TABLE 2.
Core researchers of EN studies in China.
| Name | No. of publications | Year of 1st publication | Name | No. of publications | Year of 1st publication |
| Peng Huatao | 17 | 2004 | Zhu Haijiu | 4 | 2000 |
| Zhou Lixin | 15 | 2004 | Chen Chuanming | 4 | 2004 |
| Liu Dong | 13 | 2002 | Zhang Zigang | 4 | 2004 |
| Sun Guoqiang | 9 | 1999 | Zhou Xiaohu | 4 | 2004 |
| Zhang Jie | 6 | 2006 | Tao Haiqing | 4 | 2005 |
| Mu jifeng | 5 | 2001 | Luo Zhe | 4 | 2006 |
| Feng zongxian | 5 | 2001 | Peng Zhengying | 4 | 2007 |
| Li Xiaojian | 5 | 2002 | Fu Zhengping | 4 | 2008 |
| Liu Bing | 5 | 2005 | Dong Baobao | 4 | 2010 |
| Hu Ping | 5 | 2010 | Li Feixin | 4 | 2012 |