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D-Index
45
Citations
20318
World Ranking
1700
National Ranking
1001

Hongbin Li publication distribution in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Economics and Finance in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Hongbin Li sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 105 publications — 17th percentile

17% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 521 publications or more.

Hongbin Li D-index placement in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Economics and Finance scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Hongbin Li sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 126 scientists 31 D-Index: 147 scientists 32 D-Index: 157 scientists 33 D-Index: 178 scientists 34 D-Index: 171 scientists 35 D-Index: 141 scientists 36 D-Index: 132 scientists 37 D-Index: 129 scientists 38 D-Index: 130 scientists 39 D-Index: 120 scientists 40 D-Index: 117 scientists 41 D-Index: 113 scientists 42 D-Index: 114 scientists 43 D-Index: 97 scientists 44 D-Index: 115 scientists 45 D-Index: 86 scientists 46 D-Index: 78 scientists 47 D-Index: 83 scientists 48 D-Index: 62 scientists 49 D-Index: 74 scientists 50 D-Index: 50 scientists 51 D-Index: 66 scientists 52 D-Index: 69 scientists 53 D-Index: 55 scientists 54 D-Index: 67 scientists 55 D-Index: 61 scientists 56 D-Index: 62 scientists 57 D-Index: 45 scientists 58 D-Index: 34 scientists 59 D-Index: 47 scientists 60 D-Index: 46 scientists 61 D-Index: 36 scientists 62 D-Index: 37 scientists 63 D-Index: 56 scientists 64 D-Index: 50 scientists 65 D-Index: 32 scientists 66 D-Index: 28 scientists 67 D-Index: 30 scientists 68 D-Index: 24 scientists 69 D-Index: 25 scientists 70 D-Index: 22 scientists 71 D-Index: 21 scientists 72 D-Index: 26 scientists 73 D-Index: 24 scientists 74 D-Index: 23 scientists 75 D-Index: 12 scientists 76 D-Index: 14 scientists 77 D-Index: 15 scientists 78 D-Index: 15 scientists 79 D-Index: 17 scientists 80 D-Index: 17 scientists 81 D-Index: 11 scientists 82 D-Index: 10 scientists 83 D-Index: 16 scientists 84 D-Index: 11 scientists 85 D-Index: 5 scientists 86 D-Index: 9 scientists 87 D-Index: 13 scientists 88 D-Index: 9 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 6 scientists 91 D-Index: 4 scientists 92 D-Index: 8 scientists 93 D-Index: 10 scientists 94 D-Index: 11 scientists 95 D-Index: 6 scientists 96 D-Index: 4 scientists 97 D-Index: 4 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100 D-Index: 8 scientists 101+ D-Index: 100 scientists
30 D-Index 101+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 101 D-Index or more.

Overview

Hongbin Li is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States and has an extensive research record primarily in the fields of Engineering and Materials Science.

The research focus covers several subfields including Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biomaterials, Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability, and the Environment.

Their work addresses main topics such as Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications, Wound Healing and Treatments, Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials, Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies, Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques, Nanoplatforms for Cancer Theranostics, and Catalytic Processes in Materials Science.

Frequent coauthors in Hongbin Li's research include Feng Cheng, Jinmei He, Yudong Huang, Xiaotong Yi, and Jiliang Dai.

Hongbin Li publishes regularly in several venues, with multiple papers appearing in the International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, SSRN Electronic Journal, Cell Reports Physical Science, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, and AEA Randomized Controlled Trials.

Recent notable papers include:

  • "Antibiotics degradation by advanced oxidation process (AOPs): Recent advances in ecotoxicity and antibiotic-resistance genes induction of degradation products" (2022, Chemosphere)
  • "Complexation-induced resolution enhancement of 3D-printed hydrogel constructs" (2020, Nature Communications)
  • "Injectable, self-healing, antibacterial, and hemostatic N,O-carboxymethyl chitosan/oxidized chondroitin sulfate composite hydrogel for wound dressing" (2020, Materials Science and Engineering C)
  • "Generation of cost-effective MXene@polydopamine-decorated chitosan nanofibrous wound dressing for promoting wound healing" (2022, Biomaterials Advances)
  • "Ultrathin 2D catalysts with N-coordinated single Co atom outside Co cluster for highly efficient Zn-air battery" (2021, Chemical Engineering Journal)

Best Publications

  • Political turnover and economic performance: the incentive role of personnel control in China

    Hongbin Li;Li-An Zhou

  • Political connections, financing and firm performance: Evidence from Chinese private firms ☆

    Hongbin Li;Hongbin Li;Lingsheng Meng;Qian Wang;Li-An Zhou

  • Evidence on the impact of sustained exposure to air pollution on life expectancy from China’s Huai River policy

    Yuyu Chen;Avraham Ebenstein;Michael Greenstone;Hongbin Li

  • Bank discrimination in transition economies: ideology, information, or incentives?

    Loren Brandt;Hongbin Li

  • Relative performance evaluation and the turnover of provincial leaders in China

    Ye Chen;Hongbin Li;Li-An Zhou

  • Bank Discrimination in Transition Economies: Ideology, Information or Incentives?

    Loren Brandt;Loren Brandt;Hongbin Li

  • Why Do Entrepreneurs Enter Politics? Evidence from China

    Hongbin Li;Lingsheng Meng;Junsen Zhang

  • The quantity-quality trade-off of children in a developing country: identification using Chinese twins.

    Hongbin Li;Junsen Zhang;Yi Zhu

  • Long-Term Effects Of The 1959-1961 China Famine: Mainland China and Hong Kong

    Douglas Almond;Lena Edlund;Hongbin Li;Junsen Zhang

  • The End of Cheap Chinese Labor

    Hongbin Li;Lei Li;Binzhen Wu;Yanyan Xiong

  • SEX RATIOS AND CRIME: EVIDENCE FROM CHINA

    Lena Edlund;Hongbin Li;Junjian Yi;Junsen Zhang

  • Mother's education and child health: is there a nurturing effect?

    Yuyu Chen;Hongbin Li

  • The Rise of Robots in China

    Hong Cheng;Ruixue Jia;Dandan Li;Hongbin Li

  • Winter Heating or Clean Air? Unintended Impacts of China's Huai River Policy

    Douglas Almond;Yuyu Chen;Michael Greenstone;Hongbin Li

  • Estimating the Effect of the One-Child Policy on the Sex Ratio Imbalance in China: Identification Based on the Difference-in-Differences

    Hongbin Li;Junjian Yi;Junsen Zhang

  • How do exchange rate movements affect Chinese exports? — A firm-level investigation

    Hongbin Li;Hong Ma;Yuan Xu

  • Human Capital and China's Future Growth

    Hongbin Li;Prashant Loyalka;Scott Rozelle;Binzhen Wu

  • Land Reform and Sex Selection in China

    Douglas V. Almond;Hongbin Li;Shuang Zhang

  • Economic Returns to Communist Party Membership: Evidence From Urban Chinese Twins*

    Hongbin Li;Pak Wai Liu;Junsen Zhang;Ning Ma

  • Effects of longevity and dependency rates on saving and growth: Evidence from a panel of cross countries

    Hongbin Li;Hongbin Li;Jie Zhang;Jie Zhang;Junsen Zhang

Frequent Co-Authors

Junsen Zhang
Junsen Zhang Chinese University of Hong Kong
Scott Rozelle
Scott Rozelle Stanford University
Loren Brandt
Loren Brandt University of Toronto
Douglas Almond
Douglas Almond Columbia University
Linxiu Zhang
Linxiu Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Richard B. Freeman
Richard B. Freeman Harvard University
Albert Francis Park
Albert Francis Park Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Hanming Fang
Hanming Fang University of Pennsylvania
Michael Greenstone
Michael Greenstone University of Chicago
Renfu Luo
Renfu Luo Peking University

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