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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Materials Science 59 7349 7108 2144 2136 263 13075
Chemistry 60 9677 8754 1623 1608 242 13197

Feng He publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Feng He between 1992 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Feng He published across 34 years, from 1992 to 2025, averaging 10 papers a year. Output peaked at 44 publications in 2022. 64 of the 339 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30 40
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1992 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 44. Peak 44 publications in 2022. 1992: 1 publication 1993: 0 publications 1994: 0 publications 1995: 0 publications 1996: 0 publications 1997: 0 publications 1998: 0 publications 1999: 0 publications 2000: 0 publications 2001: 0 publications 2002: 1 publication 2003: 3 publications 2004: 5 publications 2005: 3 publications 2006: 8 publications 2007: 6 publications 2008: 12 publications 2009: 1 publication 2010: 1 publication 2011: 8 publications 2012: 5 publications 2013: 8 publications 2014: 1 publication 2015: 3 publications 2016: 3 publications 2017: 11 publications 2018: 18 publications 2019: 20 publications 2020: 37 publications 2021: 37 publications 2022: 44 publications 2023: 39 publications 2024: 34 publications 2025: 30 publications
1992 2025

339 publications in total across all disciplines

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Feng He: publications per year, 1992 to 2025
Year Publications
1992 1
1993 0
1994 0
1995 0
1996 0
1997 0
1998 0
1999 0
2000 0
2001 0
2002 1
2003 3
2004 5
2005 3
2006 8
2007 6
2008 12
2009 1
2010 1
2011 8
2012 5
2013 8
2014 1
2015 3
2016 3
2017 11
2018 18
2019 20
2020 37
2021 37
2022 44
2023 39
2024 34
2025 30
Total 339
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Feng He publications per year - data summary

  • Feng He, a Materials Science scholar from Southern University of Science and Technology, has 339 publications recorded across 34 years, from 1992 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1992 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive year is 2022, with 44 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1992, 2002, 2009, 2010 and others, with 1 publication each.
  • 9 of the 34 years in the span carry no publications at all (1993, 1994, 1995, 1996 and others).
  • The rate of publication averages 10.0 papers per year over the whole span, or 13.6 per year counting only the 25 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 184 publications, 54% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1992-2003: 5 publications (0.4 per year); 2004-2015: 61 publications (5.1 per year); 2016-2025: 273 publications (27.3 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Feng He 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 Feng He 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: 263 publications — 50th percentile

50% 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
250–269 726 263
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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Feng He publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 12,847 Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 57 ranges running from 50–69 to 1,163+ publications.
  • Feng He, a Materials Science scholar from Southern University of Science and Technology, records 263 publications - the 50th percentile of the discipline.
  • 50% of ranked Materials Science scientists score the same or lower than Feng He, and about 50% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 250–269 publications range, and Feng He falls inside that same range.
  • The most crowded range is 190–209 publications, holding 891 scientists (7% of the field).
  • 70% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 330–349 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (<1% of the field).

Feng He 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 Feng He 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, 58–59 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: 59 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% 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 59
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
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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Feng He D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 12,847 Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 64 ranges running from 40–41 to 165+ D-Index.
  • Feng He, a Materials Science scholar from Southern University of Science and Technology, records 59 D-Index - the 44th percentile of the discipline.
  • 44% of ranked Materials Science scientists score the same or lower than Feng He, and about 56% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 62–63 D-Index range, and Feng He ranks below the median.
  • The most crowded range is 52–53 D-Index, holding 667 scientists (5% of the field).
  • 68% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 70–71 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more, 98 scientists in all (<1% of the field).

Overview

Feng He is affiliated with the Southern University of Science and Technology in China. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, with significant contributions in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Polymers and Plastics, Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's work focuses on key topics including Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics, Conducting Polymers and Applications, Perovskite Materials and Applications, Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials, Nanoplatforms for Cancer Theranostics, Thin-Film Transistor Technologies, and Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research.

Feng He has published extensively in several high-impact scientific venues. Frequent publication venues where they have contributed include:

  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • Advanced Materials

Among their recent papers are:

  • Modulating Benzothiadiazole-Based Covalent Organic Frameworks via Halogenation for Enhanced Photocatalytic Water Splitting, published in 2020 in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Over 21% Efficiency Stable 2D Perovskite Solar Cells, published in 2021 in Advanced Materials
  • Trifluoromethylation Enables a 3D Interpenetrated Low-Band-Gap Acceptor for Efficient Organic Solar Cells, published in 2020 in Joule
  • Rational molecular and device design enables organic solar cells approaching 20% efficiency, published in 2024 in Nature Communications
  • An NIR-II-Emissive Photosensitizer for Hypoxia-Tolerant Photodynamic Theranostics, published in 2020 in Advanced Materials

Feng He's collaborations include frequent co-authorship with researchers such as Hanjian Lai, Yulin Zhu, Xue Lai, Liang Han, and Leilei Tian, reflecting a network of scientific partnerships in their field.

Best Publications

  • Stille polycondensation for synthesis of functional materials.

    Bridget Carsten;Feng He;Hae Jung Son;Tao Xu

  • Examining the Effect of the Dipole Moment on Charge Separation in Donor–Acceptor Polymers for Organic Photovoltaic Applications

    Bridget Carsten;Jodi M. Szarko;Hae Jung Son;Wei Wang

  • Hierarchical nanomorphologies promote exciton dissociation in polymer/fullerene bulk heterojunction solar cells.

    Wei Chen;Tao Xu;Feng He;Wei Wang

  • Modulating Benzothiadiazole‐Based Covalent Organic Frameworks via Halogenation for Enhanced Photocatalytic Water Splitting

    Weiben Chen;Lei Wang;Daize Mo;Feng He

  • Designing eutectic high entropy alloys of CoCrFeNiNbx

    Feng He;Zhijun Wang;Peng Cheng;Qiang Wang

  • Rational molecular and device design enables organic solar cells approaching 20% efficiency

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  • Design of D022 superlattice with superior strengthening effect in high entropy alloys

    Feng He;Feng He;Da Chen;Bin Han;Qingfeng Wu

  • Over 21% Efficiency Stable 2D Perovskite Solar Cells

    Ming Shao;Tong Bie;Lvpeng Yang;Yerun Gao

  • Trifluoromethylation Enables a 3D Interpenetrated Low-Band-Gap Acceptor for Efficient Organic Solar Cells

    Hanjian Lai;Hanjian Lai;Qiaoqiao Zhao;Ziyi Chen;Hui Chen

  • Phase separation of metastable CoCrFeNi high entropy alloy at intermediate temperatures

    Feng He;Zhijun Wang;Qingfeng Wu;Junjie Li

  • Non-fullerene acceptors with high crystallinity and photoluminescence quantum yield enable &gt;20% efficiency organic solar cells

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  • Effects of temperature and microstructure on the triblogical properties of CoCrFeNiNbx eutectic high entropy alloys

    Yuan Yu;Feng He;Zhuhui Qiao;Zhijun Wang

  • An NIR-II-Emissive Photosensitizer for Hypoxia-Tolerant Photodynamic Theranostics.

    Lanqing Li;Chen Shao;Tao Liu;Zhicong Chao

  • Novel Co-rich high entropy alloys with superior tensile properties

    Daixiu Wei;Xiaoqing Li;Weicheng Heng;Yuichiro Koizumi

  • A Chlorinated π-Conjugated Polymer Donor for Efficient Organic Solar Cells

    Hui Chen;Zhiming Hu;Zhiming Hu;Huan Wang;Longzhu Liu

  • Unraveling the Microstructure-Related Device Stability for Polymer Solar Cells Based on Nonfullerene Small-Molecular Acceptors.

    Xiaoyan Du;Thomas Heumueller;Wolfgang Gruber;Osbel Almora

  • 17.1 %-Efficient Eco-Compatible Organic Solar Cells from a Dissymmetric 3D Network Acceptor

    Hui Chen;Hanjian Lai;Hanjian Lai;Ziyi Chen;Yulin Zhu

  • Are we there yet? Design of better conjugated polymers for polymer solar cells

    Hae Jung Son;Feng He;Bridget Carsten;Luping Yu

  • How Far Can Polymer Solar Cells Go? In Need of a Synergistic Approach

    Feng He;Luping Yu

  • Tetrathienoanthracene-Based Copolymers for Efficient Solar Cells

    Feng He;Wei Wang;Wei Chen;Tao Xu

  • Uncovering the eutectics design by machine learning in the Al-Co-Cr-Fe-Ni high entropy system

    Qingfeng Wu;Zhijun Wang;Xiaobing Hu;Tao Zheng

  • Mediating Solar Cell Performance by Controlling the Internal Dipole Change in Organic Photovoltaic Polymers

    Bridget Carsten;Jodi M. Szarko;Luyao Lu;Hae Jung Son

  • Oligomeric Acceptor: A “Two‐in‐One” Strategy to Bridge Small Molecules and Polymers for Stable Solar Devices

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  • Carbon-Oxygen-Bridged Ladder-Type Building Blocks for Highly Efficient Nonfullerene Acceptors.

    Zuo Xiao;Shangfeng Yang;Zhou Yang;Junliang Yang

  • Chlorination: An Effective Strategy for High-Performance Organic Solar Cells.

    Qiaoqiao Zhao;Jianfei Qu;Feng He

  • Nanographene–Osmapentalyne Complexes as a Cathode Interlayer in Organic Solar Cells Enhance Efficiency over 18%

    Longzhu Liu;Shiyan Chen;Yangyang Qu;Xiang Gao

Frequent Co-Authors

Yuguang Ma
Yuguang Ma South China University of Technology
Zengqi Xie
Zengqi Xie South China University of Technology
Bing Yang
Bing Yang Jilin University
Jiadong Zhou
Jiadong Zhou Beijing Institute of Technology
Hong Meng
Hong Meng Peking University
Tao Liu
Tao Liu Guangxi University
Luping Yu
Luping Yu University of Chicago
Jiacong Shen
Jiacong Shen Jilin University
Chuluo Yang
Chuluo Yang Shenzhen University
Haiping Xia
Haiping Xia Xiamen University

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