Recently, ScholarGPS, a globally renowned academic evaluation institution, released the 2024 rankings of the top 0.05% global scientists, divided into two categories: the Lifetime Rankings and the Five-Year Rankings. Over 200 scholars from mainland China were included in the Lifetime Rankings, while more than 1,000 scholars were recognized in the Five-Year Rankings.

Researcher Yuan Shouqi, former Party Secretary of Jiangsu University, was selected for the Lifetime Rankings due to his outstanding contributions, including holding the global top rank in the field of centrifugal pumps. Yuan’s inclusion in the Lifetime Rankings makes him the first scholar in China’s pump research field to achieve this distinction.

Yuan currently serves as the Director of the National Research Center of Pumps and Chair of the Asia Fluid Machinery Committee. Over the past 40 years, he has dedicated himself to research on the theoretical methods of core equipment for farmland irrigation and drainage, the promotion of engineering applications, the development of academic disciplines and industries, as well as talent cultivation. He has played a pivotal role in advancing the discipline and industry of farmland irrigation equipment. His work has been recognized with two National Science and Technology Progress Awards (Second Prize), two National Teaching Achievement Awards, the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation Science and Technology Innovation Award, among other honors.

ScholarGPS aggregates information on more than 30 million scholars across various disciplines worldwide, along with massive datasets of publications, patents, and books. Utilizing artificial intelligence, data mining, machine learning, and other data science technologies, the platform conducts comprehensive analyses of three indices—research output (number of publications), impact (number of citations, excluding self-citations), and quality of publications. Based on these metrics, ScholarGPS ranks over 30 million scholars and 55,000 institutions globally across 14 fields, 177 disciplines, and more than 350,000 specialties.

Yuan’s inclusion on the ScholarGPS Lifetime Advanced Scholars Rankings not only affirms his personal academic achievements but also signifies the growing global influence of Jiangsu University’s research in the field of pumps.