Central South University in the Stanford/Elsevier 2026 list
The Stanford/Elsevier list covers the top 2% most-cited scientists in each subfield. These are the people from this institution on at least one of its two rankings: career-long and single-year (citations from 2025).
256
researchers on the list
28
rank in China
215
rank worldwide, of 38,384
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| Name | Subfield | Career | Single-year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zhou, Yuekuan | Energy | 516 / 371,959 | 37 / 371,959 |
| Li, Zhiming | Materials | 350 / 330,896 | 34 / 330,896 |
| Wang, Zhonggang | Materials | 1,093 / 330,896 | 142 / 330,896 |
| Liu, Min | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 1,244 / 177,859 | 248 / 177,859 |
| Ji, Xiaobo | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 877 / 177,859 | 274 / 177,859 |
| Shuai, Cijun | Materials | 1,191 / 330,896 | 168 / 330,896 |
| Li, Xibing | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | 223 / 82,760 | 92 / 82,760 |
| Ren, Xiaohang | Energy | 3,675 / 371,959 | 276 / 371,959 |
| Qi, Chongchong | Environmental Sciences | 495 / 140,934 | 220 / 140,934 |
| Song, Min | Materials | 707 / 330,896 | 237 / 330,896 |
| Leng, Lijian Jian | Energy | 1,542 / 371,959 | 366 / 371,959 |
| Li, Hailong | Chemical Engineering | 586 / 97,821 | 139 / 97,821 |
| Liu, Yong | Materials | 1,698 / 330,896 | 382 / 330,896 |
| Gui, Weihua | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 1,070 / 131,085 | 216 / 131,085 |
| Wang, Jianxin | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 1,871 / 517,648 | 1,051 / 517,648 |
| Yang, Huaming | Materials | 535 / 330,896 | 412 / 330,896 |
| Lu, Qjanjin Jin | Immunology | 912 / 176,292 | 468 / 176,292 |
| Lin, Hairong | Acoustics | — | 57 / 38,987 |
| Liu, Yang | Chemical Engineering | 1,177 / 97,821 | 201 / 97,821 |
| Zhou, Zilong | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | 1,063 / 82,760 | 341 / 82,760 |
| Wen, Fenghua | Finance | — | 133 / 16,367 |
| Li, Qing | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 1,854 / 157,792 | 305 / 157,792 |
| Lai, Yanqing | Materials | 1,751 / 330,896 | 671 / 330,896 |
| Zhang, Lijun | Materials | 571 / 330,896 | 679 / 330,896 |
| Jiang, Lizhong | Civil Engineering | 835 / 67,736 | 171 / 67,736 |
| Wei, Weifeng | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 1,492 / 177,859 | 1,170 / 177,859 |
| Li, Diyuan | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | 1,131 / 82,760 | 389 / 82,760 |
| Qin, Wenqing | Materials | 3,635 / 330,896 | 738 / 330,896 |
| Wang, Yong | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 4,246 / 517,648 | 1,744 / 517,648 |
| Chen, Xiang | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | — | 1,082 / 377,791 |
| Guo, Xueyi | Materials | 3,092 / 330,896 | 768 / 330,896 |
| Sun, Zhiqiang | Energy | 3,092 / 371,959 | 1,086 / 371,959 |
| Liu, Hui | Environmental Sciences | 2,002 / 140,934 | 817 / 140,934 |
| Zhang, Dou | Materials | 3,087 / 330,896 | 796 / 330,896 |
| Chen, Libao | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 2,309 / 177,859 | 1,386 / 177,859 |
| Wang, Yalin | Industrial Engineering & Automation | 2,322 / 131,085 | 448 / 131,085 |
| Sun, Wei | Mining & Metallurgy | 82 / 37,230 | 934 / 330,896 |
| Yü, Zhiwu | Civil Engineering | 656 / 67,736 | 233 / 67,736 |
| Feng, Pei | Materials | 4,308 / 330,896 | 926 / 330,896 |
| Dong, Longjun | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | 1,173 / 82,760 | 499 / 82,760 |
| Yu, Hai Liang | Materials | 2,620 / 330,896 | 978 / 330,896 |
| Ren, Ju | Networking & Telecommunications | 2,226 / 228,312 | 526 / 228,312 |
| Gao, Zhiyong | Mining & Metallurgy | 159 / 37,230 | 21 / 37,230 |
| Peng, Yong | Materials | 5,196 / 330,896 | 1,013 / 330,896 |
| Li, Liqing | Chemical Engineering | 1,872 / 97,821 | 370 / 97,821 |
| Lei, Yongpeng | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | — | 1,742 / 177,859 |
| Chen, Meijie | Energy | 6,327 / 371,959 | 1,450 / 371,959 |
| Du, Yong | Materials | 1,243 / 330,896 | 1,147 / 330,896 |
| Li, Ming | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 3,040 / 177,859 | 1,933 / 177,859 |
| Zhou, Kechao | Materials | 3,213 / 330,896 | 1,192 / 330,896 |
| He, Xuhui | Civil Engineering | 981 / 67,736 | 282 / 67,736 |
| Su, Mei | Electrical & Electronic Engineering | 946 / 133,072 | 197 / 133,072 |
| Xiang, Ping | Civil Engineering | — | 293 / 67,736 |
| Liu, Bin | Materials | 3,453 / 330,896 | 1,239 / 330,896 |
| Zheng, Junchao | Energy | 4,065 / 371,959 | 1,714 / 371,959 |
| Zhao, Chongbin | Applied Mathematics | 146 / 23,982 | — |
| Liang, Yizeng | Analytical Chemistry | 408 / 137,328 | 704 / 137,328 |
| Gong, Shu | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | — | 2,247 / 177,859 |
| Luo, Hang | Materials | 4,746 / 330,896 | 1,383 / 330,896 |
| Liu, Fangyang Yang | Materials | 2,619 / 330,896 | 1,404 / 330,896 |
| Shi, Jinyan | Building & Construction | — | 564 / 56,454 |
| Chang, Zhi | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | — | 2,360 / 177,859 |
| Lee, Jaeyoung Jay | Logistics & Transportation | 600 / 32,287 | 246 / 32,287 |
| Hu, Guoqing | General & Internal Medicine | 2,038 / 360,081 | 918 / 360,081 |
| Zhang, Jiafeng | Materials | 5,017 / 330,896 | 1,469 / 330,896 |
| Li, Guanghui | Materials | 4,086 / 330,896 | 1,476 / 330,896 |
| Xiong, Xianga I. | Materials | 3,498 / 330,896 | 1,533 / 330,896 |
| Tian, Qinghua | Materials | 6,236 / 330,896 | 1,534 / 330,896 |
| Wu, Lixin | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | 478 / 82,760 | 785 / 82,760 |
| Zhang, Hongwei | Environmental Sciences | — | 1,561 / 140,934 |
| Ding, Faxing | Civil Engineering | 1,012 / 67,736 | 394 / 67,736 |
| Chen, Wei | Environmental Sciences | — | 1,609 / 140,934 |
| Wang, Kui | Materials | — | 1,648 / 330,896 |
| Chen, Tao | Materials | — | 1,696 / 330,896 |
| Li, Jianghua | Biotechnology | — | 281 / 69,700 |
| Zhang, Sheng | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | — | 906 / 82,760 |
| Tang, Jinyuan | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 2,120 / 157,792 | 855 / 157,792 |
| Liu, Weiwei | Building & Construction | — | 799 / 56,454 |
| Dai, Haijiang | Cardiovascular System & Hematology | — | 2,160 / 249,410 |
| Li, Zhendong | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | — | 3,435 / 177,859 |
| Liu, Zhilin | Materials | 5,582 / 330,896 | 2,073 / 330,896 |
| Wang, Hui | Environmental Sciences | — | 1,800 / 133,072 |
| Zhang, Jie | Civil Engineering | — | 520 / 67,736 |
| Duan, Xiongbo | Energy | — | 2,815 / 371,959 |
| Deng, Wentao | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | — | 3,605 / 177,859 |
| Lei, Qian | Materials | — | 2,182 / 330,896 |
| Fan, Chuangang | Civil Engineering | 1,287 / 67,736 | 549 / 67,736 |
| Qiu, Xiaoqing | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 3,118 / 177,859 | 3,831 / 177,859 |
| Zhou, Xuefan | Materials | — | 2,319 / 330,896 |
| Xie, Yongfang | Industrial Engineering & Automation | — | 1,122 / 131,085 |
| Sun, Zhao | Energy | — | 3,093 / 371,959 |
| Jiang, Jie | Applied Physics | — | 1,908 / 323,282 |
| Li, Huan | Geochemistry & Geophysics | — | 1,429 / 108,013 |
| Deng, Min | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | — | 1,192 / 82,760 |
| Li, Zhou | Materials | 5,491 / 330,896 | 2,428 / 330,896 |
| Deng, Lei | Bioinformatics | — | 282 / 24,357 |
| Yue, Jun | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | — | 1,215 / 82,760 |
| Li, Yunping | Materials | 5,500 / 330,896 | 2,563 / 330,896 |
| Li, Yang | Materials | — | 2,564 / 330,896 |
| Gan, Min | Mining & Metallurgy | 240 / 37,230 | 83 / 37,230 |
| Li, Yukun | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | — | 3,246 / 377,791 |
| Li, Hongdong | Analytical Chemistry | — | 705 / 137,328 |
| Tang, Juntao | Polymers | — | 1,128 / 133,253 |
| Xu, Ping | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | — | 1,140 / 157,792 |
| Song, Weimin | Building & Construction | — | 1,066 / 56,454 |
| Lu, Chan | Building & Construction | — | 1,090 / 56,454 |
| Chen, Zhu | Biotechnology | — | 458 / 69,700 |
| Min, Xiaobo | Materials | 6,434 / 330,896 | 2,830 / 330,896 |
| Chen, Mingsong | Materials | 5,222 / 330,896 | 2,869 / 330,896 |
| Gao, Guangjun | Civil Engineering | — | 689 / 67,736 |
| Zhang, Yuanbo | Materials | — | 2,990 / 330,896 |
| Huang, Boyun | Materials | 1,834 / 330,896 | — |
| Liu, Leilei | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | — | 1,418 / 82,760 |
| Hu, Guorong | Materials | 4,839 / 330,896 | 3,066 / 330,896 |
| Wu, Hong | Materials | — | 3,081 / 330,896 |
| Wang, Wanlin | Mining & Metallurgy | 140 / 37,230 | 102 / 37,230 |
| Sun, Jia | Applied Physics | — | 2,380 / 323,282 |
| Wang, Zhongsheng | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 1,614 / 177,859 | — |
| Hu, Hailong | Materials | 6,552 / 330,896 | 3,115 / 330,896 |
| Wang, Shuai | Materials | — | 3,137 / 330,896 |
| Chen, Xiaoqing | Analytical Chemistry | 1,971 / 137,328 | 872 / 137,328 |
| He, Lihua | Materials | — | 3,191 / 330,896 |
| Liu, Wensheng | Materials | — | 3,269 / 330,896 |
| Peng, Zhiwei | Materials | — | 3,277 / 330,896 |
| Zhang, Fan | Materials | 6,750 / 330,896 | 3,321 / 330,896 |
| Lyu, Feng | Networking & Telecommunications | — | 1,638 / 228,312 |
| Tang, Beisha | Neurology & Neurosurgery | — | 5,550 / 379,830 |
| Zhan, Lihua | Materials | — | 3,379 / 330,896 |
| Cao, Ping | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | 1,660 / 82,760 | 1,581 / 82,760 |
| Qin, Bin | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | — | 1,377 / 157,792 |
| Pan, Tongyang | Electrical & Electronic Engineering | — | 575 / 133,072 |
| Zeng, Weiming Min | Biotechnology | — | 562 / 69,700 |
| Zheng, Nianben | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | — | 1,442 / 157,792 |
| Ouyang, Jing | Materials | 5,158 / 330,896 | 3,659 / 330,896 |
| Yin, Mingzhu | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | — | 4,337 / 377,791 |
| Jiang, Yanbin | Materials | — | 3,700 / 330,896 |
| Chen, Ping | Respiratory System | — | 899 / 71,926 |
| Li, Wenzhang | Energy | 7,320 / 371,959 | 4,931 / 371,959 |
| Fan, Xinming | Energy | — | 5,028 / 371,959 |
| Xiao, Zhu | Materials | — | 3,986 / 330,896 |
| Yang, Juan | Energy | 6,368 / 371,959 | 5,067 / 371,959 |
| Liang, Chaoping | Materials | — | 3,998 / 330,896 |
| Deng, Yunlai | Materials | 6,724 / 330,896 | 4,011 / 330,896 |
| Qiu, Yu | Energy | — | 5,111 / 371,959 |
| Chen, Changkun | Energy | — | 5,116 / 371,959 |
| Tian, Mengjie | Mining & Metallurgy | 644 / 37,230 | 139 / 37,230 |
| Xu, Zhisheng | Civil Engineering | — | 973 / 67,736 |
| Long, Menegqiu | Applied Physics | — | 3,094 / 323,282 |
| Yang, Chengxing | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | — | 1,645 / 157,792 |
| Fan, Xiaohui | Mining & Metallurgy | 266 / 37,230 | 148 / 37,230 |
| Deng, Guangtong | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | — | 4,926 / 377,791 |
| Wang, Bing | Strategic, Defence & Security Studies | 471 / 32,161 | 319 / 32,161 |
| Liu, Chunhui | Materials | — | 4,264 / 330,896 |
| Luo, Qiwu | Electrical & Electronic Engineering | — | 702 / 133,072 |
| Huang, Shi | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | 6,031 / 377,791 | — |
| Yang, Hailin | Materials | — | 4,314 / 330,896 |
| Tan, Jingqiang | Energy | — | 5,488 / 371,959 |
| Wu, Zhuangzhi | Materials | 6,141 / 330,896 | 4,344 / 330,896 |
| Wang, Zhangwei | Materials | — | 4,401 / 330,896 |
| Lei, Ting | Materials | 5,968 / 330,896 | 4,463 / 330,896 |
| Huang, Yuanchun | Materials | — | 4,499 / 330,896 |
| Du, Ke | Energy | 6,230 / 371,959 | 5,723 / 371,959 |
| Zhang, Chenyang | Mining & Metallurgy | 641 / 37,230 | 165 / 37,230 |
| Sun, Mei | Energy | — | 5,856 / 371,959 |
| Liu, Shengdan | Materials | — | 4,781 / 330,896 |
| Yuan, Tiechui | Materials | — | 4,793 / 330,896 |
| Li, Saiyi | Materials | 2,859 / 330,896 | — |
| He, Zhengjiang | Energy | — | 6,159 / 371,959 |
| Xu, Qingsong | Analytical Chemistry | 2,611 / 137,328 | 1,399 / 137,328 |
| Wen, Qingbo | Materials | — | 4,975 / 330,896 |
| Wang, Jun | Materials | — | 5,003 / 330,896 |
| Fu, Ao | Materials | — | 5,015 / 330,896 |
| Chen, Chao | Industrial Engineering & Automation | — | 2,169 / 131,085 |
| Yao, Shuguang | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | — | 1,981 / 157,792 |
| Pan, Jun | Chemical Physics | — | 2,227 / 121,889 |
| Zhang, Wenjuan | Materials | — | 5,216 / 330,896 |
| Xie, Wenqing | Immunology | — | 3,272 / 176,292 |
| Song, M. | Materials | — | 5,219 / 330,896 |
| Shen, Minxue | Dermatology & Venereal Diseases | — | 671 / 64,751 |
| Li, Zhi | Materials | — | 5,243 / 330,896 |
| Tang, Siyuan | Nursing | — | 603 / 73,697 |
| He, Yuehui | Materials | 3,209 / 330,896 | 5,601 / 330,896 |
| Wan, Yingchun | Materials | — | 5,391 / 330,896 |
| Li, Fanbiao | Industrial Engineering & Automation | — | 2,352 / 131,085 |
| Zhang, Yuqiang | Geology | — | 219 / 17,936 |
| Cao, Yuankui | Materials | — | 5,558 / 330,896 |
| He, Zhiguo | Strategic, Defence & Security Studies | — | 399 / 32,161 |
| Chen, Yongming | Materials | — | 5,594 / 330,896 |
| Guo, Yufeng | Materials | — | 5,645 / 330,896 |
| Yan, Jun | Analytical Chemistry | — | 1,727 / 137,328 |
| Gong, Shen | Materials | — | 5,838 / 330,896 |
| Cai, Zixing | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 5,346 / 517,648 | — |
| Liu, Xueduan | Microbiology | — | 4,226 / 232,186 |
| Zou, Bin | Environmental Sciences | 2,098 / 140,934 | — |
| Pan, Xiongfeng | Microbiology | — | 4,255 / 232,186 |
| Chen, Li | Materials | 6,316 / 330,896 | 5,926 / 330,896 |
| Yang, Xin | Materials | — | 5,933 / 330,896 |
| Wang, Zeyu | Immunology | — | 3,707 / 176,292 |
| Wang, Yuhua | Mining & Metallurgy | 453 / 37,230 | 207 / 37,230 |
| Wang, Xinxin | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | — | 2,293 / 157,792 |
| Liao, Hanxiao | Energy | — | 7,622 / 371,959 |
| Liu, Yu | Materials | — | 6,263 / 330,896 |
| Li, Zhihua | Polymers | — | 2,575 / 133,253 |
| Wang, Li | Materials | — | 6,316 / 330,896 |
| Ai, Yuewei | Optoelectronics & Photonics | — | 750 / 140,272 |
| Xie, Weiqi | Analytical Chemistry | — | 1,892 / 137,328 |
| Gong, Haoran | Materials | 3,870 / 330,896 | — |
| Gao, Jianliang | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | — | 10,737 / 517,648 |
| Zeng, Guang | Materials | — | 6,465 / 330,896 |
| Huang, Qianli | Materials | — | 6,514 / 330,896 |
| Han, Liuliu | Materials | — | 6,591 / 330,896 |
| Luo, Shibin | Aerospace & Aeronautics | — | 457 / 66,382 |
| Fan, Chunmei | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | — | 7,551 / 377,791 |
| Wu, Minghua | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | — | 7,618 / 377,791 |
| Li, Junhui | Applied Physics | — | 4,974 / 323,282 |
| Xu, Bin | Materials | — | 6,837 / 330,896 |
| Zhao, Hongbo | Mining & Metallurgy | 546 / 37,230 | 246 / 37,230 |
| Yang, Minghui | Analytical Chemistry | 2,224 / 137,328 | 2,489 / 137,328 |
| Chen, Huanxin | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | — | 2,601 / 157,792 |
| Jiang, Ning | Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry | — | 1,291 / 120,621 |
| Tang, Yan | Materials | — | 7,190 / 330,896 |
| Zhang, Kejing | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | — | 8,235 / 377,791 |
| Chen, Siyu | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | — | 2,683 / 157,792 |
| Lin, Ge | Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine | — | 1,485 / 105,735 |
| Li, Guoqiang | Applied Physics | — | 5,573 / 323,282 |
| Zhang, Zhuohua | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | — | 4,054 / 216,826 |
| Huang, Kelong | Materials | 4,692 / 330,896 | — |
| Liu, Ke | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | — | 4,173 / 216,826 |
| Zhang, Hongliang | Mining & Metallurgy | — | 287 / 37,230 |
| Yang, Ying | Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry | — | 1,320 / 86,991 |
| Yao, Shujian Jian | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | — | 3,009 / 157,792 |
| Wen, Weibin | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | — | 3,092 / 157,792 |
| Yan, Miao | Pharmacology & Pharmacy | — | 2,683 / 166,116 |
| Liu, Yexiang | Materials | 5,180 / 330,896 | — |
| Huang, Han | Applied Physics | — | 6,261 / 323,282 |
| Zhang, Yongmin | Networking & Telecommunications | — | 4,208 / 228,312 |
| Xiong, Wengjing | Electrical & Electronic Engineering | — | 1,590 / 133,072 |
| Wu, Chao | Mining & Metallurgy | 215 / 37,230 | 341 / 37,230 |
| Xiang, Daxiong | Pharmacology & Pharmacy | — | 2,994 / 166,116 |
| Jiang, Yong | Materials | 6,069 / 330,896 | — |
| Zheng, Xiayu | Mining & Metallurgy | — | 363 / 37,230 |
| Wang, Zhixing | Materials | 6,377 / 330,896 | — |
| Li, Yimin | Materials | 6,442 / 330,896 | — |
| Li, Jing | Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry | — | 2,273 / 120,621 |
| Zhou, Can | Electrical & Electronic Engineering | — | 2,125 / 133,072 |
| Zhou, Lejun | Mining & Metallurgy | 618 / 37,230 | 464 / 37,230 |
| Chen, Xuling | Mining & Metallurgy | — | 466 / 37,230 |
| Gu, Guohua | Mining & Metallurgy | 551 / 37,230 | 518 / 37,230 |
| Lu, Dongfang | Mining & Metallurgy | — | 557 / 37,230 |
| Zhang, Guiquing Qing | Mining & Metallurgy | — | 559 / 37,230 |
| Liu, Hongkang | Aerospace & Aeronautics | — | 1,316 / 66,382 |
| Shi, Qing | Mining & Metallurgy | — | 633 / 37,230 |
| Song, Jiawen | Aerospace & Aeronautics | — | 1,364 / 66,382 |
| Zeng, Jie | Mining & Metallurgy | — | 656 / 37,230 |
| Feng, Qiming | Mining & Metallurgy | 470 / 37,230 | 748 / 37,230 |
| Li, Sini | General Clinical Medicine | — | 382 / 24,038 |
Source: Ioannidis JPA, Elsevier (2026). August 2026 data-update for "Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators". Mendeley Data, version 9. Licence CC BY-NC 3.0. doi:10.17632/btchxktzyw.9
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