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Jian-chun Cheng

Jian-chun Cheng

Nanjing University
China

D-Index & Metrics

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
48
Citations
11212
World Ranking
4494
National Ranking
885

Jian-chun Cheng publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jian-chun Cheng sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 254 publications — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

Jian-chun Cheng D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Jian-chun Cheng sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 59 scientists 31 D-Index: 114 scientists 32 D-Index: 129 scientists 33 D-Index: 189 scientists 34 D-Index: 200 scientists 35 D-Index: 262 scientists 36 D-Index: 311 scientists 37 D-Index: 312 scientists 38 D-Index: 350 scientists 39 D-Index: 385 scientists 40 D-Index: 348 scientists 41 D-Index: 362 scientists 42 D-Index: 426 scientists 43 D-Index: 380 scientists 44 D-Index: 310 scientists 45 D-Index: 341 scientists 46 D-Index: 301 scientists 47 D-Index: 306 scientists 48 D-Index: 271 scientists 49 D-Index: 246 scientists 50 D-Index: 210 scientists 51 D-Index: 253 scientists 52 D-Index: 213 scientists 53 D-Index: 221 scientists 54 D-Index: 195 scientists 55 D-Index: 186 scientists 56 D-Index: 170 scientists 57 D-Index: 167 scientists 58 D-Index: 166 scientists 59 D-Index: 144 scientists 60 D-Index: 152 scientists 61 D-Index: 141 scientists 62 D-Index: 138 scientists 63 D-Index: 131 scientists 64 D-Index: 118 scientists 65 D-Index: 114 scientists 66 D-Index: 119 scientists 67 D-Index: 95 scientists 68 D-Index: 87 scientists 69 D-Index: 77 scientists 70 D-Index: 89 scientists 71 D-Index: 69 scientists 72 D-Index: 54 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 55 scientists 75 D-Index: 54 scientists 76 D-Index: 49 scientists 77 D-Index: 53 scientists 78 D-Index: 46 scientists 79 D-Index: 28 scientists 80 D-Index: 39 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 24 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 36 scientists 85 D-Index: 18 scientists 86 D-Index: 25 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 26 scientists 89 D-Index: 27 scientists 90 D-Index: 23 scientists 91 D-Index: 15 scientists 92 D-Index: 12 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 15 scientists 95 D-Index: 10 scientists 96 D-Index: 13 scientists 97 D-Index: 13 scientists 98 D-Index: 9 scientists 99 D-Index: 7 scientists 100 D-Index: 7 scientists 101 D-Index: 8 scientists 102 D-Index: 7 scientists 103 D-Index: 7 scientists 104 D-Index: 9 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106 D-Index: 9 scientists 107+ D-Index: 99 scientists
30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 48 D-Index — 55th percentile

55% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Overview

Jian-chun Cheng is a researcher affiliated with Nanjing University in China. Their scientific work primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Physics and Astronomy, with significant contributions to Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, as well as Biomedical Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Aerospace Engineering, and Signal Processing.

The researcher's work focuses on several main topics, including:

  • Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research
  • Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications
  • Topological Materials and Phenomena
  • Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows
  • Orbital Angular Momentum in Optics
  • Underwater Acoustics Research
  • Speech and Audio Processing

Jian-chun Cheng has published extensively in journals such as Applied Physics Letters, Physical Review Applied, arXiv (Cornell University), Science China Physics Mechanics and Astronomy, and Physical Review B. The number of their publications in these venues includes 16 in Applied Physics Letters, 13 in Physical Review Applied, 12 in arXiv, 9 in Science China Physics Mechanics and Astronomy, and 8 in Physical Review B.

Some of Cheng's notable recent papers include:

  • Experimental Realization of Weyl Exceptional Rings in a Synthetic Three-Dimensional Non-Hermitian Phononic Crystal, 2022, Physical Review Letters
  • Efficient nonreciprocal mode transitions in spatiotemporally modulated acoustic metamaterials, 2021, Science Advances
  • Metamaterial-based real-time communication with high information density by multipath twisting of acoustic wave, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Inverse design of acoustic metamaterials based on machine learning using a Gauss-Bayesian model, 2020, Journal of Applied Physics
  • Tunable low-frequency and broadband acoustic metamaterial absorber, 2021, Journal of Applied Physics

Frequently collaborating researchers in their work include Bin Liang, Xin-Ye Zou, Jingjing Liu, Jing Yang, and An Chen.

Best Publications

  • Acoustic metasurfaces

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  • An acoustic rectifier

    B. Liang;B. Liang;X. S. Guo;J. Tu;D. Zhang

  • Acoustic diode: rectification of acoustic energy flux in one-dimensional systems.

    Bin Liang;Bo Yuan;Jian-chun Cheng

  • Reflected wavefront manipulation based on ultrathin planar acoustic metasurfaces

    Yong Li;Bin Liang;Bin Liang;Bin Liang;Zhong-ming Gu;Xin-ye Zou

  • Experimental realization of full control of reflected waves with subwavelength acoustic metasurfaces

    Yong Li;Xue Jiang;Rui-qi Li;Bin Liang;Bin Liang

  • Metascreen-Based Acoustic Passive Phased Array

    Yong Li;Yong Li;Xue Jiang;Bin Liang;Jian-chun Cheng

  • Convert Acoustic Resonances to Orbital Angular Momentum.

    Xue Jiang;Yong Li;Bin Liang;Jian-chun Cheng

  • Acoustic focusing by coiling up space

    Yong Li;Bin Liang;Xu Tao;Xue-feng Zhu

  • Acoustic cloaking by a superlens with single-negative materials

    Xuefeng Zhu;Bin Liang;Weiwei Kan;Xinye Zou

  • Fine manipulation of sound via lossy metamaterials with independent and arbitrary reflection amplitude and phase.

    Yifan Zhu;Jie Hu;Xudong Fan;Jing Yang

  • Unidirectional acoustic transmission through a prism with near-zero refractive index

    Yong Li;Bin Liang;Zhong-ming Gu;Xin-ye Zou

  • Extraordinary acoustic transmission through ultrathin acoustic metamaterials by coiling up space

    Yong Li;Bin Liang;Xin-ye Zou;Jian-chun Cheng

  • Twisted Acoustics: Metasurface-Enabled Multiplexing and Demultiplexing.

    Xue Jiang;Bin Liang;Jian-Chun Cheng;Cheng-Wei Qiu

  • Three-dimensional Ultrathin Planar Lenses by Acoustic Metamaterials

    Yong Li;Gaokun Yu;Bin Liang;Xinye Zou

  • Ultra-broadband absorption by acoustic metamaterials

    Xue Jiang;Xue Jiang;Bin Liang;Bin Liang;Rui-qi Li;Rui-qi Li;Xin-ye Zou;Xin-ye Zou

  • Dispersionless Manipulation of Reflected Acoustic Wavefront by Subwavelength Corrugated Surface

    Yi-Fan Zhu;Xin-Ye Zou;Rui-Qi Li;Xue-wen Jiang

  • One-way mode transmission in one-dimensional phononic crystal plates

    Xuefeng Zhu;Xinye Zou;Bin Liang;Jianchun Cheng

  • Stopbands for lower-order Lamb waves in one-dimensional composite thin plates

    Jiu-Jiu Chen;Kai-Wen Zhang;Jian Gao;Jian-Chun Cheng

  • Broadband and stable acoustic vortex emitter with multi-arm coiling slits

    Xue Jiang;Jiajun Zhao;Jiajun Zhao;Shi-lei Liu;Bin Liang

  • Acoustic one-way open tunnel by using metasurface

    Yi-Fan Zhu;Xin-Ye Zou;Bin Liang;Jian-Chun Cheng

  • A broadband acoustic omnidirectional absorber comprising positive-index materials

    Rui-Qi Li;Xue-Feng Zhu;Bin Liang;Yong Li

  • Broadband directional acoustic waveguide with high efficiency

    Bo Yuan;Bin Liang;Jian-cheng Tao;Xin-ye Zou

  • Frequency-dependence of the acoustic rectifying efficiency of an acoustic diode model

    Bin Liang;Xin-ye Zou;Bo Yuan;Jian-chun Cheng

  • Broadband asymmetric acoustic transmission in a gradient-index structure

    Rui-Qi Li;Bin Liang;Yong Li;Wei-Wei Kan

  • Acoustic one-way metasurfaces: Asymmetric Phase Modulation of Sound by Subwavelength Layer.

    Xue Jiang;Bin Liang;Xin-ye Zou;Xin-ye Zou;Jing Yang

  • Broadband non-reciprocal transmission of sound with invariant frequency.

    Zhong-ming Gu;Jie Hu;Bin Liang;Xin-ye Zou

  • Meta-neural-network for real-time and passive deep-learning-based object recognition.

    Jingkai Weng;Yujiang Ding;Chengbo Hu;Xue-Feng Zhu

  • Broadband compact acoustic absorber with high-efficiency ventilation performance

    Li-juan Li;Bin Zheng;Li-min Zhong;Jing Yang

  • Control of the elastic wave bandgaps in two-dimensional piezoelectric periodic structures

    Xin-Ye Zou;Qian Chen;Bin Liang;Jian-Chun Cheng

  • Acoustic focusing by symmetrical self-bending beams with phase modulations

    He Gao;Zhong-ming Gu;Bin Liang;Xin-ye Zou;Xin-ye Zou

  • Broadband unidirectional transmission of sound in unblocked channel

    Yi-Fan Zhu;Xin-Ye Zou;Bin Liang;Jian-Chun Cheng;Jian-Chun Cheng

Frequent Co-Authors

Jun Yang
Jun Yang University of Western Ontario
Cheng-Wei Qiu
Cheng-Wei Qiu National University of Singapore
José Sánchez-Dehesa
José Sánchez-Dehesa Universitat Politècnica de València
Andrea Alù
Andrea Alù City University of New York
Xinran Wang
Xinran Wang Nanjing University
Xiang Zhang
Xiang Zhang University of Hong Kong
Baowen Li
Baowen Li Southern University of Science and Technology
Guoliang Huang
Guoliang Huang University of Missouri

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