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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Physics 82 2857 2713 1399 1302 330 23424

Bao-An Li publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Bao-An Li between 1988 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Bao-An Li published across 38 years, from 1988 to 2025, averaging 9.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 20 publications in 2013. 21 of the 360 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1988 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 20. Peak 20 publications in 2013. 1988: 2 publications 1989: 0 publications 1990: 0 publications 1991: 6 publications 1992: 3 publications 1993: 12 publications 1994: 2 publications 1995: 6 publications 1996: 9 publications 1997: 7 publications 1998: 4 publications 1999: 7 publications 2000: 8 publications 2001: 11 publications 2002: 11 publications 2003: 10 publications 2004: 6 publications 2005: 11 publications 2006: 13 publications 2007: 15 publications 2008: 17 publications 2009: 15 publications 2010: 18 publications 2011: 11 publications 2012: 5 publications 2013: 20 publications 2014: 14 publications 2015: 14 publications 2016: 10 publications 2017: 8 publications 2018: 10 publications 2019: 11 publications 2020: 10 publications 2021: 13 publications 2022: 11 publications 2023: 9 publications 2024: 12 publications 2025: 9 publications
1988 2025

360 publications in total across all disciplines

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Bao-An Li: publications per year, 1988 to 2025
Year Publications
1988 2
1989 0
1990 0
1991 6
1992 3
1993 12
1994 2
1995 6
1996 9
1997 7
1998 4
1999 7
2000 8
2001 11
2002 11
2003 10
2004 6
2005 11
2006 13
2007 15
2008 17
2009 15
2010 18
2011 11
2012 5
2013 20
2014 14
2015 14
2016 10
2017 8
2018 10
2019 11
2020 10
2021 13
2022 11
2023 9
2024 12
2025 9
Total 360
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Bao-An Li publication distribution in Physics in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Physics in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Bao-An Li sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 70 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 103–122 to 1,469+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 162. Most scientists, 162, have 323–342 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,469 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 323–342 publications, is where this scientist sits. 103–122 publications: 7 scientists 123–142 publications: 10 scientists 143–162 publications: 31 scientists 163–182 publications: 35 scientists 183–202 publications: 53 scientists 203–222 publications: 81 scientists 223–242 publications: 85 scientists 243–262 publications: 112 scientists 263–282 publications: 114 scientists 283–302 publications: 126 scientists 303–322 publications: 136 scientists 323–342 publications: 162 scientists 343–362 publications: 155 scientists 363–382 publications: 156 scientists 383–402 publications: 134 scientists 403–422 publications: 145 scientists 423–442 publications: 147 scientists 443–462 publications: 131 scientists 463–482 publications: 131 scientists 483–502 publications: 116 scientists 503–522 publications: 106 scientists 523–542 publications: 103 scientists 543–562 publications: 87 scientists 563–582 publications: 84 scientists 583–602 publications: 94 scientists 603–622 publications: 70 scientists 623–642 publications: 76 scientists 643–662 publications: 60 scientists 663–682 publications: 54 scientists 683–702 publications: 60 scientists 703–722 publications: 48 scientists 723–742 publications: 64 scientists 743–762 publications: 48 scientists 763–782 publications: 37 scientists 783–802 publications: 43 scientists 803–822 publications: 34 scientists 823–842 publications: 36 scientists 843–862 publications: 32 scientists 863–882 publications: 32 scientists 883–902 publications: 31 scientists 903–922 publications: 25 scientists 923–942 publications: 15 scientists 943–962 publications: 24 scientists 963–982 publications: 13 scientists 983–1,002 publications: 21 scientists 1,003–1,022 publications: 21 scientists 1,023–1,042 publications: 16 scientists 1,043–1,062 publications: 9 scientists 1,063–1,082 publications: 19 scientists 1,083–1,102 publications: 11 scientists 1,103–1,122 publications: 17 scientists 1,123–1,142 publications: 11 scientists 1,143–1,162 publications: 7 scientists 1,163–1,182 publications: 4 scientists 1,183–1,202 publications: 10 scientists 1,203–1,222 publications: 8 scientists 1,223–1,242 publications: 16 scientists 1,243–1,262 publications: 4 scientists 1,263–1,282 publications: 10 scientists 1,283–1,302 publications: 5 scientists 1,303–1,322 publications: 7 scientists 1,323–1,342 publications: 4 scientists 1,343–1,362 publications: 8 scientists 1,363–1,382 publications: 6 scientists 1,383–1,402 publications: 7 scientists 1,403–1,422 publications: 3 scientists 1,423–1,442 publications: 4 scientists 1,443–1,462 publications: 4 scientists 1,463–1,468 publications: 3 scientists 1,469+ publications: 100 scientists
103–122 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 330 publications — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,469 publications or more.

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Number of Physics scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,678 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
103–122 7
123–142 10
143–162 31
163–182 35
183–202 53
203–222 81
223–242 85
243–262 112
263–282 114
283–302 126
303–322 136
323–342 162 330
343–362 155
363–382 156
383–402 134
403–422 145
423–442 147
443–462 131
463–482 131
483–502 116
503–522 106
523–542 103
543–562 87
563–582 84
583–602 94
603–622 70
623–642 76
643–662 60
663–682 54
683–702 60
703–722 48
723–742 64
743–762 48
763–782 37
783–802 43
803–822 34
823–842 36
843–862 32
863–882 32
883–902 31
903–922 25
923–942 15
943–962 24
963–982 13
983–1,002 21
1,003–1,022 21
1,023–1,042 16
1,043–1,062 9
1,063–1,082 19
1,083–1,102 11
1,103–1,122 17
1,123–1,142 11
1,143–1,162 7
1,163–1,182 4
1,183–1,202 10
1,203–1,222 8
1,223–1,242 16
1,243–1,262 4
1,263–1,282 10
1,283–1,302 5
1,303–1,322 7
1,323–1,342 4
1,343–1,362 8
1,363–1,382 6
1,383–1,402 7
1,403–1,422 3
1,423–1,442 4
1,443–1,462 4
1,463–1,468 3
1,469+ 100
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Bao-An Li D-index placement in Physics in 2026

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

No. of scientists
50 100 150
Bar chart with 59 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 70–71 to 185+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 167. Most scientists, 167, have 80–81 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 185 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 82–83 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 70–71 D-Index: 76 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 110 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 143 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 153 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 144 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 167 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 167 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 166 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 132 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 155 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 134 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 137 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 102 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 112 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 110 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 116 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 97 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 103 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 87 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 90 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 78 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 75 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 67 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 69 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 59 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 53 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 42 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 41 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 33 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 32 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 45 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 19 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 24 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 28 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 31 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 20 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 12 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 24 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 23 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 15 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 15 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 11 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 17 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 12 scientists 166–167 D-Index: 11 scientists 168–169 D-Index: 9 scientists 170–171 D-Index: 9 scientists 172–173 D-Index: 11 scientists 174–175 D-Index: 4 scientists 176–177 D-Index: 8 scientists 178–179 D-Index: 5 scientists 180–181 D-Index: 3 scientists 182–183 D-Index: 4 scientists 184 D-Index: 4 scientists 185+ D-Index: 99 scientists
70–71 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 82 D-Index — 24th percentile

24% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 185 D-Index or more.

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Number of Physics scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 3,678 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
70–71 76
72–73 110
74–75 143
76–77 153
78–79 144
80–81 167
82–83 167 82
84–85 166
86–87 132
88–89 155
90–91 134
92–93 137
94–95 102
96–97 112
98–99 110
100–101 116
102–103 97
104–105 103
106–107 87
108–109 90
110–111 67
112–113 78
114–115 75
116–117 67
118–119 69
120–121 60
122–123 59
124–125 53
126–127 42
128–129 41
130–131 33
132–133 32
134–135 45
136–137 19
138–139 24
140–141 28
142–143 31
144–145 22
146–147 20
148–149 12
150–151 16
152–153 24
154–155 23
156–157 15
158–159 15
160–161 11
162–163 17
164–165 12
166–167 11
168–169 9
170–171 9
172–173 11
174–175 4
176–177 8
178–179 5
180–181 3
182–183 4
184 4
185+ 99
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Overview

Bao-An Li is affiliated with East Texas A&M in the United States. Li's research primarily focuses on Environmental Science and Engineering, with significant contributions related to pollution, health toxicology, materials chemistry, water science, and sustainability. Their work crosses multiple subfields, including Pollution, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Materials Chemistry, Water Science and Technology, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

The scientist has extensively studied and published on topics related to wastewater treatment and nitrogen removal, water treatment and disinfection, membrane separation technologies, thermal properties of materials, solar-powered water purification methods, electrohydrodynamics and fluid dynamics, and electromagnetic wave absorption materials.

Li's most frequent publication venues include:

  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Journal of Membrane Science
  • Chemosphere
  • Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing
  • Journal of Water Process Engineering

Noteworthy recent publications by Bao-An Li include:

  • "Biodegradation of phenolic compounds in high saline wastewater by biofilms adhering on aerated membranes," 2020, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • "Effects of sulfamethoxazole on nitrogen transformation and antibiotic resistance genes in short-cut nitrification and denitrification process treating mariculture wastewater," 2022, Chemical Engineering Journal
  • "Enhanced photocatalytic degradation of antibiotic drug and dye pollutants by graphene-ordered mesoporous silica (SBA 15)/TiO2 nanocomposite under visible-light irradiation," 2020, Journal of Molecular Liquids
  • "Fabrication of omniphobic PVDF composite membrane with dual-scale hierarchical structure via chemical bonding for robust membrane distillation," 2021, Journal of Membrane Science
  • "Dual-encapsulated phase change composites with hierarchical MXene-graphene monoliths in graphene foam for high-efficiency thermal management and electromagnetic interference shielding," 2023, Composites Part B Engineering

Collaboration is an integral part of Li's research, with frequent coauthors including:

  • Zhiye Sun
  • Boyang Hu
  • Jun Liu
  • Hong Guo
  • Xinglin Li

The scientist's body of work addresses several core areas of environmental and engineering research applied to wastewater treatment, pollutant degradation, membrane technologies, and material science for sustainability and energy efficiency. Their research has been published in journals focusing on chemistry, engineering, and environmental processes, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach.

Best Publications

  • Multiphase transport model for relativistic heavy ion collisions

    Zi-Wei Lin;Che Ming Ko;Bao-An Li;Bin Zhang

  • Recent Progress and New Challenges in Isospin Physics with Heavy-Ion Reactions

    Bao-An Li;Lie-Wen Chen;Che Ming Ko

  • Formation of Superdense Hadronic Matter in High-Energy Heavy-Ion Collisions

    Bao-An Li;Che Ming Ko

  • Determination of the stiffness of the nuclear symmetry energy from isospin diffusion.

    Lie-Wen Chen;Che Ming Ko;Bao-An Li

  • Multiphase transport model for relativistic nuclear collisions

    Bin Zhang;C. M. Ko;Bao-An Li;Ziwei Lin

  • Heavy-ion collisions at the LHC-Last call for predictions

    N. Armesto;N. Borghini;S. Jeon;U. A. Wiedemann

  • Nuclear matter symmetry energy and the neutron skin thickness of heavy nuclei

    Lie-Wen Chen;Che Ming Ko;Bao-An Li

  • Circumstantial evidence for a soft nuclear symmetry energy at suprasaturation densities.

    Zhigang Xiao;Bao-An Li;Lie-Wen Chen;Gao-Chan Yong

  • Probing the high density behavior of the nuclear symmetry energy with high energy heavy-ion collisions.

    Bao-An Li

  • Isospin Physics in Heavy-Ion Collisions at Intermediate Energies

    Bao An Li;Che Ming Ko;Wolfgang Bauer

  • Nucleon-nucleon cross sections in neutron-rich matter and isospin transport in heavy-ion reactions at intermediate energies

    Bao-An Li;Lie-Wen Chen

  • Constraining the neutron–proton effective mass splitting using empirical constraints on the density dependence of nuclear symmetry energy around normal density

    Bao-An Li;Xiao Han

  • Equation of State of Asymmetric Nuclear Matter and Collisions of Neutron-Rich Nuclei

    Bao-An Li;C. M. Ko;Zhongzhou Ren

  • Density slope of the nuclear symmetry energy from the neutron skin thickness of heavy nuclei

    Lie-Wen Chen;Che Ming Ko;Bao-An Li;Jun Xu

  • Momentum dependence of symmetry potential in asymmetric nuclear matter for transport model calculations

    C. B. Das;S. Das Gupta;C. Gale;Bao-An Li

  • Neutron-proton differential flow as a probe of isospin-dependence of the nuclear equation of state

    Bao-An Li

  • Higher-order effects on the incompressibility of isospin asymmetric nuclear matter

    Lie-Wen Chen;Bao-Jun Cai;Che Ming Ko;Bao-An Li

  • Effects of momentum-dependent symmetry potential on heavy-ion collisions induced by neutron-rich nuclei

    Bao-An Li;Champak B. Das;Subal Das Gupta;Charles Gale

  • NUCLEAR CONSTRAINTS ON PROPERTIES OF NEUTRON STAR CRUSTS

    Jun Xu;Jun Xu;Lie-Wen Chen;Bao-An Li;Hong-Ru Ma

  • Charged particle rapidity distributions at relativistic energies

    Zi-wei Lin;Subrata Pal;C. M. Ko;Bao-An Li

Frequent Co-Authors

Che Ming Ko
Che Ming Ko Texas A&M University
Witold Nazarewicz
Witold Nazarewicz Michigan State University
Nu Xu
Nu Xu Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
George F. Bertsch
George F. Bertsch University of Washington
J. Stachel
J. Stachel Heidelberg University
Peter Braun-Munzinger
Peter Braun-Munzinger GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research
Dirk H. Rischke
Dirk H. Rischke Goethe University Frankfurt
Sami Sakari Rasanen
Sami Sakari Rasanen University of Jyväskylä
Xin-Nian Wang
Xin-Nian Wang Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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