Recently, the highly-anticipated 2025 World's Top 2% Scientists list, jointly issued by Stanford University and Elsevier, was made public, and five outstanding scholars from Tongji University's College of Architecture and Urban Planning have secured a place on this prestigious list. This list is divided into two categories: career-long impact and single-year impact.

For the career-long impact category, Prof. Xing Shi (Architecture & Construction) and Prof. Mi Diao (Transportation & Logistics) have been recognized. Prof. Shi, a full professor, has spearheaded over 20 national research projects and published more than 180 papers, with over 80 being SCI-indexed. Prof. Diao, also a full professor, holds a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and has received multiple awards, with research published in top-tier journals such as Nature Sustainability.

In the single-year impact category, in addition to Prof. Shi and Prof. Diao, Prof. Yu Ye (Urban & Regional Planning), Prof. Yang Xiao (Urban & Regional Planning), and Asst. Prof. Mohamed A. Elsadek (Forestry & Environmental Health) were included. Prof. Ye, Director of the Built Environment Technology Center, focuses on computational urban design. Prof. Xiao, with a Ph.D. from Cardiff University, delves into urban space-society dynamics. Asst. Prof. Elsadek, who earned his Ph.D. from Chiba University in Japan, leads research on landscape perception and environmental health.

The World's Top 2% Scientists list selects the top 2% from nearly 7 million scientists worldwide, covering 22 fields and 174 sub-fields. It uses parameters like paper citations and the h-index. The career-long impact list evaluates scientists' overall performance over their careers, while the single-year impact list focuses on academic influence in the previous year.