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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Chemistry 57 11112 10027 1787 1772 149 11224

Hong Chen publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Hong Chen between 1988 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Hong Chen published across 38 years, from 1988 to 2025, averaging 11 papers a year. Output peaked at 77 publications in 2025. 151 of the 417 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
25 50 75
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1988 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 77. Peak 77 publications in 2025. 1988: 1 publication 1989: 2 publications 1990: 2 publications 1991: 5 publications 1992: 1 publication 1993: 0 publications 1994: 0 publications 1995: 5 publications 1996: 2 publications 1997: 1 publication 1998: 0 publications 1999: 0 publications 2000: 0 publications 2001: 0 publications 2002: 0 publications 2003: 0 publications 2004: 0 publications 2005: 0 publications 2006: 0 publications 2007: 0 publications 2008: 0 publications 2009: 0 publications 2010: 0 publications 2011: 2 publications 2012: 2 publications 2013: 6 publications 2014: 11 publications 2015: 15 publications 2016: 17 publications 2017: 13 publications 2018: 15 publications 2019: 14 publications 2020: 12 publications 2021: 19 publications 2022: 63 publications 2023: 58 publications 2024: 74 publications 2025: 77 publications
1988 2025

417 publications in total across all disciplines

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Hong Chen: publications per year, 1988 to 2025
Year Publications
1988 1
1989 2
1990 2
1991 5
1992 1
1993 0
1994 0
1995 5
1996 2
1997 1
1998 0
1999 0
2000 0
2001 0
2002 0
2003 0
2004 0
2005 0
2006 0
2007 0
2008 0
2009 0
2010 0
2011 2
2012 2
2013 6
2014 11
2015 15
2016 17
2017 13
2018 15
2019 14
2020 12
2021 19
2022 63
2023 58
2024 74
2025 77
Total 417
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Hong Chen 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 Hong Chen sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
250 500 750 1,000 1,250
Bar chart with 63 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 61–80 to 1,295+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 1,350. Most scientists, 1,350, have 161–180 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 141–160 publications, is where this scientist sits. 61–80 publications: 66 scientists 81–100 publications: 302 scientists 101–120 publications: 623 scientists 121–140 publications: 918 scientists 141–160 publications: 1,218 scientists 161–180 publications: 1,350 scientists 181–200 publications: 1,344 scientists 201–220 publications: 1,281 scientists 221–240 publications: 1,216 scientists 241–260 publications: 1,100 scientists 261–280 publications: 979 scientists 281–300 publications: 939 scientists 301–320 publications: 764 scientists 321–340 publications: 643 scientists 341–360 publications: 628 scientists 361–380 publications: 522 scientists 381–400 publications: 459 scientists 401–420 publications: 397 scientists 421–440 publications: 327 scientists 441–460 publications: 270 scientists 461–480 publications: 265 scientists 481–500 publications: 252 scientists 501–520 publications: 201 scientists 521–540 publications: 185 scientists 541–560 publications: 148 scientists 561–580 publications: 148 scientists 581–600 publications: 132 scientists 601–620 publications: 114 scientists 621–640 publications: 104 scientists 641–660 publications: 91 scientists 661–680 publications: 92 scientists 681–700 publications: 73 scientists 701–720 publications: 57 scientists 721–740 publications: 54 scientists 741–760 publications: 67 scientists 761–780 publications: 45 scientists 781–800 publications: 46 scientists 801–820 publications: 39 scientists 821–840 publications: 32 scientists 841–860 publications: 36 scientists 861–880 publications: 29 scientists 881–900 publications: 26 scientists 901–920 publications: 24 scientists 921–940 publications: 14 scientists 941–960 publications: 23 scientists 961–980 publications: 28 scientists 981–1,000 publications: 15 scientists 1,001–1,020 publications: 29 scientists 1,021–1,040 publications: 12 scientists 1,041–1,060 publications: 19 scientists 1,061–1,080 publications: 12 scientists 1,081–1,100 publications: 6 scientists 1,101–1,120 publications: 8 scientists 1,121–1,140 publications: 12 scientists 1,141–1,160 publications: 5 scientists 1,161–1,180 publications: 6 scientists 1,181–1,200 publications: 14 scientists 1,201–1,220 publications: 7 scientists 1,221–1,240 publications: 2 scientists 1,241–1,260 publications: 6 scientists 1,261–1,280 publications: 4 scientists 1,281–1,294 publications: 6 scientists 1,295+ publications: 100 scientists
61–80 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 149 publications — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Chemistry scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 17,934 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
61–80 66
81–100 302
101–120 623
121–140 918
141–160 1,218 149
161–180 1,350
181–200 1,344
201–220 1,281
221–240 1,216
241–260 1,100
261–280 979
281–300 939
301–320 764
321–340 643
341–360 628
361–380 522
381–400 459
401–420 397
421–440 327
441–460 270
461–480 265
481–500 252
501–520 201
521–540 185
541–560 148
561–580 148
581–600 132
601–620 114
621–640 104
641–660 91
661–680 92
681–700 73
701–720 57
721–740 54
741–760 67
761–780 45
781–800 46
801–820 39
821–840 32
841–860 36
861–880 29
881–900 26
901–920 24
921–940 14
941–960 23
961–980 28
981–1,000 15
1,001–1,020 29
1,021–1,040 12
1,041–1,060 19
1,061–1,080 12
1,081–1,100 6
1,101–1,120 8
1,121–1,140 12
1,141–1,160 5
1,161–1,180 6
1,181–1,200 14
1,201–1,220 7
1,221–1,240 2
1,241–1,260 6
1,261–1,280 4
1,281–1,294 6
1,295+ 100
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Hong Chen 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 Hong Chen sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
250 500 750 1,000
Bar chart with 61 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 159+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 1,051. Most scientists, 1,051, have 56–57 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 56–57 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 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
40–41 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 57 D-Index — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Chemistry scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 17,934 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 289
42–43 612
44–45 808
46–47 776
48–49 835
50–51 861
52–53 872
54–55 933
56–57 1,051 57
58–59 930
60–61 882
62–63 834
64–65 731
66–67 775
68–69 683
70–71 646
72–73 561
74–75 501
76–77 437
78–79 388
80–81 354
82–83 292
84–85 275
86–87 254
88–89 235
90–91 185
92–93 192
94–95 155
96–97 163
98–99 125
100–101 105
102–103 105
104–105 112
106–107 88
108–109 68
110–111 69
112–113 65
114–115 79
116–117 61
118–119 44
120–121 37
122–123 40
124–125 33
126–127 26
128–129 34
130–131 35
132–133 25
134–135 27
136–137 17
138–139 16
140–141 20
142–143 20
144–145 15
146–147 9
148–149 9
150–151 16
152–153 11
154–155 9
156–157 3
158 3
159+ 98
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Overview

Hong Chen is affiliated with the Southern University of Science and Technology in China and has contributed extensively to research in engineering and materials science, with a particular focus on electrical and electronic engineering as well as materials chemistry. Their work spans several interdisciplinary subfields including renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, biomedical engineering, and electronic, optical, and magnetic materials.

The scientist's research topics concentrate mainly on advancements in battery materials and technologies, with significant attention to advanced photocatalysis techniques and electrocatalysts for energy conversion. Other areas of interest include perovskite materials and applications, as well as extraction and separation processes.

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated with Hong Chen in multiple publications include Xuezhen Feng, Ranhao Wang, Renji Zheng, Wenfei Wei, and Yangzi Shangguan.

Hong Chen has published extensively in a variety of scientific journals. The most common venues for their research outputs include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials

Among their notable papers are:

  • "Single-Atom Fe Catalyst Outperforms Its Homogeneous Counterpart for Activating Peroxymonosulfate to Achieve Effective Degradation of Organic Contaminants," 2021, Environmental Science & Technology
  • "Liquid medium annealing for fabricating durable perovskite solar cells with improved reproducibility," 2021, Science
  • "Interfacial Engineering of Bi19Br3S27 Nanowires Promotes Metallic Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction Activity under Near-Infrared Light Irradiation," 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Tuning electronic property and surface reconstruction of amorphous iron borides via W-P co-doping for highly efficient oxygen evolution," 2021, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
  • "Transition-metal-based chalcogenides: A rich source of infrared nonlinear optical materials," 2021, Coordination Chemistry Reviews

Best Publications

  • Nickel–vanadium monolayer double hydroxide for efficient electrochemical water oxidation

    Ke Fan;Hong Chen;Yongfei Ji;Hui Huang

  • Thermochromic halide perovskite solar cells

    Jia Lin;Jia Lin;Jia Lin;Minliang Lai;Letian Dou;Letian Dou;Letian Dou;Christopher S. Kley

  • Direct Observation of Structural Evolution of Metal Chalcogenide in Electrocatalytic Water Oxidation

    Ke Fan;Haiyuan Zou;Yue Lu;Hong Chen

  • Vacancy-Rich Monolayer BiO2−x as a Highly Efficient UV, Visible, and Near-Infrared Responsive Photocatalyst

    Jun Li;Xiaoyong Wu;Wenfeng Pan;Gaoke Zhang

  • Single-Atom Fe Catalyst Outperforms Its Homogeneous Counterpart for Activating Peroxymonosulfate to Achieve Effective Degradation of Organic Contaminants

    Kun Qian;Hong Chen;Wenlang Li;Zhimin Ao

  • Dendritic core-shell nickel-iron-copper metal/metal oxide electrode for efficient electrocatalytic water oxidation.

    Peili Zhang;Lin Li;Dennis Nordlund;Hong Chen

  • Photocatalytic CO2 Conversion of M0.33WO3 Directly from the Air with High Selectivity: Insight into Full Spectrum-Induced Reaction Mechanism.

    Xiaoyong Wu;Yuan Li;Gaoke Zhang;Hong Chen

  • Interfacial Engineering of Bi19Br3S27 Nanowires Promotes Metallic Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction Activity under Near-Infrared Light Irradiation.

    Jun Li;Wenfeng Pan;Qiaoyun Liu;Zhiquan Chen

  • Organic Polymer Dots as Photocatalysts for Visible Light‐Driven Hydrogen Generation

    Lei Wang;Ricardo Fernández-Terán;Lei Zhang;Daniel L. A. Fernandes

  • Hollow Iron–Vanadium Composite Spheres: A Highly Efficient Iron‐Based Water Oxidation Electrocatalyst without the Need for Nickel or Cobalt

    Ke Fan;Ke Fan;Yongfei Ji;Haiyuan Zou;Jinfeng Zhang

  • Series of Highly Stable Isoreticular Lanthanide Metal–Organic Frameworks with Expanding Pore Size and Tunable Luminescent Properties

    Qingxia Yao;Antonio Bermejo Gómez;Jie Su;Vlad Pascanu

  • Tuning electronic property and surface reconstruction of amorphous iron borides via W-P co-doping for highly efficient oxygen evolution

    Zhijie Chen;Renji Zheng;Małgorzata Graś;Wei Wei

  • Coupled Kinetics of Ferrihydrite Transformation and As(V) Sequestration under the Effect of Humic Acids: A Mechanistic and Quantitative Study.

    Shiwen Hu;Yang Lu;Lanfang Peng;Pei Wang

  • Highly active and stable ruthenate pyrochlore for enhanced oxygen evolution reaction in acidic medium electrolysis

    Qi Feng;Qi Feng;Qi Wang;Zhen Zhang;Zhen Zhang;Yongyueheng Xiong

  • Series of two-coordinate and quasi-two-coordinate transition-metal complexes: synthesis, structural, and spectroscopic studies of sterically demanding borylamide ligands -NRBR'2 (R = Ph, R' = Mes, Xyl; R = R' = Mes), their lithium salts, Li(Et2O)2NRBR'2, and their transition-metal derivatives, M(NPhBMes2)2 (M = Cr, Co, Ni), Co(NPhBXyl2)2 and M(NMesBMes2)2 (M = Cr .fwdarw. Ni)

    Hong Chen;Ruth A. Bartlett;Marilyn M. Olmstead;Philip P. Power

  • A nickel (II) PY5 complex as an electrocatalyst for water oxidation

    Lei Wang;Lele Duan;Ram B. Ambre;Quentin Daniel

  • Full spectrum light driven photocatalytic in-situ epitaxy of one-unit-cell Bi2O2CO3 layers on Bi2O4 nanocrystals for highly efficient photocatalysis and mechanism unveiling

    Jun Li;Xiaoyong Wu;Zhen Wan;Hong Chen

  • PbGa2MSe6 (M = Si, Ge): Two Exceptional Infrared Nonlinear Optical Crystals

    Zhong-Zhen Luo;Chen-Sheng Lin;Hong-Hua Cui;Wei-Long Zhang

  • Structural and spectral dynamics of single-crystalline Ruddlesden-Popper phase halide perovskite blue light-emitting diodes

    Hong Chen;Hong Chen;Hong Chen;Jia Lin;Jia Lin;Joohoon Kang;Qiao Kong

  • Universal intracellular biomolecule delivery with precise dosage control

    Y. Cao;H. Chen;R. Qiu;M. Hanna

  • The pH‐Dependent Synthesis and Structural Study of Dimer and Cyclic Trimer Complexes of 9‐Methyl‐ or 9‐Ethylhypoxanthine Nucleobases with (η5‐Pentamethylcyclopentadienyl)‐rhodium Aqua Complexes

    Hong Chen;Marilyn M. Olmstead;David P. Smith;Marcos F. Maestre

  • Zeolite A synthesized from alkaline assisted pre-activated halloysite for efficient heavy metal removal in polluted river water and industrial wastewater.

    Qingpeng Meng;Hong Chen;Junzhong Lin;Zhang Lin

Frequent Co-Authors

Licheng Sun
Licheng Sun Royal Institute of Technology
Junliang Sun
Junliang Sun Peking University
Lele Duan
Lele Duan Westlake University
Marilyn M. Olmstead
Marilyn M. Olmstead University of California, Davis
Ke Fan
Ke Fan Dalian University of Technology
Chun Cheng
Chun Cheng Southern University of Science and Technology
Philip P. Power
Philip P. Power University of California, Davis
Peidong Yang
Peidong Yang University of California, Berkeley
Haining Tian
Haining Tian Uppsala University
Baomin Xu
Baomin Xu Southern University of Science and Technology

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