This list of Khitanologists includes those scholars who have made notable contributions to the study of the Khitan people, their culture, religion, history, language and writing systems (Khitan large script and Khitan small script).
| Picture | Name | Dates | Nationality | Significant contributions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| China/Japan | Study of Khitan Language and Script (2004) A Study of Newly Excavated Khitai Materials (2012) Total Decipherments of Epitaphs in Khitai Large and Small Scripts (2014) | |||
| China | "A new approach to the deciphering of the Ch'i-tan Small Script" (1978) Study of the Khitan Small Script (1985) Problems in the readings of the Khitan Small Script (2002) | |||
| Finland | New Materials on the Khitan Small Script: A Critical Edition of Xiao Dilu and Yelü Xiangwen (2010) | |||
即实 (pen name of Batu)[1] | China | A New Approach to the Decipherment of Khitan Small Script (1996) Continuing the Decipherment of Khitan Small Script (2012) | ||
| Australia | The Kitan Language and Script (2009) | |||
刘凤翥 | China | "A new approach to the deciphering of the Ch'i-tan Small Script" (1978) Study of the Khitan Small Script (1985) Collection of Liao dynasty monumental inscriptions from the area of the Liao Upper Capital (2009) | ||
Влади́мир Серге́евич Ста́риков | Soviet Union | Catalogue of Graphems of the Kitan Script (1966) | ||
孫伯君[2] | China | "Study and reading of a stone with a Khitan large script inscription in Khentii Province, Mongolia" (2006) | ||
吴英喆 | China | New Materials on the Khitan Small Script: A Critical Edition of Xiao Dilu and Yelü Xiangwen (2010) | ||
Вячесла́в Петро́вич За́йцев[3] | Russia | "A Manuscript Codex in the Khitan Large Script from the Collection of the Institute of Oriental Manuscripts, Russian Academy of Sciences" (2011) "Identification of a Khitan historical work as part of the Nova N 176 manuscript codex from the collection of the IOM RAS and related problems" (2015) | ||