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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Materials Science 70 4353 4212 1365 1359 157 23631

Cheng Tang publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Cheng Tang between 2000 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Cheng Tang published across 27 years, from 2000 to 2026, averaging 7.3 papers a year. Output peaked at 38 publications in 2021. 11 of the 198 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2000 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 38. Peak 38 publications in 2021. 2000: 1 publication 2001: 0 publications 2002: 0 publications 2003: 0 publications 2004: 0 publications 2005: 0 publications 2006: 0 publications 2007: 0 publications 2008: 0 publications 2009: 1 publication 2010: 0 publications 2011: 0 publications 2012: 0 publications 2013: 2 publications 2014: 6 publications 2015: 7 publications 2016: 22 publications 2017: 16 publications 2018: 16 publications 2019: 22 publications 2020: 19 publications 2021: 38 publications 2022: 17 publications 2023: 8 publications 2024: 12 publications 2025: 10 publications 2026: 1 publication
2000 2026

198 publications in total across all disciplines

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Cheng Tang: publications per year, 2000 to 2026
Year Publications
2000 1
2001 0
2002 0
2003 0
2004 0
2005 0
2006 0
2007 0
2008 0
2009 1
2010 0
2011 0
2012 0
2013 2
2014 6
2015 7
2016 22
2017 16
2018 16
2019 22
2020 19
2021 38
2022 17
2023 8
2024 12
2025 10
2026 1
Total 198
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Cheng Tang 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 Cheng Tang 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, 150–169 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: 157 publications — 16th percentile

16% 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
150–169 835 157
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
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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Cheng Tang 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 Cheng Tang 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, 70–71 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: 70 D-Index — 66th percentile

66% 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 70
72–73 421
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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Overview

Cheng Tang is affiliated with Tsinghua University in China and has contributed extensively to the fields of Materials Science and Engineering, with a focus on Materials Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Their research spans 101 publications in Materials Science and 74 in Engineering, indicating a broad interdisciplinary engagement.

The scientist's work covers several specialized subfields, including Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, and Biomedical Engineering. These subfields reflect a focus on both fundamental material properties and applications in emerging technologies.

Specific research topics addressed by Cheng Tang include:

  • MXene and MAX Phase Materials
  • Advancements in Battery Materials
  • 2D Materials and Applications
  • Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications

Cheng Tang has published in prominent scientific journals with repeated contributions to venues such as:

  • Journal of Materials Chemistry C
  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Small

Notable recent papers include:

  • A S-Scheme MOF-on-MOF Heterostructure, 2023, Advanced Functional Materials
  • Oxygen Vacancy-Rich Bimetallic Au@Pt Core-Shell Nanosphere-Functionalized Electrospun ZnFe2O4 Nanofibers for Chemiresistive Breath Acetone Detection, 2024, ACS Sensors
  • First-principles screening of novel ferroelectric MXene phases with a large piezoelectric response and unusual auxeticity, 2020, Nanoscale
  • Prediction of room-temperature ferromagnetism and large perpendicular magnetic anisotropy in a planar hypercoordinate FeB3 monolayer, 2020, Nanoscale Horizons
  • Thermal Reductive Perforation of Graphene Cathode for High-Performance Aluminum-Ion Batteries, 2021, Advanced Functional Materials

The scientist frequently collaborates with coauthors including Aijun Du, Haijiao Zhang, Lei Zhang, Guanjia Zhu, and Minghong Wu. These collaborations have resulted in multiple publications, with the highest number of joint works being 64 with Aijun Du.

Best Publications

  • A Review of Electrocatalytic Reduction of Dinitrogen to Ammonia under Ambient Conditions

    Xiaoyang Cui;Cheng Tang;Qiang Zhang

  • How to explore ambient electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction reliably and insightfully.

    Cheng Tang;Shi-Zhang Qiao

  • Nanocarbon for Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalysis: Dopants, Edges, and Defects.

    Cheng Tang;Qiang Zhang

  • A Review of Precious-Metal-Free Bifunctional Oxygen Electrocatalysts: Rational Design and Applications in Zn−Air Batteries

    Hao-Fan Wang;Cheng Tang;Qiang Zhang

  • Topological Defects in Metal-Free Nanocarbon for Oxygen Electrocatalysis.

    Cheng Tang;Cheng Tang;Hao-Fan Wang;Xiang Chen;Bo-Quan Li

  • Defect Engineering toward Atomic Co–Nx–C in Hierarchical Graphene for Rechargeable Flexible Solid Zn-Air Batteries

    Cheng Tang;Bin Wang;Hao-Fan Wang;Qiang Zhang

  • Spatially Confined Hybridization of Nanometer-Sized NiFe Hydroxides into Nitrogen-Doped Graphene Frameworks Leading to Superior Oxygen Evolution Reactivity.

    Cheng Tang;Han-Sen Wang;Hao-Fan Wang;Qiang Zhang

  • Electrocatalytic Refinery for Sustainable Production of Fuels and Chemicals

    Cheng Tang;Yao Zheng;Mietek Jaroniec;Shi-Zhang Qiao

  • Nitrogen‐Doped Aligned Carbon Nanotube/Graphene Sandwiches: Facile Catalytic Growth on Bifunctional Natural Catalysts and Their Applications as Scaffolds for High‐Rate Lithium‐Sulfur Batteries

    Cheng Tang;Qiang Zhang;Meng-Qiang Zhao;Jia-Qi Huang

  • Hard Carbon Anodes for Next-Generation Li-Ion Batteries: Review and Perspective

    Lijing Xie;Cheng Tang;Zhihong Bi;Zhihong Bi;Mingxin Song

  • Two-dimensional mosaic bismuth nanosheets for highly selective ambient electrocatalytic nitrogen reduction

    Laiquan Li;Cheng Tang;Bingquan Xia;Huanyu Jin

  • Coordination Tunes Selectivity: Two-Electron Oxygen Reduction on High-Loading Molybdenum Single-Atom Catalysts

    Cheng Tang;Yan Jiao;Bingyang Shi;Jia-Ning Liu

  • Multiscale Principles To Boost Reactivity in Gas-Involving Energy Electrocatalysis.

    Cheng Tang;Hao-Fan Wang;Qiang Zhang

  • Nitrogen Vacancies on 2D Layered W2N3: A Stable and Efficient Active Site for Nitrogen Reduction Reaction

    Huanyu Jin;Laiquan Li;Xin Liu;Cheng Tang

  • Stable and Highly Efficient Hydrogen Evolution from Seawater Enabled by an Unsaturated Nickel Surface Nitride

    Huanyu Jin;Xuesi Wang;Cheng Tang;Anthony Vasileff

  • Tailoring Selectivity of Electrochemical Hydrogen Peroxide Generation by Tunable Pyrrolic-Nitrogen-Carbon

    Laiquan Li;Cheng Tang;Yao Zheng;Bingquan Xia

  • Bifunctional Transition Metal Hydroxysulfides: Room-Temperature Sulfurization and Their Applications in Zn-Air Batteries.

    Hao-Fan Wang;Cheng Tang;Bin Wang;Bo-Quan Li

  • CaO‐Templated Growth of Hierarchical Porous Graphene for High‐Power Lithium–Sulfur Battery Applications

    Cheng Tang;Bo-Quan Li;Qiang Zhang;Lin Zhu

  • A porphyrin covalent organic framework cathode for flexible Zn–air batteries

    Bo-Quan Li;Shu-Yuan Zhang;Bin Wang;Zi-Jing Xia

Frequent Co-Authors

Qiang Zhang
Qiang Zhang Tsinghua University
Qiang Zhang
Qiang Zhang Peking University
Fei Wei
Fei Wei Tsinghua University
Bo-Quan Li
Bo-Quan Li Beijing Institute of Technology
Jia-Qi Huang
Jia-Qi Huang Beijing Institute of Technology
Shi-Zhang Qiao
Shi-Zhang Qiao University of Adelaide
Hong-Jie Peng
Hong-Jie Peng University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Bin Wang
Bin Wang University of Hawaii at Manoa
Meng-Qiang Zhao
Meng-Qiang Zhao New Jersey Institute of Technology
Xin-Bing Cheng
Xin-Bing Cheng Tsinghua University

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