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D-Index
45
Citations
7100
World Ranking
11783
National Ranking
3247

Jian Zhu 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 Jian Zhu sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 251 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.

Jian Zhu 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 Jian Zhu 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: 45 D-Index — 10th percentile

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

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

Overview

Jian Zhu is affiliated with Soochow University in China and has a significant publication record primarily in the fields of Chemistry, Materials Science, and Engineering. Their work encompasses several subfields including Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, Biomaterials, Biomedical Engineering, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The scientist's research topics notably cover advanced polymer synthesis and characterization, photopolymerization techniques and applications, additive manufacturing and 3D printing technologies, biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties, organoselenium and organotellurium chemistry, nanocomposite films for food packaging, and synthetic organic chemistry methods.

Jian Zhu has contributed frequently to several publication venues, with multiple papers appearing in Polymer Chemistry, Macromolecules, ACS Macro Letters, ACS Applied Polymer Materials, and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

  • Progress and Perspectives Beyond Traditional RAFT Polymerization, 2020, Advanced Science
  • Organoselenium chemistry-based polymer synthesis, 2020, Organic Chemistry Frontiers
  • Xanthate-Based Photoiniferter RAFT Polymerization toward Oxygen-Tolerant and Rapid Living 3D Printing, 2022, Macromolecules
  • Accurate fish-freshness prediction label based on red cabbage anthocyanins, 2022, Food Control
  • Anchor and bridge functions of APTES layer on interface between hydrophilic starch films and hydrophobic soyabean oil coating, 2021, Carbohydrate Polymers

Jian Zhu collaborates regularly with a number of researchers including Xiangqiang Pan, Jiajia Li, Zhengbiao Zhang, Xiulin Zhu, and Bowen Zhao.

Best Publications

  • Highly Conjugated Three-Dimensional Covalent Organic Frameworks Based on Spirobifluorene for Perovskite Solar Cell Enhancement.

    Chenyu Wu;Yamei Liu;Hui Liu;Chenghao Duan

  • Progress and Perspectives Beyond Traditional RAFT Polymerization

    Mitchell D Nothling;Qiang Fu;Amin Reyhani;Stephanie Allison-Logan

  • Guiding the Design of Organic Photocatalyst for PET-RAFT Polymerization: Halogenated Xanthene Dyes

    Chenyu Wu;Nathaniel Corrigan;Chern-Hooi Lim;Kenward Jung

  • Iron-Mediated ICAR ATRP of Methyl Methacrylate

    Gaohua Zhu;Lifen Zhang;Zhengbiao Zhang;Jian Zhu

  • Aromatic diselenide crosslinkers to enhance the reprocessability and self-healing of polyurethane thermosets

    Xiaowei An;Robert H. Aguirresarobe;Lourdes Irusta;Fernando Ruipérez

  • Cyclic polymers with pendent carbazole units: enhanced fluorescence and redox behavior.

    Xing Zhu;Nianchen Zhou;Zhengbiao Zhang;Baoquan Sun

  • Organoselenium chemistry-based polymer synthesis

    Qilong Li;Yuanyuan Zhang;Zijun Chen;Xiangqiang Pan

  • Study on controlled free-radical polymerization in the presence of 2-cyanoprop-2-yl 1-dithionaphthalate (CPDN)

    Jian Zhu;Xiulin Zhu;Zhenping Cheng;Feng Liu

  • Design and synthesis of star polymers with hetero-arms by the combination of controlled radical polymerizations and click chemistry

    Jian Zhu;Jian Zhu;Xiulin Zhu;E.T. Kang;K.G. Neoh

  • Bifunctional Nanoparticles with Fluorescence and Magnetism via Surface-Initiated AGET ATRP Mediated by an Iron Catalyst

    Jiliang Liu;Weiwei He;Lifen Zhang;Zhengbiao Zhang

  • Photocatalyst-Free and Blue Light-Induced RAFT Polymerization of Vinyl Acetate at Ambient Temperature.

    Chunlai Ding;Caiwei Fan;Ganquan Jiang;Xiangqiang Pan

  • Photocontrollable induction of supramolecular chirality in achiral side chain Azo-containing polymers through preferential chiral solvation

    Shunqin Jiang;Yin Zhao;Laibing Wang;Lu Yin

  • Reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer polymerization of glycidyl methacrylate with 2‐cyanoprop‐2‐yl 1‐dithionaphthalate as a chain‐transfer agent

    Jian Zhu;Di Zhou;Xiulin Zhu;Gaojian Chen

  • Developing a Synthetic Approach with Thermoregulated Phase-Transfer Catalysis: Facile Access to Metal-Mediated Living Radical Polymerization of Methyl Methacrylate in Aqueous/Organic Biphasic System

    Liangjiu Bai;Lifen Zhang;Jinlong Pan;Jian Zhu

  • Single-Electron Transfer Living Radical Polymerization (SET−LRP) of Methyl Methacrylate (MMA) with a Typical RAFT Agent as an Initiator

    Zhengbiao Zhang;Wenxiang Wang;Hongda Xia;Jian Zhu

  • Surface Functionalization of Chitosan Nanospheres via Surface-Initiated AGET ATRP Mediated by Iron Catalyst in the Presence of Limited Amounts of Air

    Fan Tang;Lifen Zhang;Jian Zhu;Zhenping Cheng

  • Multistimuli-responsive hybrid nanoparticles with magnetic core and thermoresponsive fluorescence-labeled shell via surface-initiated RAFT polymerization

    Qiang Li;Lifen Zhang;Liangjiu Bai;Zhengbiao Zhang

  • Iron(III)-mediated AGET ATRP of styrene using tris(3,6-dioxaheptyl)amine as a ligand

    Liangjiu Bai;Lifen Zhang;Jian Zhu;Zhenping Cheng

  • Atom transfer radical polymerization of styrene under pulsed microwave irradiation

    Zhenping Cheng;Xiulin Zhu;Nianchen Zhou;Jian Zhu

  • Chlorophyll a crude extract: efficient photo-degradable photocatalyst for PET-RAFT polymerization.

    Chenyu Wu;Sivaprakash Shanmugam;Jiangtao Xu;Jian Zhu

  • Single electron transfer‐living radical polymerization of methyl methacrylate in fluoroalcohol: Dual control over molecular weight and tacticity

    Wenxiang Wang;Zhengbiao Zhang;Jian Zhu;Nianchen Zhou

Frequent Co-Authors

Xiulin Zhu
Xiulin Zhu Soochow University
Zhengbiao Zhang
Zhengbiao Zhang Soochow University
Zhenping Cheng
Zhenping Cheng Soochow University
Wei Zhang
Wei Zhang University of Massachusetts Boston
Wei Zhang
Wei Zhang Central South University
Jianmei Lu
Jianmei Lu Soochow University
Cyrille Boyer
Cyrille Boyer University of New South Wales
Xujie Yang
Xujie Yang Nanjing University of Science and Technology
Sébastien Perrier
Sébastien Perrier University of Warwick
Lude Lu
Lude Lu Nanjing University of Science and Technology

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