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Hongtao Yuan

Hongtao Yuan

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Materials Science 56 8123 7855 2360 2352 150 17754

Hongtao Yuan publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Hongtao Yuan between 2003 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Hongtao Yuan published across 23 years, from 2003 to 2025, averaging 8.6 papers a year. Output peaked at 23 publications in 2024. 34 of the 198 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2003 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 23. Peak 23 publications in 2024. 2003: 1 publication 2004: 2 publications 2005: 1 publication 2006: 2 publications 2007: 6 publications 2008: 0 publications 2009: 2 publications 2010: 9 publications 2011: 14 publications 2012: 10 publications 2013: 6 publications 2014: 9 publications 2015: 14 publications 2016: 13 publications 2017: 7 publications 2018: 13 publications 2019: 5 publications 2020: 4 publications 2021: 14 publications 2022: 16 publications 2023: 16 publications 2024: 23 publications 2025: 11 publications
2003 2025

198 publications in total across all disciplines

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Hongtao Yuan: publications per year, 2003 to 2025
Year Publications
2003 1
2004 2
2005 1
2006 2
2007 6
2008 0
2009 2
2010 9
2011 14
2012 10
2013 6
2014 9
2015 14
2016 13
2017 7
2018 13
2019 5
2020 4
2021 14
2022 16
2023 16
2024 23
2025 11
Total 198
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Hongtao Yuan 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 Hongtao Yuan 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, 150–169 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: 150 publications — 14th percentile

14% 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
150–169 835 150
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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Hongtao Yuan 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 Hongtao Yuan 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, 56–57 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: 56 D-Index — 37th percentile

37% 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 56
58–59 610
60–61 587
62–63 606
64–65 533
66–67 490
68–69 469
70–71 378
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

Hongtao Yuan is affiliated with Nanjing University in China, contributing primarily in the fields of Materials Science, Physics and Astronomy, and Engineering. Their work spans several subfields, with significant publication counts in Materials Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, and Condensed Matter Physics.

Their research topics focus extensively on advanced materials and related phenomena. Key areas include 2D Materials and Applications, Graphene research and applications, Topological Materials and Phenomena, Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism, MXene and MAX Phase Materials, Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides, and Iron-based superconductors research.

Hongtao Yuan has frequently collaborated with several researchers. The most common coauthors include Junwei Huang, Zeya Li, Caiyu Qiu, Feng Qin, and Xiangyu Bi, with collaboration counts ranging from over twenty to nearly fifty publications.

The scientist has published in a variety of prominent venues, with the highest number of articles appearing in arXiv (Cornell University), followed by Nature Communications, Nano Research, Nature Nanotechnology, and ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Hongtao Yuan highlight work on two-dimensional materials and superconductivity. Selected publications include:

  • A van der Waals interface that creates in-plane polarization and a spontaneous photovoltaic effect, 2021, Science
  • Tunable room-temperature ferromagnetism in Co-doped two-dimensional van der Waals ZnO, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Simultaneous Nodal Superconductivity and Time-Reversal Symmetry Breaking in the Noncentrosymmetric Superconductor CaPtAs, 2020, Physical Review Letters
  • An anisotropic van der Waals dielectric for symmetry engineering in functionalized heterointerfaces, 2023, Nature Communications
  • Continuous manipulation of magnetic anisotropy in a van der Waals ferromagnet via electrical gating, 2022, Nature Electronics

Best Publications

  • A phosphorene–graphene hybrid material as a high-capacity anode for sodium-ion batteries

    Jie Sun;Hyun-Wook Lee;Mauro Pasta;Hongtao Yuan

  • Polarization-sensitive broadband photodetector using a black phosphorus vertical p–n junction

    Hongtao Yuan;Xiaoge Liu;Farzaneh Afshinmanesh;Wei Li

  • Controlled growth of high-quality monolayer WS2 layers on sapphire and imaging its grain boundary.

    Yu Zhang;Yanfeng Zhang;Qingqing Ji;Jing Ju

  • Physical and chemical tuning of two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides

    Haotian Wang;Hongtao Yuan;Hongtao Yuan;Seung Sae Hong;Yanbin Li

  • Rapid water disinfection using vertically aligned MoS2 nanofilms and visible light

    Chong Liu;Desheng Kong;Po Chun Hsu;Hongtao Yuan

  • High electron mobility and quantum oscillations in non-encapsulated ultrathin semiconducting Bi2O2Se.

    Jinxiong Wu;Hongtao Yuan;Mengmeng Meng;Cheng Chen

  • Liquid-gated interface superconductivity on an atomically flat film

    Justin Ye;S. Inoue;K. Kobayashi;Y. Kasahara

  • High‐Density Carrier Accumulation in ZnO Field‐Effect Transistors Gated by Electric Double Layers of Ionic Liquids

    Hongtao Yuan;Hidekazu Shimotani;Atsushi Tsukazaki;Akira Ohtomo

  • Integrated digital inverters based on two-dimensional anisotropic ReS2 field-effect transistors.

    Erfu Liu;Yajun Fu;Yaojia Wang;Yanqing Feng

  • Zeeman-type spin splitting controlled by an electric field

    Hongtao Yuan;Hongtao Yuan;Mohammad Saeed Bahramy;Mohammad Saeed Bahramy;Kazuhiro Morimoto;Sanfeng Wu

  • Electrically induced ferromagnetism at room temperature in cobalt-doped titanium dioxide.

    Y. Yamada;K. Ueno;K. Ueno;T. Fukumura;T. Fukumura;H. T. Yuan

  • Discovery of superconductivity in KTaO 3 by electrostatic carrier doping

    K. Ueno;S. Nakamura;H. Shimotani;H. T. Yuan

  • 2D materials advances: From large scale synthesis and controlled heterostructures to improved characterization techniques, defects and applications

    Zhong Lin;Amber McCreary;Natalie Briggs;Shruti Subramanian

  • Generation and electric control of spin–valley-coupled circular photogalvanic current in WSe2

    Hongtao Yuan;Hongtao Yuan;Xinqiang Wang;Biao Lian;Haijun Zhang

  • Accessing the transport properties of graphene and its multilayers at high carrier density

    Jianting Ye;Monica F. Craciun;Mikito Koshino;Saverio Russo

  • Spatially controlled doping of two-dimensional SnS 2 through intercalation for electronics

    Yongji Gong;Yongji Gong;Hongtao Yuan;Hongtao Yuan;Hongtao Yuan;Chun-Lan Wu;Peizhe Tang

  • High Responsivity Phototransistors Based on Few-Layer ReS2 for Weak Signal Detection

    Erfu Liu;Mingsheng Long;Junwen Zeng;Wei Luo;Wei Luo

  • Electrostatic and Electrochemical Nature of Liquid-Gated Electric-Double-Layer Transistors Based on Oxide Semiconductors

    Hongtao Yuan;Hidekazu Shimotani;Jianting Ye;Sungjae Yoon

  • Ultrafast and highly sensitive infrared photodetectors based on two-dimensional oxyselenide crystals.

    Jianbo Yin;Zhenjun Tan;Hao Hong;Jinxiong Wu

  • Pressure induced metallization with absence of structural transition in layered molybdenum diselenide

    Zhao Zhao;Haijun Zhang;Hongtao Yuan;Shibing Wang

  • Ultrafast, highly-sensitive infrared photodetectors based on two-dimensional oxyselenide crystals

    Jianbo Yin;Zhenjun Tan;Hao Hong;Jinxiong Wu

Frequent Co-Authors

Harold Y. Hwang
Harold Y. Hwang Stanford University
Yi Cui
Yi Cui Stanford University
Yoshihiro Iwasa
Yoshihiro Iwasa University of Tokyo
Hidekazu Shimotani
Hidekazu Shimotani Tohoku University
Yulin Chen
Yulin Chen University of Oxford
Masashi Kawasaki
Masashi Kawasaki University of Tokyo
Qi-Kun Xue
Qi-Kun Xue Southern University of Science and Technology
Jin-Feng Jia
Jin-Feng Jia Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Xiaolong Du
Xiaolong Du Chinese Academy of Sciences
Feng Miao
Feng Miao Nanjing University

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