On May 7, Elsevier officially released the 2019 Chinese Most Cited Researchers list. Professor Jiahuai Han and Professor Shengcai Lin in the field of Biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology and Professor Ningshao Xia in the field of Medical science were included in the list.
The Elsevier list of Chinese Most Cited Researchers is based on data of Chinese scholars from Scopus, the world's leading abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature and uses data analyzing methods developed by Shanghai Ranking Consultancy. This is the 6th time that Elsevier has released the Chinese Most Cited Researchers list since 2015. A total of 2163 Chinese scholars across 38 subject areas from 242 universities, scientific research institutions and enterprises were selected into the 2019 list, among which 24 are from Xiamen University.
