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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Materials Science 79 2782 2688 50 49 517 25982
Chemistry 81 3206 2892 85 72 459 26357

Joseph Zyss publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Joseph Zyss between 1979 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Joseph Zyss published across 47 years, from 1979 to 2025, averaging 13.1 papers a year. Output peaked at 34 publications in 1994. 11 of the 617 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1979 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 34. Peak 34 publications in 1994. 1979: 6 publications 1980: 0 publications 1981: 1 publication 1982: 6 publications 1983: 2 publications 1984: 3 publications 1985: 5 publications 1986: 7 publications 1987: 10 publications 1988: 8 publications 1989: 6 publications 1990: 10 publications 1991: 19 publications 1992: 21 publications 1993: 23 publications 1994: 34 publications 1995: 19 publications 1996: 23 publications 1997: 19 publications 1998: 28 publications 1999: 15 publications 2000: 27 publications 2001: 19 publications 2002: 31 publications 2003: 25 publications 2004: 29 publications 2005: 27 publications 2006: 21 publications 2007: 16 publications 2008: 11 publications 2009: 20 publications 2010: 11 publications 2011: 15 publications 2012: 13 publications 2013: 17 publications 2014: 12 publications 2015: 6 publications 2016: 6 publications 2017: 10 publications 2018: 3 publications 2019: 6 publications 2020: 5 publications 2021: 2 publications 2022: 4 publications 2023: 5 publications 2024: 4 publications 2025: 7 publications
1979 2025

617 publications in total across all disciplines

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Joseph Zyss: publications per year, 1979 to 2025
Year Publications
1979 6
1980 0
1981 1
1982 6
1983 2
1984 3
1985 5
1986 7
1987 10
1988 8
1989 6
1990 10
1991 19
1992 21
1993 23
1994 34
1995 19
1996 23
1997 19
1998 28
1999 15
2000 27
2001 19
2002 31
2003 25
2004 29
2005 27
2006 21
2007 16
2008 11
2009 20
2010 11
2011 15
2012 13
2013 17
2014 12
2015 6
2016 6
2017 10
2018 3
2019 6
2020 5
2021 2
2022 4
2023 5
2024 4
2025 7
Total 617
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Joseph Zyss publications per year - data summary

  • Joseph Zyss, a Materials Science scholar from École Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay, has 617 publications recorded across 47 years, from 1979 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1979 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive year is 1994, with 34 publications.
  • The least productive year with any output is 1981, with 1 publication.
  • 1 of the 47 years in the span carries no publications at all (1980).
  • The rate of publication averages 13.1 papers per year over the whole span, or 13.4 per year counting only the 46 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 22 publications, 4% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1979-1994: 161 publications (10.1 per year); 1995-2010: 341 publications (21.3 per year); 2011-2025: 115 publications (7.7 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is broadly steady.

Joseph Zyss 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 Joseph Zyss 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, 510–529 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: 517 publications — 88th percentile

88% 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
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
510–529 194 517
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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Joseph Zyss 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.
  • Joseph Zyss, a Materials Science scholar from École Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay, records 517 publications - the 88th percentile of the discipline.
  • 88% of ranked Materials Science scientists score the same or lower than Joseph Zyss, and about 12% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 250–269 publications range, and Joseph Zyss ranks above the median.
  • 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).

Joseph Zyss 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 Joseph Zyss 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, 78–79 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: 79 D-Index — 79th percentile

79% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

View D-Index distribution as a table
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
76–77 323
78–79 299 79
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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Joseph Zyss 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.
  • Joseph Zyss, a Materials Science scholar from École Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay, records 79 D-Index - the 79th percentile of the discipline.
  • 79% of ranked Materials Science scientists score the same or lower than Joseph Zyss, and about 21% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 62–63 D-Index range, and Joseph Zyss 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).

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in France Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in France Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in France Leader Award

Overview

Joseph Zyss is affiliated with École Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay in France. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, with a specialized focus on Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Materials Chemistry. Additional subfields of interest include Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Polymers and Plastics, and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's work centers on several key research topics, such as Perovskite Materials and Applications, Quantum Dots Synthesis and Properties, Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics, Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films, Conducting Polymers and Applications, Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques, and Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research.

Joseph Zyss has published extensively in several journals, with frequent appearances in these venues:

  • The European Physical Journal Applied Physics
  • Japanese Journal of Applied Physics
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Organic Electronics
  • Chemical Engineering Journal

Their notable recent papers include:

  • The benefits of ionic liquids for the fabrication of efficient and stable perovskite photovoltaics (2021, Chemical Engineering Journal)
  • Spray Pyrolyzed TiO2 Embedded Multi-Layer Front Contact Design for High-Efficiency Perovskite Solar Cells (2021, Nano-Micro Letters)
  • Ionic Liquid-Assisted MAPbI3 Nanoparticle-Seeded Growth for Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells (2021, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces)
  • Electronic Transport in the Biopigment Sepia Melanin (2020, ACS Applied Bio Materials)
  • Photocatalytic degradation of emerging antibiotic pollutants in waters by TiO2/Hydroxyapatite nanocomposite materials (2021, Surfaces and Interfaces)

Collaboration forms an important aspect of Joseph Zyss's research activities. Frequent coauthors include Md. Shahiduzzaman, Tetsuya Taima, Makoto Karakawa, A. Laghzizil, and Masahiro Nakano.

Best Publications

  • Nonlinear optical properties of organic molecules and crystals

    D. S. Chemla;J. Zyss

  • Nonlinear optics in multipolar media: theory and experiments

    Joseph Zyss;Isabelle Ledoux

  • Relations between microscopic and macroscopic lowest-order optical nonlinearities of molecular crystals with one- or two-dimensional units

    J. Zyss;J. L. Oudar

  • Demonstration of efficient nonlinear optical crystals with vanishing molecular dipole moment: Second‐harmonic generation in 3‐methyl‐4‐nitropyridine‐1‐oxide

    J. Zyss;D. S. Chemla;J. F. Nicoud

  • Molecular engineering implications of rotational invariance in quadratic nonlinear optics: From dipolar to octupolar molecules and materials

    Joseph Zyss

  • Stilbazolium-MPS3 Nanocomposites with Large Second-Order Optical Nonlinearity and Permanent Magnetization

    Pascal G. Lacroix;René Clément;Keitaro Nakatani;Joseph Zyss

  • Chirality and hydrogen bonding in molecular crystals for phase‐matched second‐harmonic generation: N‐(4‐nitrophenyl)‐(L)‐prolinol (NPP)

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  • Structural dependence of nonlinear-optical properties of methyl-(2,4-dinitrophenyl)-aminopropanoate crystals

    J. L. Oudar;J. Zyss

  • Influence of the molecular environment in solution measurements of the Second-order optical susceptibility for urea and derivatives

    I. Ledoux;J. Zyss

  • Chiral metal complexes with large octupolar optical nonlinearities

    Christophe Dhenaut;Isabella Ledoux;Ifor D. W. Samuel;Joseph Zyss

  • Synthesis and Nonlinear Optical, Photophysical, and Electrochemical Properties of Subphthalocyanines

    B. del Rey;U. Keller;T. Torres;G. Rojo

  • Multipolar molecules and multipolar fields: probing and controlling the tensorial nature of nonlinear molecular media

    S. Brasselet;J. Zyss

  • The molecular and supramolecular engineering of polymeric electro-optic materials

    BH Robinson;LR Dalton;LR Dalton;AW Harper;A Ren

  • Through-Space Charge Transfer and Nonlinear Optical Properties of Substituted Paracyclophane

    Joseph Zyss;Isabelle Ledoux;Sergei Volkov;Vladimir Chernyak

  • Crystal Engineering of Some 2,4,6-Triaryloxy-1,3,5-triazines: Octupolar Nonlinear Materials

    Venkat R. Thalladi;Sophie Brasselet;Hans-Christoph Weiss;Dieter Blaser

  • Second order optical nonlinearity in octupolar aromatic systems

    Manuel Joffre;David Yaron;Robert J. Silbey;Joseph Zyss

  • Enhanced Second-Harmonic Generation by Metal Surfaces with Nanoscale Roughness: Nanoscale Dephasing, Depolarization, and Correlations

    Mark I Stockman;David J Bergman;Cristelle Anceau;Sophie Brasselet

  • Dramatic shape sensitivity of directional emission patterns from similarly deformed cylindrical polymer lasers

    Harald G. L. Schwefel;Nathan B. Rex;Hakan E. Tureci;Richard K. Chang

  • Saturation of cubic optical nonlinearity in long-chain polyene oligomers

    Ifor D. W. Samuel;Isabelle Ledoux;Christophe Dhenaut;Joseph Zyss

  • Second-harmonic generation from non-dipolar non-centrosymmetric aromatic charge-transfer molecules

    I. Ledoux;J. Zyss;J.S. Siegel;J. Brienne

  • On the second-order polarizability of conjugated .pi.-electron molecules with octupolar symmetry: the case of triaminotrinitrobenzene

    J. L. Bredas;F. Meyers;B. M. Pierce;J. Zyss

Frequent Co-Authors

Isabelle Ledoux
Isabelle Ledoux École Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay
Olivier Maury
Olivier Maury École Normale Supérieure de Lyon
Tomás Torres
Tomás Torres Autonomous University of Madrid
Fernando Agulló-López
Fernando Agulló-López Autonomous University of Madrid
Jean-Marie Lehn
Jean-Marie Lehn University of Strasbourg
Ifor D. W. Samuel
Ifor D. W. Samuel University of St Andrews
Clément Sanchez
Clément Sanchez Collège de France
Dominique Roberto
Dominique Roberto University of Milan
Renato Ugo
Renato Ugo University of Milan
Shi Xue Dou
Shi Xue Dou University of Wollongong

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