Yunnan 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).
57
researchers on the list
124
rank in China
1,097
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chen, Wen | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | — | 575 / 84,638 |
| Hu, Guangzhi | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | 2,260 / 177,859 | 1,144 / 177,859 |
| Wang, Yude | Materials | 1,700 / 330,896 | 696 / 330,896 |
| Xie, Ping | Environmental Sciences | 268 / 140,934 | 772 / 140,934 |
| Li, Yongkun | Applied Mathematics | 102 / 23,982 | — |
| Qian, Shengbang | Astronomy & Astrophysics | 926 / 58,202 | 979 / 58,202 |
| Yu, Diqiu | Plant Biology & Botany | 2,640 / 204,373 | 946 / 204,373 |
| He, Jun | Ecology | — | 1,391 / 82,882 |
| Hu, Wanbiao | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | — | 2,626 / 177,859 |
| Guo, Shengping | Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry | 1,608 / 86,991 | 228 / 86,991 |
| Guo, Hong | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | — | 3,029 / 177,859 |
| Yang, Yuanpei | Astronomy & Astrophysics | — | 1,569 / 58,202 |
| He, Tianwei | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | — | 3,470 / 177,859 |
| Cheng, Xiaoli | Agronomy & Agriculture | 1,842 / 95,377 | 678 / 95,377 |
| Peng, Zhilli | Nanoscience & Nanotechnology | — | 3,567 / 177,859 |
| Liu, Shiyin | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences | — | 1,905 / 84,638 |
| Chen, Jianhua | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | 2,902 / 517,648 | — |
| Xiao, Xuechun | Materials | — | 3,279 / 330,896 |
| Liu, Qingju | Materials | — | 3,372 / 330,896 |
| Dong, Chengjun | Materials | — | 3,476 / 330,896 |
| Wang, Xuance Che | Geochemistry & Geophysics | — | 2,009 / 108,013 |
| Guan, Hongtao | Materials | — | 3,630 / 330,896 |
| Zhu, Jing | Materials | — | 3,959 / 330,896 |
| Du, Yuanwei | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | — | 7,479 / 517,648 |
| Ashraf, Umar | Energy | — | 5,533 / 371,959 |
| Li, Weidong | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | — | 7,717 / 517,648 |
| Che, Rongxiao | Agronomy & Agriculture | — | 1,339 / 95,377 |
| Lei, Zuhai | Organic Chemistry | — | 2,363 / 188,664 |
| Yang, Yu | Applied Physics | — | 3,469 / 323,282 |
| Jiang, Qian | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | — | 8,130 / 517,648 |
| Wu, Hao | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | — | 8,207 / 517,648 |
| Ma, Wenhui | Materials | — | 4,944 / 330,896 |
| Wang, Yi | Organic Chemistry | — | 2,616 / 188,664 |
| Zhang, Jinliang | Materials | 5,661 / 330,896 | 5,115 / 330,896 |
| Yang, Yun | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | — | 9,034 / 517,648 |
| Wang, Jin | Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing | — | 9,070 / 517,648 |
| Duan, Xingwu | Agronomy & Agriculture | — | 1,602 / 95,377 |
| Kang, Yongbo | Microbiology | — | 3,989 / 232,186 |
| Meng, Guoyun | Organic Chemistry | — | 2,967 / 188,664 |
| Zhang, Longzhou | Organic Chemistry | — | 3,036 / 188,664 |
| Zhao, Dake | Plant Biology & Botany | — | 4,050 / 204,373 |
| Fang, Wenhao | Physical Chemistry | — | 821 / 44,088 |
| Han, Peng | Entomology | — | 574 / 40,595 |
| Wang, Houping | Plant Biology & Botany | — | 4,264 / 204,373 |
| Luo, Xiaodong | Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry | 1,550 / 120,621 | 1,173 / 120,621 |
| Zhang, Zhigang | Microbiology | — | 4,752 / 232,186 |
| Lu, Shibao | Energy | — | 8,434 / 371,959 |
| Tian, Xu | Analytical Chemistry | — | 2,194 / 137,328 |
| Ran, Mao Yin | General Chemistry | — | 584 / 57,505 |
| Li, Hui | Optics | — | 1,393 / 83,504 |
| Fu, Xue | Networking & Telecommunications | — | 4,160 / 228,312 |
| Zhao, Rongjun | Applied Physics | — | 7,117 / 323,282 |
| Li, Guohong | Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry | — | 2,070 / 120,621 |
| Yu, Le | General Chemistry | — | 732 / 57,505 |
| Niu, Xuemei | Medicinal & Biomolecular Chemistry | — | 2,329 / 120,621 |
| Lü, Yanfei | Optoelectronics & Photonics | 2,820 / 140,272 | 1,944 / 140,272 |
| Li, Qimao | Electrical & Electronic Engineering | 2,626 / 133,072 | — |
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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