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Which institutions in China have the most top-cited scientists in Energy?

2,366 researchers in China whose main subfield is Energy are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list: 6.4% of all listed authors in China, and 1st of 99 countries in the subfield. 795 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). Tsinghua University has the most (85), followed by China University of Mining and Technology (73) and Chongqing University (68). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Listed authors

2,366

6.4% of all in China

In the global top 100,000

795

33.6% of them

Country rank in the subfield

of 99 countries in Energy

Highest-ranked

#289

He, Ji Huan

#	Institution	Listed authors	Top 100k	Rank worldwide	Highest-ranked author
1	Tsinghua University	85	45	#2	Ouyang, Minggao #2,353
2	China University of Mining and Technology	73	23	#3	Yuan, Liang #2,048
3	Chongqing University	68	26	#4	He, Baojie #2,534
4	North China Electric Power University	65	20	#5	Lu, Qiang #30,101
5	Huazhong University of Science and Technology	62	15	#6	Yang, Haiping #7,687
6	China University of Petroleum (East China)	57	20	#7	Li, Rongrong #6,942
7	Tianjin University	49	19	#8	Jiao, Kui #7,649
8	Shanghai Jiao Tong University	42	17	#11	Wang, Ruzhu #3,911
9	China University of Petroleum-Beijing	40	8	#12	Cai, Jianchao #10,532
10	University of Science and Technology of China	32	19	#14	Wang, Qingsong #4,239
11	Beijing Institute of Technology	30	13	#15	Xiong, Rui #1,615
12	Dalian University of Technology	30	7	#17	Yongchen, Song Chen #15,842
13	Southeast University	30	9	#18	Li, Min #24,795
14	China University of Mining & Technology, Beijing	29	9	#19	Ju, Yang #23,621
15	Jiangsu University	28	11	#20	Chen, Mingyi #24,557
16	Tongji University	27	13	#21	Dai, Haifeng #13,684
17	South China University of Technology	26	8	#24	Zhu, Jizhong #21,067
18	North China Electric Power University (Baoding)	26	7	#25	Wang, Fei #27,790
19	Southwest Petroleum University China	26	6	#26	Zhang, Liehui #29,367
20	Hunan University	24	9	#29	Zhang, Yue-Jun #2,742
21	Xi'an University of Science and Technology	24	5	#30	Deng, Jun #22,917
22	Taiyuan University of Technology	23	2	#34	Xie, Kechang #42,404
23	Xi'an Jiaotong University	22	10	#37	Guo, Liejin Jin #11,854
24	Wuhan University	22	10	#38	Zhang, Xiaoping #35,664
25	Wuhan University of Technology	21	4	#42	Tang, Haolin #58,127
26	Shandong University	20	6	#45	Liu, Kailong #21,081
27	Zhejiang University	19	10	#48	Xu, Zheng #12,817
28	Xiamen University	18	8	#51	Lin, Boqiang #369
29	Central South University	18	6	#52	Zhou, Yuekuan #1,702
30	Shandong University of Science and Technology	18	5	#54	Nie, Wen #31,354
31	Shenzhen University	17	5	#56	Xie, Heping #568
32	Northeast Electric Power University	17	9	#58	Li, Yang #11,888
33	Kunming University of Science and Technology	17	6	#59	Yang, Bo #19,617
34	Hefei University of Technology	17	5	#60	Zhou, Kaile #20,755
35	University of Science and Technology Beijing	17	6	#61	Hong, Jichao #38,473
36	National Key Laboratory of Efficient and Clean Energy Utilization	15	5	#70	Wang, Shurong #11,212
37	Southwest Jiaotong University	15	3	#73	Yuan, Y. #31,292
38	School of Mechanical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology	15	6	#75	Wu, Jingda #49,722
39	Guangdong University of Technology	15	3	#76	Li, Xinxi #80,256
40	State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University	14	4	#78	Huang, Zuohua Hua #9,887
41	Peking University	14	7	#82	Chen, Zheng #25,225
42	College of Electrical Engineering, Zhejiang University	14	6	#83	Yang, Qiang #26,339
43	Fuzhou University	13	3	#85	Zhang, Jiujun #1,037
44	University of Chinese Academy of Sciences	13	4	#92	Chen, Haisheng #25,244
45	Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion of the Chinese Academy of Sciences	13	5	#93	Jiang, Fangming #32,291
46	Nanjing Forestry University	12	4	#102	Xia, Changlei #20,534
47	Beijing University of Chemical Technology	12	3	#106	Yan, Jun #26,807
48	Hohai University	12	4	#109	Wei, Zhinong #47,072
49	School of Energy Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology	12	2	#112	Shuai, Yong #63,547
50	China Electric Power Research Institute	12	3	#113	Li, Xiangjun #70,382
51	Guangxi University	11	6	#116	Zhu, Bangzhu #11,655
52	China University of Geosciences	11	2	#119	Wang, Jianda #30,461
53	Hebei University of Technology	11	6	#120	Shen, Boxiong #30,648
54	Nanjing Tech University	11	3	#124	Wang, Zhirong #41,711
55	College of Electrical Engineering	11	6	#125	Xiang, Yue #45,272
56	Anhui University of Science and Technology	11	2	#127	Jiang, Bingyou #82,342
57	School of Electrical Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University	10	4	#138	Ding, Tao #21,017
58	Beihang University	10	3	#141	Yang, Shichun #34,248
59	Shanghai University of Electric Power	10	9	#144	Guo, Ruitang #41,585
60	Key Lab of Energy Thermal Conversion and Control, Ministry of Education	10	4	#145	Shen, Dekui #41,949
61	Henan Polytechnic University	10	3	#149	Chen, Junjie #71,372
62	University of Shanghai for Science and Technology	9	4	#158	Zheng, Yuejiu #15,920
63	School of Energy and Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University	9	4	#161	Gao, Ningbo #30,699
64	Southern University of Science and Technology	9	2	#164	Zeng, Lin #37,194
65	Xinjiang University	9	1	#165	Lu, Hao #50,108
66	Nanjing University of Science and Technology	9	2	#166	Wang, Yudong #59,511
67	Harbin Institute of Technology	8	4	#171	Yang, Dazhi #5,264
68	South China Normal University	8	2	#178	Li, Weishan #21,008
69	Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics	8	5	#183	Wang, Qunwei #27,181
70	China Agricultural University	8	3	#185	Fu, Xueqian #31,384
71	University of Electronic Science and Technology of China	8	3	#186	Deng, Zhongwei #34,823
72	School of Energy Resources	8	4	#188	Li, Kewen #36,572
73	School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology	8	4	#190	Wang, Zhenbo #41,512
74	Beijing University of Technology	8	3	#191	Ji, Changwei #46,586
75	Sun Yat-Sen University	8	2	#192	Yang, Fangfang #47,608
76	Beijing Jiaotong University	8	3	#193	Sun, Zuoyu #67,098
77	Guizhou University	8	1	#194	Zhang, Heng #77,165
78	Qingdao University of Science and Technology	8	1	#195	Liu, Zhan #81,491
79	Xi'an University of Technology	7	3	#227	Pang, Hui #44,684
80	Nankai University	7	2	#229	Gao, Xueping Pingm #65,770
81	North University of China	7	1	#230	Wang, Chao #67,477
82	Chengdu University of Technology	7	2	#234	Appiah-Otoo, Isaac #82,716
83	China Three Gorges University	7	2	#236	Yang, Xuelin #89,950
84	Xiangtan University	7	2	#237	Bai, Caiquan #93,839
85	Yanshan University	7	1	#238	Ma, Kai #97,833
86	Ningbo University	7	0	#242	Yuan, Jinliang #123,056
87	Qingdao University	6	2	#275	Kai, Wang #31,984
88	Changsha University of Science and Technology	6	2	#279	Dai, Zhifeng #34,661
89	Wuhan Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics Chinese Academy of Sciences	6	1	#281	Yang, Chunhe #35,081
90	Lanzhou University of Technology	6	2	#289	Ran, Fen #45,733
91	Hainan University	6	2	#295	Kang, Zhenye #53,559
92	Guangzhou University	6	1	#298	Wang, Mo #65,802
93	Jiangsu University of Science and Technology	6	2	#302	Yu, Jie #80,172
94	Shandong University of Technology	6	1	#303	Fu, Peng #92,524
95	Chinese Academy of Sciences	5	1	#309	Ji, Qiang #5,481
96	Dalian Maritime University	5	1	#316	Zhang, Hongzhang #11,509
97	Fudan University	5	3	#318	Xia, Yongyao #11,833
98	Northeast Petroleum University	5	3	#319	Pan, Zhejun #11,992
99	University of Nottingham Ningbo China	5	2	#323	Khan, Ibrahim #13,332
100	Ltd.	5	2	#264	Pan, Lun #19,383
101	Nanchang University	5	2	#346	Wen, Huwei #28,704
102	Shanghai Maritime University	5	1	#356	Zhang, Xuelai #44,323
103	Chang'an University	5	3	#357	Luo, Ding #48,828
104	Jilin University	5	2	#360	Xu, Tianfu #51,173
105	Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China	5	1	#366	Peng, Hui #57,663
106	Nanjing Normal University	5	0	#380	Guo, Yafei #115,702
107	Zhengzhou University	5	0	#381	Zhang, Guojie #115,960
108	Northwestern Polytechnical University	5	0	#384	Tian, Wenlong #179,462
109	North Minzu University	4	1	#405	Jin, Zhi Liang #9,196
110	Beijing Normal University	4	2	#410	Chen, Bin #13,272
111	University of Jinan	4	1	#411	Hu, Xun #13,837
112	Sichuan University	4	2	#412	Shunli, Wang Li #16,991
113	Sinopec	4	1	#418	Li, Yang #18,713
114	Beijing Huairou Laboratory	4	1	#429	Liu, Jizhenu Zhen #27,386
115	Wuhan Institute of Technology	4	2	#434	Lingen, Chen Gen #30,592
116	School of Metallurgy and Environment	4	1	#446	Zhang, Zhi'An #38,558
117	Shanghai Institute of Technology	4	1	#451	Han, Sheng #42,073
118	Key Laboratory for Thermal Science and Power Engineering of Ministry of Education	4	1	#453	Li, Zhenshan #43,262
119	Zhejiang Normal University	4	3	#454	Hayat, Asif #44,471
120	Henan University of Technology	4	2	#458	Xie, Wenlei #45,453
121	Nanjing University	4	2	#459	Fang, Guiyin #45,458
122	Jinan University	4	1	#460	Wu, Weixiong #46,314
123	Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology	4	1	#461	Cudjoe, Dan #47,373
124	Harbin Engineering University	4	2	#462	Zhu, Kai #48,777
125	Qingdao University of Technology	4	2	#464	Meng, Xi #50,872
126	School of Energy Science and Engineering	4	2	#469	Liu, Gang #54,582
127	Huaqiao University	4	1	#473	Wu, Jihuai #57,774
128	East China University of Science and Technology	4	1	#480	Zhang, Yayun #63,525
129	School of Material Science and Engineering, Northeastern University	4	1	#482	Luo, Shaohua #65,570
130	Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences	4	1	#487	Shao, Zhigang #73,265
131	School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Xi'an Jiaotong University	4	1	#494	Duan, Peigao #88,968
132	Soochow University	4	1	#499	Yang, RuiZhi #95,266
133	China University of Petroleum at Karamay	4	1	#501	Zhang, Qi #97,559
134	Foshan University	4	0	#504	Zhang, Wencan #102,493
135	Hunan University of Science and Technology	4	0	#506	Lu, Yi #106,078
136	Key Laboratory for Power Machinery and Engineering of Ministry of Education	4	0	#507	Lu, Xingcai #107,406
137	Changzhou University	4	0	#515	Ren, Yurong Ronng #130,250
138	Guilin University of Technology	4	0	#518	Li, Yanwei #144,362
139	South China Agricultural University	4	0	#519	Lu, Jiahuan #152,967
140	Institute of Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences	3	2	#523	Chen, Liquan #1,726
141	Guangdong Technion-Israel Institute of Technology	3	1	#530	Pashchenko, Dmitry I. #5,258
142	Eastern Institute of Technology, Ningbo	3	2	#531	Chen, Zhangxin #5,511
143	North China University of Science and Technology	3	2	#570	He, Zhangxing #22,619
144	Northwest A&F University	3	1	#574	Yao, Yiqing #23,121
145	Business School	3	2	#575	Xu, Jiuping #23,795
146	Anhui University of Technology	3	1	#580	Chu, Huaqiang #27,018
147	Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology	3	3	#583	Liu, Yang #27,644
148	Donghua University	3	1	#584	Qiao, Jinli #28,244
149	The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou)	3	2	#585	Zhang, ZhongXiang #28,660
150	Southwest University of Science and Technology	3	2	#601	Huang, Qi #36,478
151	China University of Geosciences, Beijing	3	2	#605	Zhao, Jun #39,620
152	Engineering Research Center of Solar Power and Refrigeration	3	2	#606	Li, Tingxian #40,614
153	Tianjin University of Technology	3	1	#612	Lian, Jijian #45,352
154	Huanggang Normal University	3	2	#616	Sajjad, Muhammad #46,602
155	Huaiyin Institute of Technology	3	3	#624	Nazir, Muhammad Shahzad #53,536
156	Yangtze University	3	1	#632	Bian, Jiang #63,589
157	Northwest Normal University China	3	1	#634	Ma, Guofu #65,142
158	Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences	3	1	#640	Wu, Yican Can #69,847
159	College of Energy Engineering, Zhejiang University	3	1	#641	Bo, Zheng #70,378
160	College of Information Science and Engineering, Northeastern University	3	1	#647	Wang, Rui #75,975
161	Hubei University of Automotive Technology	3	1	#648	Gao, Lin #76,623
162	Key Laboratory of Thermo-Fluid Science and Engineering, Ministry of Education, Xi'an Jiaotong University	3	2	#650	Xu, Donghai #81,313
163	Institute of Engineering Thermophysics Chinese Academy of Sciences	3	1	#652	Jin, Hongguang #82,463
164	Southwestern University of Finance and Economics	3	1	#654	Huang, Junbing #84,562
165	Guangxi Normal University	3	1	#659	Li, Qingyu #90,934
166	Institute of Electrical Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences	3	2	#661	Zhang, Xiong #92,109
167	Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development	3	1	#662	Jin, Xu #95,159
168	Chongqing University of Technology	3	1	#665	Tang, Aihua #96,126
169	Huazhong Agricultural University	3	1	#667	Yao, Dingding #96,700
170	School of Automation	3	0	#674	Song, Dongran #100,643
171	School of Robotics and Advanced Manufacture, Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen	3	0	#679	Liang, Gaoqi #105,960
172	East China Normal University	3	0	#690	Ouyang, Xiaoling #116,440
173	Jiangsu Normal University	3	0	#695	Liu, Wenyi #121,970
174	Ministry of Natural Resources of the People's Republic of China	3	0	#697	Wu, Nengyou #126,079
175	Yangzhou University	3	0	#700	Shen, Wenzhong #134,596
176	Shanghai Non-carbon Energy Conversion and Utilization Institute	3	0	#708	Wang, L. W. #146,070
177	Hubei University	3	0	#715	Liu, Jianwen #157,568
178	Ningxia University	3	0	#718	Bai, Yonghui #161,222
179	Shanghai University	3	0	#720	Li, Zhongjie #170,482
180	Hebei University of Science and Technology	3	0	#722	Zhang, Hanming #170,858

The top 100 in Energy in China, in order

1
He, Ji Huan
Yango University
2
Lin, Boqiang
Xiamen University
3
Xie, Heping
Shenzhen University
4
Zhang, Jiujun
Fuzhou University
5
Xiong, Rui
Beijing Institute of Technology
6
Zhou, Yuekuan
Central South University
7
Chen, Liquan
Institute of Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences
8
Yuan, Liang
China University of Mining and Technology
9
Ouyang, Minggao
Tsinghua University
10
Shen, Yafei
Shanghai Polytechnic University
11
He, Baojie
Chongqing University
12
Zhang, Yue-Jun
Hunan University
13
Feng, Xuning
Tsinghua University
14
Hu, Xiaosong
Chongqing University
15
Kang, Hongpu
CCTEG Coal Mining Research Institute
16
Wang, Ruzhu
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
17
Wang, Qingsong
University of Science and Technology of China
18
Pashchenko, Dmitry I.
Guangdong Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
19
Yang, Dazhi
Harbin Institute of Technology
20
Dong, Kangyin
University of International Business and Economics
21
Ji, Qiang
Chinese Academy of Sciences
22
Chen, Zhangxin
Eastern Institute of Technology, Ningbo
23
Kang, Chongqing Qing
Tsinghua University
24
Cheng, Y. Frank
Ningbo Institute of Industrial Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
25
Sun, Fengchun
Beijing Institute of Technology
26
Li, Rongrong
China University of Petroleum (East China)
27
Chen, Guanyi
Xizang University
28
Sun, Chuanwang
Xiamen University
29
He, Hongwen
Beijing Institute of Technology
30
Du, Kerui
Xiamen University
31
Jiao, Kui
Tianjin University
32
Yang, Haiping
Huazhong University of Science and Technology
33
Abbas, Jaffar
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
34
He, Xiangming
Tsinghua University
35
Jin, Zhi Liang
North Minzu University
36
Ren, Xiaohang
Central South University
37
Wang, Zhenpo
Beijing Institute of Technology
38
Huang, Zuohua Hua
State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Flow in Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University
39
Wei, Yiming
Beijing Institute of Technology
40
Qamruzzaman, Md
United International University
41
Cai, Jianchao
China University of Petroleum-Beijing
42
Wang, Shurong
National Key Laboratory of Efficient and Clean Energy Utilization
43
Sun, Shigang
Chongqing University
44
Zhang, Hongzhang
Dalian Maritime University
45
Qin, Yong
China University of Mining and Technology
46
Zhu, Bangzhu
Guangxi University
47
Xia, Yongyao
Fudan University
48
Kalghatgi, Gautam T.
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
49
Guo, Liejin Jin
Xi'an Jiaotong University
50
Li, Yang
Northeast Electric Power University
51
Pan, Zhejun
Northeast Petroleum University
52
Liu, Hui
School of Traffic & Transportation Engineering
53
Chen, Hanping
Huazhong University of Science and Technology
54
Han, Xuebing
Tsinghua University
55
Xu, Zheng
Zhejiang University
56
Wang, Yujie
University of Science and Technology of China
57
Wang, Guofa
Beijing Tianma Intelligent Control Technology Co., Ltd.
58
Chen, Bin
Beijing Normal University
59
Leng, Lijian Jian
Central South University
60
Khan, Ibrahim
University of Nottingham Ningbo China
61
Dai, Haifeng
Tongji University
62
Hu, Xun
University of Jinan
63
Lu, Languang
Tsinghua University
64
Wang, Li
Tsinghua University
65
Sun, Hongbin
Tsinghua University
66
Shao, Shuai
Tongji University
67
Hu, Longhua
University of Science and Technology of China
68
Sun, Jinhua
University of Science and Technology of China
69
Zhang, Lei
Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science, Beijing Institute of Technology
70
Javed, M. S.
Zhejiang Wanli University
71
Yongchen, Song Chen
Dalian University of Technology
72
Zheng, Yuejiu
University of Shanghai for Science and Technology
73
Wang, Chengshan Shan
Tianjin University
74
Chan, Siewhwa
China-Singapore International Joint Research Institute
75
Zhou, Peng
China University of Petroleum (East China)
76
Wei, Zhongbao
Beijing Institute of Technology
77
Shunli, Wang Li
Sichuan University
78
Cao, Yan
Xi'an Technological University
79
Pan, Yishan
Liaoning University
80
Yi, Tingfeng
Northeastern University at Qinhuangdao
81
Zhang, Ning
Tsinghua University
82
Li, Yang
Sinopec
83
Elahi, Manzoore Elahi Mohammad
Lishui University
84
Pan, Lun
Ltd.
85
Yang, Bo
Kunming University of Science and Technology
86
Ma, Tao
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
87
Xia, Changlei
Nanjing Forestry University
88
Wei, Zidong
Chongqing University
89
Zhou, Kaile
Hefei University of Technology
90
Li, Weishan
South China Normal University
91
Ding, Tao
School of Electrical Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University
92
Zhu, Jizhong
South China University of Technology
93
Liu, Kailong
Shandong University
94
Ren, Dongsheng
Tsinghua University
95
Zhang, Dongxiao
Eastern Institute of Technology, Ningbo
96
Mei, Shengwei
Tsinghua University
97
Chen, Chen C.
Xi'an Jiaotong University
98
Xu, Yinliang
Tsinghua University
99
Xie, Xiaorong
Tsinghua University
100
E, Jiaqiang
Hunan University

2,366 listed scientists in Energy in China

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