Honours and Recognition

2026

Distinguished Chair Prof Ts Dr Ooi Keng Boon, FASc

Award	Source / Organiser / Awarding Body
Ranked #84 in the world, #3 in Malaysia (Business & Management, Discipline H-index)	Research.com
Ranked #344 globally, #11 in Malaysia (Engineering & Technology, Discipline H-index)	Research.com

Senior Prof Dr Garry Tan Wei Han

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Ranked Top 600 globally, Top 10 in Malaysia (Business & Management, Discipline H-index)	Research.com

Prof Dr Eugene Aw Cheng Xi

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Ranked Top 210 globally, Top 25 in Malaysia (Business & Management, Discipline H-index)	Research.com

Assoc Prof Dr Mehrbakhsh Nilashi

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Ranked Top 3000 globally, Top 5 in Malaysia (Computer Science, Discipline H-index)	Research.com

2025

Distinguished Chair Prof Ts Dr Ooi Keng Boon, FASc

Award	Source / Organiser / Awarding Body
Elected Fellow	The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)
Elected Fellow	The Academy of Engineering and Technology of the Developing World (AETDEW)
Elected Fellow	The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT)
Highly Ranked Scholar (Prior Five Years, Social Sciences)	ScholarGPS
Ranked #5 among Malaysia’s Top 10 Researchers (Stanford/Elsevier Top 2% Scientists)	Stanford/Elsevier
World’s Top 2% Most-Cited Scientist (#132 globally, #36 IS subfield)	Ioannidis et al. (2025), PLOS Biology, vol 23, issue 1
Top Author (#1) in Mobile Technologies in Marketing	Koubaa et al. (2025), Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 530
Top 10 Authors in Mobile Payment Research	Shiau et al. (2025), Journal of Organizational and End User Computing, vol 37, issue 1
Top 20 Most Prolific Authors in Behavioral Finance (#1)	Kurt & Caliskan (2025), WSEAS Transactions on Business and Economics, vol 22, 261–269
Ranked #101 globally, #3 Malaysia (Business & Management, Discipline H-index)	Research.com
Ranked #377 globally, #8 Malaysia (Engineering & Technology, Discipline H-index)	Research.com
Featured in Top 10 of Asia magazine	Top 10 of Asia
Top Author (#3) in Metaverse Banking	Manta & Gherțescu (2025), Systems, vol 13, issue 8

Assoc Prof Dr Hew Jun Jie

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World’s Top 2% Scientist	Stanford University

Senior Prof Dr Garry Tan Wei Han

Award	Source / Organiser / Awarding Body
Most Impactful Author (#1) in Mobile Technologies	Koubaa et al. (2025), Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 530
World’s Top 2% Scientist	Stanford University
World’s Top 0.5% Scholar (Prior Five years, MIS)	ScholarGPS
Most Prolific Author in Digital Banking	Academy of Marketing Studies Journal
Top 10 Authors in PLS-SEM-ANN	Leong et al. (2025), Journal of Computer Information Systems, vol 65, issue 6, 706–737

Prof Dr Eugene Aw Cheng Xi

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World’s Top 2% Most-Cited Scientist (Sport, Leisure, Tourism)	Stanford University

Assoc Prof Dr Mehrbakhsh Nilashi

Award	Source / Organiser / Awarding Body
World’s Top 2% Most-Cited Scientist (AI & Image Processing)	Stanford University
Most prolific researcher in ML for sustainability	Valencia-Arias et al. (2025), Sustainable Futures, vol 10
Most referenced author in Neuro-Fuzzy Systems	Darici (2025), Bibliometric Analyses in Data-Driven Decision-Making, 463–485

Assoc Prof Dr Ahsan Anwar

Award	Source / Organiser / Awarding Body
Non-Resident Research Fellowship	ARUCAD Research Centre, Arkin University
World’s Top 2% Most-Cited Scientist	Stanford University

2024

Distinguished Chair Prof Ts Dr Ooi Keng Boon, FASc

Award	Source / Organiser / Awarding Body
Most Impactful Author (#1) in Mobile Technologies	Koubaa et al. (2025), Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 530
Most Prolific Author in Digital Banking	Singhal et al. (2024), Academy of Marketing Studies Journal, vol 28, issue 2, 1–15
Top 10 Authors (#2) in TAM (Marketing)	Musa et al. (2024), Cogent Business and Management, vol 11, issue 1
World’s Top 2% Most-Cited Scientist (Single Year and Career Long, #144 Globally in Business and Management field, #33 IS subfield)	Stanford University
Top 10 Researchers in Malaysia (#8)	Stanford/Elsevier
Recognised in ABDC P-Rank List (Top 1000 Contributors, Collaborators, Top 250 Individuals)	ABDC
World’s Most Productive Author in PLS-SEM & ANN	Leong et al. (2025), Journal of Computer Information Systems, vol 65, issue 6, 706–737
World’s Top 0.5% Scholar (Lifetime, Information Sciences)	ScholarGPS
First team to publish in Harvard Data Science Review	Harvard Data Science Initiative / MIT Press
Ranked #141 globally, #3 Malaysia (Business & Management, Discipline H-index)	Research.com
Ranked #570 globally, #8 Malaysia (Engineering & Technology, Discipline H-index)	Research.com
Malaysia Leader Award (Business & Management)	Research.com
Top 50 Most Prolific & Influential Authors in Social Commerce	Leong et al. (2024), Internet Research, vol 34, issue 4, 1346–1393

Assoc Prof Dr Hew Jun Jie

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World’s Top 2% Scientist	Stanford University

Senior Prof Dr Garry Tan Wei Han

Award	Source / Organiser / Awarding Body
First team to publish in Harvard Data Science Review	Harvard Data Science Initiative / MIT Press
Top 10 Authors in TAM (Marketing)	Musa et al. (2024), Cogent Business and Management, vol 11, issue 1

Prof Dr Eugene Aw Cheng Xi

Award	Source / Organiser / Awarding Body
World’s Top 2% Scientist	Stanford University
World’s Top 0.5% Scholar (Prior Five years, MIS)	ScholarGPS

Assoc Prof Dr Mehrbakhsh Nilashi

Award	Source / Organiser / Awarding Body
World’s Top 2% Scientist	Stanford University
Highly Ranked Scholar (Prior Five Year, Electrical & Computer Engineering)	ScholarGPS
First team to publish in Harvard Data Science Review	Harvard Data Science Initiative / MIT Press
Highly Ranked Scholar (Top 0.05%)	ScholarGPS

Assoc Prof Dr Ahsan Anwar

Award	Source / Organiser / Awarding Body
World’s Top 2% Scientist	Stanford University
World’s Top 0.5% Scholar (Prior Five Years, Economics)	ScholarGPS