On January 19th, 2018, Elsevier, an academic publishing giant, unveiled the list of “Most Cited Chinese Researchers 2017”. Prof. Dai Shifeng from CUMTB was selected into this list again, after being selected into the list in the area of “Earth and Planetary Science” in 2014, 2015 and 2016 respectively. Among 72 most cited researchers selected in the area of “Earth and Planetary Science” , Prof. Dai Shifeng ranked 7th.