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D-Index
69
Citations
18382
World Ranking
6144
National Ranking
1105

Gang Xu publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gang Xu sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 298 publications — 63rd percentile

63% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Gang Xu D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gang Xu sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 612 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 808 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 776 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 835 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 861 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 872 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 933 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,051 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 930 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 882 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 834 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 731 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 775 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 683 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 646 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 561 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 501 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 437 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 388 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 354 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 292 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 275 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 254 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 235 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 185 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 192 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 155 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 163 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 125 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 105 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 105 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 112 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 88 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 68 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 69 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 65 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 79 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 61 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 44 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 40 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 33 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 26 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 34 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 35 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 25 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 27 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 17 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 16 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 20 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 20 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 15 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 9 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 9 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 11 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 3 scientists 158 D-Index: 3 scientists 159+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 69 D-Index — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Overview

Gang Xu is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China. Their research spans multiple areas within engineering and materials science, with a particular focus on electrical and electronic engineering and materials chemistry. They have contributed significantly to subfields including computational mechanics, inorganic chemistry, and polymers and plastics.

The scientist's main topics of study include metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), gas sensing nanomaterials and sensors, perovskite materials, combustion and flame dynamics, conducting polymers, covalent organic frameworks (COFs), and advanced combustion engine technologies.

Gang Xu has published extensively in several journals and venues, notably:

  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Thermal Science

Recent publications by Gang Xu feature research on conductive and functional materials, including:

  • "Conductive MOFs" (2020), published in EnergyChem
  • "Metal-organic frameworks and their derivatives for electrically-transduced gas sensors" (2020), published in Coordination Chemistry Reviews
  • "Linkage conversions in single-crystalline covalent organic frameworks" (2023), published in Nature Chemistry
  • "Porphyrin-Based COF 2D Materials: Variable Modification of Sensing Performances by Post-Metallization" (2022), published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "MOF-Directed Synthesis of Crystalline Ionic Liquids with Enhanced Proton Conduction" (2020), published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated with Gang Xu include:

  • Guan-E Wang
  • Zhihua Fu
  • Cunxi Liu
  • Weihua Deng
  • Wenhua Li

Best Publications

  • A flexible metal–organic framework with a high density of sulfonic acid sites for proton conduction

    Fan Yang;Gang Xu;Yibo Dou;Bin Wang

  • A Direct White-Light-Emitting Metal−Organic Framework with Tunable Yellow-to-White Photoluminescence by Variation of Excitation Light

    Ming-Sheng Wang;Sheng-Ping Guo;Yan Li;Li-Zhen Cai

  • Conductive Metal–Organic Framework Nanowire Array Electrodes for High‐Performance Solid‐State Supercapacitors

    Wen-Hua Li;Kui Ding;Han-Rui Tian;Ming-Shui Yao

  • MOF Thin Film-Coated Metal Oxide Nanowire Array: Significantly Improved Chemiresistor Sensor Performance.

    Ming-Shui Yao;Wen-Xiang Tang;Guan-E Wang;Bhaskar Nath

  • Inorganic-organic hybrid photochromic materials.

    Ming-Sheng Wang;Gang Xu;Zhang-Jing Zhang;Guo-Cong Guo

  • Layer-by-Layer Assembled Conductive Metal-Organic Framework Nanofilms for Room-Temperature Chemiresistive Sensing.

    Ming-Shui Yao;Xiao-Jing Lv;Zhi-Hua Fu;Wen-Hua Li

  • Photochromism of a Methyl Viologen Bismuth(III) Chloride: Structural Variation Before and After UV Irradiation

    Gang Xu;Guo-Cong Guo;Ming-Sheng Wang;Zhang-Jing Zhang

  • Porous Field-Effect Transistors Based on a Semiconductive Metal-Organic Framework.

    Guodong Wu;Jiahong Huang;Jiahong Huang;Ying Zang;Jun He

  • Research Progress of Polycyclic Polyprenylated Acylphloroglucinols.

    Xing-Wei Yang;Robert B. Grossman;Gang Xu

  • Facile "modular assembly" for fast construction of a highly oriented crystalline MOF nanofilm.

    Gang Xu;Teppei Yamada;Kazuya Otsubo;Shun Sakaida

  • Superprotonic conductivity in a highly oriented crystalline metal-organic framework nanofilm.

    Gang Xu;Kazuya Otsubo;Teppei Yamada;Shun Sakaida

  • Design Strategy for Improving Optical and Electrical Properties and Stability of Lead-Halide Semiconductors

    Cai Sun;Gang Xu;Xiao-Ming Jiang;Guan-E Wang

  • Van der Waals Heterostructured MOF-on-MOF Thin Films: Cascading Functionality to Realize Advanced Chemiresistive Sensing

    Ming-Shui Yao;Jing-Wei Xiu;Qing-Qing Huang;Wen-Hua Li

  • Wavelength-Dependent Photochromic Inorganic-Organic Hybrid Based on a 3D Iodoplumbate Open-Framework Material

    Zhang-Jing Zhang;Sheng-Chang Xiang;Guo-Cong Guo;Gang Xu

  • A white-light-emitting borate-based inorganic-organic hybrid open framework

    Ming-Sheng Wang;Guo-Cong Guo;Wen-Tong Chen;Gang Xu

  • Synergistic Conductivity Effect in a Proton Sources-Coupled Metal–Organic Framework

    Xiao-Min Li;Long-Zhang Dong;Shun-Li Li;Gang Xu

  • Metal–organic frameworks and their derivatives for electrically-transduced gas sensors

    Ming-Shui Yao;Ming-Shui Yao;Wen-Hua Li;Gang Xu

  • Large-Area Preparation of Crack-Free Crystalline Microporous Conductive Membrane to Upgrade High Energy Lithium–Sulfur Batteries

    Ying Zang;Ying Zang;Fei Pei;Jiahong Huang;Zhihua Fu

  • Ultrathin MOF nanosheet assembled highly oriented microporous membrane as an interlayer for lithium-sulfur batteries

    Meng Tian;Fei Pei;Mingshui Yao;Zhihua Fu

  • Semiconductive 3-D haloplumbate framework hybrids with high color rendering index white-light emission

    Guan-E Wang;Gang Xu;Ming-Sheng Wang;Li-Zhen Cai

  • Improved Photochromic Properties on Viologen-Based Inorganic–Organic Hybrids by Using π-Conjugated Substituents as Electron Donors and Stabilizers

    Rong-Guang Lin;Gang Xu;Ming-Sheng Wang;Gang Lu

Frequent Co-Authors

Guo-Cong Guo
Guo-Cong Guo Chinese Academy of Sciences
Hong-Xi Xu
Hong-Xi Xu Shanghai University
Ming-Sheng Wang
Ming-Sheng Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jin-Shun Huang
Jin-Shun Huang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xia Liu
Xia Liu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Han-Dong Sun
Han-Dong Sun Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhangjing Zhang
Zhangjing Zhang Fujian Normal University
Quan-Bin Han
Quan-Bin Han Hong Kong Baptist University
Yong-Tang Zheng
Yong-Tang Zheng Kunming Institute of Zoology
Xiaowei Zhan
Xiaowei Zhan Peking University

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