2026 An-Chang Shi: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	64	6005	5811	99	94	311	11946

An-Chang Shi 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 An-Chang Shi sits on this spectrum.

50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 311 publications — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

An-Chang Shi 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 An-Chang Shi sits on this spectrum.

40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 64 D-Index — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

An-Chang Shi is a researcher affiliated with McMaster University in Canada, specializing in materials science and chemistry. Their academic work is primarily focused on materials chemistry, organic chemistry, and polymers and plastics, with additional expertise in electronic, optical and magnetic materials as well as biomedical engineering.

Their research covers a range of topics, including:

Block Copolymer Self-Assembly
Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization
Liquid Crystal Research Advancements
Polymer Crystallization and Properties
Quasicrystal Structures and Properties
Pickering Emulsions and Particle Stabilization
Surfactants and Colloidal Systems

Shi has contributed extensively to the scientific literature, with frequent publications in several journals. The venues where they have published the most include:

Macromolecules
arXiv (Cornell University)
Chinese Journal of Polymer Science
Giant
The Journal of Chemical Physics

Their notable recent papers include:

Stabilizing Phases of Block Copolymers with Gigantic Spheres via Designed Chain Architectures, 2020, ACS Macro Letters
Nanocrystal Assemblies: Current Advances and Open Problems, 2024, ACS Nano
Formation of Complex Spherical Packing Phases in Diblock Copolymer/Homopolymer Blends, 2020, Giant
Formation of Ionomer Microparticles via Polyelectrolyte Complexation, 2021, Macromolecules
Spherical Supramolecular Structures Constructed via Chemically Symmetric Perylene Bisimides: Beyond Columnar Assembly, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Shi collaborates regularly with a group of frequent co-authors, including Jiayu Xie, Pingwen Zhang, Kai Jiang, Lijia An, and Zhijuan He.

Best Publications

Mean-field approach to magnetic ordering in highly frustrated pyrochlores.

J. N. Reimers;A. J. Berlinsky;A.-C. Shi

358
Citations
Confinement-induced novel morphologies of block copolymers.

Bin Yu;Pingchuan Sun;Tiehong Chen;Qinghua Jin

350
Citations
σ Phase Formed in Conformationally Asymmetric AB-Type Block Copolymers

Nan Xie;Weihua Li;Feng Qiu;An-Chang Shi

288
Citations
Self-assembly of diblock copolymers under confinement

An-Chang Shi;Baohui Li

276
Citations
Giant surfactants provide a versatile platform for sub-10-nm nanostructure engineering

Xinfei Yu;Kan Yue;I-Fan Hsieh;Yiwen Li

253
Citations
Stability of Ordered Phases in Diblock Copolymer Melts

Mohamed Laradji;An-Chang Shi;Jaan Noolandi;Rashmi C. Desai

209
Citations
Stabilizing the Frank-Kasper Phases via Binary Blends of AB Diblock Copolymers

Meijiao Liu;Meijiao Liu;Meijiao Liu;Yicheng Qiang;Weihua Li;Feng Qiu

206
Citations
Effects of Polydispersity on Phase Behavior of Diblock Copolymers

David M. Cooke;An-Chang Shi

188
Citations
Budded, Mesoporous Silica Hollow Spheres: Hierarchical Structure Controlled by Kinetic Self‐Assembly

Jingui Wang;Qiang Xiao;Huijing Zhou;Pingchuan Sun

183
Citations
Macromolecular metallurgy of binary mesocrystals via designed multiblock terpolymers.

Nan Xie;Meijiao Liu;Hanlin Deng;Weihua Li

183
Citations
Self-Assembly of Symmetric Diblock Copolymers Confined in Spherical Nanopores

Bin Yu;Baohui Li;Qinghua Jin;Datong Ding

179
Citations
Discovering ordered phases of block copolymers: new results from a generic Fourier-space approach.

Zuojun Guo;Guojie Zhang;Feng Qiu;Hongdong Zhang

174
Citations
Pinning and I-V characteristics of a two-dimensional defective flux-line lattice.

An-Chang Shi;A. John Berlinsky

161
Citations
Microstructures of a Cylinder-Forming Diblock Copolymer under Spherical Confinement

Peng Chen;Haojun Liang;An-Chang Shi

145
Citations
Origins of low-symmetry phases in asymmetric diblock copolymer melts.

Kyungtae Kim;Akash Arora;Ronald M. Lewis;Meijiao Liu

144
Citations
Helical Vesicles, Segmented Semivesicles, and Noncircular Bilayer Sheets from Solution-State Self-Assembly of ABC Miktoarm Star Terpolymers

Weixin Kong;Baohui Li;Qinghua Jin;Datong Ding

142
Citations
Origin of Microstructures from Confined Asymmetric Diblock Copolymers

Peng Chen;Haojun Liang;An-Chang Shi

140
Citations
Phase Diagram of Diblock Copolymers Confined in Thin Films

Weihua Li;Meijiao Liu;Feng Qiu;An-Chang Shi

135
Citations
The Observation of Highly Ordered Domains in Membranes with Cholesterol.

Clare L. Armstrong;Drew Marquardt;Drew Marquardt;Hannah Dies;Norbert Kučerka

134
Citations
Nonclassical Spherical Packing Phases Self-Assembled from AB-Type Block Copolymers

Weihua Li;Chao Duan;An-Chang Shi

132
Citations
Theory of Phase Behavior of Poly(oxyethylene)−Poly(oxypropylene)−Poly(oxyethylene) Triblock Copolymers in Aqueous Solutions

Jaan Noolandi;An-Chang Shi;Per Linse

127
Citations
Theory of Anisotropic Fluctuations in Ordered Block Copolymer Phases

An-Chang Shi;Jaan Noolandi;Rashmi C. Desai

125
Citations