A study, led by Prof John Ioannidis from Stanford University, showed 25 EE faculty in the top 2 percent of scientists globally. The study combines several different metrics to systematically rank the most influential scientists by scientific field as measured by citations. For more details about the study, please refer to the publication in PLOS Biology.
EE faculty (current or retired) on the list are:
| Prof C H Chan | Prof Andrew Leung | Dr Wallace Tang |
| Prof Nelson Chan | Prof K W Leung | Prof Ding-ping Tsai |
| Prof Ron Chen | Prof Ping Li | Dr Peter Tsang |
| Prof Jie Chen | Prof K M Luk | Prof Michael Tse |
| Prof K S Chiang | Prof Stella Pang | Prof Hei Wong |
| Prof Tommy Chow | Dr L M Po | Prof Hong Yan |
| Prof Henry Chung | Prof H C So | Prof Moshe Zukerman |
| Prof Lin Dai | Dr Albert Sung | |
| Prof Way Kuo | Dr Chaoliang Tan |
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