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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Materials Science 82 2438 2354 66 66 569 30531

Beng Kang Tay publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Beng Kang Tay between 1995 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Beng Kang Tay published across 32 years, from 1995 to 2026, averaging 19.3 papers a year. Output peaked at 47 publications in 2001. 13 of the 618 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30 40
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1995 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 47. Peak 47 publications in 2001. 1995: 2 publications 1996: 7 publications 1997: 13 publications 1998: 8 publications 1999: 17 publications 2000: 27 publications 2001: 47 publications 2002: 33 publications 2003: 47 publications 2004: 36 publications 2005: 24 publications 2006: 19 publications 2007: 26 publications 2008: 20 publications 2009: 26 publications 2010: 14 publications 2011: 30 publications 2012: 28 publications 2013: 33 publications 2014: 18 publications 2015: 20 publications 2016: 11 publications 2017: 20 publications 2018: 16 publications 2019: 12 publications 2020: 10 publications 2021: 6 publications 2022: 9 publications 2023: 15 publications 2024: 11 publications 2025: 12 publications 2026: 1 publication
1995 2026

618 publications in total across all disciplines

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Beng Kang Tay: publications per year, 1995 to 2026
Year Publications
1995 2
1996 7
1997 13
1998 8
1999 17
2000 27
2001 47
2002 33
2003 47
2004 36
2005 24
2006 19
2007 26
2008 20
2009 26
2010 14
2011 30
2012 28
2013 33
2014 18
2015 20
2016 11
2017 20
2018 16
2019 12
2020 10
2021 6
2022 9
2023 15
2024 11
2025 12
2026 1
Total 618
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Beng Kang Tay 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 Beng Kang Tay 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, 550–569 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: 569 publications — 91st percentile

91% 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
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
550–569 131 569
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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Beng Kang Tay 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 Beng Kang Tay 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, 82–83 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: 82 D-Index — 81st percentile

81% 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
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 82
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

Beng Kang Tay is a researcher affiliated with Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. Their work primarily spans the fields of Materials Science and Engineering, with a significant focus on Materials Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering as subfields.

Their research addresses topics such as:

  • 2D Materials and Applications
  • Advanced Memory and Neural Computing
  • Graphene research and applications
  • Carbon Nanotubes in Composites
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Ferroelectric and Negative Capacitance Devices
  • MXene and MAX Phase Materials

They have authored several papers, including:

  • Engineering grain boundaries at the 2D limit for the hydrogen evolution reaction, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Flexible Ferroelectric Devices: Status and Applications, 2022, Advanced Functional Materials
  • Hardware-Friendly Stochastic and Adaptive Learning in Memristor Convolutional Neural Networks, 2021, Advanced Intelligent Systems
  • Direct growth of single-metal-atom chains, 2022, Nature Synthesis
  • Extendable piezo/ferroelectricity in nonstoichiometric 2D transition metal dichalcogenides, 2023, Nature Communications

The scientist frequently publishes in these venues:

  • Nature Communications
  • Micromachines
  • Nanotechnology
  • UNC Libraries
  • Advanced Functional Materials

Collaborations are notable with frequent co-authors including Xingli Wang, Philippe Coquet, Zheng Liu, Guangchao Zhao, and Mingqiang Huang.

Best Publications

  • From bulk to monolayer MoS2: evolution of Raman scattering

    Hong Li;Qing Zhang;Chin Chong Ray Yap;Beng Kang Tay

  • Vertical and in-plane heterostructures from WS2/MoS2 monolayers.

    Yongji Gong;Junhao Lin;Xingli Wang;Gang Shi

  • Chemical vapor deposition growth of crystalline monolayer MoSe2.

    Xingli Wang;Yongji Gong;Gang Shi;Wai Leong Chow

  • Photoluminescence study of ZnO films prepared by thermal oxidation of Zn metallic films in air.

    Y. G. Wang;Shu Ping Lau;H. W. Lee;Siu Fung Yu

  • Highly Sensitive Detection of Polarized Light Using Anisotropic 2D ReS2

    Fucai Liu;Shoujun Zheng;Xuexia He;Apoorva Chaturvedi

  • Electronic Properties of Bulk and Monolayer TMDs: Theoretical Study Within DFT Framework (GVJ-2e Method)

    Julia Gusakova;Xingli Wang;Li Lynn Shiau;Anna Krivosheeva

  • All metal nitrides solid-state asymmetric supercapacitors

    Changrong Zhu;Peihua Yang;Dongliang Chao;Xingli Wang

  • Properties of carbon ion deposited tetrahedral amorphous carbon films as a function of ion energy

    Shi Xu;B. K. Tay;H. S. Tan;Li Zhong

  • High Mobility 2D Palladium Diselenide Field-Effect Transistors with Tunable Ambipolar Characteristics.

    Wai Leong Chow;Wai Leong Chow;Peng Yu;Fucai Liu;Jinhua Hong

  • MoS2/TiO2 Edge-On Heterostructure for Efficient Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution

    Haiyong He;Junhao Lin;Junhao Lin;Wei Fu;Xingli Wang

  • Comprehensive study of ZnO films prepared by filtered cathodic vacuum arc at room temperature

    Y. G. Wang;S. P. Lau;H. W. Lee;S. F. Yu

  • Correlation between the Melting Point of a Nanosolid and the Cohesive Energy of a Surface Atom

    Chang Q. Sun;and Y. Wang;B. K. Tay;S. Li

  • Polycrystalline ZnO thin films on Si (1 0 0) deposited by filtered cathodic vacuum arc

    X.L Xu;S.P Lau;J.S Chen;G.Y Chen

  • NO2 gas sensing with polyaniline nanofibers synthesized by a facile aqueous/organic interfacial polymerization

    X.B. Yan;Z.J. Han;Y. Yang;B.K. Tay

  • High-Performance Microsupercapacitors Based on Two-Dimensional Graphene/Manganese Dioxide/Silver Nanowire Ternary Hybrid Film

    Wenwen Liu;Congxiang Lu;Xingli Wang;Roland Yingjie Tay

  • Ultrasensitive 2D Bi2O2Se Phototransistors on Silicon Substrates

    Qundong Fu;Chao Zhu;Xiaoxu Zhao;Xingli Wang

  • Engineering grain boundaries at the 2D limit for the hydrogen evolution reaction.

    Yongmin He;Peng-Yi Tang;Peng-Yi Tang;Zhili Hu;Zhili Hu;Qiyuang He

  • In situ fabrication of three-dimensional, ultrathin graphite/carbon nanotube/NiO composite as binder-free electrode for high-performance energy storage

    Wenwen Liu;Congxiang Lu;Xingli Wang;Kun Liang

  • Mechanical properties and Raman spectra of tetrahedral amorphous carbon films with high sp3 fraction deposited using a filtered cathodic arc

    Shi Xu;D. Flynn;B. K. Tay;S. Prawer

  • Electromagnetic interference shielding effectiveness of carbon-based materials prepared by screen printing

    Li-Li Wang;Li-Li Wang;Beng-Kang Tay;Kye-Yak See;Zhuo Sun

  • Bond-order?bond-length?bond-strength (bond-OLS) correlation mechanism for the shape-and-size dependence of a nanosolid

    Chang Q Sun;Chang Q Sun;B K Tay;X T Zeng;S Li

Frequent Co-Authors

Shu Ping Lau
Shu Ping Lau Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Zhili Sun
Zhili Sun University of Surrey
Chang Q. Sun
Chang Q. Sun Nanyang Technological University
Xiao Wei Sun
Xiao Wei Sun Southern University of Science and Technology
Xuetao Shi
Xuetao Shi South China University of Technology
Zheng Liu
Zheng Liu Nanyang Technological University
Jingsheng Chen
Jingsheng Chen National University of Singapore
Zhao Jun Han
Zhao Jun Han University of New South Wales
Erjia Liu
Erjia Liu Nanyang Technological University
William I. Milne
William I. Milne University of Cambridge

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