NINGBO, China–(BUSINESS WIRE)–10 academics from The University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC) have been ranked among the top 2% of scientists in the world by a recently published Stanford-Elsevier report.
The ranking was prepared by Stanford University and Elsevier BV, a world-leading academic publisher of scientific and technical journals. The list was devised in the Stanford-Elsevier report by analysing peer-reviewed academic papers database of over 100,000 top scientists selected from nearly 7 million scientists around the world.
The scientists were classified into 22 scientific fields and 176 sub-fields and were then ranked based upon the following criteria: citations, h-index, co-authorship adjusted hm-index, citations to papers in different authorship positions and a composite indicator, including career-long and single year impact.
Academics featured in the rankings of a number of research fields, such as information systems, industrial engineering, business and management, nanotechnology, applied physics, materials, electric engineering, and operations research.
Out of the 10 UNNC academics listed in the rankings, Professor Patrick Chau, Vice Provost for Research and Knowledge Exchange, and Professor Alain Yee Loong Chong, Dean of Graduate School and Global Engagement, are both ranked worldwide in the top 100 in the information systems discipline. Within China, they are ranked in 1st place and 3rd place respectively. In the field of Business and Management, Professor Antony Paulraj ranked 5th in China. In the field of industrial engineering, Professor Hing Kai Chan ranked 11th in China.
These global rankings demonstrate the high academic standards of UNNC staff as well as the university’s influence across multiple disciplines and signify our dedication to producing world-class research. Facing the future, UNNC will continue to integrate its advantageous research resources in China and abroad and support its talented academics in pushing the boundaries of knowledge and deliver world-leading research to solve today’s global challenges.
UNNC extends its congratulations to all of its staff who were listed in the rankings, including Patrick Chau, Alain Yee Loong Chong, Antony Paulraj, Hing Kai Chan, Guang Zhu, Nabil Gindy (deceased), James C. Greer, Xiaosu Yi, Giampaolo Buticchi and Michael Galea.