On October 7 (local time), Stanford University, in collaboration with the Elsevier Data Repository, officially released the 2026 World’s Top 2% Scientists list, which consists of the Career‑Long Impact List and the Single‑Year Impact List. A total of 17 faculty members of College of Engineering made the list, with 6 scholars featured on the Career‑Long Impact List and 11 on the Single‑Year Impact List. The number of honorees has reached a new historic high.
Six scholars, namely Professor Wang Quan, Professor Alberto Carpinteri, Professor Shen Shuilong, Professor Zhu Zhiwen, Professor Zou Anmin and Professor Yang Nan, have been selected for the 2026 World’s Top 2% Scientists Career‑Long Impact List.
Eleven scholars, including Professor Wang Quan, Professor Alberto Carpinteri, Professor Shen Shuilong, Professor Zhu Zhiwen, Professor Zou Anmin, Professor Yang Nan, Professor Ye Weilin, Associate Professor Dai Houfu, Associate Professor Shi Yi, Dr. Zou Yanbin and Dr. Aman Garg, have been selected for the 2026 World’s Top 2% Scientists Single‑Year Impact List.
The research interests of these honorees span multiple disciplines including civil engineering, mechanical engineering, and artificial intelligence. Inclusion in the World’s Top 2% Scientists List signifies that the Faculty’s scholars have joined the global elite in their respective fields and boast substantial international academic influence. This achievement represents high‑level recognition of the selected scholars’ individual research competence and academic contributions. It also marks a landmark outcome of the university and the Faculty’s ongoing efforts in developing a high‑caliber faculty workforce in recent years. It will strongly underpin the high‑quality development of research undertakings at both institutional levels and further raise the international profile of relevant disciplines.
Compiled based on citation data from the Scopus database, the World’s Top 2% Scientists List identifies the top‑2‑percent scientists across 20 subject areas and 176 sub‑fields from nearly 7 million active researchers worldwide. It comprises the Career‑Long Scientific Impact List, which assesses overall performance throughout an academic career, and the Single‑Year Scientific Impact List, which focuses on research activity and influence in the preceding calendar year. Ranking is determined by the composite metric c‑score, incorporating parameters such as total paper citations (distinguishing self‑citations from non‑self‑citations), the H‑index, the co‑author‑adjusted HM‑index, and citation counts for single‑authored or first‑authored publications. The dataset is publicly available via the Elsevier Data Repository. Widely acknowledged internationally, the list serves as an important benchmark for evaluating scholars’ long‑term academic accomplishments and annual research vitality.
