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Professor Lyu Aiping, Vice-President (Research and Development) and Dr. Kennedy Y.H. Wong Endowed Professor in Chinese Medicine, has been recognised as "Highly Cited Researcher" for his publications ranked among Clarivate’s top 1% most cited publications for the category "cross-field" in Web of Science™. Along with 6,849 researchers from 67 countries and regions across various research fields, Professor Lyu earned this extraordinary accolade in recognition of his academic publications. He is the sole researcher from HKBU to be honoured with this recognition in 2023.

World-renowned for his work in aptamer-based translational medicine and drug discovery, Professor Lyu is a leader in Chinese medicine and systems medicine. He has over 600 publications and holds more than 60 patents. His work has a Google Scholar citation count of over 25,000 and a H-index score of 77.  

Professor Lyu’s accolade once again demonstrates the academic and research status of Chinese medicine scholars, arousing international attention. The global influence of Chinese medicine drug discovery is also growing steadily.

About Highly Cited Researcher

The selection of Highly Cited Researchers by Clarivate Analytics aims to recognise researchers with significant and broad influence in their field(s) of research. The evaluation and selection process draws on researchers’ papers which ranked top 1% of the Web of Science™ database by citations for relevant fields and publication year, together with analysis performed by bibliometric experts and data scientists at the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI)™ at Clarivate.

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