25 XJTLU scholars listed among the world’s top 2% scientists

This year, 25 researchers from Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University have been featured in the 2026 World’s Top 2% Scientists’ List. Jointly developed by Stanford University and Elsevier, the list ranks the most-cited scientists worldwide.

The publicly available dataset is divided into two lists: career-long citation impact, which measures a researcher’s impact over their entire career to the end of 2025, and single-year citation impact, which ranks citation impact over the most recent calendar year.

The rankings draw on Scopus data and use a composite indicator, the c-score, as the primary evaluation metric. This incorporates several measures, including total citations, the h-index, the co-authorship-adjusted hm-index, and citations to papers on which researchers are the sole author, first author, or last author.

The rankings also cross-reference the Retraction Watch database to identify retracted publications and their associated citations, providing additional information on research integrity.

Eight XJTLU scholars rank in both lists, with an additional four in the career-long impact list and 13 in the single-year list.

The scholars are listed below, sorted by school:

Academy of Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Technology

Dr Chee Shen Lim
Associate Professor, Emerging Electronics and Energy Technologies Research Centre
Single-year citation impact category

Professor Eng Gee Lim
Professor, Intelligent Automation and Embodied AI Research Centre
Single-year citation impact category

Professor Huiqing Wen
Professor, Emerging Electronics and Energy Technologies Research Centre
Career-long citation impact and single-year citation impact categories

Professor Jie Sun
Professor, AI for Intelligent Healthcare and Biomedicine Research Centre
Single-year citation impact category

Professor Jimin Xiao
Professor, Centre for Cognitive Intelligence and Agentic AI
Single-year citation impact category

Professor Shugong Xu
Professor, Centre for Cognitive Intelligence and Agentic AI
Career-long citation impact category

Professor Xinheng Wang
Professor, Centre for Cognitive Intelligence and Agentic AI
Career-long citation impact and single-year citation impact categories

Professor Steven Guan
Professor, Academy of Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Technology
Career-long citation impact category

Academy of Life and Natural Sciences

Dr Akhil Garg
Associate Professor, Centre of Excellence for Molecular Innovation and Advanced Materials
Career-long citation impact and single-year citation impact categories

Dr Ankit Garg
Associate Professor, Centre of Excellence for One Health and Environmental Sustainability
Single-year citation impact category

Dr Eugene Ponomarev
Associate Professor, Centre of Excellence for Brain Health and Neurotechnology
Single-year citation impact category

Professor Eyad Elkord
Professor, Centre of Excellence for Oncology and Immunology
Career-long citation impact and single-year citation impact categories

Dr Jinbo He
Associate Professor, Centre of Excellence for One Health and Environmental Sustainability
Single-year citation impact category

Dr Shuihua Wang
Associate Professor, Centre of Excellence for Oncology and Immunology
Career-long citation impact and single-year citation impact categories

Professor Xiuchen Wu
Professor, Centre of Excellence for One Health and Environmental Sustainability
Single-year citation impact category

School of CHIPS

Dr Abhishek Kandwal
Associate Professor, School of CHIPS
Single-year citation impact category

Dr Amer Kotb
Associate Professor, School of CHIPS
Career-long citation impact and single-year citation impact categories

Professor Wei Chen
Dean, School of CHIPS
Career-long citation impact and single-year citation impact categories

School of Mathematics and Physics

Dr Bo Liu
Professor, Department of Physics
Single-year citation impact category

Professor Jintai Ding
Dean, School of Mathematics and Physics
Career-long citation impact and single-year citation impact categories

Academy of Future Education

Dr Rebecca Cheung
Senior Associate Professor, Department of Educational Studies
Single-year citation impact category

Design School

Dr Jianli Hao
Senior Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering
Single-year citation impact category

International Business School Suzhou

Professor Xuezhong (Tony) He
Professor, Department of Finance
Career-long citation impact category

School of Intelligent Manufacturing Ecosystem

Professor Hongyan Zhang
Professor, School of Intelligent Manufacturing Ecosystem
Career-long citation impact category

School of Robotics

Dr Ibrahim Mustafa Mehedi
Senior Associate Professor, School of Robotics
Single-year citation impact category

Bibliometrics underpins such rankings and is also a valuable tool for research intelligence and support in universities.

Drawing on its academic resources and bibliometric tools and methods, XJTLU Library provides ongoing services including research topic analysis, subject-specific literature recommendations and disciplinary trend analysis.

These services help researchers explore their fields, discover relevant resources and identify emerging trends, while informing the University’s disciplinary development and research strategy.

By Patricia Pieterse
Edited by Vionna Fiducia Theja