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Arumugam Manthiram publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Arumugam Manthiram between 1978 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Arumugam Manthiram published across 49 years, from 1978 to 2026, averaging 26.9 papers a year. Output peaked at 81 publications in 2015. 49 of the 1,319 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
20 40 60 80
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1978 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 81. Peak 81 publications in 2015. 1978: 1 publication 1979: 1 publication 1980: 4 publications 1981: 2 publications 1982: 0 publications 1983: 0 publications 1984: 2 publications 1985: 3 publications 1986: 1 publication 1987: 6 publications 1988: 12 publications 1989: 9 publications 1990: 11 publications 1991: 3 publications 1992: 14 publications 1993: 8 publications 1994: 14 publications 1995: 9 publications 1996: 14 publications 1997: 14 publications 1998: 6 publications 1999: 13 publications 2000: 12 publications 2001: 15 publications 2002: 24 publications 2003: 16 publications 2004: 14 publications 2005: 23 publications 2006: 30 publications 2007: 14 publications 2008: 20 publications 2009: 43 publications 2010: 39 publications 2011: 49 publications 2012: 59 publications 2013: 73 publications 2014: 59 publications 2015: 81 publications 2016: 77 publications 2017: 65 publications 2018: 58 publications 2019: 58 publications 2020: 60 publications 2021: 61 publications 2022: 61 publications 2023: 61 publications 2024: 51 publications 2025: 47 publications 2026: 2 publications
1978 2026

1,319 publications in total across all disciplines

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Arumugam Manthiram: publications per year, 1978 to 2026
Year Publications
1978 1
1979 1
1980 4
1981 2
1982 0
1983 0
1984 2
1985 3
1986 1
1987 6
1988 12
1989 9
1990 11
1991 3
1992 14
1993 8
1994 14
1995 9
1996 14
1997 14
1998 6
1999 13
2000 12
2001 15
2002 24
2003 16
2004 14
2005 23
2006 30
2007 14
2008 20
2009 43
2010 39
2011 49
2012 59
2013 73
2014 59
2015 81
2016 77
2017 65
2018 58
2019 58
2020 60
2021 61
2022 61
2023 61
2024 51
2025 47
2026 2
Total 1,319
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Arumugam Manthiram publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Arumugam Manthiram sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
250 500 750 1,000 1,250
Bar chart with 63 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 61–80 to 1,295+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 1,350. Most scientists, 1,350, have 161–180 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 1,141–1,160 publications, is where this scientist sits. 61–80 publications: 66 scientists 81–100 publications: 302 scientists 101–120 publications: 623 scientists 121–140 publications: 918 scientists 141–160 publications: 1,218 scientists 161–180 publications: 1,350 scientists 181–200 publications: 1,344 scientists 201–220 publications: 1,281 scientists 221–240 publications: 1,216 scientists 241–260 publications: 1,100 scientists 261–280 publications: 979 scientists 281–300 publications: 939 scientists 301–320 publications: 764 scientists 321–340 publications: 643 scientists 341–360 publications: 628 scientists 361–380 publications: 522 scientists 381–400 publications: 459 scientists 401–420 publications: 397 scientists 421–440 publications: 327 scientists 441–460 publications: 270 scientists 461–480 publications: 265 scientists 481–500 publications: 252 scientists 501–520 publications: 201 scientists 521–540 publications: 185 scientists 541–560 publications: 148 scientists 561–580 publications: 148 scientists 581–600 publications: 132 scientists 601–620 publications: 114 scientists 621–640 publications: 104 scientists 641–660 publications: 91 scientists 661–680 publications: 92 scientists 681–700 publications: 73 scientists 701–720 publications: 57 scientists 721–740 publications: 54 scientists 741–760 publications: 67 scientists 761–780 publications: 45 scientists 781–800 publications: 46 scientists 801–820 publications: 39 scientists 821–840 publications: 32 scientists 841–860 publications: 36 scientists 861–880 publications: 29 scientists 881–900 publications: 26 scientists 901–920 publications: 24 scientists 921–940 publications: 14 scientists 941–960 publications: 23 scientists 961–980 publications: 28 scientists 981–1,000 publications: 15 scientists 1,001–1,020 publications: 29 scientists 1,021–1,040 publications: 12 scientists 1,041–1,060 publications: 19 scientists 1,061–1,080 publications: 12 scientists 1,081–1,100 publications: 6 scientists 1,101–1,120 publications: 8 scientists 1,121–1,140 publications: 12 scientists 1,141–1,160 publications: 5 scientists 1,161–1,180 publications: 6 scientists 1,181–1,200 publications: 14 scientists 1,201–1,220 publications: 7 scientists 1,221–1,240 publications: 2 scientists 1,241–1,260 publications: 6 scientists 1,261–1,280 publications: 4 scientists 1,281–1,294 publications: 6 scientists 1,295+ publications: 100 scientists
61–80 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 1,143 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

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Number of Chemistry scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 17,934 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
61–80 66
81–100 302
101–120 623
121–140 918
141–160 1,218
161–180 1,350
181–200 1,344
201–220 1,281
221–240 1,216
241–260 1,100
261–280 979
281–300 939
301–320 764
321–340 643
341–360 628
361–380 522
381–400 459
401–420 397
421–440 327
441–460 270
461–480 265
481–500 252
501–520 201
521–540 185
541–560 148
561–580 148
581–600 132
601–620 114
621–640 104
641–660 91
661–680 92
681–700 73
701–720 57
721–740 54
741–760 67
761–780 45
781–800 46
801–820 39
821–840 32
841–860 36
861–880 29
881–900 26
901–920 24
921–940 14
941–960 23
961–980 28
981–1,000 15
1,001–1,020 29
1,021–1,040 12
1,041–1,060 19
1,061–1,080 12
1,081–1,100 6
1,101–1,120 8
1,121–1,140 12
1,141–1,160 5 1,143
1,161–1,180 6
1,181–1,200 14
1,201–1,220 7
1,221–1,240 2
1,241–1,260 6
1,261–1,280 4
1,281–1,294 6
1,295+ 100
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Arumugam Manthiram D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

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

No. of scientists
250 500 750 1,000
Bar chart with 61 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 159+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 1,051. Most scientists, 1,051, have 56–57 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 159+ D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 612 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 808 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 776 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 835 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 861 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 872 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 933 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,051 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 930 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 882 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 834 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 731 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 775 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 683 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 646 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 561 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 501 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 437 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 388 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 354 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 292 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 275 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 254 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 235 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 185 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 192 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 155 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 163 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 125 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 105 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 105 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 112 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 88 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 68 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 69 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 65 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 79 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 61 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 44 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 40 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 33 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 26 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 34 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 35 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 25 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 27 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 17 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 16 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 20 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 20 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 15 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 9 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 9 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 11 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 3 scientists 158 D-Index: 3 scientists 159+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40–41 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 181 D-Index — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

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Number of Chemistry scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 17,934 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 289
42–43 612
44–45 808
46–47 776
48–49 835
50–51 861
52–53 872
54–55 933
56–57 1,051
58–59 930
60–61 882
62–63 834
64–65 731
66–67 775
68–69 683
70–71 646
72–73 561
74–75 501
76–77 437
78–79 388
80–81 354
82–83 292
84–85 275
86–87 254
88–89 235
90–91 185
92–93 192
94–95 155
96–97 163
98–99 125
100–101 105
102–103 105
104–105 112
106–107 88
108–109 68
110–111 69
112–113 65
114–115 79
116–117 61
118–119 44
120–121 37
122–123 40
124–125 33
126–127 26
128–129 34
130–131 35
132–133 25
134–135 27
136–137 17
138–139 16
140–141 20
142–143 20
144–145 15
146–147 9
148–149 9
150–151 16
152–153 11
154–155 9
156–157 3
158 3
159+ 98 181
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in United States Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Materials Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Materials Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2016 - Fellow of the Materials Research Society For pioneering contributions to the fundamental understanding and development of materials for energy conversion and storage, novel chemical syntheses, student education and training and leadership.
  • 2014 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Arumugam Manthiram is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their research predominantly focuses on the broad domain of engineering, with a concentration in electrical and electronic engineering, automotive engineering, and materials chemistry. The scientist's scholarly output encompasses 766 publications in engineering, including 597 in electrical and electronic engineering and 134 related to automotive engineering.

Their main research topics include:

  • Advancements in Battery Materials
  • Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
  • Advanced Battery Technologies Research
  • Advanced battery technologies research
  • Extraction and Separation Processes
  • Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication
  • Thermal Expansion and Ionic Conductivity

Frequent research collaborators include Zehao Cui, Amruth Bhargav, Jiarui He, Xingwen Yu, and Laisuo Su. The scientist's most common venues for publication are Advanced Energy Materials, ECS Meeting Abstracts, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Advanced Functional Materials, and ACS Energy Letters.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Arumugam Manthiram cover key areas of battery technology and materials science, including:

  • A reflection on lithium-ion battery cathode chemistry, 2020, Nature Communications
  • High-nickel layered oxide cathodes for lithium-based automotive batteries, 2020, Nature Energy
  • Lithium-Sulfur Batteries: Attaining the Critical Metrics, 2020, Joule
  • Anode-Free Full Cells: A Pathway to High-Energy Density Lithium-Metal Batteries, 2020, Advanced Energy Materials
  • A review of composite polymer-ceramic electrolytes for lithium batteries, 2020, Energy Storage Materials

The scientist has contributed to academic literature beyond journal articles, including a book published by Springer Nature titled Advances in Rechargeable Lithium-Sulfur Batteries (2022).

Recognition of Manthiram's work includes being named a Fellow of the Materials Research Society in 2016 for contributions to energy conversion and storage materials, chemical syntheses, education, and leadership. Additionally, they were granted Fellowship status in the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2014.

Best Publications

  • Rechargeable lithium-sulfur batteries.

    Arumugam Manthiram;Yongzhu Fu;Sheng Heng Chung;Chenxi Zu

  • Lithium battery chemistries enabled by solid-state electrolytes

    Arumugam Manthiram;Xingwen Yu;Shaofei Wang

  • Pathways for practical high-energy long-cycling lithium metal batteries

    Jun Liu;Zhenan Bao;Yi Cui;Eric J. Dufek

  • A reflection on lithium-ion battery cathode chemistry

    Arumugam Manthiram

  • Challenges and prospects of lithium-sulfur batteries.

    Arumugam Manthiram;Yongzhu Fu;Yu Sheng Su

  • Lithium–Sulfur Batteries: Progress and Prospects

    Arumugam Manthiram;Sheng Heng Chung;Chenxi Zu

  • An Outlook on Lithium Ion Battery Technology

    Arumugam Manthiram

  • Lithium–sulphur batteries with a microporous carbon paper as a bifunctional interlayer

    Yu Sheng Su;Arumugam Manthiram

  • High-voltage positive electrode materials for lithium-ion batteries

    Wangda Li;Bohang Song;Arumugam Manthiram

  • Materials Challenges and Opportunities of Lithium Ion Batteries

    Arumugam Manthiram

  • Nickel-Rich and Lithium-Rich Layered Oxide Cathodes: Progress and Perspectives

    Arumugam Manthiram;James C. Knight;Seung Taek Myung;Seung Min Oh

  • Long-life Li/polysulphide batteries with high sulphur loading enabled by lightweight three-dimensional nitrogen/sulphur-codoped graphene sponge

    Guangmin Zhou;Eunsu Paek;Gyeong S. Hwang;Arumugam Manthiram

  • Plating a Dendrite-Free Lithium Anode with a Polymer/Ceramic/Polymer Sandwich Electrolyte.

    Weidong Zhou;Shaofei Wang;Yutao Li;Sen Xin

  • Rapid, Facile Microwave-Solvothermal Synthesis of Graphene Nanosheets and Their Polyaniline Nanocomposites for Energy Strorage

    A. Vadivel Murugan;T. Muraliganth;Arumugam Manthiram

  • A new approach to improve cycle performance of rechargeable lithium–sulfur batteries by inserting a free-standing MWCNT interlayer

    Yu Sheng Su;Arumugam Manthiram

  • A perspective on the high-voltage LiMn1.5Ni0.5O4 spinel cathode for lithium-ion batteries

    Arumugam Manthiram;Katharine Chemelewski;Eun Sung Lee

  • Nanostructured electrode materials for electrochemical energy storage and conversion

    Arumugam Manthiram;A. Vadivel Murugan;A. Sarkar;T. Muraliganth

  • Vertical Co9S8 hollow nanowall arrays grown on a Celgard separator as a multifunctional polysulfide barrier for high-performance Li–S batteries

    Jiarui He;Jiarui He;Yuanfu Chen;Arumugam Manthiram

  • Spinel-type lithium cobalt oxide as a bifunctional electrocatalyst for the oxygen evolution and oxygen reduction reactions

    Thandavarayan Maiyalagan;Karalee A. Jarvis;Soosairaj Therese;Paulo J. Ferreira

Frequent Co-Authors

John B. Goodenough
John B. Goodenough The University of Texas at Austin
Sheng Heng Chung
Sheng Heng Chung National Cheng Kung University
Yongzhu Fu
Yongzhu Fu Zhengzhou University
Jiarui He
Jiarui He The University of Texas at Austin
Ashfia Huq
Ashfia Huq Sandia National Laboratories
Paulo J Ferreira
Paulo J Ferreira Instituto Superior Técnico
Yuntian Zhu
Yuntian Zhu City University of Hong Kong
Mariappan Parans Paranthaman
Mariappan Parans Paranthaman Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Arunachala Mada Kannan
Arunachala Mada Kannan Arizona State University
Andrei Dolocan
Andrei Dolocan The University of Texas at Austin

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