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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Materials Science 71 4164 4031 1316 1310 147 26272

Hongbin Yang publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Hongbin Yang between 1996 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Hongbin Yang published across 30 years, from 1996 to 2025, averaging 6 papers a year. Output peaked at 20 publications in 2020. 27 of the 179 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1996 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 20. Peak 20 publications in 2020. 1996: 1 publication 1997: 0 publications 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: 1 publication 2008: 3 publications 2009: 7 publications 2010: 10 publications 2011: 9 publications 2012: 9 publications 2013: 10 publications 2014: 9 publications 2015: 11 publications 2016: 11 publications 2017: 1 publication 2018: 12 publications 2019: 8 publications 2020: 20 publications 2021: 17 publications 2022: 5 publications 2023: 8 publications 2024: 12 publications 2025: 15 publications
1996 2025

179 publications in total across all disciplines

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Hongbin Yang: publications per year, 1996 to 2025
Year Publications
1996 1
1997 0
1998 0
1999 0
2000 0
2001 0
2002 0
2003 0
2004 0
2005 0
2006 0
2007 1
2008 3
2009 7
2010 10
2011 9
2012 9
2013 10
2014 9
2015 11
2016 11
2017 1
2018 12
2019 8
2020 20
2021 17
2022 5
2023 8
2024 12
2025 15
Total 179
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Hongbin Yang 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 Hongbin Yang sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600 800
Bar chart with 57 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 50–69 to 1,163+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 891. Most scientists, 891, have 190–209 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 130–149 publications, is where this scientist sits. 50–69 publications: 28 scientists 70–89 publications: 152 scientists 90–109 publications: 356 scientists 110–129 publications: 487 scientists 130–149 publications: 723 scientists 150–169 publications: 835 scientists 170–189 publications: 850 scientists 190–209 publications: 891 scientists 210–229 publications: 862 scientists 230–249 publications: 766 scientists 250–269 publications: 726 scientists 270–289 publications: 665 scientists 290–309 publications: 593 scientists 310–329 publications: 537 scientists 330–349 publications: 477 scientists 350–369 publications: 440 scientists 370–389 publications: 356 scientists 390–409 publications: 321 scientists 410–429 publications: 256 scientists 430–449 publications: 246 scientists 450–469 publications: 216 scientists 470–489 publications: 212 scientists 490–509 publications: 174 scientists 510–529 publications: 194 scientists 530–549 publications: 162 scientists 550–569 publications: 131 scientists 570–589 publications: 111 scientists 590–609 publications: 103 scientists 610–629 publications: 99 scientists 630–649 publications: 77 scientists 650–669 publications: 92 scientists 670–689 publications: 56 scientists 690–709 publications: 53 scientists 710–729 publications: 53 scientists 730–749 publications: 38 scientists 750–769 publications: 52 scientists 770–789 publications: 43 scientists 790–809 publications: 38 scientists 810–829 publications: 34 scientists 830–849 publications: 25 scientists 850–869 publications: 18 scientists 870–889 publications: 20 scientists 890–909 publications: 24 scientists 910–929 publications: 27 scientists 930–949 publications: 20 scientists 950–969 publications: 17 scientists 970–989 publications: 10 scientists 990–1,009 publications: 16 scientists 1,010–1,029 publications: 13 scientists 1,030–1,049 publications: 12 scientists 1,050–1,069 publications: 9 scientists 1,070–1,089 publications: 8 scientists 1,090–1,109 publications: 7 scientists 1,110–1,129 publications: 9 scientists 1,130–1,149 publications: 2 scientists 1,150–1,162 publications: 5 scientists 1,163+ publications: 100 scientists
50–69 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 147 publications — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Materials Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 12,847 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
50–69 28
70–89 152
90–109 356
110–129 487
130–149 723 147
150–169 835
170–189 850
190–209 891
210–229 862
230–249 766
250–269 726
270–289 665
290–309 593
310–329 537
330–349 477
350–369 440
370–389 356
390–409 321
410–429 256
430–449 246
450–469 216
470–489 212
490–509 174
510–529 194
530–549 162
550–569 131
570–589 111
590–609 103
610–629 99
630–649 77
650–669 92
670–689 56
690–709 53
710–729 53
730–749 38
750–769 52
770–789 43
790–809 38
810–829 34
830–849 25
850–869 18
870–889 20
890–909 24
910–929 27
930–949 20
950–969 17
970–989 10
990–1,009 16
1,010–1,029 13
1,030–1,049 12
1,050–1,069 9
1,070–1,089 8
1,090–1,109 7
1,110–1,129 9
1,130–1,149 2
1,150–1,162 5
1,163+ 100
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Hongbin Yang 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 Hongbin Yang sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 64 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 165+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 667. Most scientists, 667, have 52–53 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 70–71 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 211 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 450 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 612 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 612 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 598 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 657 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 667 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 621 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 597 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 610 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 587 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 606 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 533 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 490 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 469 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 378 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 421 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 359 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 323 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 299 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 230 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 210 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 195 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 203 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 175 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 175 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 142 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 121 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 117 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 107 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 88 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 85 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 68 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 62 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 57 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 45 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 49 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 50 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 34 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 38 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 29 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 28 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 24 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 33 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 28 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 21 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 20 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 23 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 17 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 12 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 17 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 21 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 13 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 11 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 13 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 4 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 4 scientists 164 D-Index: 3 scientists 165+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40–41 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 71 D-Index — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Materials Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 12,847 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 211
42–43 450
44–45 612
46–47 612
48–49 598
50–51 657
52–53 667
54–55 621
56–57 597
58–59 610
60–61 587
62–63 606
64–65 533
66–67 490
68–69 469
70–71 378 71
72–73 421
74–75 359
76–77 323
78–79 299
80–81 230
82–83 210
84–85 195
86–87 203
88–89 175
90–91 175
92–93 142
94–95 121
96–97 117
98–99 107
100–101 88
102–103 85
104–105 68
106–107 62
108–109 57
110–111 45
112–113 49
114–115 50
116–117 34
118–119 38
120–121 37
122–123 29
124–125 28
126–127 24
128–129 33
130–131 28
132–133 21
134–135 20
136–137 23
138–139 17
140–141 12
142–143 17
144–145 21
146–147 13
148–149 11
150–151 14
152–153 13
154–155 9
156–157 10
158–159 7
160–161 4
162–163 4
164 3
165+ 98
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Overview

Hongbin Yang is affiliated with the City University of Hong Kong in China. Their research primarily focuses on energy and engineering, with significant contributions in the subfields of renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, electrical and electronic engineering, plant science, materials chemistry, and catalysis.

The main topics of Hongbin Yang's work include electrocatalysts for energy conversion, advanced photocatalysis techniques, catalytic processes in materials science, CO2 reduction techniques and catalysts, advanced battery technologies research, fuel cells and related materials, and carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis.

Hongbin Yang has published numerous research papers, including:

  • Atomically dispersed antimony on carbon nitride for the artificial photosynthesis of hydrogen peroxide (2021, Nature Catalysis)
  • Reversible hydrogen spillover in Ru-WO3-x enhances hydrogen evolution activity in neutral pH water splitting (2022, Nature Communications)
  • Coordination Engineering of Single-Atom Catalysts for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction: A Review (2020, Advanced Energy Materials)
  • Identification of the Electronic and Structural Dynamics of Catalytic Centers in Single-Fe-Atom Material (2020, Chem)
  • Atomically Dispersed Cobalt Trifunctional Electrocatalysts with Tailored Coordination Environment for Flexible Rechargeable Zn-Air Battery and Self-Driven Water Splitting (2020, Advanced Energy Materials)

Frequent co-authors contributing to their scientific output include Bin Liu, Jincheng Zhang, Jie Ding, Weizheng Cai, and Yanqiang Huang.

Yang's work has been published extensively in various scientific venues, notably:

  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition (6 publications)
  • Nano Letters (5 publications)
  • Angewandte Chemie (5 publications)
  • Advanced Energy Materials (3 publications)
  • Food Chemistry X (3 publications)

The combination of fields and topics covered by Hongbin Yang highlights a focus on the development and analysis of catalytic materials and processes aimed at energy conversion and sustainability. Their work actively spans from fundamental material chemistry and catalysis to application-oriented research in batteries, fuel cells, and carbon dioxide reduction.

Best Publications

  • Carbon-Based Dots Co-doped with Nitrogen and Sulfur for High Quantum Yield and Excitation-Independent Emission†

    Yongqiang Dong;Hongchang Pang;Hong Bin Yang;Chunxian Guo

  • Atomically dispersed Ni(i) as the active site for electrochemical CO2 reduction

    Hong Bin Yang;Hong Bin Yang;Sung Fu Hung;Song Liu;Song Liu;Kaidi Yuan

  • Single Cobalt Atoms Anchored on Porous N-Doped Graphene with Dual Reaction Sites for Efficient Fenton-like Catalysis

    Xuning Li;Xiang Huang;Shibo Xi;Shu Miao

  • Identification of catalytic sites for oxygen reduction and oxygen evolution in N-doped graphene materials: Development of highly efficient metal-free bifunctional electrocatalyst

    Hong Bin Yang;Jianwei Miao;Sung Fu Hung;Jiazang Chen

  • Atomically dispersed antimony on carbon nitride for the artificial photosynthesis of hydrogen peroxide

    Zhenyuan Teng;Qitao Zhang;Hongbin Yang;Kosaku Kato

  • Layered graphene/quantum dots for photovoltaic devices.

    Chun Xian Guo;Hong Bin Yang;Zhao Min Sheng;Zhi Song Lu

  • Carbon nanotube catalysts: recent advances in synthesis, characterization and applications.

    Yibo Yan;Jianwei Miao;Zhihong Yang;Fang-Xing Xiao

  • One-step and high yield simultaneous preparation of single- and multi-layer graphene quantum dots from CX-72 carbon black

    Yongqiang Dong;Congqiang Chen;Xin Ting Zheng;Xin Ting Zheng;Lili Gao

  • Reversible hydrogen spillover in Ru-WO3-x enhances hydrogen evolution activity in neutral pH water splitting

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  • Layered Structure Causes Bulk NiFe Layered Double Hydroxide Unstable in Alkaline Oxygen Evolution Reaction.

    Rong Chen;Sung-Fu Hung;Daojin Zhou;Jiajian Gao

  • Orbital coupling of hetero-diatomic nickel-iron site for bifunctional electrocatalysis of CO2 reduction and oxygen evolution

    Zhiping Zeng;Zhiping Zeng;Li Yong Gan;Hong Bin Yang;Xiaozhi Su

  • NiFe Hydroxide Lattice Tensile Strain: Enhancement of Adsorption of Oxygenated Intermediates for Efficient Water Oxidation Catalysis

    Daojin Zhou;Daojin Zhou;Shiyuan Wang;Yin Jia;Xuya Xiong

  • Identification of Surface Reactivity Descriptor for Transition Metal Oxides in Oxygen Evolution Reaction.

    Hua Bing Tao;Liwen Fang;Jiazang Chen;Hong Bin Yang

  • Elucidating the Electrocatalytic CO 2 Reduction Reaction over a Model Single-Atom Nickel Catalyst

    Song Liu;Song Liu;Song Liu;Hong Bin Yang;Sung Fu Hung;Jie Ding

  • Hierarchical Ni-Mo-S nanosheets on carbon fiber cloth: A flexible electrode for efficient hydrogen generation in neutral electrolyte.

    Jianwei Miao;Fang-Xing Xiao;Hong Bin Yang;Si Yun Khoo

  • Coordination Engineering of Single‐Atom Catalysts for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction: A Review

    Jincheng Zhang;Hongbin Yang;Bin Liu

  • Coordination engineering of iridium nanocluster bifunctional electrocatalyst for highly efficient and pH-universal overall water splitting

    Qilun Wang;Cong Qiao Xu;Wei Liu;Sung Fu Hung

  • Identification of the Electronic and Structural Dynamics of Catalytic Centers in Single-Fe-Atom Material

    Xuning Li;Xuning Li;Chang Su Cao;Sung Fu Hung;Ying Rui Lu

  • CeO2 nanoparticles/graphene nanocomposite-based high performance supercapacitor

    Yi Wang;Chun Xian Guo;Chun Xian Guo;Jiehua Liu;Tao Chen

  • Selective photoelectrochemical oxidation of glycerol to high value-added dihydroxyacetone

    Dong Liu;Jin-Cheng Liu;Weizheng Cai;Jun Ma

  • Atomically Dispersed Cobalt Trifunctional Electrocatalysts with Tailored Coordination Environment for Flexible Rechargeable Zn–Air Battery and Self-Driven Water Splitting

    Zheye Zhang;Xiaoxu Zhao;Shibo Xi;Lili Zhang

Frequent Co-Authors

Chang Ming Li
Chang Ming Li Suzhou University of Science and Technology
Bin Liu
Bin Liu National University of Singapore
Chun Xian Guo
Chun Xian Guo Suzhou University of Science and Technology
Yanqiang Huang
Yanqiang Huang Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics
Hao Ming Chen
Hao Ming Chen National Taiwan University
Fang-Xing Xiao
Fang-Xing Xiao Fuzhou University
Tao Zhang
Tao Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhisong Lu
Zhisong Lu Southwest University
Shibo Xi
Shibo Xi Agency for Science, Technology and Research
Mary B. Chan-Park
Mary B. Chan-Park Nanyang Technological University

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