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Hongjie Dai 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 Hongjie Dai sits on this spectrum.

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 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 541 publications — 89th percentile

89% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Hongjie Dai 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 Hongjie Dai sits on this spectrum.

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 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 215 D-Index — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Materials Science in China Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Materials Science in China Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2019 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • 2017 - National Institutes of Health Director's Pioneer Award
  • 2016 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2010 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2009 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2002 - ACS Award in Pure Chemistry, American Chemical Society (ACS)
  • 2001 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
  • Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Overview

Hongjie Dai is affiliated with the University of Hong Kong in China. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily focusing on Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Materials Science.

Their work extensively covers subfields such as Food Science, Biomaterials, Materials Chemistry, Molecular Biology, and Animal Science and Zoology.

Key topics investigated by Hongjie Dai include:

  • Proteins in Food Systems
  • Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization
  • Advanced Cellulose Research Studies
  • Collagen: Extraction and Characterization
  • Polysaccharides Composition and Applications
  • Meat and Animal Product Quality
  • Nanocomposite Films for Food Packaging

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Hongjie Dai consist of:

  • Yuhao Zhang
  • Liang Ma
  • Hongxia Wang
  • Hai Chen
  • Yu Fu

The scientist's work has been published frequently in several venues, including:

  • Food Hydrocolloids
  • Food Chemistry
  • International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
  • Carbohydrate Polymers
  • LWT

Notable recent papers authored by Hongjie Dai include:

  • Recent advances on cellulose nanocrystals for Pickering emulsions: Development and challenge (2020), Trends in Food Science & Technology
  • Extraction and comparison of cellulose nanocrystals from lemon (Citrus limon) seeds using sulfuric acid hydrolysis and oxidation methods (2020), Carbohydrate Polymers
  • Preparation of high thermal stability gelatin emulsion and its application in 3D printing (2020), Food Hydrocolloids
  • Properties of Pickering emulsion stabilized by food-grade gelatin nanoparticles: influence of the nanoparticles concentration (2020), Colloids and Surfaces B Biointerfaces
  • Collagen and gelatin: Structure, properties, and applications in food industry (2023), International Journal of Biological Macromolecules

Over the course of their career, Hongjie Dai has received multiple awards and honors, which include:

  • Member of the National Academy of Medicine (2019)
  • National Institutes of Health Director's Pioneer Award (2017)
  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2016)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2010)
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2009)
  • ACS Award in Pure Chemistry, American Chemical Society (2002)
  • Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (2001)
  • Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Best Publications

  • Crystalline Ropes of Metallic Carbon Nanotubes

    Andreas Thess;Roland Lee;Pavel Nikolaev;Hongjie Dai

  • Nanotube molecular wires as chemical sensors

    Jing Kong;Nathan R. Franklin;Chongwu Zhou;Michael G. Chapline

  • Chemically Derived, Ultrasmooth Graphene Nanoribbon Semiconductors

    Xiaolin Li;Xinran Wang;Li Zhang;Sangwon Lee

  • Co3O4 nanocrystals on graphene as a synergistic catalyst for oxygen reduction reaction

    Yongye Liang;Yanguang Li;Hailiang Wang;Jigang Zhou

  • MoS2 Nanoparticles Grown on Graphene: An Advanced Catalyst for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

    Yanguang Li;Hailiang Wang;Liming Xie;Yongye Liang

  • Self-Oriented Regular Arrays of Carbon Nanotubes and Their Field Emission Properties

    Shoushan Fan;Michael G. Chapline;Nathan R. Franklin;Thomas W. Tombler

  • Individual single-wall carbon nanotubes as quantum wires

    Sander J. Tans;Michel H. Devoret;Hongjie Dai;Andreas Thess

  • Ballistic carbon nanotube field-effect transistors

    Ali Javey;Jing Guo;Qian Wang;Mark Lundstrom

  • PEGylated Nanographene Oxide for Delivery of Water-Insoluble Cancer Drugs

    Zhuang Liu;Joshua T. Robinson;Xiaoming Sun;Hongjie Dai

  • Nano-Graphene Oxide for Cellular Imaging and Drug Delivery.

    Xiaoming Sun;Zhuang Liu;Kevin Welsher;Joshua Tucker Robinson

  • Noncovalent Sidewall Functionalization of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes for Protein Immobilization

    Robert J. Chen;Yuegang Zhang;Dunwei Wang;Hongjie Dai

  • Nanotubes as nanoprobes in scanning probe microscopy

    Hongjie Dai;Jason H. Hafner;Andrew G. Rinzler;Daniel T. Colbert

  • Narrow graphene nanoribbons from carbon nanotubes

    Hongie Dai;Liying Jiao

  • Carbon nanotubes as multifunctional biological transporters and near-infrared agents for selective cancer cell destruction.

    Nadine Wong Shi Kam;Michael O'Connell;Jeffrey A. Wisdom;Hongjie Dai

  • An Advanced Ni–Fe Layered Double Hydroxide Electrocatalyst for Water Oxidation

    Ming Gong;Yanguang Li;Hailiang Wang;Yongye Liang

  • Near-infrared fluorophores for biomedical imaging

    Guosong Hong;Guosong Hong;Alexander L. Antaris;Hongjie Dai

  • Drug delivery with carbon nanotubes for in vivo cancer treatment.

    Zhuang Liu;Kai Chen;Corrine Davis;Sarah Sherlock

  • Carbon Nanotubes: Synthesis, Integration, and Properties

    Hongjie Dai

  • An ultrafast rechargeable aluminium-ion battery

    Meng-Chang Lin;Ming Gong;Bingan Lu;Yingpeng Wu

  • Highly conducting graphene sheets and Langmuir–Blodgett films

    Xiaolin Li;Guangyu Zhang;Xuedong Bai;Xiaoming Sun

  • N-doping of graphene through electrothermal reactions with ammonia.

    Xinran Wang;Xiaolin Li;Li Zhang;Youngki Yoon

  • MoS2 Nanoparticles Grown on Graphene: An Advanced Catalyst for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

    Yanguang Li;Hailiang Wang;Liming Xie;Yongye Liang

Frequent Co-Authors

Hailiang Wang
Hailiang Wang Yale University
Guosong Hong
Guosong Hong Stanford University
Yongye Liang
Yongye Liang Southern University of Science and Technology
Zhuang Liu
Zhuang Liu Macau University of Science and Technology
Ali Javey
Ali Javey University of California, Berkeley
Xinran Wang
Xinran Wang Nanjing University
Yanguang Li
Yanguang Li Soochow University
Xiaolin Li
Xiaolin Li Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Richard E. Smalley
Richard E. Smalley Rice University

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