Top institutions in China for Aerospace & Aeronautics

18 institutions · Aerospace & Aeronautics · China

Which institutions in China have the most top-cited scientists in Aerospace & Aeronautics?

326 researchers in China whose main subfield is Aerospace & Aeronautics are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list: 0.9% of all listed authors in China, and 2nd of 44 countries in the subfield. 17 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). Beihang University has the most (52), followed by Northwestern Polytechnical University (48) and Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (38). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Listed authors
326
0.9% of all in China
In the global top 100,000
17
5.2% of them
Country rank in the subfield
#2
of 44 countries in Aerospace & Aeronautics
Highest-ranked
#3,901
Yang, Chen
#InstitutionListed authorsTop 100kRank worldwideHighest-ranked author
1Beihang University523#2Yang, Chen #3,901
2Northwestern Polytechnical University482#3Han, Zhonghua #25,818
3Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics382#4Chen, Guo #48,080
4National University of Defense Technology China273#6Huang, Wei #6,228
5Harbin Institute of Technology101#19Yu, Daren #42,085
6China Aerodynamics Research and Development Center90#24Tian, Ye #254,713
7School of Aerospace Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology82#28Liu, Xinfu #76,402
8Tsinghua University80#30Wang, Bing #110,239
9Beijing Institute of Technology70#41Teng, Honghui #183,121
10School of Energy Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology50#54Bao, Wen #111,626
11Shanghai Jiao Tong University50#55Wu, Yuanxin #118,729
12School of Astronautics, Harbin Institute of Technology40#72Cui, Naigang #272,902
13Academy of Military Sciences31#82Chen, Xiaoqian #80,606
14Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China30#89Cai, Guobiao #120,720
15Fudan University30#100Dong, Yiqun #230,008
16Central South University30#102Luo, Shibin #242,741
17Xi'an Jiaotong University30#106Chen, Gang #286,731
18Sun Yat-Sen University30#110Wu, Z. G. #328,401

The top 100 in Aerospace & Aeronautics in China, in order

  1. 1
    Yang, Chen
    Beihang University
  2. 2
    Huang, Wei
    National University of Defense Technology China
  3. 3
    Han, Zhonghua
    Northwestern Polytechnical University
  4. 4
    Yu, Daren
    Harbin Institute of Technology
  5. 5
    Wu, Yu
    Chongqing University
  6. 6
    Zhang, Weiwei
    Northwestern Polytechnical University
  7. 7
    Chen, Guo
    Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
  8. 8
    Zhen, Ziyang
    Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
  9. 9
    Sun, Mao
    Beihang University
  10. 10
    Bao, Weimin
    School of Aerospace Science and Technology, Xidian University
  11. 11
    Sun, Mingbo
    National University of Defense Technology China
  12. 12
    Wang, Zhenguo
    National University of Defense Technology China
  13. 13
    Huang, Xun
    Peking University
  14. 14
    Liu, Xinfu
    School of Aerospace Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology
  15. 15
    Fang, Jiancheng
    Beihang University
  16. 16
    Chen, Xiaoqian
    Academy of Military Sciences
  17. 17
    He, Shaoming
    School of Aerospace Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology
  18. 18
    Hu, Gaoge
    Northwestern Polytechnical University
  19. 19
    Kou, Jiaqing
    Northwestern Polytechnical University
  20. 20
    Wang, Bing
    Tsinghua University
  21. 21
    Bao, Wen
    School of Energy Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology
  22. 22
    Ao, Wen
    Northwestern Polytechnical University
  23. 23
    Gao, Bingbing
    Northwestern Polytechnical University
  24. 24
    Wang, Hongbo
    National University of Defense Technology China
  25. 25
    Wu, Yuanxin
    Shanghai Jiao Tong University
  26. 26
    Chang, Juntao
    School of Energy Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology
  27. 27
    Cai, Guobiao
    Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China
  28. 28
    Cao, Xibin
    Harbin Institute of Technology
  29. 29
    Ye, Dong
    Harbin Institute of Technology
  30. 30
    Li, Shuang
    Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
  31. 31
    Liu, Peiqing
    Beihang University
  32. 32
    You, Yancheng
    Xiamen University
  33. 33
    Sun, Rui
    Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
  34. 34
    Wu, Baolin
    State Key Laboratory of Micro-Spacecraft Rapid Design and Intelligent Cluster
  35. 35
    Hong, Jie
    Beihang University
  36. 36
    Xiong, Juntao
    China Agricultural University
  37. 37
    Wang, Yuewu
    Beijing University of Technology
  38. 38
    Zhang, Tao
    Southeast University
  39. 39
    Chen, Ti
    Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
  40. 40
    Zhang, Jingzhou
    Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
  41. 41
    Yan, Li
    Academy of Military Sciences
  42. 42
    Ma, Yanhong
    Beihang University
  43. 43
    Li, Tuanjie
    School of Mechano-Electronic Engineering, Xidian University
  44. 44
    Kang, Rui
    Beihang University
  45. 45
    Teng, Honghui
    Beijing Institute of Technology
  46. 46
    Hu, Dianyin
    United Research Center of Mid-Small Aero-Engine
  47. 47
    Yao, Wei
    Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology Chinese Academy of Sciences
  48. 48
    Cao, Yihua
    Beihang University
  49. 49
    Zhao, Zhenhua
    Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
  50. 50
    Baoyin, H. Xi
    Inner Mongolia University of Technology
  51. 51
    Sun, Xiaofeng
    Beihang University
  52. 52
    Cai, Zun
    National University of Defense Technology China
  53. 53
    Yan, Chao
    Beihang University
  54. 54
    Liu, Hong
    Beihang University
  55. 55
    Deng, Xiaogang
    Sichuan University
  56. 56
    Liu, Peijin
    Northwestern Polytechnical University
  57. 57
    Wang, Rongqiao
    United Research Center of Mid-Small Aero-Engine
  58. 58
    Xiang, Jinwu
    Beihang University
  59. 59
    Luo, Yazhong
    National University of Defense Technology China
  60. 60
    Wu, Zhenlong
    Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
  61. 61
    Li, Yinghong
    Air Force Engineering University China
  62. 62
    Li, Jichao
    Northwestern Polytechnical University
  63. 63
    Wei, Caisheng
    School of Automation
  64. 64
    Huang, Jun
    Beihang University
  65. 65
    Gong, Shengping
    Beijing Key Laboratory of System Design for Reusable Launch Vehicle
  66. 66
    ZOU, Zhengping
    Beihang University
  67. 67
    Dong, Yiqun
    Fudan University
  68. 68
    Zhao, Yongping
    Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
  69. 69
    Wu, Yun
    School of Mechanical Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University
  70. 70
    Ding, Shuiting
    Civil Aviation University of China
  71. 71
    Fei, Cheng Wei
    Fudan University
  72. 72
    Liu, Yu
    Southern University of Science and Technology
  73. 73
    Wang, Honglun
    Beihang University
  74. 74
    Guo, Shijun
    School of Aerospace Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology
  75. 75
    Chen, Zhitong
    Chinese Academy of Sciences
  76. 76
    Liu, Shuangxi
    National University of Defense Technology China
  77. 77
    Chen, Jianqiang
    State Key Laboratory of Aerodynamics
  78. 78
    Gao, Shengsheng
    Northwestern Polytechnical University
  79. 79
    Luo, Shibin
    Central South University
  80. 80
    Zhang, Dayi
    Beihang University
  81. 81
    Sun, Zhaowei
    Harbin Institute of Technology
  82. 82
    Li, Daochun
    Tianmushan Laboratory
  83. 83
    Xu, Guoqiang
    Beihang University
  84. 84
    Cao, Lu
    Academy of Military Sciences
  85. 85
    Cheng, Lin
    State Key Laboratory of High-Efficiency Reusable Aerospace Transportation Technology
  86. 86
    Tian, Ye
    China Aerodynamics Research and Development Center
  87. 87
    Liu, Hong
    Shanghai Jiao Tong University
  88. 88
    Liu, Lulu
    Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
  89. 89
    Wang, Ningfeiy Fei
    Beijing Institute of Technology
  90. 90
    Guo, Yanning
    Harbin Institute of Technology
  91. 91
    Huang, Heyuan
    Northwestern Polytechnical University
  92. 92
    Cai, Kaiquan
    Beihang University
  93. 93
    Ning, Xiaoling Lin
    Hefei National Laboratory
  94. 94
    Cui, Naigang
    School of Astronautics, Harbin Institute of Technology
  95. 95
    Shan, Minghe
    School of Aerospace Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology
  96. 96
    Zhang, Chengxi
    Jiangnan University
  97. 97
    Lu, Feng
    Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
  98. 98
    Yue, Xiaokui
    Northwestern Polytechnical University
  99. 99
    Tian, Kuo
    Dalian University of Technology
  100. 100
    Wu, Jianjun
    National University of Defense Technology China

326 listed scientists in Aerospace & Aeronautics in China

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