Prof. John P. A. Ioannidis of Stanford University and Mendeley Data of Elsevier released a list of the world's top 2% scientists in 2021. 10 professors of our school have won the honor of "World’s Top 2% Scientists 2020" with outstanding research capabilities and international academic influence. The list is mainly divided into "ranking list of scientific influence in academic career (1960-2020)" and "ranking list of scientific influence in 2020". It is based on Scopus database. The top 2% of the world's top scientists were selected from nearly 7 million scientists, ranking in 22 fields and 176 sub fields.

We extend our congratulations to Lifetime Distinguished Professor Kae-Long Lin of the Department of Environmental Engineering, Lifetime Distinguished Professor Chang-Tang Chang of the Department of Environmental Engineering, Professor Bor-Yann Chen of the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Professor An Cheng of the Department of Civil Engineering, Professor Ying-Ren Chien of the Department of Electrical Engineering, Professor Yi-Sheng Huang of the Department of Electrical Engineering, Professor Chin-Wang Tao of the Department of Electrical Engineering, Professor Hsu-chih Huang of Department of Electrical Engineering, Professor Chien-ming Wang of Department of Electrical Engineering, and Professor Jhih-sian Sia of Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering. Our university is proud to have 10 professors ranked in the top 2% of nearly 7 million scientists in the world in terms of scientific impact in their academic careers and in the 2020 Science Impact Rankings.