On September 25, Clarivate Analytics announced the winners of the 2025 Citation Laureate Award, recognizing a total of 22 distinguished scholars from eight countries. Among them, ZHANG Tao, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and professor at the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) of CAS, was named a Citation Laureate in Chemistry, making history as the first scientist from mainland China to receive this recognition.
ZHANG was honored for his pioneering contributions to single-atom catalysis. He was the first to propose the concept of single-atom catalysis, advancing heterogeneous catalysis research to the atomic scale, laying the scientific foundation for precision catalysis, and opening an entirely new frontier in the field.
ZHANG’s groundbreaking research in single-atom catalysis has not only driven fundamental advances in catalysis science but also profoundly influenced several frontier interdisciplinary fields, including energy chemistry and materials science. His research has further stimulated rapid global progress in this area of research.
