101 Carbon Footprints Community Members Recognized in the 2026 World's Top 2% Scientists List
Carbon Footprints is pleased to announce that 101 members of its academic community have been recognized in the 2026 World's Top 2% Scientists List, highlighting the scientific excellence and global research impact of scholars associated with the journal.
Among the recognized scholars, 76 appear in both the career-long impact and 2026 single-year impact categories, while the remaining 25 appear only in the single-year impact category.
Those recognized include Yong Geng, Editor-in-Chief of Carbon Footprints, and Editorial Board Members Han Hao, Jingzheng Ren, Yuli Shan, Yi Yang, Kai Fang, Reinout Heijungs, Zhu Liu, Klaus Hubacek, Hancheng Dai, Minoru Fujii, Thomas Oliver Wiedmann, Fengqi You, Kathleen Aviso, Kara Maria Kockelman, Yi Bao, Kangyin Dong, Weina Meng, Muhammad Shafique, José A. Puppim de Oliveira, Huaping Sun, Xiaoyu Yan, Jiahai Yuan, Yuekuan Zhou, Feng Dong, Sara González-García, Malin Song, Junye Wang, and Xin Zhao.
The list also includes Guest Editors Elza Bontempi, Miko Kirschbaum, Shabbir Hussaini Gheewala, Yuejiu Zheng, Xin Lai, George Halkos, Lin Zhang, Biswajeet Pradhan, Xunpeng Shi, Yueming Qiu, Shuai Shao, Chuanwang Sun, Xian Zhang, Jingli Fan, Jian Zuo, Qunwei Wang, Jinhao Meng, Jing Meng, Kuishuang Feng, Ying Fan, Baojing Gu, Joseph Sarkis, Timothy D. Searchinger, Jessica Fanzo, Tim C. Jennerjahn, John Boone Kauffman, and Ming Xu.
Other recognized members are Event Guests Weiguang Cai and Martin Zimmer, etc., as well as authors Upaka Rathnayake, Dominic C. Y. Foo, Francesco Cherubini, Adele Muscolo, Jun Bi, Raymond R. Tan, Fujian Hou, Meine van Noordwijk, Sabine Grunwald, Shibu Jose, Eike Luedeling, Gengyuan Liu, Vimala Nair, David Keith Alan Barnes, Qingbin Song, Pramaditya Wicaksono, Bo Liu, Sophia C. Johannessen, and Jiangping Chen.
Based on Scopus citation data, the list identifies researchers with high citation impact across disciplines. It includes separate categories for career-long and single-year citation impact.
This recognition reflects the research excellence and academic contributions of members of the Carbon Footprints community. We warmly congratulate all the recognized scholars and thank them for their contributions to scientific research and efforts to address global sustainability challenges.
Carbon Footprints remains committed to fostering high-quality research and promoting international collaboration in carbon emissions, carbon footprint assessment, climate change mitigation, and sustainable development.
Congratulations to all our community members on this well-deserved recognition!
Editor: Ning Zhang
Language Editor: Amir Khan
Production Editor: Xingyue Luo
Respectfully Submitted by the Editorial Office of Carbon Footprints
