Northwest 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).
52
researchers on the list
142
rank in China
1,206
rank worldwide, of 38,384
Ranks by number of people on the list; we calculate them from the same data.
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| Name | Subfield | Career | Single-year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chapman, Colin A. | Ecology | 109 / 82,882 | 446 / 82,882 |
| Zhao, Yingyong | Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry | 92 / 120,621 | 41 / 120,621 |
| Dong, Yunpeng | Geochemistry & Geophysics | — | 356 / 108,013 |
| Matsuzawa, Tetsuro | Behavioral Science & Comparative Psychology | 82 / 13,044 | 126 / 13,044 |
| Zhang, Hongfu | Geochemistry & Geophysics | 457 / 108,013 | 780 / 108,013 |
| Yue, Tianli | Food Science | 1,224 / 107,913 | 463 / 107,913 |
| Yang, Yang | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | — | 594 / 216,826 |
| Sun, Tao | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | — | 1,677 / 177,859 |
| Liu, Enzhou | Materials | 3,314 / 330,896 | 1,001 / 330,896 |
| Xu, Jian | Mechanical Engineering & Transports | 1,317 / 157,792 | 598 / 157,792 |
| Fan, Daidi | Food Science | — | 741 / 107,913 |
| Diwu, Chunrong | Geochemistry & Geophysics | — | 1,069 / 108,013 |
| Zhang, Huigang | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 3,413 / 177,859 | 3,621 / 177,859 |
| Guo, Chongfeng | Materials | 2,693 / 330,896 | 2,161 / 330,896 |
| Yuan, Hongling | Geochemistry & Geophysics | — | 1,417 / 108,013 |
| Zhao, Fazhu | Agronomy & Agriculture | — | 752 / 95,377 |
| Zhao, Lichen | General Physics | 1,445 / 87,024 | 679 / 87,024 |
| Wang, Yaoyu | Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry | 993 / 86,991 | 409 / 86,991 |
| Wang, Jiading | Geological & Geomatics Engineering | — | 1,400 / 82,760 |
| Wang, Jun | Agronomy & Agriculture | — | 1,020 / 95,377 |
| Long, Xiaoping | Geochemistry & Geophysics | — | 1,941 / 108,013 |
| Liu, Chiyang | Geochemistry & Geophysics | — | 2,012 / 108,013 |
| Han, Yingfeng | General Chemistry | 586 / 57,505 | 262 / 57,505 |
| Fan, Jun | Materials | 4,932 / 330,896 | 3,789 / 330,896 |
| Luo, Xiaorong | Geochemistry & Geophysics | — | 2,123 / 108,013 |
| Qiao, Xueguang | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 1,601 / 140,272 | 479 / 140,272 |
| Wang, Shiwei | Microbiology | — | 3,047 / 232,186 |
| Hu, Jun | Chemical Engineering | — | 1,566 / 97,821 |
| Yang, Xiaofeng | Analytical Chemistry | 1,382 / 137,328 | — |
| Chen, Danqian | Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry | — | 796 / 120,621 |
| Wang, Hui | Energy | 5,882 / 371,959 | 6,014 / 371,959 |
| Zheng, Jianbin | Analytical Chemistry | 1,581 / 137,328 | 1,731 / 137,328 |
| Xiang, Jinmeng | Materials | — | 6,168 / 330,896 |
| Wei, Renbo | Polymers | — | 2,560 / 133,253 |
| Lei, Huan | Polymers | — | 2,665 / 133,253 |
| Zhang, Haijun | Biomedical Engineering | — | 1,165 / 74,543 |
| Yao, Jinlong | Geology | — | 277 / 17,936 |
| Hu, Xiaoyun | Applied Physics | — | 5,170 / 323,282 |
| Fan, Jianping | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 6,425 / 517,648 | — |
| Bao, Zhi'an | Analytical Chemistry | — | 2,174 / 137,328 |
| Xu, Zhenming | Nuclear & Particle Physics | — | 3,849 / 164,120 |
| Hui, Bo | Geology | — | 316 / 17,936 |
| Wu, Xiaqing | Analytical Chemistry | — | 2,469 / 137,328 |
| Hou, Lei | Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry | — | 1,385 / 86,991 |
| Zhang, Xin | Analytical Chemistry | — | 3,013 / 137,328 |
| Wang, Yonghua | Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry | 1,752 / 120,621 | 1,969 / 120,621 |
| Chen, Xiaojiang | Networking & Telecommunications | — | 4,620 / 228,312 |
| Bai, Jintao | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 2,123 / 140,272 | 1,330 / 140,272 |
| Ren, Zhaoyu | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 2,934 / 140,272 | 2,371 / 140,272 |
| Wang, Ruohui | Optoelectronics & Photonics | — | 2,295 / 140,272 |
| Chen, Fengyi | Optoelectronics & Photonics | — | 2,391 / 140,272 |
| Yang, Hangzhou | Optoelectronics & Photonics | — | 3,153 / 140,272 |
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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