On January 19, 2018, the list of "Chinese Most Cited Researchers 2017" was released. Prof. Dong Xinzhou and Prof. Kang Chongqing (Electrical and Electronic Engineering) and Prof. Dang Zhimin (Material Science) from the Department of Electrical Engineering were included in the list. Among them, Prof. Dang Zhimin has been selected for four consecutive years (2014-2017).

The list of Chinese Most Cited Researchers in China adopts the methods and standards developed by Shanghai Ranking Consultancy to analyze the influence of Chinese researchers around the world based on objective quoted data. As a partner, Elsevier's research data comes from its Scopus Database.