On July 8, China's 2025 State Science and Technology Awards were announced in Beijing. A total of 258 projects and 11 scientists were honored for their outstanding scientific and technological achievements. Among the top honors, the State Preeminent Science and Technology Award was presented to Chen Liquan and Ben De in recognition of their groundbreaking contributions to the fields of lithium batteries and radar technology, respectively. The State Natural Science Award recognized 51 projects, including 3 First Prizes and 48 Second Prizes. The State Technological Invention Award honored 58 projects, comprising 3 First Prizes and 55 Second Prizes. The State Scientific and Technological Progress Award was conferred on 149 projects, including 3 Grand Prizes, 13 First Prizes, and 133 Second Prizes. Among the announced award-winning projects, Peking University and Zhejiang University each received 12 awards, while Shanghai Jiao Tong University received 10. Peking University won a First Prize of the State Natural Science Award for its project, "Research on the Full Quantum Effects of Hydrogen Bond Strength and Dynamic Processes in Water." This award represents the highest honor in China's basic science research and is not awarded every year if no project is deemed worthy. Another First Prize of the State Natural Science Award was awarded to Nanchang University for its project, "Three-Dimensional PN Junctions Based on V-Defects and Their Applications," in the field of information science. In addition, the 2025 State Science and Technology Awards conferred the China International Science and Technology Cooperation Award on nine foreign experts. Established by the State Council in 1994, the award recognizes foreign individuals or organizations that have made significant contributions to China's scientific and technological development. Since its first presentation in 1995, the award has been bestowed upon 155 foreign experts, three international organizations, and one foreign organization. The recipients of the 2025 China International Science and Technology Cooperation Award are: Artem Oganov (Russia), male, born in March 1975. An expert in materials genome engineering and advanced materials, Professor at the Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Honorary Professor of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and Member of Academia Europaea.Baolian Su (Belgium), male, born in November 1961. An inorganic materials scientist, Professor at the University of Namur, Member of the Royal Academy of Belgium, and Member of Academia Europaea.Carlos Antonio Pancada Guedes Soares (Portugal), male, born in December 1950. An expert in naval architecture and ocean engineering, Professor at the University of Lisbon, Member of the Portuguese Academy of Engineering, and Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.Elsa Reichmanis (United States), female, born in December 1953. A chemist and materials scientist, Distinguished Professor at Lehigh University, Member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering, National Academy of Inventors, and American Academy of Arts and Sciences.Jean-Marie Lehn (France), male, born in September 1939. A chemist, Professor at the University of Strasbourg, Member of the French Academy of Sciences, Foreign Associate of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, and Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.Kudryavtsev Anatoly (Russia), male, born in October 1953. An expert in low-temperature plasma, formerly Professor at Saint Petersburg State University and currently Professor at Harbin Institute of Technology.Martin Andrew Green (Australia), male, born in July 1948. A photovoltaic technology expert, Scientia Professor at the University of New South Wales, Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, Foreign Member of the Royal Society, and Foreign Member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering.Otto Heinrich Herzog (Germany), male, born in September 1944. An expert in artificial intelligence, Professor at the University of Bremen, Member of the German Academy of Science and Engineering, and Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.René Bernards (the Netherlands), male, born in January 1953. An oncologist, Professor at the Netherlands Cancer Institute, Member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Foreign Member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and Foreign Member of the Royal Society.
On June 17, 2026, Clarivate released the 2026 edition of the Journal Citation Reports (JCR™) on its official website. The report provides comprehensive coverage of high-quality scholarly journals and ranks them by subject category, enabling academic institutions, researchers, and publishers to evaluate the significance and influence of journals across the global research landscape. The 2026 JCR covers 254 subject categories and includes 22,643 journals. According to Clarivate, beginning with the 2025 JCR release, citations from and to retracted content are excluded from the numerator used to calculate the Journal Impact Factor (JIF), ensuring that citations associated with retracted publications do not contribute to the JIF value. However, retracted articles continue to be included in the publication count (the JIF denominator) to maintain transparency and accountability. This year, Clarivate further strengthened its commitment to Research Integrity. The previously introduced policy of excluding citations related to retracted literature has now become a standard component of JIF calculations, while quality oversight of journal selection criteria and citation practices has been further enhanced. These measures improve the rigor, transparency, and credibility of the journal evaluation system. The Journal Citation Reports includes only journals that meet the stringent quality criteria of the Web of Science Core Collection, ensuring that users can confidently rely on the information and descriptive data provided. Published annually, JCR offers a rich set of publisher-independent data, metrics, and analyses, including the widely recognized Journal Impact Factor (JIF™) and Journal Citation Indicator (JCI™), helping users better understand the scholarly impact of journals. Based on the 254 subject categories defined by the Web of Science, journals are classified by discipline and ranked according to their Journal Impact Factors. Within each category, journals are divided into four quartiles (Q1–Q4), with Q1 representing the top 25% of journals in that field. It should be noted that a journal may be assigned to multiple subject categories and may therefore receive different quartile rankings across disciplines—for example, Q1 in one category and Q2 in another. In common usage, the term “JCR quartile ranking” generally refers to the JIF-based quartile classification. The top-ranked journal in each JCR category for 2026 is listed below (the 2026 JCR reports the 2025 Journal Impact Factors).
On June 10 (local time), the recipients of the 2026 Kavli Prizes in Astrophysics, Nanoscience, and Neuroscience were announced by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, honoring groundbreaking scientific discoveries. The Kavli Prize is widely recognized as one of the world's most prestigious international awards in science. This year, ten scientists representing nine nationalities from three continents have been honored for research that has expanded our understanding of the vast, the minute, and the complex. Laureates in each prize category will share an award of USD 1 million. The 2026 Kavli Prize in Astrophysics is awarded to Vasily Belokurov, Amina Helmi, and Rodrigo Ibata for uncovering fossil evidence of past galactic mergers, demonstrating that the Milky Way was formed through hierarchical accretion. The 2026 Kavli Prize in Nanoscience is awarded to Eva Y. Andrei, Pablo Jarillo-Herrero, and Allan H. MacDonald for their pioneering contributions that established the field of twistronics. The 2026 Kavli Prize in Neuroscience is awarded to Christine Holt, Kelsey Martin, Erin Schuman, and Oswald Steward for discovering local protein translation in neurons and establishing its critical role in brain development and neural plasticity. The awardees are affiliated with leading institutions including the University of Cambridge, the University of Groningen, the University of Strasbourg, Rutgers University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, The University of Texas at Austin, and the University of California, Irvine. Among these institutions, the University of Cambridge is represented by two laureates. “Honoring these outstanding scientists is not only a recognition of achievement; it is an investment in our shared future, affirming the curiosity, rigor, and courage that drive human progress,” said Annelin Eriksen, President of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. The complete list of laureates is shown below: About the Kavli PrizesThe vision for the Kavli Prize originated with Fred Kavli, a Norwegian-American entrepreneur and philanthropist who transformed his lifelong passion for science into a lasting legacy that recognizes scientific breakthroughs and supports fundamental research. Established through a partnership among the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research, and the Kavli Foundation, the Kavli Prizes are awarded biennially to honor scientists whose breakthroughs in astrophysics, nanoscience, and neuroscience have transformed our understanding of the big, the small, and the complex. Laureates in each field share a prize of USD 1 million. The Kavli Prize laureates are celebrated in Oslo, Norway, at a ceremony presided over by the Norwegian Royal Family. To date, the Kavli Prizes have honored 73 scientists from 14 countries: Austria, China, Czechia, France, Germany, Japan, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Ten Kavli Prize laureates have subsequently gone on to receive the Nobel Prize.
On May 27 local time, the Royal Society, the UK’s national academy of sciences, announced the results of its 2026 Fellowship elections, with 93 Fellows and 1 Honorary Fellow elected this year. According to the Society, “This year’s cohort includes pioneers and leaders across a range of scientific fields, from astronomy and cancer research to mathematics and biotechnology.” Among this year’s newly elected Fellows and Honorary Fellows, 26% are women. The new Fellows come from 20 institutions across the UK, including the University of Lancaster, the University of Southampton, and BirdLife International. They have also been elected from countries around the world, including Kenya, Japan, and Mexico. An analysis of the institutional affiliations of the 93 newly elected Fellows shows that 70 of them are affiliated with universities. These Fellows come from 45 universities in total, meaning that university-affiliated members account for as much as 75% of the cohort, highlighting the dominant role of universities in scientific research. (If a Fellow has multiple affiliations, each institution is counted separately.) The University of Oxford had the largest number of newly elected Fellows this year, with 12 scholars successfully elected, demonstrating its leading position in scientific research in the UK. The University of Cambridge followed with 7 newly elected Fellows, also delivering an impressive performance. Harvard University, University College London, and the University of California, Berkeley each had 3 scholars elected. The California Institute of Technology, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Queen Mary University of London, the University of Chicago, the University of Manchester, the University of Sheffield, the University of Toronto, and the University of Washington each had 2 scholars elected. In addition, 32 other universities each had 1 scholar elected. It is also worth noting that Dame Anne Rafferty was elected as an Honorary Fellow this year. She previously served as the former Chancellor of the University of Sheffield. Sir Paul Nurse, President of the Royal Society, said: “Our Fellowship is strengthened not only by individual distinction, but by the diversity of perspectives and experiences its members bring. This incoming cohort highlights the truly international character of contemporary science and underscores the vital role that plays in achieving breakthroughs that benefit us all.” About the Royal SocietyThe Royal Society’s fundamental purpose, reflected in its founding Charters of the 1660s, is to recognise, promote and support excellence in science and to encourage the development and use of science for the benefit of humanity. As an independent Fellowship made up of the most eminent scientists, engineers and technologists from across the scientific landscape, the Society recognises excellence and elects Fellows from all over the world. Fellows are elected for life through a peer review process on the basis of excellence in science. There are currently approximately 1,900 Fellows, including around 85 Nobel Laureates. Each year up to 109 Fellows (including up to 24 via the Foreign Membership route) are elected from a group of around 800 candidates who are proposed by the existing Fellowship.
On May 27, The Shaw Prize officially announced the winners of the 2026 awards in the three fields of Astronomy, Life Science and Medicine, and Mathematical Sciences. Scholars from institutions including The University of Tokyo, University of California, Santa Cruz, Collège de France, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and Stanford University were among the recipients. The list of award winners is as follows: The Shaw Prize in Astronomy 2026 is awarded in equal shares to Ken’ichi Nomoto, Emeritus Professor and Visiting Senior Scientist of the Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe, the University of Tokyo, Japan, and Stanford Woosley, Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA, for their studies of stellar explosions and the origin of the elements. The Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine 2026 is awarded in equal shares to Anne Dejean, Professor Emerita at the Institut Pasteur, France, Hugues de Thé, Professor and Chair of Cellular and Molecular Oncology at the Collège de France and Zhu Chen, Professor, Ruijin Hospital, School of Medicine at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, PRC for the discovery of the molecular and cellular bases of Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia (APL) and the pioneering of a synergistic targeted therapy that transformed the disease from one of the most deadly to one of the most curable cancers. The Shaw Prize in Mathematical Sciences 2026 is awarded in equal shares to Emmanuel Candès, the Barnum–Simons Chair in Mathematics and Statistics, Stanford University, USA and Camillo De Lellis, the IBM von Neumann Professor, School of Mathematics, Institute for Advanced Study, USA for their breakthrough contributions to the use of deep techniques from mathematical analysis to rigorously understand applied problems in information theory, signal processing and statistics on the one hand, and to the study of singularities in geometric measure theory and fluid dynamics on the other. About The Shaw Prize The Shaw Prize is dedicated to futhering societal progress, enhancing quality of life, and enriching humanity's spiritual civilisation. The Prize consists of four annual awards — the Prize in Astronomy, the Prize in Life Science and Medicine, and the Prize in Mathematical Sciences, awarded since 2004, and the Prize in Computer Science, introduced in 2026. Each Prize carries a monetary award, which has been set at one million two hundred thousand US dollars since 2016. Since 2004, The Shaw Prize has recognised over a hundred exceptional individuals who have made groundbreaking contributions to their respective fields, many of whom have gone on to receive other prestigious international awards.
On May 21 local time, the Australian Academy of Science(AAS) announced the election of 26 new Fellows and two Corresponding Members for 2026. The newly elected members come from a wide range of fields, including immunology, paleontology, and quantum computing. According to statistics, 22 of the 26 new Fellows are affiliated with universities, accounting for 84.6% of the total, highlighting the leading role of higher education institutions in scientific research. Among them, five universities — Australian National University, The University of Melbourne, The University of Sydney, The University of Western Australia, and the University of New South Wales — each had three scholars elected, demonstrating particularly strong performance. Monash University had two scholars elected, while another five universities each had one scholar elected. In addition, the Academy has also elected two Corresponding Members — distinguished international scientists with strong ties to Australia who have made outstanding contributions to science. The two scholars are from the Indian Institute of Science and the Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences. The full list of newly elected members is as follows: Academy President Professor Chennupati Jagadish AC said this year’s cohort demonstrated both the depth of Australian science and the pathway from discovery to impact. “This cohort includes scientists whose work is rewriting the textbooks and has changed the world,” Professor Jagadish said. About Fellows of the Australian Academy of ScienceFellows of the Australian Academy of Science are among the nation’s most distinguished scientists, elected by their peers for ground-breaking research and contributions that have had clear impact. Each year the Academy may elect up to 24 new Fellows by ‘Ordinary Election’ and up to four additional Fellows by ‘Special Election’. From 1954 to 2025, there have been 965 Fellows elected to the Academy. Each year the Academy’s Council may invite up to two distinguished overseas scientists to join the Academy as Corresponding Members.
On May 18,The Brown Institute for Basic Sciences at Caltech announced the 2026 class of Brown Investigators. The cohort, the third to be selected through the Brown Institute for Basic Sciences, comprises eight distinguished mid-career faculty working on fundamental challenges in the physical sciences, particularly those with potential long-term practical applications in chemistry and physics. Each investigator will receive up to $2 million over five years. The eight scholars come respectively from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of California, Berkeley, Northwestern University, Johns Hopkins University, University of California, Los Angeles, University of Michigan, Harvard University, and University of California, Santa Barbara. The 2026 investigators are as follows: "My hope is that these awards will provide talented mid-career researchers with stable and secure funding at a moment of their career when they are poised to make a significant impact in their field, giving them time to focus and develop their line of thinking," says entrepreneur, philanthropist, and Caltech alumnus Ross M. Brown (BS '56, MS '57), who established the Brown Institute for Basic Sciences at Caltech in 2023 through a $400-million gift to the Institute. Brown established the Investigator Awards in 2020 through the Brown Science Foundation in support of the belief that scientific discovery is a driving force in the improvement of the human condition. The Brown Institute for Basic Sciences at Caltech seeks to advance fundamental science discoveries with the potential to seed breakthroughs that benefit society. Including this year's cohort, a total of 37 investigators have been named to date; 24 have been installed over the past three years under the auspices of the Brown Institute for Basic Sciences at Caltech. Previous awardees include Hailiang Wang of Yale University, who is working on new methods to convert inorganic waste molecules, such as CO2 and NOx, into valuable organic compounds; Kerri A. Pratt of the University of Michigan, for research to discover the chemical compounds and chemical mechanisms in the Arctic's rapidly warming atmosphere; and Robert Knowles of Princeton University, to explore a novel hypothesis for the evolution of homochirality—the presence in nature of only one of two mirror-image forms of biomolecules. To determine the new cohort, 24 research universities from across the United States were invited to nominate faculty members who had earned tenure within the last 10 years and who are doing innovative fundamental research in the physical sciences. Nominees were then evaluated by an independent scientific review board that recommended grant winners. In administering the program, Caltech refrains from nominating its own scientists for Brown Investigator Awards. In return, the Institute draws other funds from the Brown gift to support fundamental research in chemistry and physics.
On May 11 (local time), the President of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, Catherine Karakatsanis, announced the election of fifty new Fellows and six new International Fellows into the Academy. Ms. Karakatsanis commented: “I am delighted to welcome the new Fellows to the Academy whose impressive accomplishments and leadership in their respective fields have significantly advanced engineering in both Canada and around the world. Their outstanding contributions and dedication to excellence serve as an inspiration to us all.” Among the 50 newly elected members, 28 are affiliated with 19 universities, accounting for nearly half of the total, highlighting the leading role of academia. The University of Toronto had the largest number of newly elected members in this round, with six scholars successfully selected, underscoring its status as a top Canadian institution. Polytechnique Montréal, Queen's University, University of Waterloo, and Western University each had two members elected, demonstrating strong performance. The remaining 13 universities each had one elected member. The six newly elected International Fellows come from Tsinghua University, University of Maryland, College Park, City University of Hong Kong, University of Southern California, University of Houston, and the Institute of Chemical Technology. They have all made outstanding contributions to the promotion of international scientific research collaboration. About The Canadian Academy of EngineeringThe Canadian Academy of Engineering (CAE) is the national institution through which individuals, who have made outstanding contributions to engineering in Canada, provide strategic advice on matters of critical importance to Canada and to Canadians. The CAE is an independent, self-governing, and non-profit organization established in 1987. Fellows of the CAE are nominated and elected by their peers, in view of their distinguished achievements and career-long service. Fellows of the Canadian Academy of Engineering are committed to ensuring that Canada’s engineering expertise and experience are applied to the benefit of all Canadians.
The Ecological Society of America (ESA) has announced its 2026 cohort of Fellows, honoring members for outstanding contributions to ecological research, communication, education, management, and policy. The ESA Governing Board selected eight new Fellows and ten new Early Career Fellows this year. Fellows are elected for life and honored for significant achievements across academia, government, nonprofits, and broader society. Early Career Fellows are chosen within eight years of completing their terminal degree and serve a five-year term. The full list follows. The new honorees will be celebrated during a ceremony on July 27, 2026, at the ESA Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah.
On April 14, 2026, the Clay Mathematics Institute announced the recipients of the 2026 Clay Research Awards. The awards recognize three distinct groups for a total of ten scholars for their groundbreaking achievements. Among the laureates are two Chinese mathematicians: Hong Wang and Yu Deng. Orponen, Shmerkin, Wang, and ZahlA Clay Research Award is made to Tuomas Orponen (Jyväskylä), Pablo Shmerkin (UBC), Hong Wang (IHES and NYU), and Joshua Zahl (Nankai). They are honored for their remarkable work on geometric problems in harmonic analysis, leading to the proof of the Furstenberg set conjecture in the plane and the Kakeya conjecture in three dimensions. These results build on a new set of tools for multiscale analysis developed by these four mathematicians (and some others) over many papers. Older work in the field often described the geometry of a set in Euclidean space using just one number, such as the Hausdorff dimension of the set. Instead, the new work considers detailed information about the spacing of the set at each scale. Different spacing scenarios are exploited in different ways. Burklund, Hahn, Levy, and SchlankA Clay Research Award is made to Robert Burklund (Copenhagen), Jeremy Hahn (MIT), Ishan Levy (IAS and CMI), and Tomer Schlank (Chicago). They are recognized for their construction of counterexamples to Ravenel's "Telescope Conjecture," the last open conjecture from Ravenel’s visionary paper “Localization with respect to certain periodic homology theories.”. In one version, the telescope conjecture postulates an upper bound on the growth rate of the chromatic layers of the stable homotopy groups of spheres. The work of Burklund, Hahn, Levy and Schlank is the crest of a revolutionary new wave in K-theoretic techniques, to which they have each, independently, contributed. Their counterexamples imply that the p-rank of the stable homotopy groups of spheres grows faster than expected, and contains a proliferation of elements that are unaccountable by any prior understanding of the subject. This is a milestone achievement. Deng and Hani A Clay Research Award is made to Yu Deng (Chicago) and Zaher Hani (Michigan). Together with co-author Xiao Ma, they are honored for the rigorous derivation of the Boltzmann equation for long times, starting from a microscopic system of hard spheres. The result involves an exceptional mastery in combinatorics and in designing algorithms in extremely intricate models, and is a breakthrough in the field, 50 years after Lanford’s seminal result for short times, and more than 150 years after Boltzmann’s long-debated theory.
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