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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Chemistry 69 6135 5566 1104 1091 209 18645
Engineering and Technology 70 1033 972 195 194 224 19243

Francesco Ciucci publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Francesco Ciucci between 2003 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Francesco Ciucci published across 24 years, from 2003 to 2026, averaging 13.3 papers a year. Output peaked at 37 publications in 2022. 39 of the 320 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2003 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 37. Peak 37 publications in 2022. 2003: 2 publications 2004: 0 publications 2005: 2 publications 2006: 0 publications 2007: 1 publication 2008: 5 publications 2009: 5 publications 2010: 3 publications 2011: 8 publications 2012: 6 publications 2013: 10 publications 2014: 10 publications 2015: 20 publications 2016: 21 publications 2017: 15 publications 2018: 19 publications 2019: 15 publications 2020: 22 publications 2021: 32 publications 2022: 37 publications 2023: 23 publications 2024: 25 publications 2025: 37 publications 2026: 2 publications
2003 2026

320 publications in total across all disciplines

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Francesco Ciucci: publications per year, 2003 to 2026
Year Publications
2003 2
2004 0
2005 2
2006 0
2007 1
2008 5
2009 5
2010 3
2011 8
2012 6
2013 10
2014 10
2015 20
2016 21
2017 15
2018 19
2019 15
2020 22
2021 32
2022 37
2023 23
2024 25
2025 37
2026 2
Total 320
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Francesco Ciucci publications per year - data summary

  • Francesco Ciucci, a Engineering and Technology scholar from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, has 320 publications recorded across 24 years, from 2003 to 2026.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 2003 and the most recent to 2026.
  • The most productive years are 2022 and 2025, with 37 publications each.
  • The least productive year with any output is 2007, with 1 publication.
  • 2 of the 24 years in the span carry no publications at all (2004 and 2006).
  • The rate of publication averages 13.3 papers per year over the whole span, or 14.5 per year counting only the 22 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2022-2026) hold 124 publications, 39% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 2003-2010: 18 publications (2.3 per year); 2011-2018: 109 publications (13.6 per year); 2019-2026: 193 publications (24.1 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Francesco Ciucci publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Francesco Ciucci sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400
Bar chart with 78 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 804+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 457. Most scientists, 457, have 148–157 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 218–227 publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 20 scientists 48–57 publications: 35 scientists 58–67 publications: 96 scientists 68–77 publications: 135 scientists 78–87 publications: 190 scientists 88–97 publications: 259 scientists 98–107 publications: 283 scientists 108–117 publications: 369 scientists 118–127 publications: 341 scientists 128–137 publications: 386 scientists 138–147 publications: 372 scientists 148–157 publications: 457 scientists 158–167 publications: 415 scientists 168–177 publications: 407 scientists 178–187 publications: 421 scientists 188–197 publications: 378 scientists 198–207 publications: 403 scientists 208–217 publications: 317 scientists 218–227 publications: 346 scientists 228–237 publications: 321 scientists 238–247 publications: 260 scientists 248–257 publications: 280 scientists 258–267 publications: 240 scientists 268–277 publications: 214 scientists 278–287 publications: 242 scientists 288–297 publications: 203 scientists 298–307 publications: 166 scientists 308–317 publications: 154 scientists 318–327 publications: 175 scientists 328–337 publications: 159 scientists 338–347 publications: 99 scientists 348–357 publications: 131 scientists 358–367 publications: 106 scientists 368–377 publications: 118 scientists 378–387 publications: 97 scientists 388–397 publications: 108 scientists 398–407 publications: 82 scientists 408–417 publications: 71 scientists 418–427 publications: 64 scientists 428–437 publications: 55 scientists 438–447 publications: 54 scientists 448–457 publications: 60 scientists 458–467 publications: 47 scientists 468–477 publications: 40 scientists 478–487 publications: 30 scientists 488–497 publications: 29 scientists 498–507 publications: 38 scientists 508–517 publications: 40 scientists 518–527 publications: 32 scientists 528–537 publications: 23 scientists 538–547 publications: 28 scientists 548–557 publications: 23 scientists 558–567 publications: 19 scientists 568–577 publications: 16 scientists 578–587 publications: 17 scientists 588–597 publications: 18 scientists 598–607 publications: 22 scientists 608–617 publications: 15 scientists 618–627 publications: 9 scientists 628–637 publications: 11 scientists 638–647 publications: 21 scientists 648–657 publications: 12 scientists 658–667 publications: 9 scientists 668–677 publications: 11 scientists 678–687 publications: 9 scientists 688–697 publications: 6 scientists 698–707 publications: 14 scientists 708–717 publications: 7 scientists 718–727 publications: 8 scientists 728–737 publications: 10 scientists 738–747 publications: 9 scientists 748–757 publications: 5 scientists 758–767 publications: 5 scientists 768–777 publications: 11 scientists 778–787 publications: 7 scientists 788–797 publications: 2 scientists 798–803 publications: 4 scientists 804+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 804+

This scientist: 224 publications — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

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Number of Engineering and Technology scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,796 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
38–47 20
48–57 35
58–67 96
68–77 135
78–87 190
88–97 259
98–107 283
108–117 369
118–127 341
128–137 386
138–147 372
148–157 457
158–167 415
168–177 407
178–187 421
188–197 378
198–207 403
208–217 317
218–227 346 224
228–237 321
238–247 260
248–257 280
258–267 240
268–277 214
278–287 242
288–297 203
298–307 166
308–317 154
318–327 175
328–337 159
338–347 99
348–357 131
358–367 106
368–377 118
378–387 97
388–397 108
398–407 82
408–417 71
418–427 64
428–437 55
438–447 54
448–457 60
458–467 47
468–477 40
478–487 30
488–497 29
498–507 38
508–517 40
518–527 32
528–537 23
538–547 28
548–557 23
558–567 19
568–577 16
578–587 17
588–597 18
598–607 22
608–617 15
618–627 9
628–637 11
638–647 21
648–657 12
658–667 9
668–677 11
678–687 9
688–697 6
698–707 14
708–717 7
718–727 8
728–737 10
738–747 9
748–757 5
758–767 5
768–777 11
778–787 7
788–797 2
798–803 4
804+ 100
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Francesco Ciucci publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 9,796 Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 78 ranges running from 38–47 to 804+ publications.
  • Francesco Ciucci, a Engineering and Technology scholar from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, records 224 publications - the 56th percentile of the discipline.
  • 56% of ranked Engineering and Technology scientists score the same or lower than Francesco Ciucci, and about 44% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 198–207 publications range, and Francesco Ciucci ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 148–157 publications, holding 457 scientists (5% of the field).
  • 61% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 228–237 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 804 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Francesco Ciucci D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Francesco Ciucci sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400
Bar chart with 78 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 107+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 426. Most scientists, 426, have 42 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 70 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 59 scientists 31 D-Index: 114 scientists 32 D-Index: 129 scientists 33 D-Index: 189 scientists 34 D-Index: 200 scientists 35 D-Index: 262 scientists 36 D-Index: 311 scientists 37 D-Index: 312 scientists 38 D-Index: 350 scientists 39 D-Index: 385 scientists 40 D-Index: 348 scientists 41 D-Index: 362 scientists 42 D-Index: 426 scientists 43 D-Index: 380 scientists 44 D-Index: 310 scientists 45 D-Index: 341 scientists 46 D-Index: 301 scientists 47 D-Index: 306 scientists 48 D-Index: 271 scientists 49 D-Index: 246 scientists 50 D-Index: 210 scientists 51 D-Index: 253 scientists 52 D-Index: 213 scientists 53 D-Index: 221 scientists 54 D-Index: 195 scientists 55 D-Index: 186 scientists 56 D-Index: 170 scientists 57 D-Index: 167 scientists 58 D-Index: 166 scientists 59 D-Index: 144 scientists 60 D-Index: 152 scientists 61 D-Index: 141 scientists 62 D-Index: 138 scientists 63 D-Index: 131 scientists 64 D-Index: 118 scientists 65 D-Index: 114 scientists 66 D-Index: 119 scientists 67 D-Index: 95 scientists 68 D-Index: 87 scientists 69 D-Index: 77 scientists 70 D-Index: 89 scientists 71 D-Index: 69 scientists 72 D-Index: 54 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 55 scientists 75 D-Index: 54 scientists 76 D-Index: 49 scientists 77 D-Index: 53 scientists 78 D-Index: 46 scientists 79 D-Index: 28 scientists 80 D-Index: 39 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 24 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 36 scientists 85 D-Index: 18 scientists 86 D-Index: 25 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 26 scientists 89 D-Index: 27 scientists 90 D-Index: 23 scientists 91 D-Index: 15 scientists 92 D-Index: 12 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 15 scientists 95 D-Index: 10 scientists 96 D-Index: 13 scientists 97 D-Index: 13 scientists 98 D-Index: 9 scientists 99 D-Index: 7 scientists 100 D-Index: 7 scientists 101 D-Index: 8 scientists 102 D-Index: 7 scientists 103 D-Index: 7 scientists 104 D-Index: 9 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106 D-Index: 9 scientists 107+ D-Index: 99 scientists
30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 70 D-Index — 90th percentile

90% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

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Number of Engineering and Technology scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,796 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 59
31 114
32 129
33 189
34 200
35 262
36 311
37 312
38 350
39 385
40 348
41 362
42 426
43 380
44 310
45 341
46 301
47 306
48 271
49 246
50 210
51 253
52 213
53 221
54 195
55 186
56 170
57 167
58 166
59 144
60 152
61 141
62 138
63 131
64 118
65 114
66 119
67 95
68 87
69 77
70 89 70
71 69
72 54
73 46
74 55
75 54
76 49
77 53
78 46
79 28
80 39
81 36
82 24
83 26
84 36
85 18
86 25
87 19
88 26
89 27
90 23
91 15
92 12
93 9
94 15
95 10
96 13
97 13
98 9
99 7
100 7
101 8
102 7
103 7
104 9
105 6
106 9
107+ 99
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Francesco Ciucci D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 9,796 Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 78 ranges running from 30 to 107+ D-Index.
  • Francesco Ciucci, a Engineering and Technology scholar from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, records 70 D-Index - the 90th percentile of the discipline.
  • 90% of ranked Engineering and Technology scientists score the same or lower than Francesco Ciucci, and about 10% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 47 D-Index range, and Francesco Ciucci ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 42 D-Index, holding 426 scientists (4% of the field).
  • 57% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 49 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 107 D-Index or more, 99 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Overview

Francesco Ciucci is affiliated with the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in China. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, with a significant focus on subfields including Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Automotive Engineering, and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

The scientist's work concentrates on several main topics related to energy materials and technologies. These include:

  • Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
  • Advancements in Battery Materials
  • Advancements in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Fuel Cells and Related Materials
  • Advanced battery technologies research
  • Advanced Battery Technologies Research

Their frequently published papers include:

  • "Non-precious-metal catalysts for alkaline water electrolysis: operando characterizations, theoretical calculations, and recent advances" (2020), published in Chemical Society Reviews
  • "Redirecting dynamic surface restructuring of a layered transition metal oxide catalyst for superior water oxidation" (2021), published in Nature Catalysis
  • "Carbon-based electrocatalysts for sustainable energy applications" (2020), published in Progress in Materials Science
  • "Charging processes in lithium-oxygen batteries unraveled through the lens of the distribution of relaxation times" (2023), published in Chem
  • "Single-atom catalyst for high-performance methanol oxidation" (2021), published in Nature Communications

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Francesco Ciucci include:

  • Jiapeng Liu
  • Yuhao Wang
  • Matthew J. Robson
  • Yufei Song
  • Jing Yu

The scientist's research has been disseminated through various publication venues. The most common are:

  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  • Electrochimica Acta
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of The Electrochemical Society

Best Publications

  • Influence of the Discretization Methods on the Distribution of Relaxation Times Deconvolution: Implementing Radial Basis Functions with DRTtools

    Ting Hei Wan;Mattia Saccoccio;Chi Chen;Francesco Ciucci

  • Nonstoichiometric Oxides as Low-Cost and Highly-Efficient Oxygen Reduction/Evolution Catalysts for Low-Temperature Electrochemical Devices

    Dengjie Chen;Chi Chen;Zarah Medina Baiyee;Zongping Shao;Zongping Shao

  • Non-precious-metal catalysts for alkaline water electrolysis: operando characterizations, theoretical calculations, and recent advances

    Jian Wang;Yang Gao;Hui Kong;Juwon Kim

  • Borophene: A promising anode material offering high specific capacity and high rate capability for lithium-ion batteries

    Haoran Jiang;Ziheng Lu;Maochun Wu;Francesco Ciucci

  • Analysis of Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy Data Using the Distribution of Relaxation Times: A Bayesian and Hierarchical Bayesian Approach

    Francesco Ciucci;Chi Chen

  • Modeling electrochemical impedance spectroscopy

    Francesco Ciucci

  • Redirecting dynamic surface restructuring of a layered transition metal oxide catalyst for superior water oxidation

    Jian Wang;Se-Jun Kim;Jiapeng Liu;Yang Gao

  • Carbon-based electrocatalysts for sustainable energy applications

    Jian Wang;Hui Kong;Jinying Zhang;Yong Hao

  • Optimal Regularization in Distribution of Relaxation Times applied to Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy: Ridge and Lasso Regression Methods - A Theoretical and Experimental Study

    Mattia Saccoccio;Ting Hei Wan;Chi Chen;Francesco Ciucci

  • Advances in Cathode Materials for Solid Oxide Fuel Cells: Complex Oxides without Alkaline Earth Metal Elements

    Yubo Chen;Wei Zhou;Dong Ding;Meilin Liu

  • Charging processes in lithium-oxygen batteries unraveled through the lens of the distribution of relaxation times

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  • Rational design of perovskite ferrites as high-performance proton-conducting fuel cell cathodes

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  • Hydrated Deep Eutectic Electrolytes for High‐Performance Zn‐Ion Batteries Capable of Low‐Temperature Operation

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  • From material design to mechanism study: Nanoscale Ni exsolution on a highly active A-site deficient anode material for solid oxide fuel cells

    Yang Gao;Dengjie Chen;Dengjie Chen;Mattia Saccoccio;Ziheng Lu

  • Measuring oxygen reduction/evolution reactions on the nanoscale

    Amit Kumar;Francesco Ciucci;Anna N. Morozovska;Sergei V. Kalinin

  • Water Splitting with an Enhanced Bifunctional Double Perovskite

    Jian Wang;Yang Gao;Dengjie Chen;Jiapeng Liu

  • Single-atom catalyst for high-performance methanol oxidation

    Zhiqi Zhang;Jiapeng Liu;Jian Wang;Qi Wang

  • Bayesian and Hierarchical Bayesian Based Regularization for Deconvolving the Distribution of Relaxation Times from Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy Data

    Mohammed B. Effat;Francesco Ciucci

  • Dual-phase MoS2 as a high-performance sodium-ion battery anode

    Junxiong Wu;Jiapeng Liu;Jiang Cui;Shanshan Yao

  • Mathematical Modeling of Porous Battery Electrodes-Revisit of Newman's Model

    Wei Lai;Francesco Ciucci

  • Unveiling the Unique Phase Transformation Behavior and Sodiation Kinetics of 1D van der Waals Sb2S3 Anodes for Sodium Ion Batteries

    Shanshan Yao;Jiang Cui;Ziheng Lu;Zhenglong Xu

  • Revealing Pseudocapacitive Mechanisms of Metal Dichalcogenide SnS2/Graphene-CNT Aerogels for High-Energy Na Hybrid Capacitors

    Jiang Cui;Shanshan Yao;Ziheng Lu;Jianqiu Huang

  • In-situ Synthesis of Bimetallic Phosphide With Carbon Tubes as an Active Electrocatalyst for Oxygen Evolution Reaction

    Jian Wang;Francesco Ciucci

  • Analysis of Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy Data Using the Distribution of Relaxation Times: A Bayesian and Hierarchical

    Francesco Ciucci;Chi Chen

Frequent Co-Authors

Zongping Shao
Zongping Shao Curtin University
Jang Kyo Kim
Jang Kyo Kim University of New South Wales
Matthew Ming Fai Yuen
Matthew Ming Fai Yuen Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Jiang Cui
Jiang Cui Clemson University
Sergei V. Kalinin
Sergei V. Kalinin University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Stephen Jesse
Stephen Jesse Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Anna N. Morozovska
Anna N. Morozovska National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
William C. Chueh
William C. Chueh Stanford University
Eugene A. Eliseev
Eugene A. Eliseev Frantsevich Institute for Problems in Materials Science

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