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272 institutions · Polymers

Which institutions have the most top-cited scientists in Polymers?

2,807 researchers whose main subfield is Polymers are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list. Nanjing Forestry University has the most (33, 1.2%), followed by South China University of Technology (30) and National Research Centre (29). A row opens its scientists in the subfield in the table of all authors.

#InstitutionCountryListed authorsTop 100kHighest-ranked author
1Nanjing Forestry University China339Jiang, Shaohua #14,298
2South China University of Technology China3013Yu, Long #28,437
3National Research Centre Egypt2913Emam, Hossam E. #5,929
4Donghua University China216Zhu, Meifanng Fang #34,277
5Jiangnan University China216Yang, Weijun #34,809
6Yeungnam University South Korea175Narayanan, Kannan Badri #32,449
7Beijing University of Chemical Technology China175Zhang, Sheng #47,482
8Sichuan University China147Wang, Yuzhong #18,005
9Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular chemistry Romania139Vasile, Cornelia #11,594
10Universidad del Pais Vasco Spain127Mecerreyes, David #7,846
11Jiangsu University China125Zhu, Maiyong #17,240
12Aalto University Finland124Sixta, Herbert #27,671
13Qingdao University of Science and Technology China124Zhang, Jianming #62,552
14Beijing Forestry University China115Xu, Feng #11,741
15University of Science and Technology of China China116Chen, Changle #14,821
16Changchun Institute Of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy Of Sciences China113Chen, Xuesi #21,551
17College of Engineering United States113Hickner, Michael A. #29,270
18Institute of Science Tokyo Japan112Otsuka, Hideyuki #58,538
19Guangxi University China104Zhang, Lina #19,555
20The Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) Sweden105Hakkarainen, Minna #20,006
21Sun Yat-Sen University China103Zhang, Mingqiu #29,153
22Tianjin University China102Wang, Huaiyuan #36,413
23Zhejiang Sci-Tech University China101Yu, Houyong #47,467
24Wuhan Textile University China101Xu, Weilin #63,476
25Shaanxi University of Science and Technology China103Dang, Xugang #74,066
26King Saud University Saudi Arabia95Karim, Mohammad Rezaul #27,160
27Huazhong University of Science and Technology China94Yang, Guang #33,096
28The University of Queensland Australia93Zhang, Cheng #49,138
29Qilu University of Technology China91Kong, Fangong #70,091
30Università di Pisa Italy92Lazzeri, Andrea #72,972
31University of Tehran Iran90Jonoobi, Mehdi #100,660
32Tiangong University China90Li, Ping #136,353
33Dalian Polytechnic University China81Sun, Runcang Cang #879
34Mohammed VI Polytechnic University Morocco82Habibi, Youssef #9,964
35The Robert Mehrabian College of Engineering United States86Fredrickson, Glenn H. #11,485
36Politecnico di Torino Italy83Malucelli, G. #15,597
37College of Polymer Science and Engineering China83Yang, Wei #15,965
38University of Chinese Academy of Sciences China83Doi, Masao #16,823
39University of Toronto Canada84Sain, Mohini M. #23,169
40Universiti Putra Malaysia Malaysia84Saba, N. #30,168
41Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Italy81Di Lorenzo, Maria Laura #40,516
42University of Delaware College of Engineering United States82Wagner, Norman J. #49,988
43Southwest University China82Wang, Ming #50,134
44Shanghai Jiao Tong University China85Yuan, Wang Zhang #51,725
45Wuhan University China83Chang, Chunyu #55,694
46RMIT University Australia82Wang, Wei #65,745
47Qingdao University China82Liu, Yun #70,981
48Chinese Academy of Forestry China83Jia, Puyou #78,381
49The University of Tokyo Japan74Isogai, Akira #2,329
50Zhengzhou University China72Shen, Changyu #8,373
51King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals Saudi Arabia73Umoren, Saviour Alphonsus #11,326
52University of Tabriz Iran75Namazi, Hassan #12,779
53The University of British Columbia Canada74Rojas, Orlando J. #19,629
54Universiti Sains Malaysia Malaysia74Nurazzi, Norizan Mohd #23,086
55MIT School of Engineering United States73McKinley, Gareth H. #23,719
56İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi Türkiye76Okay, Oguz #30,384
57City of Scientific Research and Technological Applications Egypt73Tame, Tamer M. #32,164
58East China University of Science and Technology China71Du, Jianzhong #44,505
59Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University United States71Edgar, Kevin J. #45,104
60Monash University Australia73Cameron, Neil R. #48,905
61Institute - Center for Molecular and Macromolecular Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences Poland73Galeski, Andrzej #49,537
62Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University China72Xu, Zhikang #49,797
63Nagoya University Japan72Chujo, Yoshiki H. #69,542
64Chulalongkorn University Thailand72Rajkumar, Srinivasan #72,097
65Ningbo Institute of Industrial Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences China72Zhu, Jin #80,286
66Polymer Research Institute China71Guo, Shaoyun #85,901
67Faculty of Science Australia71Hassan, Asaad F. #96,005
68CSIC - Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnologia de Polimeros (ICTP) Spain70Rodríguez-Hernández, Juan #139,070
69College of Science and Engineering United States64Hillmyer, Marc A. #5,627
70Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu Poland62Sionkowska, Alina #6,310
71University of Birmingham United Kingdom62Dove, Andrew P. #10,499
72Tsinghua University China61Wei, Yen #14,024
73CICECO – Instituto de Materiais de Aveiro Portugal63Banea, M. D. #17,127
74Politechnika Poznanska Poland63Jesionowski, Teofil I. #18,181
75Gdańsk University of Technology Poland62Formela, Krzysztof #19,416
76King Faisal University Saudi Arabia61Kamoun, Elbadawy A. #28,181
77Iran Polymer and Petrochemical Institute Iran63Khonakdar, Hossein Ali #47,909
78Université McGill Canada63Kamal, Musa R. #48,351
79School of Engineering and Applied Science United States63Winey, Karen I. #56,379
80University of Alberta Canada63Narain, Ravin #66,401
81Pennsylvania State University United States63Chung, Tze Chiang Mike #76,096
82Kyoto University Japan62Urayama, Kenji #84,236
83Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University China61Chen, Lihui #93,798
84Seoul National University South Korea61Kwak, Hyo-won #98,619
85Kyushu University Japan60Takahara, Atsushi #108,044
86Southwest Petroleum University China China60Wu, Yuanpeng #124,952
87Soochow University China60Zhang, Wei #133,086
88Cockrell School of Engineering United States53Peppas, Nicholas A. #654
89King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok Thailand54Siengchin, Suchart #698
90Université Grenoble Alpes France54Dufresne, Alain #1,024
91Universiteit Gent Belgium53Hoogenboom, Richard #5,387
92Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research Germany53Landfester, Katharina #8,992
93Isfahan University of Technology Iran52Mallakpour, Sh E. #14,823
94King Abdulaziz University Saudi Arabia53Khan, Sher Bahadar #17,192
95Hanyang University South Korea53Lee, Young Moo #18,815
96Xi'an Jiaotong University China52Zhang, Liqun #24,752
97Institute of Chemical Technology India52More, Aarti P. #24,927
98The University of Akron United States52Gent, Alan N. #25,404
99The University of Tennessee, Knoxville United States52Sokolov, Alexei P. #30,604
100Jamia Millia Islamia India51Hassan, Md Imtiyaz #32,459
101Budapest University of Technology and Economics Hungary52Pukánszky, Béla A. #33,421
102Alliance University India52Parameswaranpillai, Jyotishkumar #36,784
103Universität Freiburg Germany51Strobl, Gert R. #37,160
104Cornell University United States52Uyar, Tamer #38,660
105North Dakota State University United States53Kessler, Michael R. #45,205
106ETH Zürich Switzerland52Kröger, Martin #51,201
107Tianjin University of Science & Technology China51Dai, Lin #57,731
108Politechnika Krakowska Poland51Pielichowski, Krzysztof #61,720
109Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya Spain51Puiggalí, Jordi #68,624
110Technische Universiteit Eindhoven Netherlands53Sijbesma, Rint P. #73,301
111School of Materials Science and Engineering China51Hu, Xiao “Matthew” #79,157
112Amirkabir University of Technology Iran52Abdouss, Majid #82,404
113NC State University United States51Lucia, Lucian Amerigo #84,009
114Wuhan University of Technology China51Lin, Ning #84,151
115Dalian University of Technology China51Jian, Xigao #89,421
116Fudan University China50Shao, Zhengzhong #101,021
117Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II Italy50Salzano de Luna, Martina #134,104
118Hokkaido University Japan42Gong, Jian Ping #924
119Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala India41Sabu, Thomas P. #1,465
120Kyung Hee University South Korea41Park, Soo-jin #1,853
121Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Greece43Bikiaris, Dimitrios N. #4,907
122Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences India42Xavier, Joseph Raj #5,435
123Universität Bayreuth Germany42Agarwal, Seema #6,675
124Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Malaysia42Ilyas, R. A. #9,352
125Case Western Reserve University United States42Zhu, Lei #10,006
126University of Guelph Canada44Mohanty, Amar Kumar #10,271
127Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz Germany42Walther, Andreas #10,288
128University of Warwick United Kingdom43Perrier, Sébastien #10,933
129University of Waterloo Canada42Matsen, Mark W. #12,679
130Università degli Studi di Catania Italy43Siracusa, V. M. #13,151
131UNSW Sydney Australia43Boyer, Cyrille Andre #14,995
132Université Libre de Bruxelles Belgium42Shavandi, Armin Amin #16,708
133Centre de Recherches sur les Macromolécules Végétales France41Nishiyama, Yoshiharu #18,091
134Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology Japan43Ohno, Hiroyuki #21,598
135Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology Canada42Mekonnen, Tizazu H. #25,760
136Beijing Technology and Business University China41Weng, Yunxuan #26,137
137USDA Forest Products Laboratory United States42Agarwal, Umesh Prasad #27,556
138Università degli Studi di Perugia Italy43Kenny, Jose' M. #28,106
139The Grainger College of Engineering United States43Wool, Richard P. #29,937
140Università degli Studi di Palermo Italy43la Mantia, Farancesco Paolo #41,079
141Pusan National University South Korea41Ha, Changsik #48,586
142Northwestern Polytechnical University China41Zhang, Qiuyu #53,298
143Georgia Institute of Technology United States42Reynolds, John R. #53,314
144College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Resource Utilization, Northeast Forestry University China41Li, Bin #55,706
145The University of Sheffield United Kingdom42Armes, Steven P. #57,405
146Université de Bordeaux France41Coma, Véronique E. #59,465
147The University of Manchester United Kingdom42Treloar, Leslie R.G. #61,411
148Università degli Studi di Salerno Italy41Gorrasi, Giuliana #64,682
149State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering China41Wang, Yuzhong #73,633
150BOKU University Austria43Mautner, Andreas #73,991
151Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Malaysia41Fauzi, Mh Busra #75,153
152Rijksuniversiteit Groningen Netherlands42Loos, Katja U. #75,873
153Universidad de Sevilla Spain41Abdullah, Johar Amin Ahmed #77,432
154National University of Singapore Singapore41He, Chaobin #78,161
155Empa - Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology Switzerland41Gaan, Sabyasachi #81,601
156Universitat Politècnica de València Spain41Torres-Giner, Sergio #83,400
157Faculty of Sciences, King Abdulaziz University Saudi Arabia41El-Shishtawy, Reda M. #84,999
158Egyptian Petroleum Research Institute Egypt41Selim, Mohamed S. #85,681
159Indian Institute of Technology Delhi India42Ali, Wazed #89,183
160Dongguk University, Seoul South Korea41Ghodake, Gajanan Sampatrao #89,708
161Universidade do Minho Portugal41Zille, Andrea #94,870
162KU Leuven Belgium41Mewis, Jan J. #96,930
163Hefei University of Technology China40Zha, Xueqiang #106,355
164State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials China40An, Zesheng #112,934
165Ocean University of China China40Kong, Ming #122,009
166National Taiwan University of Science and Technology Taiwan40Wu, Chang Mou #129,062
167Central South University of Forestry and Technology China40Qing, Yan #133,811
168Institute of Oceanology Chinese Academy of Sciences China40Pourhashem, Sepideh #140,427
169Southeast University China40Yang, Hong #146,506
170Hubei University of Technology China40Li, Xuefeng #186,191
171Jeonbuk National University South Korea40Park, Chanhee #199,814
172Sungkyunkwan University South Korea40Kim, Dukjoon #209,837
173NC State College of Engineering United States32Andrady, Anthony L. #413
174Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena Germany32Schubert, Ulrich S. #2,490
175Université de Lorraine France32Pizzi, Antonio Li #3,102
176University of Sulaimani Iraq31Aziz, Shujahadeen B. #3,345
177École Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles de la Ville de Paris France32Leibler, Ludwik #7,500
178Institut Charles Gerhardt Montpellier France32Améduri, Bruno M. #8,099
179Universiti Teknologi MARA Malaysia32Jawad, Ali H. #8,930
180University of Massachusetts Amherst United States32Russell, Thomas P. #10,106
181National Sun Yat-Sen University Taiwan32Kuo, Shiao Wei #12,341
182College of Sciences Saudi Arabia31Ahamad, T. #12,348
183Luleå University of Technology Sweden32Oksman, Kristiina N. #13,478
184University of Oxford United Kingdom32Vollrath, Fritz #16,623
185Florida State University United States31Schlenoff, Joseph B. #18,917
186Université de Lille France31Bourbigot, Serge #21,183
187Universidade do Porto Portugal31da Silva, Lucas F.M. #21,555
188University of Melbourne Australia31Ghasemlou, Mehran #21,687
189The University of Osaka Japan32Harada, Akira #22,105
190Penn State College of Engineering United States32Colby, Ralph H. #23,279
191Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering United States32Rowan, Stuart J. #24,546
192Yangzhou University China31Gilbert, Robert G. #26,001
193Harbin Institute of Technology China31Xian, Guijun #26,872
194The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong32Kan, C. W. #27,243
195University of Maine United States32Gardner, Douglas Jerome S. #28,587
196Università del Salento Italy32Frigione, Mariaenrica #28,723
197Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences The University of Tokyo Japan32Iwata, Tadahisa #31,476
198RISE, Paper and Fibre Research Institute AS Norway32Chinga-Carrasco, Gary #32,769
199Khalifa University United Arab Emirates31Lowe, Andrew B. #33,471
200Oulun Yliopisto Finland32Sirviö, Juho Antti #33,662
201Institut Charles Sadron France31Lotz, Bernard A. #36,935
202Karlsruher Institut für Technologie Germany31Meier, Michael Andreas Robert #37,118
203King Khalid University Saudi Arabia31Abd El–Baky, Marwa A. #39,157
204Daniel J. Riccio Jr. College of Engineering United States33Rothstein, Jonathan P. #40,251
205Department of Polymer Chemistry Japan31Tanaka, Kazuo #41,423
206Technische Universität Dresden Germany33Voit, Brigitte I. #41,616
207Helsingin Yliopisto Finland31Winnik, Françoise Martine A. #44,040
208Universiteit Maastricht Netherlands31Ragaert, Kim J. #45,161
209PSG Institute of Technology and Applied Research India31Rajeshkumar, G. #45,685
210Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere Japan32Yano, Hiroyuki #46,192
211Northeast Forestry University China31Bai, Long #48,159
212College of Biomass Science and Engineering China31Wang, Haibo #48,597
213Xi'an University of Technology China32Ren, Penggang #49,885
214Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur India31Das, Narayan Chandra #50,414
215Stony Brook University United States32Hsiao, Benjamin S. #51,717
216Lanzhou Institute of Chemical Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences China32Wang, Qihua #52,154
217A.V.Topchiev Institute of Petrochemical Synthesis, RAS Russia33Malkin, Alexander Yakovlevich #57,688
218Pittsburg State University United States31Petroviƈ, Z. S. #58,949
219Zhejiang University of Technology China31Kuang, Tairong #60,774
220Chiang Mai University Thailand31Rachtanapun, Pornchai #61,708
221Technion - Israel Institute of Technology Israel31Silverstein, Michael S. #62,293
222Tohoku University Japan31Takahashi, Masayoshi #66,814
223University of Dhaka Bangladesh31Rashid, Taslim Ur #67,049
224Sharif University of Technology Iran32Pourjavadi, Ali #67,897
225Ingénierie des Matériaux Polymères France31Cassagnau, Philippe #68,112
226Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee India31Maji, Pradip K. #69,084
227Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg Germany32Münstedt, Helmut #69,701
228University of Wisconsin-Madison United States31Turng, Lih Sheng #70,400
229Iran University of Science and Technology Iran32Eivazzadeh-Keihan, Reza #71,226
230College of Materials Science and Engineering, Northeast Forestry University China31Xie, Yanjun #72,727
231Tongji University China31Yuan, Weizhong #74,121
232School of Chemistry Australia31Boger, David V. #75,887
233Queen’s University Canada32De France, Kevin J. #75,930
234Université Laval Canada31Leclerc, Mario #76,192
235Kangwon National University South Korea32Lee, Seunghwan #78,062
236West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin Poland31BŁȩdzki, Andrzej Korneliusz K. #79,163
237Waseda University Japan31Nishide, Hiroyuki #82,675
238State Key Laboratory of Chemical Engineering, Zhejiang University China31Pan, Pengju #83,095
239Politecnico di Milano Italy31Griffini, Gianmarco #83,567
240University of Nottingham United Kingdom31Harding, Stephen E. #85,007
241Southwest Jiaotong University China32Zhang, Nan #87,502
242Universität Potsdam Germany31Laschewsky, André #90,759
243Kunming University of Science and Technology China31Peng, Lincai #93,302
244Xinjiang University China31Liu, Xiong #94,029
245Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet Norway31Smidsrød, Olav #95,072
246Liaocheng University China31Li, Yuchao #95,136
247National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest Romania31Ficai, Anton Anton #96,533
248Pohang University of Science and Technology South Korea31Hwang, Dong Soo #97,384
249University of Tabuk Saudi Arabia30Alalawy, Adel I. #100,101
250Universiti Malaya Malaysia30Julkapli, Nurhidayatullaili Muhd #103,389
251Texas A&M University United States30Thomas, Edwin L. #105,454
252Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e.V. Germany30Pötschke, P. #106,367
253National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) Greece30Theodorou, Doros N. #107,268
254Loughborough University United Kingdom30Thomas, Noreen Louise #108,187
255University of Central Lancashire United Kingdom30Stec, Anna A. #113,015
256Guilin University of Technology China30Zhou, Li #117,848
257Nankai University China30Zhang, Huiqi #119,278
258Université de Liège Belgium30Jerome, Christine #125,823
259State Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Engineering China30Zeng, Jinsong #130,476
260Southwest Forestry University China30Du, Guanben #136,259
261Koç University Türkiye30Hanafy, Nemany Abdelhamid Nemany #143,169
262Universitat de Girona Spain30Delgado-Aguilar, Marc #144,647
263Fujian Normal University China30Jian, Rongkun #145,431
264Hainan University China30Chen, Qi #147,879
265South China Agricultural University China30Yang, Zhuohong #148,403
266Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional Indonesia30Fatriasari, Widya #155,249
267Chongqing Jiaotong University China30Li, Zhi #156,914
268University of Auckland New Zealand30Fakirov, Stoyko Kh #168,860
269Biopolymères, Interactions Assemblages (BIA) France30Capron, Isabelle #169,533
270Chengdu University China30Wei, Daixu #171,043
271Case School of Engineering United States30Baer, Eric #179,073
272University of Strathclyde United Kingdom30Pethrick, Richard Arthur #186,153

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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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