On January 30, 2026, Elsevier officially released the 2025 list of Highly Cited Chinese Researchers. Eight scholars from the State Key Laboratory of Elemento-Organic Chemistry—Xianhe Bu, Gong Chen, Yongsheng Chen, Liangnian He, Yu Liu, Qingmin Wang, Qilin Zhou, and Shoufei Zhu—were selected as Highly Cited Researchers in the field of Chemistry (listed in alphabetical order by family name).

The Elsevier Highly Cited Chinese Researchers list uses Scopus, the world’s leading citation and abstract database, as the statistical source for Chinese scholars’ research outputs. The methodology was developed by ShanghaiRanking Consultancy, with Elsevier providing data support and technical implementation. A total of 6,310 researchers were included in the 2025 Highly Cited Chinese Researchers list, representing 543 universities, enterprises, and research institutions, and covering 10 disciplinary categories of the Ministry of Education and 83 first-level disciplines.