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

132 researchers in China whose main field is Social Sciences are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list: 0.4% of all listed authors in China, and 8th of 82 countries in the field. 83 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences has the most (11), followed by University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (7) and Tsinghua University (7). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Listed authors
132
0.4% of all in China
In the global top 100,000
83
62.9% of them
Country rank in the field
#8
of 82 countries in Social Sciences
Highest-ranked
#335
Liu, Yansui
#InstitutionListed authorsTop 100kRank worldwideHighest-ranked author
1Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences1111#140Liu, Yansui #335
2University of Chinese Academy of Sciences77#210Fang, Chuangling Lin #1,013
3Tsinghua University76#216Peters, Michael A. #5,472
4Beijing Normal University75#228Tlili, Ahmed #21,408
5Nanjing University62#275Gu, Hengyu #49,873
6Wuhan University61#280Li, Zhigang #75,382
7Peking University53#310He, Canfei #34,544
8Zhejiang University52#313Shadiev, Rustam #39,470
9Central China Normal University53#323Salas-Pilco, Sdenka Zobeida #70,171
10College of Education, Zhejiang University31#411Gutiérrez-Castillo, Juan Jesús #10,284
11Sun Yat-Sen University32#447Liu, Ye #38,323
12Shanghai International Studies University31#458Huang, Fang #50,837
13East China Normal University32#473Zhang, Wei #64,463

The top 100 in Social Sciences in China, in order

  1. 1
    Liu, Yansui
    Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  2. 2
    Fang, Chuangling Lin
    University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
  3. 3
    Long, Hualou
    Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  4. 4
    Yu, Zhonggen
    Beijing Language and Culture University
  5. 5
    Peters, Michael A.
    Tsinghua University
  6. 6
    Li, Yuheng
    University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
  7. 7
    Pang, Hua
    Tianjin University
  8. 8
    Gutiérrez-Castillo, Juan Jesús
    College of Education, Zhejiang University
  9. 9
    van der Ploeg, Jan Douwe
    China Agricultural University
  10. 10
    Liu, Weishu
    Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics
  11. 11
    Wu, Xiaogang
    NYU Shanghai
  12. 12
    Tlili, Ahmed
    Beijing Normal University
  13. 13
    Feiock, Richard Clark
    Zhongnan University of Economics and Law
  14. 14
    Fan, Jie
    Chinese Academy of Sciences
  15. 15
    Zheng, Lanqin
    Beijing Normal University
  16. 16
    Kuang, Wenhui
    Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  17. 17
    Liu, Haimeng
    Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  18. 18
    Yan, Yunxiang
    Renmin University of China
  19. 19
    Chen, Xieling
    Guangzhou University
  20. 20
    Bian, Yanjie
    Xi'an Jiaotong University
  21. 21
    Xu, Shuo
    Beijing University of Technology
  22. 22
    Yang, Jun
    Liaoning Normal University
  23. 23
    Chen, Mingxing
    University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
  24. 24
    Li, Guangdong
    University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
  25. 25
    He, Canfei
    Peking University
  26. 26
    Ma, Liang
    Renmin University of China
  27. 27
    Li, Rui
    Hunan University
  28. 28
    Guan, Jiancheng
    South China University of Technology
  29. 29
    Liu, Ye
    Sun Yat-Sen University
  30. 30
    Shadiev, Rustam
    Zhejiang University
  31. 31
    Ma, Haitao
    University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
  32. 32
    Coates, Hamish B.
    Tsinghua University
  33. 33
    Yu, Hao
    Shaanxi Normal University
  34. 34
    Li, Yurui
    Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  35. 35
    Yang, Ren
    Sun Yat-Sen University
  36. 36
    Yan, Da (Alex)
    Wenzhou Medical University
  37. 37
    Mensah, Isaac Kofi
    Wuhan College
  38. 38
    Li, Yingcheng
    Southeast University
  39. 39
    Gu, Chaolin
    Tsinghua University
  40. 40
    Xu, Yueting
    South China Normal University
  41. 41
    Sarker, Md Nazirul Islam
    Xi'an University of Finance and Economics
  42. 42
    Gu, Hengyu
    Nanjing University
  43. 43
    Huang, Fang
    Shanghai International Studies University
  44. 44
    Zhu, Xufeng
    Tsinghua University
  45. 45
    Ye, Jingzhong
    China Agricultural University
  46. 46
    Liu, Jiyuan
    Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  47. 47
    Yang, Yu
    Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography Chinese Academy of Sciences
  48. 48
    Ge, Dazhuan
    Hohai University
  49. 49
    Yan, Xuetong
    Tsinghua University
  50. 50
    Guo, Yuanzhi
    University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
  51. 51
    Shahzad, Muhammad Farrukh
    Beijing University of Technology
  52. 52
    Qin, Yaqing
    Shandong University
  53. 53
    Zhang, Wei
    East China Normal University
  54. 54
    Li, Jian
    Beijing Normal University
  55. 55
    Salas-Pilco, Sdenka Zobeida
    Central China Normal University
  56. 56
    Zhao, Yuxiang (Chris)
    Nanjing University
  57. 57
    Luo, Heng
    Central China Normal University
  58. 58
    Li, Zhigang
    Wuhan University
  59. 59
    Wang, Zhenbo
    Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  60. 60
    Huang, Ronghuai
    Beijing Normal University
  61. 61
    Liu, Weidong
    Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  62. 62
    Jiang, Shan
    Zhejiang University
  63. 63
    Yang, Yuqin
    Central China Normal University
  64. 64
    Cao, Cong
    Nottingham University Business School China
  65. 65
    Yan, Lixiang
    Tsinghua University
  66. 66
    Jin, Gui
    China University of Geosciences
  67. 67
    Wang, Lei
    Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology Chinese Academy of Sciences
  68. 68
    Wijaya, Tommy Tanu
    Beijing Normal University
  69. 69
    Huang, Liang
    Southeast University
  70. 70
    Liu, Tao
    Peking University
  71. 71
    Gao, Yang
    School of Foreign Studies, Xi'an Jiaotong University
  72. 72
    Xu, Wen
    Shanghai Jiao Tong University
  73. 73
    Hu, Anning
    Fudan University
  74. 74
    Xin, Liangjie
    Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  75. 75
    Deng, Ruiqi
    Hangzhou Normal University
  76. 76
    Chai, Yanwei
    Peking University
  77. 77
    Yang, Zhenshan
    University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
  78. 78
    Huang, Tianyang
    Xiamen University of Technology
  79. 79
    Wang, Jiaoe E.
    Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  80. 80
    Wang, Yang
    Nanjing Normal University
  81. 81
    Lu, Dadao
    Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  82. 82
    Zhang, Yingnan
    School of Public Affairs, Zhejiang University
  83. 83
    Gu, Xiaoqing
    East China Normal University
  84. 84
    Zhai, Xuesong Michael
    College of Education, Zhejiang University
  85. 85
    Chen, Min
    Guangdong University of Technology
  86. 86
    Wang, Xiaochen
    Xi'an Jiaotong University
  87. 87
    Lei, Hao
    East China Normal University
  88. 88
    Dos Santos, Luis Miguel
    Hong Kong Shue Yan University
  89. 89
    Cai, Zhihui
    Central China Normal University
  90. 90
    Pan, Ziwen
    Nanjing University
  91. 91
    Zhan, Zehui
    South China Normal University
  92. 92
    Liang, Zai
    School of Humanities and Social Science, Xi'an Jiaotong University
  93. 93
    Song, Shijie
    Hohai University
  94. 94
    Ma, Long
    Zhejiang Gongshang University
  95. 95
    Han, Jiying
    Shandong University
  96. 96
    Hu, Linlin
    Beijing Normal University
  97. 97
    Luo, Zhanni
    Chongqing Normal University
  98. 98
    Liu, Sannyuya
    Central China Normal University
  99. 99
    Wang, Bingyu
    Nankai University
  100. 100
    Xia, Qi
    Zhejiang University

132 listed scientists in Social Sciences in China

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Data: Ioannidis, John P.A. (2026), ‘August 2026 data-update for “Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators”’, Mendeley Data, v9, doi:10.17632/btchxktzyw.9. 2026 list, ranked by composite citation score (c) excluding self-citations.

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