Recently, Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China (ISTIC) has published the Statistical Data of Science and Technology Papers 2012. Two papers by Prof. Dai Shifeng as first author were selected as China's 100 Most Influential International Academic Papers in 2012. The two papers are listed as follows:

　　(1) Dai SF, Ren DY, Chou CL, Finkelman RB, Seredin VV, Zhou YP. Geochemistry of trace elements in Chinese coals: A review of abundances, genetic types, impacts on human health, and industrial utilization. International Journal of Coal Geology, 2012, 94, 3-21

　　(2) Dai SF, Zou JH, Jiang YF, Ward CR, Wang XB, Li T, Xue WF, Liu SD, Tian HM, Sun XH, Zhou D. Mineralogical and geochemical compositions of the Pennsylvanian coal in the Adaohai Mine, Daqingshan Coalfield, Inner Mongolia, China: Modes of occurrence and origin of diaspore, gorceixite, and ammonian illite. International Journal of Coal Geology, 2012, 94, 250-270.