Recently, world-leading publishing company Elsevier released Elsevier Chinese Highly Cited Scholars List, and ten teachers of NENU were selected.
| No. | Name | Field |
| 1 | Bai Zhidong | Mathematics |
| 2 | Fan Meng | Mathematics |
| 3 | Liu Yichen | Materials Science |
| 4 | Shao Changlu | Physics and Astronomy |
| 5 | Wang Enbo | Chemistry |
| 6 | Ma Jianfang | Chemistry |
| 7 | Yang Jin | Chemistry |
| 8 | Wang Xinlong | Chemistry |
| 9 | Guo Yixing | Chemical Engineering |
| 10 | Liu Bao | Agricultural and Biological Sciences |
(From NEWS CENTER, translated by Yang Yue, revised by Chen Yanxu)