On November 15, 2022, Clarivate revealed its 2022 List of Global Highly Cited Researchers. Two scholars of Changsha University of Science and Technology, Professor Huang Chuangxia and Professor Huang Lihong,  are among the list.

In this year, 6,938 scientists from 69 countries and regions around the world were selected into the list, of which 1,169 were from Chinese mainland. The Highly Cited Researchers’ names are drawn from the publications that rank in the top 1% by citations for field and publication year in the Web of Science™ citation index. It demonstrates one scholar’s outstanding academic influence among peers, and his or her remarkable contributions to the development of this discipline.

It is reported that the list is sorted by the number of highly cited papers published by authors, and the publication time spans a total of 11 years from January 2011 to December 2021. The methodology draws on data from the Web of Science™ citation index, together with analysis performed by bibliometric experts and data scientists at the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI)™ at Clarivate.