The University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC) has achieved a new record in the latest “World’s Top 2% Scientists” list, released by Stanford University and Elsevier. A total of 61 scholars were included in the Single-year database and 34 in the Career-long database, bringing the total to 95 entries, with 33 scholars featured in both database.
The recognised scholars span all three faculties at UNNC and cover 29 subfields, reflecting the University’s sustained efforts to attract global talent and build a high-calibre research community. Among this year’s recognised scholars, five joined UNNC within the past year, further strengthening its international research expertise.
According to the latest available complete data, UNNC achieved a Field-Weighted Citation Impact (FWCI) of 1.54 for its research publications between 2021 and 2025, exceeding the average of 1.49 among China’s C9 League universities.
With more outstanding scholars joining its community and research achievements continuing to emerge, UNNC will further advance frontier research in key fields and strengthen industry–academia collaboration, contributing to scientific progress and social development.
The World’s Top 2% Scientists list comprises two categories: a Career-long database element and a Single-year database element, assessing researchers’ influence throughout their careers and in the preceding year respectively. Widely recognised as an authoritative measure of academic impact, the list is generated based on Scopus data and evaluate researchers using indicators including citation counts, the h-index and the co-authorship-adjusted hm-index. They cover 20 broad scientific fields and 174 subfields.
Published on 22 October 2026