【Spotlight】NYCU Faculty Among World’s Top 2% Scientists: A Testament to Taiwan’s Global Research Power

Abstract

Stanford University has released its 2025 edition of the “World’s Top 2% Scientists” list, recognizing outstanding researchers worldwide based on citation metrics and scientific influence. National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU) proudly counts 152 faculty members among the Career-Long Impact (1960–2024) category and 120 faculty members in the 2024 Annual Impact category—an increase of 10 and 3 scholars respectively from last year—underscoring NYCU’s long-term academic excellence and global research influence across engineering, science, and biomedicine.