PeopleofSuperintelligence

Researcher

Shuihua Wang‎

Also known as Shui-Hua Wang

Shuihua Wang is an AI researcher whose career spans biomedical informatics and COVID-19 classification. She earned a PhD at Nanjing University in 2017 and held academic posts in China and Britain. At Leicester, she served as a research associate and lecturer, edited a 2020 review on generative adversarial networks, and coauthored the CCSHNet paper published in April 2021. By December 2023, she was an associate professor at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University and planned to teach Artificial Intelligence for Life Science. Clarivate selected her for its 2025 Highly Cited Researchers list; as of October 2026, she is an associate professor at XJTLU’s Centre of Excellence for Oncology and Immunology.

Works
504
Citations
26,241
h-index
86
Badges

Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 22 October 2026.

Timeline

  1. 2013–2019

    PhD and research posts

    From 2013 to 2018, she is an assistant professor at Nanjing Normal University. She earns a PhD at Nanjing University in 2017 and works as a research associate at Loughborough University from 2018 to 2019.

  2. 2019–2023

    Research and teaching at Leicester

    From 2019 to 2023, she serves as a research associate and lecturer at the University of Leicester.

  3. 2020

    Editing a biomedical AI review

    In 2020, she edits a Frontiers review on generative adversarial networks in biomedical informatics while affiliated with the University of Leicester.

  4. April 2021

    CCSHNet for COVID-19 classification

    In April 2021, she coauthors the paper “COVID-19 classification by CCSHNet with deep fusion using transfer learning and discriminant correlation analysis.”

  5. By December 2023

    Associate professor at XJTLU

    By December 2023, she is an associate professor at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University.

  6. December 2023

    Teaching AI for life science

    In December 2023, she plans to teach “Artificial Intelligence for Life Science” to undergraduates at Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University.

  7. 2025

    Clarivate’s 2025 list

    In 2025, Clarivate selects her for its global Highly Cited Researchers list.

  8. As of October 2026

    Associate professor at XJTLU’s oncology centre

    As of October 2026, she is an associate professor in XJTLU’s Centre of Excellence for Oncology and Immunology.

Career

  1. Since 2023Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool UniversityAssociate Professor
  2. 2024–2026University of Liverpool
  3. 2020–2023King Abdulaziz University
  4. 2019–2023University of LeicesterResearch Associate and Lecturer
  5. 2018–2019Loughborough UniversityResearch Associate
  6. 2017–2025Henan Polytechnic University
  7. 2013–2018Nanjing Normal UniversityAssistant Professor
  8. 2012–2019City University of New York
  9. 2011–2019City College of New York
  10. 2009–2011Southeast University
  11. 1997–1998Nanjing University

Education

  1. 2017Nanjing UniversityPhD

From the biography and OpenAlex affiliations (the years of papers that list the organization), so some years are approximate.

Most-cited works

  1. A Comprehensive Survey on Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm and Its Applications2015 · Mathematical Problems in Engineering · 1,155 citations
  2. A review on extreme learning machine2021 · Multimedia Tools and Applications · 570 citations
  3. Advances in multimodal data fusion in neuroimaging: Overview, challenges, and novel orientation2020 · Information Fusion · 455 citations
  4. Binary PSO with mutation operator for feature selection using decision tree applied to spam detection2014 · Knowledge-Based Systems · 431 citations
  5. Image based fruit category classification by 13-layer deep convolutional neural network and data augmentation2017 · Multimedia Tools and Applications · 395 citationsWith Khan Muhammad

From OpenAlex, as of 21 October 2026.

  1. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology trained or employed 44 of the 187 AI major-prize winners, more than any other universityIncludes University of Leicester. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology trained or employed 44 of the 187 AI major-prize winners, more than any other university. We compare doctorate and 5+ year employment links, career timing and current workplaces for 187 major-prize and 1,111 best-paper winners.
  2. More people shaping AI studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology than at any other institutionIncludes University of Leicester. We estimate where the people shaping AI studied and where their careers led. Massachusetts Institute of Technology leads with 467 former students, including 291 recorded doctorates.
  3. The company share of AI researchers’ top papers was 31% in 2020–2024 and 8% in 1970–1974Includes University of Leicester. We estimate where the people shaping AI worked when their most-cited papers appeared: the company share was 31% in 2020–2024 and 8% in 1970–1974, and Google led all organizations in 2020–2024.
  4. The median h-index is 48 at universities and 14 at frontier AI labsIncludes Nanjing University. The median h-index is 48 at universities and 14 at frontier AI labs. We compare publishing careers, recent citations, dual appointments and job moves across 2,420 university researchers and 308 frontier-lab researchers.

Colleagues

People with dated positions at the same organization in the same years.

Sources and credits

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  1. Welcome New Staff in Biological Sciences xjtlu.edu.cn. Checked 20 October 2026.
  2. Generative Adversarial Networks and Its Applications in Biomedical Informatics frontiersin.org. Checked 20 October 2026.
  3. COVID-19 classification by CCSHNet with deep fusion using transfer learning and discriminant correlation analysis pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Checked 20 October 2026.
  4. XJTLU’s Dr Shuihua Wang Selected Once Again for the Global 2025 Highly Cited Researchers List xjtlu.edu.cn. Checked 20 October 2026.
  5. 25 XJTLU scholars listed among the world’s top 2% scientists xjtlu.edu.cn. Checked 20 October 2026.