUS Faculty of Engineering

Professor Wang Linfa
Duke-NUS Medical School

Associate Professor Xie Jianping
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, NUS Faculty of Engineering
Economics and Business
Professor Ang Beng Wah
NUS Energy Studies Institute &
Department of Industrial Systems Engineering and Management, NUS Faculty of Engineering

Dr Su Bin
NUS Energy Studies Institute &
Department of Industrial Systems Engineering and Management, NUS Faculty of Engineering
Engineering

Professor Ge Shuzhi Sam
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, NUS Faculty of Engineering 

Materials Science
Professor Guillermo C. Bazan
Department of Chemistry, NUS Faculty of Science

Professor Sir Konstantin Novoselov
NUS Institute for Functional Intelligent Materials &
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, NUS Faculty of Engineering
[Also listed under Physics]
Professor John Wang
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, NUS Faculty of Engineering
Neuroscience and Behaviour

Associate Professor Thomas Yeo Boon Thye
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, NUS Faculty of Engineering &
The Centre for Sleep and Cognition, NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine &
The Centre for Translational MR Research, NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine &
The N.1 Institute for Health, NUS Faculty of Engineering

Pharmacology and Toxicology

Associate Professor Gautam Sethi
Department of Pharmacology, NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine

Physics
Professor Antonio Helio Castro Neto
NUS Centre for Advanced 2D Materials &
Department of Physics, NUS Faculty of Science &
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, NUS Faculty of Engineering

Associate Professor Qiu Cheng Wei
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, NUS Faculty of Engineering