Congratulations! 33 Entries from Our School Selected for the “World’s Top 2% Scientists 2025”

Author: Source: Date: September 23, 2025 Views: 414

Recently, Stanford University and Elsevier jointly released the “World’s Top 2% Scientists 2025”.Guangdong University of Technology demonstrated outstanding performance, with 48 entries in the “Career-Long Scientific Impact List” and 134 entries in the “Annual Scientific Impact List”,significantly increasing from the previous year, reflecting the University’s continuously strengthening research capability and growing international influence.

Of these, 33 entries were from our School. Ten scholars, including Keiji Maruoka, Bernard Meunier, Arun K. Nair, Zhang Shanqing, Ding Liming, Qiu Xueqing, Li Chengchao, Lin Zhan, Zhang Wenli, and Wang Tiejun(as listed), were selected for the “Career-Long Scientific Impact Top 2%”,accounting for 21% of the University’s total entries (10/48), highlighting the School’s important role in fundamental research and academic accumulation. Twenty-three scholars, including Zhang Shanqing, Ding Liming, Qiu Xueqing, Zhang Wenli, Lin Zhan, Keiji Maruoka, Li Chengchao, Bernard Meunier, Zhang Yufei, Qin Yanlin, Chen Hao, Song Jinliang, Chen Liheng, Chen Xudong, Lin Xuliang, Wang Tiejun, Tan Guoxin, Arun K. Nair, Luo Rongchang, Huo Yanping, He Jun, Ji Shaomin, and Yu Lin (as listed), were selected for the “Annual Scientific Impact Top 2%”,accounting for 17% of the University’s total entries (23/134), reflecting the School’s strong research vitality and continuous innovation capability in frontier scientific fields.

The School has long placed great emphasis on research team development. The selection of 10 scholars in the Career-Long list and 23 scholars in the Annual list represents a landmark achievement in Guangdong University of Technology’s development toward a high-level university, and also demonstrates the School’s progress toward Double First-Class-level research strength. Looking ahead, the School will take this opportunity to further strengthen organized research efforts, build high-level innovation teams, and provide strong momentum for the University’s Double First-Class ambitions, continuously contributing GDUT’s strength and the School’s expertise to China’s self-reliance and strength in science and technology.

The list is based on the Scopus database and evaluates scientists using multiple indicators (including citation count, H-index, and HM-index among six metrics). It selects approximately the top 2% of scientists worldwide from over 10.25 million researchers across 22 fields and 174 subfields. The list is divided into the “Career-Long Scientific Impact List” (assessing cumulative academic impact) and the “Annual Scientific Impact List” (focusing on achievements in the most recent year). Source: https://elsevier.digitalcommonsdata.com/datasets/btchxktzyw/8