March 25, 2025. Shanghai –18 CEIBS faculty have been named on the 2024 list of Highly-Cited Chinese Researchers released by world-leading academic publisher Elsevier, marking a record new high for the school.

Amongst those listed, 15 CEIBS faculty have been named for their contributions in the category of Business Management, meaning that the school has now ranked first among major educational institutions in China for five consecutive years in the category. Three faculty were named in the Applied Economics category, an increase of one from last year.

Between 2015 and 2020, CEIBS boasted the largest number of faculty on the list in the field of Business, Management and Accounting for six consecutive years, before Elsevier established a new category system.

Current CEIBS faculty included on this year’s list are (in alphabetical order):

• Professor Emeritus Chen Jieping
• Professor of Accounting Chen Shimin
• Associate Professor of Strategy Chen Weiru
• Professor of Accounting Ding Yuan
• Honorary Professor Jiing-Lih Larry Farh
• Associate Professor of Management Michael Kwan
• Professor of Economics Hu Guangzhou
• Professor of Management Tae-Yeol Kim
• Professor of Economics Bala Ramasamy
• Professor of International Business and Strategy Shameen Prashantham
• Professor of Management Katherine Xin
• Professor of Economics and Finance Xu Bin
• Professor of Finance Frank Yu
• Professor of Management Zhao Hao
• Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management Zhao Xiande

In a congratulatory message, CEIBS President Wang Hong pointed out that CEIBS’ faculty has always been a key asset and core driving force for of the school. “The record high number of CEIBS professors on Elsevier’s list is a testament to the school’s research excellence and strong academic influence. For the fifth straight year, CEIBS led all Chinese business schools in the Business Administration category, reinforcing our leading position in management education in China. Moving forward, CEIBS will continue to attract top international faculty from around the world, advance our ‘2+4+X’ interdisciplinary research mechanism, and foster industry-academia collaboration to deliver cutting-edge insights for China and the world,” President Wang said.

In his own message, CEIBS President (European) Dominique Turpin added, “CEIBS' mission is to offer our participants 'China Depth, Global Breadth', combining international perspective with deep insight into the world of Chinese business. At the heart of this goal are professors that produce research which decodes China’s business environment, giving the international community the opportunity to understand the country's dynamic development. The inclusion of 18 CEIBS professors on Elsevier’s 2024 list of Highly-Cited Chinese Researchers - a historic high – demonstrates the strength of our world-leading faculty, and their dedication to this cause. Their consistent presence in top-tier academic journals and frequent citations by scholars worldwide highlight CEIBS’ rising influence as a trusted resource for understanding business in China.”

Elsevier has released the Highly-Cited Chinese Researchers list annually since 2015. The list uses Scopus, an authoritative global citation and index database, to track the scientific research achievements of Chinese scholars. A total of 6,388 China-based scholars from 547 academic institutions across ten different subject areas were named on the 2024 list.