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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Materials Science 75 3386 3268 1090 1084 186 30999

Feng Wang publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Feng Wang between 1998 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Feng Wang published across 28 years, from 1998 to 2025, averaging 10.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 45 publications in 2025. 80 of the 295 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30 40
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1998 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 45. Peak 45 publications in 2025. 1998: 1 publication 1999: 0 publications 2000: 0 publications 2001: 1 publication 2002: 1 publication 2003: 3 publications 2004: 1 publication 2005: 4 publications 2006: 6 publications 2007: 4 publications 2008: 8 publications 2009: 5 publications 2010: 8 publications 2011: 6 publications 2012: 7 publications 2013: 9 publications 2014: 7 publications 2015: 10 publications 2016: 12 publications 2017: 19 publications 2018: 11 publications 2019: 15 publications 2020: 17 publications 2021: 20 publications 2022: 22 publications 2023: 18 publications 2024: 35 publications 2025: 45 publications
1998 2025

295 publications in total across all disciplines

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Feng Wang: publications per year, 1998 to 2025
Year Publications
1998 1
1999 0
2000 0
2001 1
2002 1
2003 3
2004 1
2005 4
2006 6
2007 4
2008 8
2009 5
2010 8
2011 6
2012 7
2013 9
2014 7
2015 10
2016 12
2017 19
2018 11
2019 15
2020 17
2021 20
2022 22
2023 18
2024 35
2025 45
Total 295
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Feng Wang publications per year - data summary

  • Feng Wang, a Materials Science scholar from City University of Hong Kong, has 295 publications recorded across 28 years, from 1998 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1998 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive year is 2025, with 45 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1998, 2001, 2002 and 2004, with 1 publication each.
  • 2 of the 28 years in the span carry no publications at all (1999 and 2000).
  • The rate of publication averages 10.5 papers per year over the whole span, or 11.3 per year counting only the 26 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 140 publications, 47% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1998-2007: 21 publications (2.1 per year); 2008-2017: 91 publications (9.1 per year); 2018-2025: 183 publications (22.9 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Feng Wang 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 Wang 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, 170–189 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: 186 publications — 26th percentile

26% 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
170–189 850 186
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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Feng Wang 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 Wang, a Materials Science scholar from City University of Hong Kong, records 186 publications - the 26th percentile of the discipline.
  • 26% of ranked Materials Science scientists score the same or lower than Feng Wang, and about 74% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 250–269 publications range, and Feng Wang ranks below the median.
  • 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 Wang 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 Wang 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, 74–75 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: 75 D-Index — 74th percentile

74% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

View D-Index distribution as a table
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 75
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 Wang 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 Wang, a Materials Science scholar from City University of Hong Kong, records 75 D-Index - the 74th percentile of the discipline.
  • 74% of ranked Materials Science scientists score the same or lower than Feng Wang, and about 26% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 62–63 D-Index range, and Feng Wang ranks above 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).

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For seminal contributions to optical spectroscopy of novel low dimensional materials, including carbon nanotubes, graphene, and transition metal dichalcoginides
  • 2010 - Hellman Fellow
  • 2008 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Feng Wang is affiliated with the City University of Hong Kong in China. Their research predominantly spans the fields of Materials Science and Engineering, with a focused expertise in Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's work covers several specialized topics, including:

  • Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials
  • Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics
  • Quantum Dots Synthesis and Properties
  • Conducting polymers and applications
  • Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies

Feng Wang has contributed extensively to academic publications, with noteworthy frequent publication venues such as:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Laser & Photonics Review
  • Advanced Optical Materials
  • Advanced Materials
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Their frequently collaborating coauthors include Bing Chen, Xin Zhang, Weilin Zheng, Hao Suo, and Jiangkun Chen.

Significant recent papers authored or coauthored by Wang include:

  • "Rare-Earth Doping in Nanostructured Inorganic Materials," 2022, Chemical Reviews
  • "Cooperative deformation in high-entropy alloys at ultralow temperatures," 2020, Science Advances
  • "A three-dimensional liquid diode for soft, integrated permeable electronics," 2024, Nature
  • "InP Quantum Dots: Synthesis and Lighting Applications," 2020, Small
  • "Multiexcitonic Emission in Zero-Dimensional Cs2ZrCl6:Sb3+ Perovskite Crystals," 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society

Over the course of their career, Wang has been recognized with several awards, including:

  • Fellow of American Physical Society (APS), 2016, cited for contributions to optical spectroscopy of novel low dimensional materials, including carbon nanotubes, graphene, and transition metal dichalcogenides
  • Hellman Fellow, 2010
  • Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 2008

Best Publications

  • Simultaneous phase and size control of upconversion nanocrystals through lanthanide doping

    Feng Wang;Yu Han;Chin Seong Lim;Yunhao Lu

  • Recent advances in the chemistry of lanthanide-doped upconversion nanocrystals

    Feng Wang;Xiaogang Liu

  • Tuning upconversion through energy migration in core–shell nanoparticles

    Feng Wang;Renren Deng;Juan Wang;Qingxiao Wang

  • Upconversion multicolor fine-tuning: visible to near-infrared emission from lanthanide-doped NaYF4 nanoparticles.

    Feng Wang;Xiaogang Liu

  • Upconversion nanoparticles in biological labeling, imaging, and therapy

    Feng Wang;Feng Wang;Debapriya Banerjee;Yongsheng Liu;Xueyuan Chen

  • Direct Evidence of a Surface Quenching Effect on Size-Dependent Luminescence of Upconversion Nanoparticles

    Feng Wang;Juan Wang;Xiaogang Liu

  • One-step, room temperature, colorimetric detection of mercury (Hg2+) using DNA/nanoparticle conjugates.

    Xuejia Xue;Feng Wang;Xiaogang Liu

  • Luminescent nanomaterials for biological labelling

    Feng Wang;Feng Wang;Wee Beng Tan;Yong Zhang;Xianping Fan

  • Preparation of core-shell NaGdF4 nanoparticles doped with luminescent lanthanide ions to be used as upconversion-based probes

    Feng Wang;Renren Deng;Xiaogang Liu

  • Enhancing multiphoton upconversion through energy clustering at sublattice level

    Juan Wang;Renren Deng;Mark A. MacDonald;Bolei Chen

  • Single-band upconversion emission in lanthanide-doped KMnF3 nanocrystals.

    Juan Wang;Feng Wang;Chao Wang;Zhuang Liu

  • Photon upconversion in core–shell nanoparticles

    Xian Chen;Denfeng Peng;Qiang Ju;Feng Wang

  • Multicolor tuning of lanthanide-doped nanoparticles by single wavelength excitation

    Feng Wang;Xiaogang Liu

  • The Effect of Surface Coating on Energy Migration-Mediated Upconversion

    Qianqian Su;Sanyang Han;Xiaoji Xie;Haomiao Zhu

  • Upconverting Near‐Infrared Light through Energy Management in Core–Shell–Shell Nanoparticles

    Hongli Wen;Hai Zhu;Xian Chen;Tak Fu Hung

  • Synthesis of polyethylenimine/NaYF4 nanoparticles with upconversion fluorescence

    Feng Wang;Feng Wang;Dev K Chatterjee;Zhengquan Li;Yong Zhang

  • Confining energy migration in upconversion nanoparticles towards deep ultraviolet lasing.

    Xian Chen;Limin Jin;Wei Kong;Tianying Sun

  • Oxidative degradation of propachlor by ferrous and copper ion activated persulfate

    C.S. Liu;K. Shih;C.X. Sun;F. Wang

  • Multicolor Tuning of (Ln, P)-Doped YVO4 Nanoparticles by Single-Wavelength Excitation†

    Feng Wang;Xuejia Xue;Xiaogang Liu

  • Cooperative deformation in high-entropy alloys at ultralow temperatures

    Muhammad Naeem;Haiyan He;Fan Zhang;Hailong Huang

  • Graphene Coupled with Silicon Quantum Dots for High-Performance Bulk-Silicon-Based Schottky-Junction Photodetectors

    Ting Yu;Feng Wang;Yang Xu;Lingling Ma

Frequent Co-Authors

Xiaogang Liu
Xiaogang Liu National University of Singapore
Deren Yang
Deren Yang Zhejiang University
Siu Fung Yu
Siu Fung Yu Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Xiaokun Li
Xiaokun Li Wenzhou Medical University
Dengfeng Peng
Dengfeng Peng Shenzhen University
Joachim Stöckigt
Joachim Stöckigt Zhejiang University
Xueyuan Chen
Xueyuan Chen Chinese Academy of Sciences
Changyou Gao
Changyou Gao Zhejiang University
Hongyu Chen
Hongyu Chen Nanjing Tech University
Ru-Shi Liu
Ru-Shi Liu National Taiwan University

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