2026 Ju Li: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	147	175	168	76	71	656	82894

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World Ranking

Current World Ranking

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Current National Ranking

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Materials Science

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82894

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Materials Science in United States Leader Award
2025 - Research.com Materials Science in United States Leader Award
2022 - Research.com Materials Science in United States Leader Award
2020 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Ju Li is affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, with a strong focus on subfields such as Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, and Automotive Engineering.

Their scientific work covers a range of topics centered on energy storage materials and technologies, including advancements in battery materials, advanced battery materials and technologies, advanced battery technologies research, supercapacitor materials and fabrication, machine learning in materials science, and 2D materials and applications.

Ju Li has published extensively, with a notable presence in publication venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), Advanced Materials, SSRN Electronic Journal, Acta Materialia, and ECS Meeting Abstracts. Their frequent co-authors include Haowei Xu, Yanhao Dong, Hao Tang, Jeng-Kuei Chang, and Paola Cappellaro.

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Ju Li include:

"Ultralow contact resistance between semimetal and monolayer semiconductors" (2021, Nature)
"Ultra-high-voltage Ni-rich layered cathodes in practical Li metal batteries enabled by a sulfonamide-based electrolyte" (2021, Nature Energy)
"Reactive boride infusion stabilizes Ni-rich cathodes for lithium-ion batteries" (2021, Nature Energy)
"Li metal deposition and stripping in a solid-state battery via Coble creep" (2020, Nature)
"Boosting photocatalytic hydrogen production from water by photothermally induced biphase systems" (2021, Nature Communications)

Their contributions have been recognized through awards such as the Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2020.

Best Publications

Quantum Spin Hall Effect in Two-Dimensional Transition Metal Dichalcogenides

Xiaofeng Qian;Junwei Liu;Liang Fu;Ju Li

2144
Citations
Carbothermal shock synthesis of high-entropy-alloy nanoparticles

Yonggang Yao;Zhennan Huang;Pengfei Xie;Steven D. Lacey

1871
Citations
Ab initio calculation of ideal strength and phonon instability of graphene under tension

Fang Liu;Pingbing Ming;Ju Li

1758
Citations
In Situ Observation of the Electrochemical Lithiation of a Single SnO2 Nanowire Electrode

Jian Yu Huang;Li Zhong;Chong Min Wang;John P. Sullivan

1708
Citations
Ultra-strength materials

Ting Zhu;Ju Li

1556
Citations
Transition of lithium growth mechanisms in liquid electrolytes

Peng Bai;Ju Li;Fikile R Brushett;Martin Z Bazant

1540
Citations
AtomEye: an efficient atomistic configuration viewer

Ju Li

1398
Citations
Theory of Shear Banding in Metallic Glasses and Molecular Dynamics Calculations

Futoshi Shimizu;Futoshi Shimizu;Shigenobu Ogata;Ju Li

1240
Citations
Size-Dependent Endocytosis of Nanoparticles.

Sulin Zhang;Ju Li;George Lykotrafitis;Gang Bao

1233
Citations
Ultralow contact resistance between semimetal and monolayer semiconductors.

Pin-Chun Shen;Cong Su;Yuxuan Lin;Yuxuan Lin;Ang-Sheng Chou;Ang-Sheng Chou

1227
Citations
Strain-engineered artificial atom as a broad-spectrum solar energy funnel

Ji Feng;Xiaofeng Qian;Cheng-Wei Huang;Ju Li;Ju Li

1156
Citations
Anisotropic Swelling and Fracture of Silicon Nanowires during Lithiation

Xiao Hua Liu;He Zheng;He Zheng;Li Zhong;Shan Huang

888
Citations
Ideal pure shear strength of aluminum and copper.

Shigenobu Ogata;Shigenobu Ogata;Ju Li;Ju Li;Sidney Yip

876
Citations
Atomistic mechanisms governing elastic limit and incipient plasticity in crystals

Ju Li;Krystyn J. Van Vliet;Ting Zhu;Sidney Yip

849
Citations
Temperature and strain-rate dependence of surface dislocation nucleation.

Ting Zhu;Ju Li;Amit Samanta;Austin Leach

841
Citations
Strong crystal size effect on deformation twinning

Qian Yu;Zhi-Wei Shan;J u Li;Xiaoxu Huang

759
Citations
Giant piezoelectricity of monolayer group IV monochalcogenides: SnSe, SnS, GeSe, and GeS

Ruixiang Fei;Wenbin Li;Ju Li;Li Yang

742
Citations
In situ atomic-scale imaging of electrochemical lithiation in silicon

Xiao Hua Liu;Jiang Wei Wang;Shan Huang;Feifei Fan

711
Citations
Mechanical instabilities of homogeneous crystals

Jinghan Wang;Ju Li;Sidney Yip;Simon Phillpot

677
Citations
Interfacial plasticity governs strain rate sensitivity and ductility in nanostructured metals

Ting Zhu;J u Li;Amit Samanta;Hyoung Gyu Kim

662
Citations
Fluorine-donating electrolytes enable highly reversible 5-V-class Li metal batteries

Liumin Suo;Liumin Suo;Weijiang Xue;Mallory Gobet;Steve G. Greenbaum

661
Citations