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He-Gen Zheng

He-Gen Zheng

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
65
Citations
13547
World Ranking
7748
National Ranking
1369

He-Gen Zheng 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 He-Gen Zheng sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 242 publications — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

He-Gen Zheng 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 He-Gen Zheng 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: 65 D-Index — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

He-Gen Zheng is affiliated with Nanjing University in China, focusing primarily on the fields of Materials Science, Engineering, and Chemistry. Their research has extensively covered subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Inorganic Chemistry, and Spectroscopy.

The main topics of study in their work include:

  • Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Advanced battery technologies research
  • Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection
  • Fuel Cells and Related Materials

He-Gen Zheng has contributed to a number of scientific publications, with frequent appearances in notable venues such as The Cambridge Structural Database, Inorganic Chemistry, Dalton Transactions, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, and CrystEngComm.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by He-Gen Zheng include:

  • "Bifunctional electrocatalysts for Zn-air batteries: recent developments and future perspectives," 2020, Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  • "MOF-derived Fe,Co@N-C bifunctional oxygen electrocatalysts for Zn-air batteries," 2020, Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  • "MOF-derived Co-MOF,O-doped carbon as trifunctional electrocatalysts to enable highly efficient Zn-air batteries and water-splitting," 2020, Journal of Energy Chemistry
  • "A Europium-based MOF Fluorescent Probe for Efficiently Detecting Malachite Green and Uric Acid," 2020, Inorganic Chemistry
  • "Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) as fluorescence sensors: principles, development and prospects," 2022, CrystEngComm

Their frequent collaborators include Fa-Yuan Ge, Xinde Duan, Shuangshuang Ren, Mingyuan Lei, and Mei-Mei Meng.

Best Publications

  • Novel MOF‐Derived Co@N‐C Bifunctional Catalysts for Highly Efficient Zn–Air Batteries and Water Splitting

    Mingdao Zhang;Mingdao Zhang;Quanbin Dai;Hegen Zheng;Mindong Chen

  • Solvatochromic Behavior of a Nanotubular Metal−Organic Framework for Sensing Small Molecules

    Zhen-Zhong Lu;Rui Zhang;Yi-Zhi Li;Zi-Jian Guo

  • Selective separation of methyl orange from water using magnetic ZIF-67 composites

    Qingxiang Yang;ShuangShuang Ren;Qianqian Zhao;Ran Lu

  • Two Lanthanide Metal–Organic Frameworks as Remarkably Selective and Sensitive Bifunctional Luminescence Sensor for Metal Ions and Small Organic Molecules

    Wei Yan;Chuanlei Zhang;Shuguang Chen;Lijuan Han

  • Two New Luminescent Cd(II)-Metal–Organic Frameworks as Bifunctional Chemosensors for Detection of Cations Fe3+, Anions CrO42–, and Cr2O72– in Aqueous Solution

    Shuguang Chen;Zhenzhen Shi;Ling Qin;Hailang Jia

  • Bifunctional electrocatalysts for Zn–air batteries: recent developments and future perspectives

    Shuangshuang Ren;Xinde Duan;Shuai Liang;Mingdao Zhang

  • Self‐Assembly of Interpenetrating Coordination Nets Formed from Interpenetrating Cationic and Anionic Three‐Dimensional Diamondoid Cluster Coordination Polymers

    Kai Liang;Hegen Zheng;Yinglin Song;Michael F. Lappert

  • Two luminescent Zn(II) metal–organic frameworks for exceptionally selective detection of picric acid explosives

    Zhi-Qiang Shi;Zi-Jian Guo;He-Gen Zheng

  • MOF-derived Fe,Co@N–C bifunctional oxygen electrocatalysts for Zn–air batteries

    Xinde Duan;Shuangshuang Ren;Na Pan;Mingdao Zhang

  • Heterothiometallic polymeric clusters

    Yunyin Niu;Hegen Zheng;Hongwei Hou;Xinquan Xin

  • Hydrothermal Synthesis, Structures, and Physical Properties of Four New Flexible Multicarboxylate Ligands-Based Compounds

    Zhaorui Pan;Hegen Zheng;Tianwei Wang;You Song

  • H-Bonding Interactions Induced Two Isostructural Cd(II) Metal-Organic Frameworks Showing Different Selective Detection of Nitroaromatic Explosives.

    Zhong-Jie Wang;Ling Qin;Jin-Xi Chen;He-Gen Zheng

  • A porous metal–organic framework based on Zn6O2 clusters: chemical stability, gas adsorption properties and solvatochromic behavior

    Jiehu Cui;Yizhi Li;Zijian Guo;Hegen Zheng

  • Syntheses, Structures, and Photoluminescence of Five New Metal−Organic Frameworks Based on Flexible Tetrapyridines and Aromatic Polycarboxylate Acids

    Jin-Song Hu;Yong-Jia Shang;Xiao-qiang Yao;Ling Qin

  • MOF-derived Co-MOF,O-doped carbon as trifunctional electrocatalysts to enable highly efficient Zn–air batteries and water-splitting

    Xinde Duan;Xinde Duan;Na Pan;Can Sun;Kexin Zhang

  • Chiral and Porous Coordination Polymers Based on an N-Centered Triangular Rigid Ligand

    Xiao-Qiang Yao;Da-Peng Cao;Jin-Song Hu;Yi-Zhi Li

  • Metal–organic frameworks constructed from flexible V-shaped ligands: adjustment of the topology, interpenetration and porosity via a solvent system

    Qingxiang Yang;Xingqiu Chen;Zhijun Chen;Ying Hao

  • Effective adsorption of Congo red by a MOF-based magnetic material.

    Li-Juan Han;Fa-Yuan Ge;Guo-Hao Sun;Xiang-Jing Gao

  • A Europium-based MOF Fluorescent Probe for Efficiently Detecting Malachite Green and Uric Acid.

    Li-Juan Han;Li-Juan Han;Ya-Jie Kong;Guo-Zheng Hou;Hua-Chong Chen

  • Six new metal-organic frameworks based on polycarboxylate acids and V-shaped imidazole-based synthon: syntheses, crystal structures, and properties.

    Jinsong Hu;Liangfang Huang;Xiaoqiang Yao;Ling Qin

  • Syntheses, Characterizations, and Properties of Six Metal−Organic Complexes Based on Flexible Ligand 5-(4-Pyridyl)-methoxyl Isophthalic Acid

    Ling Qin;Jin-Song Hu;Liang-Fang Huang;Yi-Zhi Li

  • Syntheses, Structures, and Photochemical Properties of Six New Metal−Organic Frameworks Based on Aromatic Dicarboxylate Acids and V-Shaped Imidazole Ligands

    Jin-Song Hu;Yong-Jia Shang;Xiao-Qiang Yao;Ling Qin

Frequent Co-Authors

Zijian Guo
Zijian Guo Nanjing University
Yinglin Song
Yinglin Song Harbin Institute of Technology
Wei Ji
Wei Ji Renmin University of China
Zi-Ling Xue
Zi-Ling Xue University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Hoong-Kun Fun
Hoong-Kun Fun Universiti Sains Malaysia
Wei Huang
Wei Huang Northwestern Polytechnical University
Rui Zhang
Rui Zhang National University of Singapore
Wing-Tak Wong
Wing-Tak Wong Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Jun-Jie Zhu
Jun-Jie Zhu Nanjing University
Michael F. Lappert
Michael F. Lappert University of Sussex

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