Professor Keith Ho Wing-kei of the Department of Science and Environmental Studies, at The Education University of Hong Kong, has been recognised as a 2021 Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate Analytics. This is the fourth consecutive year he has been named in the list of most influential researchers.

The list indentifies researchers who have demonstrated significant influence in their fields through publication of multiple highly cited papers during the last decade. Researchers are selected for their exceptional performance in one or more of 21 fields, with their publications ranked in the top 1% by citations for field and year in the Web of Science.

In 2021, 6,602 of the world’s researchers (around 0.1%) from over 70 countries and regions (including 79 scholars in Hong Kong), have earned the distinction.