By Caio Castro
According to data analysis made by 6GWorld, almost half the most cited researchers in the field of computer science conduct work specifically about 6G or technologies directly connected to the next generation of mobile communications.
Released earlier this week, Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researchers recognised 6,849 professionals whose academic production ranks in the top 1 per cent by citations for their field and publication year in the Web of Science over the past decade.
The company nominated 96 individuals in Computer Science, from which 47 have actively researched 6G in recent years. Only two women made the Computer Science list, while none is in the 6G one.
Overall, 40 educational institutions appear in the 6G cohort. China tops the list with 12 names, followed by the United Kingdom (10) and the United States (6).
The University of Oulu (Finland), University of London (United Kingdom), University of Electronic Science & Technology of China (China), Southeast University (China), Queen Mary University London (United Kingdom), Nanyang Technological University (Singapore), and the Khalifa University of Science & Technology (United Arab Emirates) lead the list with two representatives each.
You can see the nominees here (sorted by last name):
Name University
Jeffrey G. Andrews University of Texas Austin, United States
Mehdi Bennis University of Oulu, Finland
Emil Björnson KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Yunfei Chen University of Warwick, United Kingdom
Linglong Dai Tsinghua University, China
Merouane Debbah Khalifa University of Science & Technology, United Arab Emirates
Zhiguo Ding Khalifa University of Science & Technology, United Arab Emirates
Maged Elkashlan University of London, United Kingdom
Song Guo Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Hong Kong
Zhu Han University of Houston System, United States
Lajos Hanzo University of Southampton, United Kingdom
Robert W. Heath North Carolina State University, United States
Ekram Hossain University of Manitoba, Canada
M. Shamim Hossain King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
Kaibin Huang University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Shi Jin Southeast University – China, China
Nei Kato Tohoku University, Japan
Erik G. Larsson Linkoping University, Sweden
Victor C. M. Leung Shenzhen University, China
Geoffrey Ye Li Imperial College London, United Kingdom
Ying-Chang Liang University of Electronic Science & Technology of China, China
Jiajia Liu Northwestern Polytechnical University, China
Yuanwei Liu Queen Mary University London, United Kingdom
Shahid Mumtaz Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom
Arumugam Nallanathan Queen Mary University London, United Kingdom
Derrick Wing Kwan Ng University of New South Wales Sydney, Australia
Zhaolong Ning Chongqing University of Posts & Telecommunications, China
Dusit Niyato Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Cunhua Pan University of London, United Kingdom
Mugen Peng Beijing University of Posts & Telecommunications, China
H. Vincent Poor Princeton University, United States
Lianyong Qi China University of Petroleum, China
Marco Di Renzo Universite Paris Saclay, France
Walid Saad Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, United States
Robert Schober University of Erlangen Nuremberg, Germany
Xuemin (Sherman) Shen University of Waterloo, Canada
Tarik Taleb University of Oulu, Finland
Shaohua Wan University of Electronic Science & Technology of China, China
Kezhi Wang Northumbria University, United Kingdom
Kai-Kit Wong University College London, United Kingdom
Qingqing Wu Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Chau Yuen Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Sherali Zeadally University of Kentucky, United States
Yong Zeng Southeast University – China, China
Rui Zhang National University of Singapore, Singapore
Yan Zhang University of Oslo, Norway
Nan Zhao Dalian University of Technology, China
