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D-Index
62
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22245
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6343
National Ranking
103

Frank Ko 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 Frank Ko sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 309 publications — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

Frank Ko 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 Frank Ko sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 62 D-Index — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Frank Ko is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada. Their research primarily covers the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, with a significant focus on Biomedical Engineering, Polymers and Plastics, Mechanics of Materials, Biomaterials, and Materials Chemistry. Their work spans a range of advanced topics related to material science and engineering applications.

The main topics of Frank Ko's research include:

  • Conducting polymers and applications
  • Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications
  • Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
  • Mechanical Behavior of Composites
  • Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications

Frank Ko has coauthored publications with several frequent collaborators, which include:

  • Addie Bahi
  • Peyman Servati
  • Farhad Ahmadijokani
  • Hossein Molavi
  • Mohammad Arjmand

The scholar frequently publishes in venues such as:

  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Textile Research Journal
  • Chemosphere
  • Small
  • Polymer Composites

Selected recent papers by Frank Ko are as follows:

  • "UiO-66 metal-organic frameworks in water treatment: A critical review" (2021) published in Progress in Materials Science
  • "Ethylenediamine-functionalized Zr-based MOF for efficient removal of heavy metal ions from water" (2020) published in Chemosphere
  • "Metal-Organic Frameworks and Electrospinning: A Happy Marriage for Wastewater Treatment" (2022) published in Advanced Functional Materials
  • "Electrospun pectin/modified copper-based metal-organic framework (MOF) nanofibers as a drug delivery system" (2021) published in International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
  • "Electrospun nanofibers of chitosan/polyvinyl alcohol/UiO-66/nanodiamond: Versatile adsorbents for wastewater remediation and organic dye removal" (2022) published in Chemical Engineering Journal

Best Publications

  • Electrospun nanofibrous structure: A novel scaffold for tissue engineering

    Wan-Ju Li;Cato T. Laurencin;Edward J. Caterson;Rocky S. Tuan

  • Bioresorbable nanofiber‐based systems for wound healing and drug delivery: Optimization of fabrication parameters

    Dhirendra S. Katti;Kyle W. Robinson;Frank K. Ko;Cato T. Laurencin

  • Electrospinning of Continuous Carbon Nanotube-Filled Nanofiber Yarns

    Frank Ko;Yury Gogotsi;Ashraf Ali;Nevin Naguib

  • Electrospun protein fibers as matrices for tissue engineering

    Mengyan Li;Mark J. Mondrinos;Milind R. Gandhi;Frank K. Ko

  • Electrostatic fabrication of ultrafine conducting fibers: polyaniline/polyethylene oxide blends

    Ian D Norris;Manal M Shaker;Frank K Ko;Alan G MacDiarmid

  • Electrostatically-generated nanofibers of electronic polymers

    A.G. MacDiarmid;W.E. Jones;I.D. Norris;J. Gao

  • Fiber-based tissue-engineered scaffold for ligament replacement: design considerations and in vitro evaluation.

    James A. Cooper;Helen H. Lu;Frank K. Ko;Joseph W. Freeman

  • Regeneration of Bombyx mori silk by electrospinning—part 1: processing parameters and geometric properties

    Sachiko Sukigara;Milind Gandhi;Jonathan Ayutsede;Michael Micklus

  • Melt-electrospinning. part I: processing parameters and geometric properties

    Jason Lyons;Christopher Li;Frank Ko

  • Anterior cruciate ligament regeneration using braided biodegradable scaffolds: in vitro optimization studies.

    Helen H. Lu;James A. Cooper;Sharron Manuel;Joseph W. Freeman

  • UiO-66 Metal-Organic Frameworks in Water Treatment: A Critical Review

    Farhad Ahmadijokani;Hossein Molavi;Mashallah Rezakazemi;Shima Tajahmadi

  • Co-electrospun poly(lactide-co-glycolide), gelatin, and elastin blends for tissue engineering scaffolds.

    Mengyan Li;Mark J. Mondrinos;Xuesi Chen;Milind R. Gandhi

  • Textile structural composites

    Xiaoming Tao;John Haozhong Xin;F. Ko

  • Regeneration of Bombyx mori silk by electrospinning. Part 3: characterization of electrospun nonwoven mat

    Jonathan Ayutsede;Milind Gandhi;Sachiko Sukigara;Michael Micklus

  • On the structure and morphology of polyvinylidene fluoride-nanoclay nanocomposites

    Douglas R. Dillon;Kishore K. Tenneti;Christopher Y. Li;Frank K. Ko

  • Ethylenediamine-functionalized Zr-based MOF for efficient removal of heavy metal ions from water

    Farhad Ahmadijokani;Shima Tajahmadi;Addie Bahi;Hossein Molavi

  • Electromagnetic interference shielding effectiveness of hybrid multifunctional Fe3O4/carbon nanofiber composite

    M. Bayat;H. Yang;F.K. Ko;D. Michelson

  • Carbon nanotube reinforced Bombyx mori silk nanofibers by the electrospinning process.

    Jonathan Ayutsede;Milind Gandhi;Sachiko Sukigara;Haihui Ye

  • Graphite Nanoplatelet Reinforcement of Electrospun Polyacrylonitrile Nanofibers

    J. J. Mack;L. M. Viculis;A. Ali;R. Luoh

  • Biomedical applications of nanofibers

    Victor Leung;Frank Ko

  • Regeneration of Bombyx mori silk by electrospinning. Part 2. Process optimization and empirical modeling using response surface methodology

    Sachiko Sukigara;Milind Gandhi;Jonathan Ayutsede;Michael Micklus

Frequent Co-Authors

Peyman Servati
Peyman Servati University of British Columbia
Ling Qin
Ling Qin Chinese University of Hong Kong
Yi Li
Yi Li University of Manchester
Cato T. Laurencin
Cato T. Laurencin University of Connecticut
Arthur F. T. Mak
Arthur F. T. Mak Chinese University of Hong Kong
Victor C. M. Leung
Victor C. M. Leung Shenzhen University
Yury Gogotsi
Yury Gogotsi Drexel University
Abbas S. Milani
Abbas S. Milani University of British Columbia
John F. Kadla
John F. Kadla University of British Columbia
Alan G. MacDiarmid
Alan G. MacDiarmid University of Pennsylvania

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