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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Materials Science 72 3964 3837 134 132 265 23268
Chemistry 72 5172 4695 76 76 263 23241

Changduk Yang publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Changduk Yang between 1993 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Changduk Yang published across 34 years, from 1993 to 2026, averaging 9.4 papers a year. Output peaked at 45 publications in 2021. 13 of the 319 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30 40
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1993 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 45. Peak 45 publications in 2021. 1993: 2 publications 1994: 3 publications 1995: 1 publication 1996: 0 publications 1997: 0 publications 1998: 0 publications 1999: 1 publication 2000: 2 publications 2001: 1 publication 2002: 1 publication 2003: 0 publications 2004: 0 publications 2005: 0 publications 2006: 3 publications 2007: 5 publications 2008: 3 publications 2009: 6 publications 2010: 8 publications 2011: 9 publications 2012: 15 publications 2013: 7 publications 2014: 8 publications 2015: 13 publications 2016: 16 publications 2017: 21 publications 2018: 25 publications 2019: 30 publications 2020: 39 publications 2021: 45 publications 2022: 15 publications 2023: 17 publications 2024: 10 publications 2025: 11 publications 2026: 2 publications
1993 2026

319 publications in total across all disciplines

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Changduk Yang: publications per year, 1993 to 2026
Year Publications
1993 2
1994 3
1995 1
1996 0
1997 0
1998 0
1999 1
2000 2
2001 1
2002 1
2003 0
2004 0
2005 0
2006 3
2007 5
2008 3
2009 6
2010 8
2011 9
2012 15
2013 7
2014 8
2015 13
2016 16
2017 21
2018 25
2019 30
2020 39
2021 45
2022 15
2023 17
2024 10
2025 11
2026 2
Total 319
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Changduk Yang 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 Changduk Yang 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, 250–269 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: 265 publications — 51st percentile

51% 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
250–269 726 265
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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Changduk Yang 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 Changduk Yang 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, 72–73 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: 72 D-Index — 69th percentile

69% 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 72
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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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Korea Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Korea Leader Award

Overview

Changduk Yang is affiliated with the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology in South Korea. Their research primarily spans the fields of engineering and materials science, with a focus on electrical and electronic engineering, polymers and plastics, biomedical engineering, materials chemistry, and electronic, optical and magnetic materials.

The scientist's work concentrates on several main topics, including:

  • Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics
  • Conducting Polymers and Applications
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Thin-Film Transistor Technologies
  • Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
  • Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research
  • Nanowire Synthesis and Applications

Changduk Yang has published extensively in several journals. The most frequent venues for their publications include:

  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  • Energy & Environmental Science
  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry C
  • Small

Some of their recent papers are:

  • Tuning the electron-deficient core of a non-fullerene acceptor to achieve over 17% efficiency in a single-junction organic solar cell, 2020, Energy & Environmental Science
  • Mechanically Robust All-Polymer Solar Cells from Narrow Band Gap Acceptors with Hetero-Bridging Atoms, 2020, Joule
  • Eutectic phase behavior induced by a simple additive contributes to efficient organic solar cells, 2021, Nano Energy
  • Volatile Solid Additive-Assisted Sequential Deposition Enables 18.42% Efficiency in Organic Solar Cells, 2022, Advanced Science
  • A donor polymer based on 3-cyanothiophene with superior batch-to-batch reproducibility for high-efficiency organic solar cells, 2021, Energy & Environmental Science

Changduk Yang frequently collaborates with a group of co-authors, including:

  • Shanshan Chen
  • Lie Chen
  • Jiyeon Oh
  • Seonghun Jeong
  • Bin Huang

Best Publications

  • Stable perovskite solar cells with efficiency exceeding 24.8% and 0.3-V voltage loss.

    Mingyu Jeong;In Woo Choi;Eun Min Go;Yongjoon Cho

  • 11.4% Efficiency non-fullerene polymer solar cells with trialkylsilyl substituted 2D-conjugated polymer as donor.

    Haijun Bin;Liang Gao;Zhi Guo Zhang;Yankang Yang

  • Side-Chain Isomerization on an n-type Organic Semiconductor ITIC Acceptor Makes 11.77% High Efficiency Polymer Solar Cells

    Yangkang Yang;Zhi-Guo Zhang;Haihun Bin;Shanshan Chen

  • Non-Fullerene Polymer Solar Cells Based on Alkylthio and Fluorine Substituted 2D-Conjugated Polymers Reach 9.5% Efficiency

    Haijun Bin;Zhi-Guo Zhang;Liang Gao;Shanshan Chen

  • Ligand-engineered bandgap stability in mixed-halide perovskite LEDs.

    Yasser Hassan;Jong Hyun Park;Michael L. Crawford;Aditya Sadhanala;Aditya Sadhanala;Aditya Sadhanala

  • Cathode engineering with perylene-diimide interlayer enabling over 17% efficiency single-junction organic solar cells.

    Jia Yao;Beibei Qiu;Zhi-Guo Zhang;Lingwei Xue

  • A Thienoisoindigo-Naphthalene Polymer with Ultrahigh Mobility of 14.4 cm2/V·s That Substantially Exceeds Benchmark Values for Amorphous Silicon Semiconductors

    Gyoungsik Kim;Seok-Ju Kang;Gitish K. Dutta;Young-Kyu Han

  • Field-effect transistors based on a benzothiadiazole-cyclopentadithiophene copolymer

    Ming Zhang;Hoi Nok Tsao;Wojciech Pisula;Changduk Yang

  • Constructing a Strongly Absorbing Low-Bandgap Polymer Acceptor for High-Performance All-Polymer Solar Cells

    Zhi-Guo Zhang;Yankang Yang;Jia Yao;Lingwei Xue

  • Boosting the ambipolar performance of solution-processable polymer semiconductors via hybrid side-chain engineering.

    Junghoon Lee;A-Reum Han;Hojeong Yu;Tae Joo Shin

  • Subtle Molecular Tailoring Induces Significant Morphology Optimization Enabling over 16% Efficiency Organic Solar Cells with Efficient Charge Generation.

    Zichun Zhou;Wenrui Liu;Guanqing Zhou;Ming Zhang

  • High Efficiency Polymer Solar Cells with Efficient Hole Transfer at Zero Highest Occupied Molecular Orbital Offset between Methylated Polymer Donor and Brominated Acceptor.

    Chenkai Sun;Shucheng Qin;Rui Wang;Shanshan Chen;Shanshan Chen

  • A guest-assisted molecular-organization approach for >17% efficiency organic solar cells using environmentally friendly solvents

    Haiyang Chen;Rui Zhang;Xiaobin Chen;Guang Zeng

  • Solution-Processable Ambipolar Diketopyrrolopyrrole–Selenophene Polymer with Unprecedentedly High Hole and Electron Mobilities

    Junghoon Lee;A-Reum Han;Jonggi Kim;Yiho Kim

  • Tuning the electron-deficient core of a non-fullerene acceptor to achieve over 17% efficiency in a single-junction organic solar cell

    Can Zhu;Jun Yuan;Fangfang Cai;Lei Meng

  • Simultaneous Interfacial Modification and Crystallization Control by Biguanide Hydrochloride for Stable Perovskite Solar Cell with PCE of 24.4.

    Zhuang Xiong;Xiao Chen;Bo Zhang;George Omololu Odunmbaku

  • 9.73% Efficiency Nonfullerene All Organic Small Molecule Solar Cells with Absorption-Complementary Donor and Acceptor

    Haijun Bin;Yankang Yang;Zhi-Guo Zhang;Long Ye

  • Ternary solar cells with a mixed face-on and edge-on orientation enable an unprecedented efficiency of 12.1%

    Tanya Kumari;Sang Myeon Lee;So-Huei Kang;Shanshan Chen

  • All-Small-Molecule Organic Solar Cells with an Ordered Liquid Crystalline Donor

    Haiyan Chen;Haiyan Chen;Dingqin Hu;Qianguang Yang;Jie Gao

  • Mechanically Robust All-Polymer Solar Cells from Narrow Band Gap Acceptors with Hetero-Bridging Atoms

    Qunping Fan;Wenyan Su;Wenyan Su;Shanshan Chen;Shanshan Chen;Wansun Kim

  • Well-defined donor–acceptor rod–coil diblock copolymers based on P3HT containing C60: the morphology and role as a surfactant in bulk-heterojunction solar cells

    Changduk Yang;Changduk Yang;Jae Kwan Lee;Alan J. Heeger;Fred Wudl

Frequent Co-Authors

Yongfang Li
Yongfang Li Soochow University
Joon Hak Oh
Joon Hak Oh Seoul National University
Jin Young Kim
Jin Young Kim Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
Yong-Young Noh
Yong-Young Noh Pohang University of Science and Technology
Min Xiao
Min Xiao University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
Chunfeng Zhang
Chunfeng Zhang Nanjing University
Shinuk Cho
Shinuk Cho University of Ulsan
Yiwang Chen
Yiwang Chen Nanchang University
Jung Hwa Seo
Jung Hwa Seo University of Seoul
Fred Wudl
Fred Wudl University of California, Santa Barbara

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