On March 27, Elsevier released its 2023 list of Highly Cited Chinese Researchers. Five researchers of XMU College of Economics who were on the 2022 ranking hold the prestigious recognition as highly cited researchers again in three first-level disciplines, and they are:
Theoretical Economics: Chuanwang Sun, Chuanguo Zhang
Applied Economics: Shaohua Chen, Xin Yao
Statistics: Yongmiao Hong
The Highly Cited Chinese Researchers Ranking is released annually since 2015, in a joint effort by Elsevier and ShanghaiRanking Consultancy. It uses Scopus data and is based on the methodology developed by ShanghaiRanking Consultancy. 5,801 individuals from 496 colleges and universities, enterprises and scientific research institutes appear on the 2023 list, covering 84 first-level disciplines in the 10 categories of disciplines according to the Ministry of Education.