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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Materials Science 49 10462 10104 425 406 235 9830

Akshay Rao publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Akshay Rao between 1978 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Akshay Rao published across 49 years, from 1978 to 2026, averaging 5.7 papers a year. Output peaked at 48 publications in 2021. 30 of the 280 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30 40
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1978 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 48. Peak 48 publications in 2021. 1978: 1 publication 1979: 0 publications 1980: 0 publications 1981: 0 publications 1982: 0 publications 1983: 0 publications 1984: 0 publications 1985: 0 publications 1986: 0 publications 1987: 1 publication 1988: 0 publications 1989: 0 publications 1990: 0 publications 1991: 0 publications 1992: 0 publications 1993: 0 publications 1994: 0 publications 1995: 0 publications 1996: 0 publications 1997: 0 publications 1998: 0 publications 1999: 0 publications 2000: 0 publications 2001: 2 publications 2002: 0 publications 2003: 0 publications 2004: 0 publications 2005: 0 publications 2006: 0 publications 2007: 0 publications 2008: 1 publication 2009: 1 publication 2010: 1 publication 2011: 2 publications 2012: 3 publications 2013: 2 publications 2014: 12 publications 2015: 2 publications 2016: 4 publications 2017: 3 publications 2018: 12 publications 2019: 25 publications 2020: 32 publications 2021: 48 publications 2022: 27 publications 2023: 42 publications 2024: 29 publications 2025: 24 publications 2026: 6 publications
1978 2026

280 publications in total across all disciplines

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Akshay Rao: publications per year, 1978 to 2026
Year Publications
1978 1
1979 0
1980 0
1981 0
1982 0
1983 0
1984 0
1985 0
1986 0
1987 1
1988 0
1989 0
1990 0
1991 0
1992 0
1993 0
1994 0
1995 0
1996 0
1997 0
1998 0
1999 0
2000 0
2001 2
2002 0
2003 0
2004 0
2005 0
2006 0
2007 0
2008 1
2009 1
2010 1
2011 2
2012 3
2013 2
2014 12
2015 2
2016 4
2017 3
2018 12
2019 25
2020 32
2021 48
2022 27
2023 42
2024 29
2025 24
2026 6
Total 280
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Akshay Rao publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Akshay Rao sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600 800
Bar chart with 57 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 50–69 to 1,163+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 891. Most scientists, 891, have 190–209 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 230–249 publications, is where this scientist sits. 50–69 publications: 28 scientists 70–89 publications: 152 scientists 90–109 publications: 356 scientists 110–129 publications: 487 scientists 130–149 publications: 723 scientists 150–169 publications: 835 scientists 170–189 publications: 850 scientists 190–209 publications: 891 scientists 210–229 publications: 862 scientists 230–249 publications: 766 scientists 250–269 publications: 726 scientists 270–289 publications: 665 scientists 290–309 publications: 593 scientists 310–329 publications: 537 scientists 330–349 publications: 477 scientists 350–369 publications: 440 scientists 370–389 publications: 356 scientists 390–409 publications: 321 scientists 410–429 publications: 256 scientists 430–449 publications: 246 scientists 450–469 publications: 216 scientists 470–489 publications: 212 scientists 490–509 publications: 174 scientists 510–529 publications: 194 scientists 530–549 publications: 162 scientists 550–569 publications: 131 scientists 570–589 publications: 111 scientists 590–609 publications: 103 scientists 610–629 publications: 99 scientists 630–649 publications: 77 scientists 650–669 publications: 92 scientists 670–689 publications: 56 scientists 690–709 publications: 53 scientists 710–729 publications: 53 scientists 730–749 publications: 38 scientists 750–769 publications: 52 scientists 770–789 publications: 43 scientists 790–809 publications: 38 scientists 810–829 publications: 34 scientists 830–849 publications: 25 scientists 850–869 publications: 18 scientists 870–889 publications: 20 scientists 890–909 publications: 24 scientists 910–929 publications: 27 scientists 930–949 publications: 20 scientists 950–969 publications: 17 scientists 970–989 publications: 10 scientists 990–1,009 publications: 16 scientists 1,010–1,029 publications: 13 scientists 1,030–1,049 publications: 12 scientists 1,050–1,069 publications: 9 scientists 1,070–1,089 publications: 8 scientists 1,090–1,109 publications: 7 scientists 1,110–1,129 publications: 9 scientists 1,130–1,149 publications: 2 scientists 1,150–1,162 publications: 5 scientists 1,163+ publications: 100 scientists
50–69 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 235 publications — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

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Number of Materials Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 12,847 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
50–69 28
70–89 152
90–109 356
110–129 487
130–149 723
150–169 835
170–189 850
190–209 891
210–229 862
230–249 766 235
250–269 726
270–289 665
290–309 593
310–329 537
330–349 477
350–369 440
370–389 356
390–409 321
410–429 256
430–449 246
450–469 216
470–489 212
490–509 174
510–529 194
530–549 162
550–569 131
570–589 111
590–609 103
610–629 99
630–649 77
650–669 92
670–689 56
690–709 53
710–729 53
730–749 38
750–769 52
770–789 43
790–809 38
810–829 34
830–849 25
850–869 18
870–889 20
890–909 24
910–929 27
930–949 20
950–969 17
970–989 10
990–1,009 16
1,010–1,029 13
1,030–1,049 12
1,050–1,069 9
1,070–1,089 8
1,090–1,109 7
1,110–1,129 9
1,130–1,149 2
1,150–1,162 5
1,163+ 100
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Akshay Rao D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Akshay Rao sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 64 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 165+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 667. Most scientists, 667, have 52–53 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 48–49 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 211 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 450 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 612 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 612 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 598 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 657 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 667 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 621 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 597 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 610 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 587 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 606 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 533 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 490 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 469 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 378 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 421 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 359 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 323 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 299 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 230 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 210 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 195 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 203 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 175 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 175 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 142 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 121 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 117 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 107 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 88 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 85 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 68 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 62 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 57 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 45 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 49 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 50 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 34 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 38 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 29 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 28 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 24 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 33 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 28 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 21 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 20 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 23 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 17 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 12 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 17 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 21 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 13 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 11 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 13 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 4 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 4 scientists 164 D-Index: 3 scientists 165+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40–41 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

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Number of Materials Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 12,847 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 211
42–43 450
44–45 612
46–47 612
48–49 598 49
50–51 657
52–53 667
54–55 621
56–57 597
58–59 610
60–61 587
62–63 606
64–65 533
66–67 490
68–69 469
70–71 378
72–73 421
74–75 359
76–77 323
78–79 299
80–81 230
82–83 210
84–85 195
86–87 203
88–89 175
90–91 175
92–93 142
94–95 121
96–97 117
98–99 107
100–101 88
102–103 85
104–105 68
106–107 62
108–109 57
110–111 45
112–113 49
114–115 50
116–117 34
118–119 38
120–121 37
122–123 29
124–125 28
126–127 24
128–129 33
130–131 28
132–133 21
134–135 20
136–137 23
138–139 17
140–141 12
142–143 17
144–145 21
146–147 13
148–149 11
150–151 14
152–153 13
154–155 9
156–157 10
158–159 7
160–161 4
162–163 4
164 3
165+ 98
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Overview

Akshay Rao is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research spans primarily the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, with a focus on several subfields including Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Polymers and Plastics, and Physical and Theoretical Chemistry.

The main topics of Akshay Rao's scientific work include:

  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties
  • 2D Materials and Applications
  • Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films
  • Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics
  • Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures
  • Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research

Among their recent publications are the following papers:

  • "The role of charge recombination to triplet excitons in organic solar cells" (2021, Nature)
  • "Colloidal Metal-Halide Perovskite Nanoplatelets: Thickness-Controlled Synthesis, Properties, and Application in Light-Emitting Diodes" (2021, Advanced Materials)
  • "Operando optical tracking of single-particle ion dynamics in batteries" (2021, Apollo, University of Cambridge)
  • "Nanoscale chemical heterogeneity dominates the optoelectronic response of alloyed perovskite solar cells" (2021, Nature Nanotechnology)
  • "Efficient energy transport in an organic semiconductor mediated by transient exciton delocalization" (2021, Science Advances)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Akshay Rao include:

  • Richard H. Friend
  • Raj Pandya
  • Neil C. Greenham
  • Samuel D. Stranks
  • James Xiao

Akshay Rao has published extensively in several notable scientific venues. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Apollo (University of Cambridge)
  • ACS Nano
  • Nature Communications

Best Publications

  • The Role of Driving Energy and Delocalized States for Charge Separation in Organic Semiconductors

    Artem A. Bakulin;Akshay Rao;Vlad G. Pavelyev;Paul H. M. van Loosdrecht

  • Ultrafast Long-Range Charge Separation in Organic Semiconductor Photovoltaic Diodes

    Simon Gélinas;Akshay Rao;Abhishek Kumar;Samuel L. Smith

  • Synthesis and Optical Properties of Lead-Free Cesium Tin Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals

    Tom C. Jellicoe;Johannes M. Richter;Hugh F. J. Glass;Maxim Tabachnyk

  • The role of spin in the kinetic control of recombination in organic photovoltaics

    Akshay Rao;Philip C. Y. Chow;Simon Gélinas;Cody W. Schlenker

  • A transferable model for singlet-fission kinetics

    Shane R Yost;Jiye Lee;Mark W B Wilson;Tony Wu

  • Ultrafast Dynamics of Exciton Fission in Polycrystalline Pentacene

    Mark W. B. Wilson;Akshay Rao;Jenny Clark;R. Sai Santosh Kumar

  • Harnessing singlet exciton fission to break the Shockley–Queisser limit

    Akshay Rao;Richard H. Friend

  • The role of charge recombination to triplet excitons in organic solar cells.

    Alexander J. Gillett;Alberto Privitera;Rishat Dilmurat;Akchheta Karki

  • Real-time observation of multiexcitonic states in ultrafast singlet fission using coherent 2D electronic spectroscopy.

    Artem A. Bakulin;Sarah E. Morgan;Tom B. Kehoe;Mark W. B. Wilson

  • Evidence for conical intersection dynamics mediating ultrafast singlet exciton fission

    Andrew J. Musser;Matz Liebel;Christoph Schnedermann;Torsten Wende

  • Long-range exciton transport in conjugated polymer nanofibers prepared by seeded growth

    Xu-Hui Jin;Michael B. Price;John R. Finnegan;Charlotte E. Boott

  • Exciton fission and charge generation via triplet excitons in pentacene/C60 bilayers.

    Akshay Rao;Mark W B Wilson;Justin M Hodgkiss;Sebastian Albert-Seifried

  • Resonant energy transfer of triplet excitons from pentacene to PbSe nanocrystals

    Maxim Tabachnyk;Bruno Ehrler;Simon Gélinas;Marcus L Böhm

  • Bimolecular Recombination in Organic Photovoltaics

    Girish Lakhwani;Akshay Rao;Richard H. Friend

  • Singlet exciton fission in polycrystalline pentacene: from photophysics toward devices.

    Mark W. B. Wilson;Akshay Rao;Bruno Ehrler;Richard H. Friend

  • Unequal partnership: asymmetric roles of polymeric donor and fullerene acceptor in generating free charge.

    Brett M. Savoie;Akshay Rao;Artem A. Bakulin;Simon Gelinas

  • Strongly exchange-coupled triplet pairs in an organic semiconductor

    Leah R. Weiss;Sam L. Bayliss;Felix Kraffert;Karl J. Thorley

  • Singlet Exciton Fission-Sensitized Infrared Quantum Dot Solar Cells

    Bruno Ehrler;Mark W. B. Wilson;Akshay Rao;Richard H. Friend

  • Real-Time Observation of Exciton-Phonon Coupling Dynamics in Self-Assembled Hybrid Perovskite Quantum Wells.

    Limeng Ni;Uyen Huynh;Alexandre Cheminal;Tudor H. Thomas

  • Polymer blend solar cells based on a high-mobility naphthalenediimide-based polymer acceptor: Device physics, photophysics and morphology

    Jennifer R. Moore;Sebastian Albert-Seifried;Akshay Rao;Sylvain Massip

  • Temperature-Independent Singlet Exciton Fission in Tetracene

    Mark W. B. Wilson;Akshay Rao;Kerr Johnson;Simon Gélinas

  • Colloidal Metal-Halide Perovskite Nanoplatelets: Thickness-Controlled Synthesis, Properties and Application in Light-Emitting Diodes

    Clara Otero-Martínez;Junzhi Ye;Jooyoung Sung;Jooyoung Sung;Isabel Pastoriza-Santos

  • Operando optical tracking of single-particle ion dynamics in batteries.

    Alice J. Merryweather;Christoph Schnedermann;Quentin Jacquet;Clare P. Grey

  • Nanoscale chemical heterogeneity dominates the optoelectronic response of alloyed perovskite solar cells.

    Kyle Frohna;Miguel Anaya;Stuart Macpherson;Jooyoung Sung;Jooyoung Sung

  • Exploiting Excited-State Aromaticity To Design Highly Stable Singlet Fission Materials.

    Kealan J Fallon;Peter Budden;Enrico Salvadori;Enrico Salvadori;Alex M Ganose

  • Exciton‐Charge Annihilation in Organic Semiconductor Films

    Justin M. Hodgkiss;Justin M. Hodgkiss;Sebastian Albert-Seifried;Akshay Rao;Alex J. Barker

  • Efficient energy transport in an organic semiconductor mediated by transient exciton delocalization.

    Alexander J. Sneyd;Tomoya Fukui;Tomoya Fukui;David Paleček;Suryoday Prodhan

  • Room-Temperature Photoluminescence Mediated by Sulfur Vacancies in 2D Molybdenum Disulfide

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  • Excited-State Dynamics in Fully Conjugated 2D Covalent Organic Frameworks

    Andreas C Jakowetz;Andreas C Jakowetz;Ture F Hinrichsen;Laura Ascherl;Torben Sick

  • Achievement of 4.7% conversion efficiency in ZnO dye-sensitized solar cells fabricated by spray deposition using hydrothermally synthesized nanoparticles

    A Ranga Rao;V Dutta

  • Ultrafast Long-Range Charge Separation in Nonfullerene Organic Solar Cells.

    Yasunari Tamai;Yeli Fan;Vincent O. Kim;Kostiantyn Ziabrev

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard H. Friend
Richard H. Friend University of Cambridge
Neil C. Greenham
Neil C. Greenham University of Cambridge
Aditya Sadhanala
Aditya Sadhanala Indian Institute of Science
David Beljonne
David Beljonne University of Mons
Samuel D. Stranks
Samuel D. Stranks University of Cambridge
Artem A. Bakulin
Artem A. Bakulin Imperial College London
Philipp Kukura
Philipp Kukura University of Oxford
John E. Anthony
John E. Anthony University of Kentucky
Justin M. Hodgkiss
Justin M. Hodgkiss Victoria University of Wellington
Ian Manners
Ian Manners University of Victoria

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