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1,603 researchers in China whose main field is Earth & Environmental Sciences are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list: 4.3% of all listed authors in China, and 2nd of 98 countries in the field. 1,051 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). University of Chinese Academy of Sciences has the most (73), followed by Peking University (55) and Nanjing University (55). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Listed authors

1,603

4.3% of all in China

In the global top 100,000

1,051

65.6% of them

Country rank in the field

of 98 countries in Earth & Environmental Sciences

Highest-ranked

#376

Fu, Bojie

#	Institution	Listed authors	Top 100k	Rank worldwide	Highest-ranked author
1	University of Chinese Academy of Sciences	73	46	#1	Zhou, Tianjun #3,489
2	Peking University	55	42	#2	Piao, Shilong Long #1,116
3	Nanjing University	55	34	#4	Qin, Boqiang Quiang #3,629
4	Tsinghua University	52	43	#5	Hou, Deyi #946
5	China University of Geosciences	52	34	#6	Algeo, Thomas J. #1,838
6	Chinese Academy of Sciences	42	27	#15	Li, Xianhua Huan #2,692
7	Beijing Normal University	39	33	#18	Hao, Zengchao #5,138
8	Institute of Geology and Geophysics Chinese Academy of Sciences	29	15	#31	Zhai, Mingguo #3,525
9	Sun Yat-Sen University	25	16	#45	Zhang, Peizlien Zhen #8,024
10	Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology	23	18	#54	Agathokleous, Evgenios #5,989
11	Ocean University of China	23	14	#56	Wu, Lixin #23,149
12	Tongji University	21	13	#59	Ding, Yihui #4,327
13	Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development	19	9	#66	Zou, Caineng Nneng #1,537
14	Tianjin University	19	12	#70	Liu, Yiwen #26,111
15	Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences Chinese Academy of Sciences	18	14	#71	Fu, Bojie #376
16	Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences	18	14	#76	Yu, Guirui #10,720
17	Hohai University	18	15	#78	Wang, Peifang #20,090
18	Fudan University	17	16	#79	Kan, Haidong #2,482
19	University of Science and Technology of China	16	9	#86	Zheng, Yong-Fei #911
20	Zhejiang University	16	14	#91	Xu, Jianming #8,148
21	Institute of Atmospheric Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences	16	14	#92	Cao, Junji #9,322
22	Southern University of Science and Technology	16	7	#95	Zeng, Zhenzhong #21,570
23	Shanghai Jiao Tong University	15	10	#99	Geng, Yong #8,151
24	East China Normal University	15	11	#102	Zhang, Jing #10,352
25	Northwest A&F University	14	10	#113	Fang, Linchuan #14,712
26	Institute of Earth Environment	13	5	#119	An, Zhisheng #2,465
27	Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry	13	6	#120	Xu, Yigang #4,008
28	Nankai University	13	12	#121	Zhou, Qixing #5,736
29	Lanzhou University	13	7	#126	Zhang, Tingjun #10,824
30	Hunan University	12	9	#136	Zeng, Guangming #2,250
31	State Key Lab for Geological Processes and Mineral Resources	12	9	#142	Gómez, Moisés Ian #7,889
32	China University of Petroleum-Beijing	12	6	#152	Pang, Xiongqi #44,017
33	China University of Geosciences, Beijing	11	7	#155	Santosh, M. Warrier #714
34	Guangdong University of Technology	11	9	#162	An, Taicheng #13,331
35	China Agricultural University	11	4	#163	Wang, Jie #15,196
36	Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences	11	9	#167	Xi, Beidou #23,743
37	Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences	10	8	#186	Hou, Zhengqian #6,945
38	Northwest University	10	4	#204	Dong, Yunpeng #33,319
39	Shandong University	10	8	#205	Hong, Jinglan #53,367
40	Nanjing Agricultural University	9	3	#209	Zhao, F. J. #2,511
41	Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences	9	4	#223	Mao, Jingwen #8,771
42	Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology Chinese Academy of Sciences	9	7	#224	Zhang, Yunlin #9,903
43	Sinopec	9	4	#236	Guo, Xusheng #27,427
44	School of the Earth Sciences and Resources	9	3	#242	Xiwei, Xu #47,266
45	Guangzhou University	8	5	#258	Yuan, Hongping #9,896
46	Wuhan University	8	5	#259	Wang, Shaojian #10,219
47	State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research	8	4	#262	Huahong, Shi #12,082
48	Zhejiang University of Technology	8	5	#266	Jin, Yuanxiang #17,298
49	Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences	8	5	#272	Guo, Jianping #34,471
50	College of Environmental and Resource Sciences Zhejiang University	8	7	#273	Yang, Xiao'e E. #36,726
51	Jinan University	8	3	#275	Zeng, Eddy Y. #37,251
52	China University of Petroleum (East China)	8	3	#276	Hao, Fang #41,266
53	Hainan University	7	5	#280	Jahanger, Atif #4,711
54	Jiangnan University	7	5	#286	Wang, Zhenyu #11,027
55	Huazhong Agricultural University	7	6	#304	Huang, Qiaoyun #45,071
56	Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology Chinese Academy of Sciences	7	2	#306	Wang, Wei #49,472
57	Ministry of Natural Resources of the People's Republic of China	7	3	#310	Chen, Dake #66,597
58	South China Normal University	6	6	#315	Ying, Guangguo #2,625
59	Northeast Agricultural University	6	3	#318	Zhang, Ying #10,420
60	Beijing University of Technology	6	4	#330	Peng, Yongzhen #20,557
61	Chongqing University	6	5	#331	Yang, Yi #21,343
62	Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China	6	4	#334	Zhang, Guoqing #24,528
63	Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences	6	4	#344	Christie, Peter #36,005
64	China National Petroleum Corporation	6	1	#351	Jiao, Fangzheng #80,674
65	Xi'an Jiaotong University	5	3	#367	Cheng, Hai J. #5,314
66	School of Earth Sciences, Zhejiang University	5	2	#372	Wu, Renguang #10,009
67	Chengdu University of Technology	5	2	#373	Bashir, Muhammad Farhan #10,237
68	South China Agricultural University	5	4	#378	Wang, Jun #12,691
69	Institute of Geochemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences	5	4	#382	Zhou, Mei Fu #13,541
70	China University of Mining and Technology	5	4	#394	Li, Meng #19,863
71	State Key Laboratory of Marine Geology	5	3	#395	Wang, Pinxian #21,049
72	Dalian University of Technology	5	5	#397	Quan, Xie #22,158
73	China Meteorological Administration	5	5	#412	Sun, Ying #27,715
74	Guangxi University	5	3	#413	Yu, Kefu #29,299
75	Yunnan University	5	2	#419	Chen, Wen #35,380
76	Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology	5	2	#421	Wang, Xiaochang #41,721
77	Southeast University	5	3	#427	Wang, Dayong #48,048
78	Shantou University	5	5	#432	Gao, Mingling #60,149
79	Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources	5	2	#434	Feng, Qi #68,384
80	Central South University	5	2	#435	Chen, Wei #70,341
81	East China University of Science and Technology	5	4	#436	Zhang, Wei #71,867
82	Institute of Geology, China Earthquake Administration	5	0	#439	Shimamoto, Toshihiko #102,422
83	Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography Chinese Academy of Sciences	4	3	#458	Xiao, Wenjiao #7,234
84	Hunan Agricultural University	4	2	#465	Zhou, Yaoyu #11,420
85	Yangtze University	4	2	#467	Liu, Yongsheng #12,109
86	Shandong University of Finance and Economics	4	3	#473	Sun, Huaping #18,812
87	Xiamen University	4	3	#478	Lu, Yonglong #22,221
88	Donghua University	4	4	#483	Li, Hui #24,849
89	Hebei University of Technology	4	2	#485	Lyu, Honghong #27,598
90	School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology	4	3	#491	Li, Shengnan #32,289
91	School of Metallurgy and Environment	4	3	#497	Xue, Shengguo #35,645
92	Jilin University	4	3	#508	Xu, Tianfu #51,173
93	Nanjing Forestry University	4	4	#511	Chen, Lei #54,577
94	Nanjing Normal University	4	3	#517	Zhao, Zhijun #68,231
95	Institute of Eco-environmental and Soil Sciences, Guangdong Academy of Sciences	4	3	#518	Li, Fangbai #68,612
96	Beijing Forestry University	4	1	#528	Xu, Zihan #98,245
97	Zhengzhou University	3	2	#570	Feng, Yanchao #18,951
98	Chang'an University	3	1	#587	Zhang, Yu #25,714
99	Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences	3	2	#595	Wu, Chenxi #28,697
100	Guangdong Research Center for Strategic Metals and Green Utilization	3	2	#605	He, Hongping #31,359
101	Northeast Petroleum University	3	1	#606	Liu, Bo #31,976
102	Wuhan Institute of Technology	3	2	#608	Li, Siyue #32,463
103	Shaoxing University	3	3	#609	Qian, Haifeng #33,699
104	South China University of Technology	3	3	#618	Dang, Zhi #38,228
105	Hubei Provincial Engineering Laboratory of Solid Waste Treatment	3	3	#621	Yang, Jiakuan #39,624
106	China National Offshore Oil Corporation	3	1	#625	Xu, Changgui #40,768
107	Hefei University of Technology	3	2	#628	Sander, Paul Martin #42,185
108	Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology Chinese Academy of Sciences	3	2	#630	Zhou, Zhonghe #42,880
109	Institute of Mountain Hazards and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences	3	1	#639	Zhang, Yulan #45,765
110	University of Science and Technology Beijing	3	2	#649	Xing, Yi #50,723
111	Fujian Normal University	3	1	#650	Chen, Zuliang #51,606
112	Shanghai Ocean University	3	2	#651	Alsaleh, Mohd #52,078
113	Huazhong University of Science and Technology	3	2	#664	Fu, Jie #59,806
114	Henan Normal University	3	2	#668	Sun, Jianhui #62,048
115	Harbin Institute of Technology	3	3	#671	Wang, Xin #65,613
116	Dongguan University of Technology	3	1	#674	Tyagi, R. D. #66,422
117	Shanghai University	3	2	#676	Qian, Guangren #67,393
118	Southwest University	3	2	#681	Li, Zhaolei #75,365
119	University of Jinan	3	3	#685	Jiang, Xin #77,259
120	Institute of Oceanology Chinese Academy of Sciences	3	1	#695	Zhang, Linlin #85,067
121	State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science	3	2	#697	Duan, Anmin #87,018
122	Shandong Agricultural University	3	1	#699	Wang, Jun #88,573
123	Shandong University of Science and Technology	3	0	#707	Liu, Jiutan #156,196

The top 100 in Earth & Environmental Sciences in China, in order

1
Fu, Bojie
Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences Chinese Academy of Sciences
2
Santosh, M. Warrier
China University of Geosciences, Beijing
3
Zheng, Yong-Fei
University of Science and Technology of China
4
Hou, Deyi
Tsinghua University
5
Zhu, Yongguan
Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences Chinese Academy of Sciences
6
Piao, Shilong Long
Peking University
7
Zou, Caineng Nneng
Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development
8
Algeo, Thomas J.
China University of Geosciences
9
Zeng, Guangming
Hunan University
10
An, Zhisheng
Institute of Earth Environment
11
Kan, Haidong
Fudan University
12
Zhao, F. J.
Nanjing Agricultural University
13
Khan, Syed Abdul Rehman
Xuzhou University of Technology
14
Ying, Guangguo
South China Normal University
15
Li, Xianhua Huan
Chinese Academy of Sciences
16
Cheng, Hefa
Peking University
17
Zuo, Renguang
China University of Geosciences
18
Song, Malin
Anhui University of Finance and Economics
19
Tang, Daniel Kuok Ho
University of Arizona at Northwest A&F
20
Adimalla, Narsimha
East China University of Technology
21
Liu, Zhu
Tsinghua University
22
Zhou, Tianjun
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
23
Zhai, Mingguo
Institute of Geology and Geophysics Chinese Academy of Sciences
24
Qin, Boqiang Quiang
Nanjing University
25
Wang, Bin
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
26
Razzaq, Asif
CAREC Institute
27
Xu, Yigang
Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry
28
Wu, Fu yuan
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
29
Ding, Yihui
Tongji University
30
Qu, Jiuhui Hui
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
31
Wang, Chunzai
South China Sea Institute of Oceanology
32
Jahanger, Atif
Hainan University
33
Yao, Tandonga Dong
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
34
Chien, Fengsheng
Fuzhou University of Foreign Studies and Trade
35
Hao, Zengchao
Beijing Normal University
36
Cheng, Hai J.
Xi'an Jiaotong University
37
Zhou, Qixing
Nankai University
38
Hao, Yu
School of Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology
39
Chan, Johnny C.L.
Asia-Pacific Typhoon Collaborative Research Center
40
Wang, Fayuan
Qingdao University of Science and Technology
41
Agathokleous, Evgenios
Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology
42
Guan, Dabo
Tsinghua University
43
Li, Xin
Chinese Academy of Sciences
44
Hou, Zhengqian
Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences
45
Xiao, Wenjiao
Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography Chinese Academy of Sciences
46
Irfan, Muhamamd Hamza
Shandong Management University
47
Cao, Xinde
Tongji University
48
Chen, Pengyu
Inner Mongolia University China
49
Ding, Lin
Chinese Academy of Sciences
50
Chen, Deliang
Tsinghua University
51
Yue, Xiufeng
Tsinghua University
52
Li, Jinhui
Tsinghua University
53
Jiang, Guibing Bin
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
54
Gómez, Moisés Ian
State Key Lab for Geological Processes and Mineral Resources
55
Jin, Zhijun
Peking University
56
Zhang, Peizlien Zhen
Sun Yat-Sen University
57
Xu, Jianming
Zhejiang University
58
Geng, Yong
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
59
Weschler, Charles J.
Tsinghua University
60
Liu, Junguo
North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power
61
Wang, Hailong
Foshan University
62
Jia, Chengzao
Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development
63
Gu, Baojing
Zhejiang University
64
Cheng, Qiuming
China University of Geosciences, Beijing
65
Shu, Liangshu
Nanjing University
66
Mao, Jingwen
Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences
67
Cheng, Zhonghua
Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology
68
Cao, Junji
Institute of Atmospheric Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences
69
Anser, Muhammad Khalid
Xi'an International University
70
Lichtfouse, E. A.
State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University
71
Dai, Shifeng
China University of Mining & Technology, Beijing
72
Yuan, Hongping
Guangzhou University
73
Zhang, Yunlin
Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology Chinese Academy of Sciences
74
Wu, Renguang
School of Earth Sciences, Zhejiang University
75
Wang, Shaojian
Wuhan University
76
Bashir, Muhammad Farhan
Chengdu University of Technology
77
Zhang, Jing
East China Normal University
78
Zhang, Ying
Northeast Agricultural University
79
Kusky, Timothy M.
China University of Geosciences
80
Peng, Shushi
Peking University
81
Yu, Guirui
Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
82
Chen, Yaning
Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography Chinese Academy of Sciences
83
Zheng, Bo
Tsinghua University
84
Sun, Weidong
Institute of Oceanology
85
Zhang, Tingjun
Lanzhou University
86
Zhou, John L.
University of Nottingham Ningbo China
87
Wang, Zhenyu
Jiangnan University
88
Yang, Kun
Tsinghua University
89
Zhang, Weixian
Tongji University
90
Dong, Hailiang
Research Center for Geomicrobiology and Biogeochemistry
91
Zhou, Yaoyu
Hunan Agricultural University
92
Chen, Baoliang
Zhejiang University
93
Wang, Dongbo
Hunan University
94
Yu, Zicheng
Northeast Normal University
95
He, Kebin
Tsinghua University
96
He, Pinjing
Tongji University
97
Huahong, Shi
State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research
98
Chen, Fahu
Lanzhou University
99
Liu, Yongsheng
Yangtze University
100
Hu, Jin
Fudan University

1,603 listed scientists in Earth & Environmental Sciences in China

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