On November 12, 2025, Clarivate announced the list of Highly Cited Researchers 2025. A total of 6,868 scientists (7,131 citations‑weighted instances) from more than 1,300 institutions across 60 countries and regions worldwide were selected. Mainland China registered 1,406 selections, accounting for 19.7 % of the global total. Beijing Institute of Technology had 27 selections, ranking 6th among Chinese universities and 46th among global universities. Two scholars from the Beijing Lab for System Engineering of Carbon Neutrality, Professor Wei Yiming and Associate Professor Han Te, made it onto this year’s list. Professor Wei Yiming has been selected as a Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher for the 7th time, demonstrating his profound academic accomplishments and leading international research influence.
## Brief Biography of Professor Wei Yiming
Distinguished Professor at Beijing Institute of Technology, and Director of the Beijing Lab for System Engineering of Carbon Neutrality. He is an expert in energy‑environmental system engineering, with long‑term engagement in scientific research, engineering practice and higher education focusing on carbon mitigation and global climate governance. His honors include the Guanghua Engineering Science and Technology Award, National Innovation Pioneer Award, Special Government Allowance from the State Council, National Outstanding Scientific and Technological Worker, and China Youth Science and Technology Award. He received the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (2004) and was appointed as Cheung‑Kong Scholar Distinguished Professor by the Ministry of Education (2008), and is a leading talent under national high‑level talent programs. As the principal completer, he has won 12 science and technology awards including the First‑class Prize of the Ministry of Education Natural Science Award, First‑class Prize of the Ministry of Education Science and Technology Progress Award, First‑class Prize of China Coal Industry Science and Technology Progress Award, and Gold Medal of the Geneva International Inventions Exhibition. He has also received the First‑class National Teaching Achievement Award and Second‑class National Excellent Textbook Award. As the academic leader, he led the successful establishment of the NSFC Basic Science Center (2024) and the NSFC Innovative Research Group (2015). He has published 10 long research articles in Nature‑family journals such as Nature Climate Change and Nature Energy. In total, he has authored more than 300 papers in major international journals, over 40 of which have been listed as ESI Highly Cited Papers. His Google Scholar citation count exceeds 50 000 with an h‑index of 111; his WoS citation count stands at nearly 30 000 with an h‑index of 89. He has been consecutively selected as a Highly Cited Researcher since 2018. He serves as Vice‑President of the Chinese Operations Research Society and was elected a Fellow of the society in 2022. He was invited as Co‑Lead Author (CLA) for the “Energy Systems” chapter of Working Group III in the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report. He is the founding Editor‑in‑Chief of the Elsevier journal Energy & Climate Change, holds an Honorary Professorship at University College London.
## Brief Biography of Associate Professor Han Te
Associate Professor at the School of Management of Beijing Institute of Technology, Assistant Director of the Beijing Lab for System Engineering of Carbon Neutrality, and Deputy Secretary‑General of the Beijing Operations Research Society. His long‑term research covers theoretical and methodological studies on intelligent health management for complex energy equipment, smart energy management, scientific machine learning, and multimodal large‑scale models. He presides over multiple vertical research projects including programs supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and Beijing Natural Science Foundation. His research outcomes have been applied in several wind‑solar new‑energy power stations. He serves as Associate Editor or Editorial Board Member for multiple SCI journals such as IEEE Internet of Things Journal and Applied Soft Computing. He was selected for the 9th Youth Talent Support Project of the China Association for Science and Technology, and has received honors including the Youth Science and Technology Award from the China Coal Society, the Operations Research Application Award from the Chinese Operations Research Society, and the Gold Medal at the 50th Geneva International Inventions Exhibition.
## About the 2025 Highly Cited Researchers List
The Highly Cited Researchers list is released annually and updated based on an 11‑year rolling window. It is produced through rigorous evaluation and selection by bibliometric experts and data scientists from the Clarivate Institute for Scientific Information™ (ISI), drawing on citation data from the Web of Science Core Collection together with qualitative analysis.
Released on November 12, 2025, the 2025 Highly Cited Researchers list identifies top‑tier researchers from global universities, research institutes and commercial organizations who exert substantial and broad influence within their respective disciplines. This annual list offers key insights into the landscape of leading global researchers and reveals development trends across countries, regions and institutions.
Source: Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers 2025 （https://clarivate.com/highly-cited-researchers）
