SUTD Faculty Recognised Globally for Exceptional Research in Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researchers 2024

21 Nov 2024

Clarivate’s annual list of Highly Cited Researchers™ (HCR) gives recognition to individuals whose research have demonstrated significant and broad influence in their respective fields. This year, a total of 6,886 HCR designations were awarded to 6,636 individuals.

SUTD’s Associate Provost for Research, Professor Chua Chee Kai, and Assistant Professor Xiong Zehui from the Information Systems Technology and Design (ISTD) pillar are among the 108 awardees from Singapore. They were both also named in the prestigious list last year.

This is Professor Chua’s third consecutive year on the HCR list. A 2023 Fellow of the Academy of Engineering Singapore (SAEng), Professor Chua is an expert in 3D printing and rapid prototyping. A leading contributor to the additive manufacturing field in Singapore, he has over 500 publications and is recognised as the most cited scientist in the field of 3D printing, according to the Web of Science. At SUTD, he is the Chair Professor for the Cheng Tsang Man Professorship and is from the Engineering Product Development (EPD) pillar.

Assistant Professor Xiong’s outstanding research in wireless networks, Internet of Things, blockchain, edge intelligence, AI and Metaverse places him among the 87 HCR awardees in the category of Computer Science. He has also been named Forbes’ 30 Under 30 Asia Class of 2023, and has won multiple Best Paper Awards in various international conferences.

Both Professor Chua and Assistant Professor Xiong are also ranked top 0.1% of the world’s scientists in their respective subject fields in a list as compiled and released by Stanford University recently.

According to Clarivate, Highly Cited Researchers are 1 in 1,000 of the world’s population of scientists and social scientists. The rigorous evaluation and selection process draws on data from the Web of Science Core Collection™ citation index, together with qualitative analysis performed by experts at the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI)™.