According to the newest Essential Science Indicators (ESI) replace on 8 January 2026, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University’s (XJTLU) analysis within the subject of supplies science has entered the ESI Global Top 1% for the primary time.
This marks the second main milestone for XJTLU’s analysis impression in a brief interval. In November 2025, the University’s analysis in chemistry was additionally included within the ESI Global Top 1%.
Compiled by Clarivate, the ESI database relies on knowledge from the Web of Science Core Collection. It analyses the quotation efficiency of educational papers over the previous 10 years throughout 22 topic areas. The present replace covers publications from January 2015 to October 2025.
With the inclusion of supplies science, XJTLU now has seven topics ranked within the ESI Global Top 1%: engineering, setting/ecology, laptop science, economics/enterprise, social sciences (normal), chemistry, and supplies science.
In the sector of supplies science, XJTLU has printed 430 papers over the previous decade and has amassed 8,979 citations.
Professor John Moraros, Dean of the School of Science, says: “Entering the global Top 1% in Materials Science marks another important milestone in the University’s research impact, and is a strong affirmation of XJTLU’s continued commitment in this field to high-quality research, international standards, and an interdisciplinary, integrative approach.”
Dr Lifeng Ding, Acting Head of the Department of Chemistry and Materials Science, says that the popularity of each chemistry and supplies science displays the success of the University’s coordinated topic improvement technique.
“Chemistry and materials science are naturally intertwined in their research themes and methodologies. At XJTLU, we have formed interdisciplinary teams around themes such as sustainable materials and emerging advanced materials. Through unified talent recruitment, shared research platforms, and collaborative problem-solving, we have developed an integrated model with two complementary strengths,” he says.
Dr Ding provides that the division is accelerating innovation by the University-level Advanced Materials Research Centre, established in 2024. The Centre is constructing a brand new AI-driven analysis paradigm, together with an AI robotic scientist platform at the moment beneath improvement. By integrating automated synthesis, high-throughput characterisation, and machine studying, the platform goals to boost the general effectivity of the fabric discovery-verification-optimisation cycle.
Currently, the Department focuses on 5 key analysis areas:
- Energy and practical supplies;
- Nanostructured supplies;
- Green chemistry and sustainable supplies;
- Computational and robotics-driven chemistry;
- Biomedical supplies.
In phrases of expertise improvement, the Department gives a full tutorial pathway from undergraduate to doctoral degree. It at the moment hosts two undergraduate programmes – Applied Chemistry and Materials Science and Engineering – and two grasp’s programmes – Advanced Chemistry and Materials Science and Engineering.
The curriculum is designed to offer early analysis engagement at undergraduate degree, application-oriented and industry-aligned coaching at grasp’s degree, and superior tutorial improvement on the doctoral degree. Students are inspired to take part in cutting-edge worldwide analysis initiatives, contributing to long-term topic progress and innovation.
“In the coming years, we will focus on AI for materials, strengthen industry-university-research collaboration, and deepen the joint laboratory construction with partners such as the University of Science and Technology of China and the University of Liverpool, promoting the industrial application of core technologies,” says Professor Li Yang, Associate Dean for Research on the School of Science.
By Luyao Wang
Edited by Patricia Pieterse