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D-Index
44
Citations
5957
World Ranking
16987
National Ranking
2579

Hongkun Tian 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 Hongkun Tian sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 137 publications — 10th percentile

10% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Hongkun Tian 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 Hongkun Tian 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: 44 D-Index — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Hongkun Tian is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, with significant contributions in subfields such as Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Polymers and Plastics, Organic Chemistry, and Biomedical Engineering.

The main topics explored in their work include:

  • Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics
  • Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research
  • Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials
  • Conducting polymers and applications
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
  • Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry

Hongkun Tian has published multiple papers in various scientific venues. The frequent publication venues include:

  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Macromolecules
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry C
  • Chemical Communications

Some recent papers by Tian include:

  • "Novel boron- and sulfur-doped polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon as multiple resonance emitter for ultrapure blue thermally activated delayed fluorescence polymers," 2021, Science China Chemistry
  • "Tetrachromatic vision-inspired neuromorphic sensors with ultraweak ultraviolet detection," 2023, Nature Communications
  • "Sterically-Locked Donor-Acceptor Conjugated Polymers Showing Efficient Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence," 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Optimizing the Crystallization Behavior and Film Morphology of Donor-Acceptor Conjugated Semiconducting Polymers by Side-Chain-Solvent Interaction in Nonpolar Solvents," 2021, Macromolecules
  • "π-Stacked Donor-Acceptor Dendrimers for Highly Efficient White Electroluminescence," 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Throughout their career, Tian frequently collaborated with a number of coauthors, including:

  • Lixiang Wang
  • Junqiao Ding
  • Shumeng Wang
  • Jun Liu
  • Lei Zhao

Best Publications

  • Bulk Heterojunction Photovoltaic Cells with Low Donor Concentration

    Minlu Zhang;Hui Wang;Hongkun Tian;Yanhou Geng

  • Novel NIR-absorbing conjugated polymers for efficient polymer solar cells: effect of alkyl chain length on device performance

    Wei Yue;Yun Zhao;Shuyan Shao;Hongkun Tian

  • High Mobility Ambipolar Diketopyrrolopyrrole‐Based Conjugated Polymer Synthesized Via Direct Arylation Polycondensation

    Yao Gao;Xiaojie Zhang;Hongkun Tian;Jidong Zhang

  • Dithienocarbazole and Isoindigo based Amorphous Low Bandgap Conjugated Polymers for Efficient Polymer Solar Cells

    Yunfeng Deng;Jian Liu;Jiantai Wang;Lihui Liu

  • Multifluorination toward High-Mobility Ambipolar and Unipolar n-Type Donor-Acceptor Conjugated Polymers Based on Isoindigo.

    Yao Gao;Yunfeng Deng;Hongkun Tian;Jidong Zhang

  • Novel boron- and sulfur-doped polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon as multiple resonance emitter for ultrapure blue thermally activated delayed fluorescence polymers

    Fan Chen;Fan Chen;Lei Zhao;Xingdong Wang;Qingqing Yang

  • Donor–Acceptor Conjugated Polymers with Dithienocarbazoles as Donor Units: Effect of Structure on Semiconducting Properties

    Yunfeng Deng;Yagang Chen;Xiaojie Zhang;Hongkun Tian

  • Diketopyrrolopyrrole-Based Conjugated Polymers Synthesized via Direct Arylation Polycondensation for High Mobility Pure n-Channel Organic Field-Effect Transistors

    Kai Guo;Junhua Bai;Yu Jiang;Zhongli Wang

  • Ambipolar organic field-effect transistors with air stability, high mobility, and balanced transport

    Haibo Wang;Jun Wang;Xuanjun Yan;Jianwu Shi

  • n-channel, ambipolar, and p-channel organic heterojunction transistors fabricated with various film morphologies

    Jianwu Shi;Haibo Wang;De Song;Hongkun Tian

  • Near-infrared absorbing non-fullerene acceptors with selenophene as π bridges for efficient organic solar cells

    Ziqi Liang;Miaomiao Li;Xiaomei Zhang;Qi Wang

  • Poly(oligothiophene-alt-benzothiadiazole)s: Tuning the Structures of Oligothiophene Units toward High-Mobility “Black” Conjugated Polymers

    Wei Yue;Yun Zhao;Hongkun Tian;De Song

  • n-Type Azaacenes Containing B←N Units.

    Yang Min;Chuandong Dou;Hongkun Tian;Yanhou Geng

  • Synthesis and Chain-Length Dependent Properties of Monodisperse Oligo(9,9-di-n-octylfluorene-2,7-vinylene)s

    Qin Liu;Wenming Liu;Bing Yao;Hongkun Tian

  • Phthalocyanato Tin(IV) Dichloride: An Air‐Stable, High‐Performance, n‐Type Organic Semiconductor with a High Field‐Effect Electron Mobility

    De Song;Haibo Wang;Feng Zhu;Junliang Yang

  • Controlled Synthesis of Polyfluorenes via Kumada Catalyst Transfer Polycondensation with Ni(acac)2/dppp as the Catalyst

    Aiguo Sui;Xincui Shi;Shupeng Wu;Hongkun Tian

  • Novel thiophene-aryl co-oligomers for organic thin film transistors

    Hongkun Tian;Jun Wang;Jianwu Shi;Donghang Yan

  • Sterically-Locked Donor-Acceptor Conjugated Polymers Showing Efficient Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence.

    Junqiao Ding;Jiancheng Rao;Liuqing Yang;Xue Li

  • Naphthyl End‐Capped Quarterthiophene: A Simple Organic Semiconductor with High Mobility and Air Stability

    Hongkun Tian;Jianwu Shi;Donghang Yan;Lixiang Wang

  • Low bandgap conjugated polymers based on mono-fluorinated isoindigo for efficient bulk heterojunction polymer solar cells processed with non-chlorinated solvents

    Yunfeng Deng;Weili Li;Lihui Liu;Hongkun Tian

  • Iterative Binomial Synthesis of Monodisperse Polyfluorenes up to 64-mers and Their Chain-Length-Dependent Properties

    Qilin Wang;Yao Qu;Hongkun Tian;Yanhou Geng

Frequent Co-Authors

Yanhou Geng
Yanhou Geng Tianjin University
Donghang Yan
Donghang Yan Chinese Academy of Sciences
Fosong Wang
Fosong Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Lixiang Wang
Lixiang Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhiyuan Xie
Zhiyuan Xie Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jingping Zhang
Jingping Zhang Northeast Normal University
Yichun Liu
Yichun Liu Northeast Normal University
Xue Li
Xue Li Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Xiabin Jing
Xiabin Jing Chinese Academy of Sciences
Ziqi Liang
Ziqi Liang Fudan University

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