Top institutions in China for Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing

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Which institutions in China have the most top-cited scientists in Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing?

2,650 researchers in China whose main subfield is Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list: 7.1% of all listed authors in China, and 1st of 103 countries in the subfield. 1,097 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). Tsinghua University has the most (109), followed by Peking University (57) and University of Science and Technology of China (53). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Listed authors

2,650

7.1% of all in China

In the global top 100,000

1,097

41.4% of them

Country rank in the subfield

of 103 countries in Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing

Highest-ranked

#254

Zhou, Zhihua

#	Institution	Listed authors	Top 100k	Rank worldwide	Highest-ranked author
1	Tsinghua University	109	53	#3	Huang, Gao #768
2	Peking University	57	31	#10	Chen, Calvin Yu Chian #11,500
3	University of Science and Technology of China	53	26	#12	He, Xiangnan #1,585
4	Shanghai Jiao Tong University	53	28	#13	Zhang, Yulun #6,748
5	Beihang University	53	28	#14	Wang, Xiao #13,968
6	Northwestern Polytechnical University	48	23	#15	Nie, Feiping #5,636
7	Institute of Automation Chinese Academy of Sciences	48	22	#16	Liu, Chenglin #15,050
8	University of Electronic Science and Technology of China	45	24	#20	Deng, Yong #4,268
9	Huazhong University of Science and Technology	44	18	#21	Wu, Dongrui #4,210
10	Sun Yat-Sen University	39	14	#23	Zheng, Zibin #4,615
11	Wuhan University	37	18	#27	Ma, Jiayi #1,166
12	Nanjing University	34	16	#29	Zhou, Zhihua #254
13	Zhejiang University	34	19	#30	Shen, Chunhua #7,508
14	Shenzhen University	32	13	#33	Huang, Joshua Zhexue #13,253
15	South China University of Technology	30	10	#35	Chen, C. L.philip #869
16	Tianjin University	29	13	#40	Guo, Xiaojie #4,584
17	Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory	29	16	#41	Qiao, Yu #5,947
18	Dalian University of Technology	29	11	#42	Lu, Huchuan #12,821
19	Fudan University	28	11	#47	Zhuang, Xiahai #9,034
20	University of Chinese Academy of Sciences	28	16	#48	Wang, Liang #30,794
21	National University of Defense Technology China	27	10	#49	Liu, Xinwang #1,792
22	Southeast University	25	10	#54	Zhang, Yudong #4,034
23	Xi'an Jiaotong University	24	11	#58	Xu, Zongben #11,110
24	Tencent	24	12	#59	Liu, Wei #11,864
25	Alibaba Group Holding Limited	23	11	#61	Ye, Jieping #6,823
26	Tongji University	23	11	#62	Hu-Chen, Liu #9,555
27	Hefei University of Technology	23	11	#63	Liu, Yu #11,089
28	Xidian University	22	15	#65	Jiao, Licheng #4,295
29	ByteDance Ltd.	22	5	#66	Chen, Liangchieh #5,593
30	East China Normal University	21	6	#73	Sun, Shiliiang Liang #11,119
31	Hunan University	20	10	#78	Li, Shutao #4,717
32	Microsoft Research Asia	20	8	#79	Hu, Han #10,552
33	Nanjing University of Science and Technology	19	6	#81	Yang, Jian #5,164
34	Harbin Institute of Technology	17	10	#98	Zuo, Wangmeng #6,983
35	Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications	17	6	#99	Shi, Chuan #7,291
36	Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology	16	8	#107	Xiaolong, Xu #19,166
37	Hangzhou Dianzi University	16	3	#109	Yan, Chenggang Clarence #22,831
38	Sichuan University	15	8	#110	Xu, Zeshui #258
39	Nankai University	15	10	#112	Li, Chongyi #3,139
40	Southwest University	15	6	#115	Li, Hongyi #8,763
41	College of Computer Science and Technology, Zhejiang University	15	10	#116	Chen, Huajun #10,746
42	Beijing University of Technology	15	7	#117	Wang, Ding #12,699
43	Xiamen University	15	6	#118	Ji, Rongrong #17,819
44	Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China	14	3	#124	Huang, G. B. #2,136
45	Shanghai University	14	4	#132	Pan, Quanke #8,446
46	Beijing Jiaotong University	14	7	#134	Wei, Yunchao #14,567
47	Shandong University	14	9	#135	Cong, Runmin #15,048
48	Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics	14	4	#137	Xie, Naiming #29,808
49	Westlake University	13	8	#140	Jin, Yaochu #309
50	Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen	13	6	#142	Yu, James J.Q. #11,057
51	College of Computer Science	13	5	#144	Peng, Xi #16,449
52	Beijing Institute of Technology	13	5	#145	Hu, Bin #17,531
53	Institute of Computing Technology Chinese Academy of Sciences	13	5	#146	Cheng, Xueqi #25,462
54	China University of Mining and Technology	13	3	#147	Ding, Shifei Feiu #30,326
55	Beijing National Research Center for Information Science and Technology	12	7	#154	Long, Mingsheng #2,815
56	Baidu, Inc.	12	4	#155	Wang, Jingdong #4,265
57	The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou)	12	3	#162	Xiong, Hui #24,918
58	University of Science and Technology Beijing	12	4	#163	Zhuang, Peixian #32,847
59	Guangdong University of Technology	12	2	#166	Ma, Hui #81,385
60	Southern University of Science and Technology	11	5	#170	Shi, Yuhui #3,006
61	Chongqing University	11	3	#172	Xiao, Fuyuan #5,483
62	Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications	11	6	#176	Wang, Guoyin Yin #8,834
63	Wuhan University of Technology	11	3	#184	Lei, Deming #16,592
64	Zhejiang University of Technology	11	2	#190	Kong, Xiangjie #26,048
65	Gaoling School of Artificial Intelligence	11	4	#193	Wen, Jirong Rongn #27,680
66	China University of Geosciences	11	3	#194	Gong, Wenyin #32,001
67	Guangzhou University	11	2	#195	Weng, Jian #46,219
68	Southwest Jiaotong University	10	3	#199	Zheng, Yu #1,580
69	Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.	10	4	#204	Han, Kai #9,248
70	Business School	10	4	#206	Chen, Xiaohong #10,901
71	The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen	10	7	#207	Ding, Chris H.Q. #11,211
72	Jiangnan University	10	2	#214	Li, Hui #26,193
73	Beijing Normal University	10	4	#222	Cui, Zhen #87,689
74	Fuzhou University	9	2	#237	Wang, Yingming #14,873
75	School of Computer Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen	9	4	#240	Xu, Yong #17,951
76	Soochow University	9	2	#250	Jiang, Xingxing #51,167
77	Liaoning University of Technology	8	5	#255	Tong, Shaocheng #1,476
78	Ningbo University	8	4	#258	Ye, Jun #4,649
79	Chinese Academy of Sciences	8	3	#274	Shi, Yong #22,926
80	College of Information Science and Engineering, Northeastern University	8	6	#285	Wang, Yingchun #67,979
81	Changsha University of Science and Technology	8	1	#287	Zhang, Jianming #71,837
82	Ocean University of China	7	3	#295	Wang, Gaige #7,235
83	School of Computer Science and Technology, Anhui University	7	2	#297	Tian, Ye #10,758
84	Zhengzhou University	7	4	#302	Liang, Jing #15,221
85	Lanzhou University	7	1	#307	Jin, Long #20,141
86	Renmin University of China	7	3	#311	Zhao, Wayne Xin #23,905
87	Shandong University of Science and Technology	7	1	#313	Zhang, Yiying #25,460
88	Hainan University	7	1	#317	Bhatti, Uzair Aslam #30,857
89	China University of Petroleum (East China)	7	1	#319	Qi, Lianyong #31,329
90	Jinan University	7	4	#325	Zhang, Yinyan #39,666
91	Zhongguancun Academy	7	3	#326	Qin, Tao #42,674
92	Dalian Maritime University	7	2	#332	Er, Meng Joo #48,788
93	Shandong University of Finance and Economics	6	1	#346	Liu, Peide #1,667
94	Guangxi Normal University	6	1	#349	Zhang, Shichao #2,550
95	Kuaishou	6	1	#356	Wang, Xintao #11,055
96	Hunan Normal University	6	3	#357	Xiao, Lin #11,309
97	Zhejiang Normal University	6	3	#360	Al-qaness, Mohammed A.A. #13,392
98	Meituan	6	2	#373	Tian, Zhi #27,509
99	Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics	6	2	#381	Ding, Song #38,044
100	Institute of Information Engineering	6	2	#385	Yan, Junjie #47,306
101	Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology	6	5	#386	Wang, Shuqiang #48,860
102	North China Electric Power University	6	1	#387	Niu, Dongxiao Xxiao #50,390
103	South China Normal University	6	2	#391	Pan, Jiahui #55,663
104	Pengcheng Laboratory	6	1	#398	Zhang, Weizhe #79,649
105	Shaanxi Normal University	6	0	#404	Lai, Kin Keung #106,795
106	Yunnan University	6	0	#410	Wu, Hao #165,825
107	Nanjing University of Post and TeleCommunications	5	3	#423	Deng, Chao #5,897
108	Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University	5	1	#439	Wang, S. Hua #14,826
109	ShanghaiTech University	5	2	#452	Yu, Jingyi #24,969
110	Shanghai Maritime University	5	4	#472	Wu, Jian #41,299
111	Xinjiang University	5	1	#483	Hu, Cheng #63,716
112	School of Telecommunications Engineering, Xidian University	5	3	#486	Gao, Quanxue #71,698
113	Qingdao University	5	1	#500	Fu, Yaping #96,812
114	Shenzhen University of Advanced Technology	4	3	#522	Dong, Chao #4,949
115	Northeastern University	4	2	#103	Zhang, Huaguang #6,010
116	Southwestern University of Finance and Economics	4	1	#528	Kou, Gang #8,134
117	School of Artificial Intelligence, Anhui University	4	2	#529	Liu, Derong #8,531
118	School of Automation	4	2	#538	Wu, Guohua #11,702
119	Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence	4	2	#539	Cao, Yue #15,449
120	Tianjin University of Technology	4	2	#542	Chen, Shengyong #16,338
121	Eastern Institute of Technology, Ningbo	4	4	#554	Guo, Guodong #22,404
122	HiDream.ai	4	2	#566	Yao, Ting #28,040
123	Ant group	4	2	#568	Zhou, Jun #29,109
124	Shanxi University	4	2	#576	Qian, Yuhua #38,369
125	National Key Laboratory of Computer-Aided Design and Graphics Systems	4	2	#585	Peng, Sida #45,577
126	Central China Normal University	4	1	#593	Liu, Hai #52,861
127	State Key Laboratory of Integrated Services Networks	4	1	#600	Zhang, Mingjin #59,849
128	School of Computer Science and Technology, Xidian University	4	1	#604	Miao, Qiguang #61,624
129	School of Mathematics and Statistics, Xi'an Jiaotong University	4	2	#605	Sun, Jian #65,339
130	Guangdong Artificial Intelligence and Digital Economy Laboratory	4	2	#608	Li, Yuanqing #69,138
131	Hohai University	4	2	#610	Zhang, Hengjie #71,911
132	Kunming University of Science and Technology	4	2	#613	Li, Huafeng #75,527
133	Hupan Laboratory	4	1	#623	Yan, Ke #91,975
134	Hebei University of Technology	4	1	#625	Cao, Bin #97,426
135	Beijing MEGVII Technology Co., Ltd.	3	2	#647	Sun, Jian #1,403
136	North University of China	3	1	#661	Wu, Xindong #7,029
137	Wenzhou University	3	1	#668	Chen, Huiling #9,433
138	Civil Aviation University of China	3	2	#672	Wu, Deng #13,486
139	Central South University	3	2	#690	Wang, Jianxin #20,622
140	School of Management and Economics of UESTC	3	3	#700	Li, Dengfeng #27,487
141	Nanjing Audit University	3	1	#705	Yu, Dejian #29,002
142	Henan University	3	1	#722	Chai, Xiuli #33,845
143	Zhongguancun Laboratory	3	2	#723	Huang, Yongfeng #35,271
144	International Digital Economy Academy	3	3	#736	Li, Feng #45,179
145	Lanzhou University of Technology	3	1	#738	Zhao, Fuqing #47,377
146	School of Mechanical Engineering and Automation, Northeastern University	3	3	#740	Yan, Yunhui #49,082
147	Huaqiao University	3	1	#741	Li, Hailin #49,376
148	School of Computer Science and Engineering	3	1	#272	Wang, Senzhang #51,827
149	Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics	3	2	#745	Fang, Yuming #53,329
150	Shandong Normal University	3	2	#754	Jia, Weikuan #58,260
151	Shanghai Innovation Institute	3	1	#758	Zhang, Li #60,439
152	Liaocheng University	3	2	#764	Meng, Leilei #62,503
153	Wuhan University of Science and Technology	3	1	#778	Li, Gongfa #69,984
154	Beijing University of Chemical Technology	3	1	#780	Wang, Huaqing #70,749
155	Chang'an University	3	1	#782	Li, Xiang #71,918
156	Chengdu University of Information Technology	3	1	#786	Zhang, Gexiang #72,677
157	Xinjiang Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry	3	1	#789	Hu, Lun #75,800
158	Shandong Technology and Business University	3	2	#794	Li, Jinjiang #78,685
159	Jiangsu University	3	1	#795	Sun, Junquan #79,073
160	Guangxi Minzu University	3	2	#799	Zhou, Yongquan #83,947
161	Jilin University	3	1	#803	Song, Xuan #89,171
162	Zhengzhou University of Light Industry	3	1	#806	Sun, Junwei #92,941
163	Shenzhen Technology University	3	1	#810	Zhang, Bowen #96,247
164	School of Mathematics and Statistics, Xidian University	3	0	#816	Liu, Sanyang #109,071
165	Xiangtan University	3	0	#820	Zou, Juan #113,838
166	University of Nottingham Ningbo China	3	0	#823	Guerra-Manzanares, Alejandro #117,064
167	Yantai University	3	0	#827	Yan, Weiqing #119,490
168	North China Electric Power University (Baoding)	3	0	#832	Zhao, Zhenbing #122,045
169	School of Artificial Intelligence	3	0	#833	Chang, Yi #123,357
170	Shandong Fundamental Research Center for Computer Science	3	0	#835	Wang, Chunpeng #127,760
171	Faculty of Electronic and Information Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University	3	0	#839	Luo, Minnan #130,329
172	Hubei University of Technology	3	0	#840	Ye, Zhiwei #130,755
173	College of Computer Science and Technology	3	0	#842	Yang, Bo #134,848
174	Guizhou University	3	0	#848	Yang, Guanci #147,635
175	School of Computer Science and Technology (School of Software), Harbin Institute of Technology Weihai	3	0	#856	Tong, Xiaojun #160,035
176	Zhejiang Gongshang University	3	0	#865	Gu, Wentao #173,492
177	Northwest A&F University	3	0	#869	Liu, Bin #180,330
178	Dongguan University of Technology	3	0	#872	Long, Jianyu #187,977
179	Xi'an Institute of Posts and Telecommunications	3	0	#874	Feng, Feng #191,608
180	Dalian Minzu University	3	0	#876	Zhang, Jianxin #201,373

The top 100 in Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing in China, in order

1
Zhou, Zhihua
Nanjing University
2
Xu, Zeshui
Sichuan University
3
Jin, Yaochu
Westlake University
4
Li, Xuelong
China Telecom Corporation Limited
5
Huang, Gao
Tsinghua University
6
Chen, C. L.philip
South China University of Technology
7
Ma, Jiayi
Wuhan University
8
Sun, Jian
Beijing MEGVII Technology Co., Ltd.
9
Tong, Shaocheng
Liaoning University of Technology
10
Zheng, Yu
Southwest Jiaotong University
11
He, Xiangnan
University of Science and Technology of China
12
Zhang, Xiangyu
Beijing MEGVII Technology Co., Ltd.
13
Liu, Peide
Shandong University of Finance and Economics
14
Liu, Xinwang
National University of Defense Technology China
15
Shen, Dinggang
Shanghai United Imaging Healthcare Co., Ltd.
16
Huang, G. B.
Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China
17
Zhang, Shichao
Guangxi Normal University
18
Long, Mingsheng
Beijing National Research Center for Information Science and Technology
19
Shi, Yuhui
Southern University of Science and Technology
20
Wei, Guiwu
Sichuan Normal University
21
Li, Chongyi
Nankai University
22
Zhou, Jie
Tsinghua University
23
Cheng, Ming Ming
Nankai University
24
Zhang, Yudong
Southeast University
25
Cao, Jinde
Southeast University
26
Wu, Dongrui
Huazhong University of Science and Technology
27
Wang, Jingdong
Baidu, Inc.
28
Deng, Yong
University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
29
Jiao, Licheng
Xidian University
30
Yuan, Xin
Westlake University
31
Guo, Xiaojie
Tianjin University
32
Han, Junwei
School of Mechatronics Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology
33
Zheng, Zibin
Sun Yat-Sen University
34
Ye, Jun
Ningbo University
35
Li, Shutao
Hunan University
36
Gao, Liang
Huazhong University of Science and Technology
37
Fan, Deng Ping
Nankai University
38
Dong, Chao
Shenzhen University of Advanced Technology
39
Yang, Jian
Nanjing University of Science and Technology
40
Hu, Qinghua
Tianjin University
41
Xiao, Fuyuan
Chongqing University
42
Ding, Weiping
Nantong University
43
Chen, Liangchieh
ByteDance Ltd.
44
Nie, Feiping
Northwestern Polytechnical University
45
Wang, Xiang
University of Science and Technology of China
46
Li, Stan Ziqing
Westlake University
47
Deng, Chao
Nanjing University of Post and TeleCommunications
48
Qiao, Yu
Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
49
Zhang, Huaguang
Northeastern University
50
Gao, Xinbo Bo
Xidian University
51
Li, Yongming
Liaoning University of Technology
52
Du, Bo
Wuhan University
53
Ye, Mang
Wuhan University
54
Zhang, Minling
Key Laboratory of Computer Network and Information Integration, Ministry of Education
55
Zhang, Yulun
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
56
Ye, Jieping
Alibaba Group Holding Limited
57
Hou, Qibin
Nankai University
58
Zuo, Wangmeng
Harbin Institute of Technology
59
Ren, Shaoqing
University of Science and Technology of China
60
Wu, Xindong
North University of China
61
Wang, Gaige
Ocean University of China
62
Wang, Limin
Nanjing University
63
Shi, Chuan
Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
64
Haidong, Shao
Hunan University
65
Shen, Chunhua
Zhejiang University
66
Zhu, Jun
Beijing National Research Center for Information Science and Technology
67
Bai, Xiang
Huazhong University of Science and Technology
68
Kou, Gang
Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
69
Pan, Quanke
Shanghai University
70
Liu, Derong
School of Artificial Intelligence, Anhui University
71
Wang, Wenhai
Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
72
Li, Hongyi
Southwest University
73
Wang, Guoyin Yin
Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications
74
Guo, Yulan
Sun Yat-Sen University
75
Zhuang, Xiahai
Fudan University
76
Senapati, Tapan
Southwest University
77
Han, Kai
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
78
Liu, Qi
University of Science and Technology of China
79
Chen, Huiling
Wenzhou University
80
Hu-Chen, Liu
Tongji University
81
Yang, Yi
Zhejiang University
82
Zhang, Kai
Nanjing University
83
Tian, Qi
Huawei Cloud Computing Technologies Co., Ltd.
84
Ouyang, Wanli
Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
85
Ren, Wenqi
Sun Yat-Sen University
86
Hong, Wei Chiang
Harbin Engineering University
87
Cao, Xiaochun
Sun Yat-Sen University
88
Geng, Xin
Southeast University
89
Wang, Wenguan
Zhejiang University
90
Zhang, Yong
Beijing National Research Center for Information Science and Technology
91
Tang, Jie
Tsinghua University
92
Hu, Han
Microsoft Research Asia
93
Cai, Deng
Zhejiang University
94
Chen, Huajun
College of Computer Science and Technology, Zhejiang University
95
Wang, Qi
Northwestern Polytechnical University
96
Tian, Ye
School of Computer Science and Technology, Anhui University
97
Liu, Yanjun
Southern University of Science and Technology
98
Chen, Xiaohong
Business School
99
Lu, Jiwen
Tsinghua University
100
Yan, Ke
Hunan University

2,650 listed scientists in Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing in China

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