Ye is one of approximately 6,400 researchers across 21 fields and of 179 physicists awarded in 2020. The Highly Cited Researcher award is given to researchers that have highly-cited papers that rank in the top 1 percent based on the field and year as listed in the Web of ScienceTM. To determine the 2020 awardees, Clarivate Analytics analyzed papers published and subsequently cited during 2009 – 2019.