On October 19, 2021, Stanford University updated its World's Top 2% Scientists 2020 list.
The list is divided into two sections: the "Annual Scientific Impact List" and the "Lifetime Scientific Impact List". The list is based on a systematic analysis of Scopus citation data, and uses standardized citation, H-index, HM-index, and composite indicators to conduct scientific statistical research. The annual Science Impact and Career Science Impact rank the top 2% of the world's scientists from nearly 7 million scientists, covering 176 sub-disciplines in 22 fields, with a total of more than 160,000 top scientists in all fields. The "Annual Scientific Influence Ranking" focuses on the academic impact in 2020, with 16,604 scholars from more than 1,300 universities, enterprises and research institutions in China selected for this part of the list; the "Career Scientific Influence" also takes into account the differences in different sub-research fields. The "Career Scientific Influence" also takes into account the differences of different sub-research fields and evaluates the cited influence of each scientist's career articles and papers, and counts the comprehensive influence performance of scientists during their career.
A total of 8 professors from our school were listed in the "Top 2% of Global Scientists - Annual Scientific Influence List". Among them, 6 professors in the field of information and communication technology were selected: Academician Chen Xiaohong (Honorary Dean), Professor Wang Qiangqiang, Professor Xu Xuanhua, Professor Hu Junhua, Professor Zhang Hongyu and Professor Meng Fangyong; Professor Wen Fenghua in the field of mathematics and statistics was selected; Professor Su Lujun in the field of economics and business was selected. Three professors in the field of information and communication technology were also included in the "Top 2% of Global Scientists - Lifetime Scientific Impact List": Academician Chen Xiaohong, Professor Wang Qiangqiang, and Professor Meng Fangyong.
The list also shows the overall citation index ranking of each scientist in his or her sub-discipline, providing a measure of scientists' long-term scientific performance and reflecting their influence more objectively and realistically.
