Highly Cited Researchers from Clarivate Analytics is an annual list recognizing leading researchers in the sciences and social sciences from around the world.
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.