Dr. Helen H. Yu has been named a 2025 ScholarGPS® Highly Ranked Scholar™, a prestigious designation that honors researchers who rank within the top 0.05% worldwide based on lifetime achievement and significant impact in their respective fields.
In the past five years, Dr. Yu ranks #1 among 4,220 scholars (top 0.01%) globally in law enforcement and #2 among 9,651 scholars (top 0.02%) in exploratory data analysis. Over the course of her career, she ranks #2 among 10,915 scholars (top 0.01%) worldwide in law enforcement and #5 among 20,719 scholars (top 0.02%) in exploratory data analysis.
The 2025 ScholarGPS® list includes nearly 60 distinguished faculty members and researchers from the University of Hawaiʻi, including those at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo. Dr. Yu ranks #9. Chad Walton, UH Interim Vice President for Research and Innovation, noted, “These scholars are not only leaders in their respective fields—from the depths of our oceans to the far reaches of space—but they are also the engine driving innovation that directly benefits the people of Hawaiʻi and our global community.”
More information can be found here: https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2026/01/12/rank-gps-scholars/