On November 12, the globally authoritative academic information agency Clarivate officially released the 2025 list of “Highly Cited Researchers.” This list recognizes top scientific talents from universities, research institutions, and commercial organizations worldwide who have made significant and broad impact in their respective fields of research. This year, a total of 6868 scientists from over 1300 institutions across 60 countries and regions were selected. Among these distinguished scholars, 16 scholars from Harbin Institute were recognized. Notably, Professor Zhenbo Wang, Professor Ping Xu, Associate Professor Weiwei Yang, and Professor Yongsheng Yu from the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering successfully joined this elite group of global scientists, thanks to their outstanding contributions and global academic impact.
Featured Scholar — Zhenbo Wang
Zhenbo Wang: Tenured Full Professor (Grade II), Doctoral Supervisor, and Foreign Academician of the Russian Academy of Engineering. He is a recipient of national high-level talent programs and the Ministry of Science and Technology’s Young and Middle-aged Scientific and Technological Innovation Leading Talent; Longjiang Scholar Distinguished Professor of Heilongjiang Province and was awarded the 2022 Hou Debang Chemical Science and Technology Innovation Award. Prof. Wang has been listed in Elsevier's “Highly Cited Chinese Researcher” for 11 consecutive years (2014-2024). He serves as an Advisory Editorial Board Member for Batteries and Editorial Board Member for Chinese Journal of Power Sources and Journal of Petrochemical Universities. His research focuses on advanced chemical power sources, hydrogen fuel cells, electrocatalysis, and nanoelectrode materials. He has presided over 1 Key Program, 3 General Programs, and 1 Youth Program of from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC); 1 National Key R&D Program and 1 sub-project from the Ministry of Science and Technology; 1 key R&D project from Shandong Province, and over 50 other provincial/ministerial and enterprise projects. Has published more than 300 SCI-indexed papers in prestigious journals including Nature Catalysis, Nature Communications, Advanced Materials, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, with an H-index of 75. In the past five years, he has authored 78 papers with Impact Factor >10. He has 26 papers listed as ESI Highly Cited Papers over 10 years and 8 ESI Hot Papers. He holds 65 authorized national invention patents, 33 of which have been successfully transferred and commercialized. His academic achievements have earned him 1 first-class award from a national ministry/commission, 2 first-class prizes for Natural Science from Heilongjiang Province, and 1 second-class prize for Scientific and Technological Achievement Transformation from Zhejiang Province.
Featured Scholar — Ping Xu
Ping Xu: Longjiang Scholar Distinguished Professor, Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), Member of the Special Expert Committee of China Higher Education Training Center, selected for Jiangsu Province’s “Double Innovation Talent” Plan, named a Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher for 4 consecutive years (2022-2025). Prof. Xu serves as an Associate Editor of ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Editorial Board Member of Chinese Chemical Letters, Polymers, and The Journal of Light Scattering, and Standing Director of the Heilongjiang Society of Energy and Environment. His main research area is “function-oriented nanomaterials”. In recent years, he has published over 200 SCI papers as the first or corresponding author in top journals including Chemical Society Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, and Advanced Materials. His honors include the Los Alamos National Laboratory Distinguished Performance Award, 3 first-class prizes for Natural Science from Heilongjiang Province (ranking 1st, 2nd, 4th), 1 second-class prize for Scientific and Technological Progress from Heilongjiang Province (ranking 3rd), 1 second-class prize for Basic Research Achievement from the Chemical Industry and Engineering Society of China (ranking 1st), 1 first-class prize for Higher Education Teaching Achievement from Heilongjiang Province (ranking 2nd, 5th), 2 second-class prizes (ranking 1st, 2nd), and 1 second-class prize for Excellent Teaching Achievement in Petroleum and Chemical Education of China (ranking 1st).
Featured Scholar — Weiwei Yang
Weiwei Yang: Associate Professor, Doctoral Supervisor. Her research focuses on biosensing and nanomaterials, with rich theoretical and practical experience in the detection of biomarkers for genetic diseases, cancer, neurodegenerative diseases, etc. She has published over 130 SCI academic papers in journals including Nature Communications; over 40 papers with Impact Factor >10.0; 18 ESI Highly Cited Papers; She was awarded the 1 second-class prize for Natural Science from Jilin Province in 2020 (ranked 2nd). Serves as Youth Editorial Board Member for Journal of Analysis and Testing and Rare Metals. Her academic works have received multiple awards, such as Excellent Paper of Science China Materials (2019, 2021), Excellent Paper of Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica (2021), High Impact Paper of Rare Metals (2021), and Excellent Paper of Nano Research (2022).
Featured Scholar — Yongsheng Yu
Yongsheng Yu: Longjiang Scholar Distinguished Professor, Recipient of the Outstanding Youth Project of Heilongjiang Provincial Natural Science Fund. His research interests include the design and preparation of nanomaterials and research on their magnetic and electrocatalytic properties. He has published over 150 SCI academic papers, including over 130 as first author or corresponding author; 20 ESI Highly Cited Papers, 6 Hot Papers. As the first completer, he holds 7 authorized invention patents; Recipient of 1 second-class prize for Natural Science from Jilin Province. In recent years, has delivered over 20 invited presentations at domestic and international academic conferences. He has presided over 6 NSFC projects, with 2 ongoing NSFC general projects, 1 Heilongjiang Provincial Outstanding Youth Science Fund project, and 1 onboard exposure project for the manned space station. He serves as an expert reviewer for video defense of the Ministry of Science and Technology’s Key R&D Program, a peer reviewer for NSFC projects, Deputy Secretary-General of the Nanomaterials and Devices Division of the Chinese Materials Research Society, Deputy Secretary-General of the Professional Committee of Solid State Science and New Materials, Member of the Applied Magnetics Society of the Chinese Institute of Electronics, and Editorial Board Member of Rare Metals.
