Academic Excellence Soars: FHM Scholars Claim Nine Spots in World’s Top 2% Scientists by Stanford University in the 2025 rankings
- 15 Oct, 2025
- Recognitions & Achievements
- Faculty of Humanities
Nine exceptional academics from FHM are in the Stanford University's 2025 list of the World's Top 2% Most-cited Scientists. In an outstanding achievement, six of them are named the World's Top 1% Scientists. This represents a significant growth of three researchers from last year's standings, underscoring the sustained enhancement of FHM scholars’ research capabilities and strong recognition on the international stage.
Our listed scholars span three major professional fields: Music, Education, and Languages and Linguistics.
The list is compiled annually by a research team from Stanford University, based on Scopus data. It considers factors such as citation counts, co-authorship adjustments, and author ranking, focusing on actual academic impact rather than simply the quantity of publications.
The list of FHM scholars is appended below:
(In alphabetical order of departments and surname)
| Department | Scholar | Subject Field |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Cultural and Creative Arts | Prof Leung Bo-wah# | Music |
| Department of Cultural and Creative Arts | Dr Yang Yang# | Music |
| Department of English Language Education | Prof Michelle Gu | Languages & Linguistics |
| Department of English Language Education | Dr Lucas Kohnke# | Education |
| Department of English Language Education | Dr Lee Ju Seong# | Languages & Linguistics |
| Department of English Language Education | Prof Angel Lin# | Languages & Linguistics |
| Department of English Language Education | Prof Wang Minjuan | Education |
| Department of Linguistics and Modern Language Studies | Prof Andy Kirkpatrick# | Languages & Linguistics |
| Department of Linguistics and Modern Language Studies | Prof Glenn Stockwell | Languages & Linguistics |
As of September 2025
#Top 1% scientists
