The Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK) is pleased to announce that 73 scholars have been listed in the World’s Top 2% Scientists 2026 compiled by Stanford University, representing an increase of over 30% compared to last year and marking a new record high. Among them, 41 scholars were ranked within the world’s top 1%, underscoring the University’s growing research strength, academic excellence and international recognition.
Among them, five scholars are from the Department of Early Childhood Education, listed in alphabetical order by surname, they are Prof Alfredo Bautista (Education), Prof Kevin Chung Kien Hoa (Education), Prof Philip Li Hui (Education), Dr Li Jianbin (Social Psychology) and Dr Yang Weipeng (Education). It has reflected the department’s leadership in the fields of education and early childhood education.
This annual ranking is compiled by a research team at Stanford University using data from Scopus. It evaluates factors such as citation counts, co-authorship adjustments, and author ranking, emphasising the actual academic impact rather than simply the quantity of publications.
