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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Materials Science 74 3595 3475 989 929 253 21447

Jeff Sakamoto publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Jeff Sakamoto between 1997 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Jeff Sakamoto published across 30 years, from 1997 to 2026, averaging 10.4 papers a year. Output peaked at 33 publications in 2020. 19 of the 311 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1997 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 33. Peak 33 publications in 2020. 1997: 1 publication 1998: 5 publications 1999: 0 publications 2000: 3 publications 2001: 2 publications 2002: 2 publications 2003: 5 publications 2004: 3 publications 2005: 7 publications 2006: 9 publications 2007: 2 publications 2008: 4 publications 2009: 7 publications 2010: 7 publications 2011: 11 publications 2012: 21 publications 2013: 12 publications 2014: 11 publications 2015: 17 publications 2016: 17 publications 2017: 21 publications 2018: 14 publications 2019: 21 publications 2020: 33 publications 2021: 15 publications 2022: 16 publications 2023: 9 publications 2024: 17 publications 2025: 18 publications 2026: 1 publication
1997 2026

311 publications in total across all disciplines

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Jeff Sakamoto: publications per year, 1997 to 2026
Year Publications
1997 1
1998 5
1999 0
2000 3
2001 2
2002 2
2003 5
2004 3
2005 7
2006 9
2007 2
2008 4
2009 7
2010 7
2011 11
2012 21
2013 12
2014 11
2015 17
2016 17
2017 21
2018 14
2019 21
2020 33
2021 15
2022 16
2023 9
2024 17
2025 18
2026 1
Total 311
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Jeff Sakamoto publications per year - data summary

  • Jeff Sakamoto, a Materials Science scholar from University of Michigan–Ann Arbor, has 311 publications recorded across 30 years, from 1997 to 2026.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1997 and the most recent to 2026.
  • The most productive year is 2020, with 33 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1997 and 2026, with 1 publication each.
  • 1 of the 30 years in the span carries no publications at all (1999).
  • The rate of publication averages 10.4 papers per year over the whole span, or 10.7 per year counting only the 29 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2022-2026) hold 61 publications, 20% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1997-2006: 37 publications (3.7 per year); 2007-2016: 109 publications (10.9 per year); 2017-2026: 165 publications (16.5 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Jeff Sakamoto 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 Jeff Sakamoto 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, 250–269 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: 253 publications — 47th percentile

47% 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
170–189 850
190–209 891
210–229 862
230–249 766
250–269 726 253
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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Jeff Sakamoto publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 12,847 Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 57 ranges running from 50–69 to 1,163+ publications.
  • Jeff Sakamoto, a Materials Science scholar from University of Michigan–Ann Arbor, records 253 publications - the 47th percentile of the discipline.
  • 47% of ranked Materials Science scientists score the same or lower than Jeff Sakamoto, and about 53% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 250–269 publications range, and Jeff Sakamoto falls inside that same range.
  • The most crowded range is 190–209 publications, holding 891 scientists (7% of the field).
  • 70% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 330–349 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (<1% of the field).

Jeff Sakamoto 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 Jeff Sakamoto 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, 74–75 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: 74 D-Index — 72nd percentile

72% 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
72–73 421
74–75 359 74
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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Jeff Sakamoto D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 12,847 Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 64 ranges running from 40–41 to 165+ D-Index.
  • Jeff Sakamoto, a Materials Science scholar from University of Michigan–Ann Arbor, records 74 D-Index - the 72nd percentile of the discipline.
  • 72% of ranked Materials Science scientists score the same or lower than Jeff Sakamoto, and about 28% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 62–63 D-Index range, and Jeff Sakamoto ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 52–53 D-Index, holding 667 scientists (5% of the field).
  • 68% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 70–71 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more, 98 scientists in all (<1% of the field).

Overview

Jeff Sakamoto is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Engineering, with a significant emphasis on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Automotive Engineering, and Materials Chemistry.

Their main topics of work include:

  • Advancements in Battery Materials
  • Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
  • Advanced Battery Technologies Research
  • Thermal Expansion and Ionic Conductivity
  • Extraction and Separation Processes
  • Fuel Cells and Related Materials

Sakamoto's publication record includes contributions to journals and conferences with frequent appearances in the following venues:

  • ECS Meeting Abstracts
  • Advanced Energy Materials
  • ACS Energy Letters
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  • Nature Materials

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Sakamoto include:

  • Local electronic structure variation resulting in Li 'filament' formation within solid electrolytes, 2021, Nature Materials
  • Challenges for and Pathways toward Li-Metal-Based All-Solid-State Batteries, 2021, ACS Energy Letters
  • Li Penetration in Ceramic Solid Electrolytes: Operando Microscopy Analysis of Morphology, Propagation, and Reversibility, 2020, Matter
  • Efficient fast-charging of lithium-ion batteries enabled by laser-patterned three-dimensional graphite anode architectures, 2020, Journal of Power Sources
  • Enabling 6C Fast Charging of Li-Ion Batteries with Graphite/Hard Carbon Hybrid Anodes, 2020, Advanced Energy Materials

In collaboration, Sakamoto has frequently worked with a number of co-authors, including:

  • Neil P. Dasgupta
  • Jürgen Janek
  • Catherine G. Haslam
  • Till Fuchs
  • Michael J. Wang

Best Publications

  • Surface Chemistry Mechanism of Ultra-Low Interfacial Resistance in the Solid-State Electrolyte Li7La3Zr2O12

    Asma Sharafi;Eric Kazyak;Andrew L. Davis;Seungho Yu

  • The Role of Al and Li Concentration on the Formation of Cubic Garnet Solid Electrolyte of Nominal Composition Li7La3Zr2O12

    Ezhiyl Rangasamy;Jeff Wolfenstine;Jeffrey Sakamoto

  • Intergranular Li metal propagation through polycrystalline Li6.25Al0.25La3Zr2O12 ceramic electrolyte

    Eric Jianfeng Cheng;Asma Sharafi;Jeff Sakamoto

  • Biomimetic 3D-printed scaffolds for spinal cord injury repair

    Jacob Koffler;Wei Zhu;Xin Qu;Oleksandr Platoshyn

  • Elastic Properties of the Solid Electrolyte Li7La3Zr2O12 (LLZO)

    Seungho Yu;Robert D. Schmidt;Regina Garcia-Mendez;Erik Herbert

  • Cover Picture: Excellent Stability of a Lithium‐Ion‐Conducting Solid Electrolyte upon Reversible Li+/H+ Exchange in Aqueous Solutions (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 1/2015)

    Cheng Ma;Ezhiylmurugan Rangasamy;Chengdu Liang;Jeffrey Sakamoto

  • Effect of substitution (Ta, Al, Ga) on the conductivity of Li7La3Zr2O12

    J.L. Allen;J. Wolfenstine;E. Rangasamy;J. Sakamoto

  • Characterizing the Li–Li7La3Zr2O12 interface stability and kinetics as a function of temperature and current density

    Asma Sharafi;Harry M. Meyer;Jagjit Nanda;Jeff Wolfenstine

  • The Limits of Low‐Temperature Performance of Li‐Ion Cells

    C. ‐K. Huang;J. S. Sakamoto;J. Wolfenstine;S. Surampudi

  • Impact of air exposure and surface chemistry on Li–Li7La3Zr2O12 interfacial resistance

    Asma Sharafi;Seungho Yu;Michael Naguib;Marcus Lee

  • Characterizing the Li-Solid-Electrolyte Interface Dynamics as a Function of Stack Pressure and Current Density

    Michael J. Wang;Rishav Choudhury;Jeff Sakamoto

  • Challenges for and Pathways toward Li-Metal-Based All-Solid-State Batteries

    Paul Albertus;Venkataramani Anandan;Chunmei Ban;Nitash Balsara

  • Local electronic structure variation resulting in Li 'filament' formation within solid electrolytes.

    Xiaoming Liu;Regina Garcia-Mendez;Andrew R. Lupini;Yongqiang Cheng

  • Tetragonal vs. cubic phase stability in Al – free Ta doped Li7La3Zr2O12 (LLZO)

    Travis Thompson;Jeff Wolfenstine;Jan L. Allen;Michelle Johannes

  • Li Penetration in Ceramic Solid Electrolytes: Operando Microscopy Analysis of Morphology, Propagation, and Reversibility

    Eric Kazyak;Regina Garcia-Mendez;William S. LePage;Asma Sharafi

  • Electrochemical Window of the Li-Ion Solid Electrolyte Li7La3Zr2O12

    Travis Thompson;Seungho Yu;Logan Williams;Robert D. Schmidt

  • Interfacial Stability of Li Metal-Solid Electrolyte Elucidated via in Situ Electron Microscopy.

    Cheng Ma;Yongqiang Cheng;Kuibo Yin;Jian Luo

  • Elastic, plastic, and creep mechanical properties of lithium metal

    Alvaro Masias;Alvaro Masias;Nando Felten;Regina Garcia-Mendez;Jeff Wolfenstine

  • Room temperature elastic moduli and Vickers hardness of hot-pressed LLZO cubic garnet

    Jennifer E. Ni;Eldon D. Case;Jeffrey S. Sakamoto;Ezhiyl Rangasamy

  • Vanadium Oxide-Carbon Nanotube Composite Electrodes for Use in Secondary Lithium Batteries

    Jeffrey S. Sakamoto;Bruce Dunn

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeff Wolfenstine
Jeff Wolfenstine United States Army Research Laboratory
Mark H. Tuszynski
Mark H. Tuszynski University of California, San Diego
Jan L. Allen
Jan L. Allen United States Army Research Laboratory
Neil P. Dasgupta
Neil P. Dasgupta University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Nancy J. Dudney
Nancy J. Dudney Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Donald J. Siegel
Donald J. Siegel The University of Texas at Austin
Bruce Dunn
Bruce Dunn University of California, Los Angeles
Miaofang Chi
Miaofang Chi Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Cheng Ma
Cheng Ma University of Science and Technology of China
Katsuyo Thornton
Katsuyo Thornton University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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