2026 Judith C. Yang: 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	43	12292	11887	2830	2631	285	7630

Research.com Recognitions

2018 - Fellow of the Mineralogical Society of America For world leading research in gas-surface reactions, especially oxidation, and catalytic reactions using innovative in situ electron microscopy techniques.
2016 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For seminal contributions to in situ environmental transmission electron microscopy, the fundamental understanding of metal oxidation, and the application of nanomaterials and catalysis

Overview

Judith C. Yang is affiliated with Brookhaven National Laboratory in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Materials Science and Engineering, with a particular emphasis on Materials Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The subfields of study in which they have made contributions include:

Materials Chemistry
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Surfaces, Coatings and Films
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Structural Biology

The main topics addressed in their work cover a range of areas related to materials and catalysis, such as:

Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides
Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques
Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications
Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
Copper-based nanomaterials and applications
Semiconductor materials and devices

Some of Yang's recent scientific publications include the following papers:

Monopalladium Substitution in Gold Nanoclusters Enhances CO₂ Electroreduction Activity and Selectivity, 2020, ACS Catalysis
Dislocation-induced stop-and-go kinetics of interfacial transformations, 2022, Nature
Unusual layer-by-layer growth of epitaxial oxide islands during Cu oxidation, 2021, Nature Communications
Direct Observation of Ni-Mo Bimetallic Catalyst Formation via Thermal Reduction of Nickel Molybdate Nanorods, 2020, ACS Catalysis
Coordination Number-Dependent Complete Oxidation of Methane on NiO Catalysts, 2021, ACS Catalysis

Yang frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

Stephen D. House
Wissam A. Saidi
Meng Li
Guangwen Zhou
Matthew T. Curnan

The venues in which Yang has published most often include:

Microscopy and Microanalysis
ACS Catalysis
MRS Bulletin
arXiv (Cornell University)
Nature Communications

Yang has received professional recognition through awards such as:

Fellow of the Mineralogical Society of America (2018), cited for work in gas-surface reactions, oxidation, and catalytic reactions using in situ electron microscopy techniques
Fellow of American Physical Society (2016), cited for contributions to in situ environmental transmission electron microscopy, understanding of metal oxidation, and applications in nanomaterials and catalysis

Best Publications

Highly selective plasma-activated copper catalysts for carbon dioxide reduction to ethylene

Hemma Mistry;Ana Sofia Varela;Cecile S Bonifacio;Ioannis Zegkinoglou

1252
Citations
Shape-dependent catalytic properties of Pt nanoparticles.

Simon Mostafa;Farzad Behafarid;Jason R Croy;Luis K Ono

484
Citations
Gold Nanoclusters Promote Electrocatalytic Water Oxidation at the Nanocluster/CoSe2 Interface

Shuo Zhao;Renxi Jin;Hadi Abroshan;Chenjie Zeng

334
Citations
Enhanced Carbon Dioxide Electroreduction to Carbon Monoxide over Defect-Rich Plasma-Activated Silver Catalysts

Hemma Mistry;Hemma Mistry;Yong-Wook Choi;Alexander Bagger;Fabian Scholten

234
Citations
Self-limiting oxidation of copper

J. C. Yang;B. Kolasa;J. M. Gibson;M. Yeadon

226
Citations
Influence of Atomic-Level Morphology on Catalysis: The Case of Sphere and Rod-Like Gold Nanoclusters for CO2 Electroreduction

Shuo Zhao;Natalie Austin;Mo Li;Yongbo Song

194
Citations
Preparation of TiO2-supported Au nanoparticle catalysts from a Au13 cluster precursor: Ligand removal using ozone exposure versus a rapid thermal treatment

Laurent D. Menard;Fengting Xu;Ralph G. Nuzzo;Judith C. Yang

188
Citations
Dislocation-induced stop-and-go kinetics of interfacial transformations

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164
Citations
Step-Edge-Induced Oxide Growth During the Oxidation of Cu Surfaces

Guangwen Zhou;Langli Luo;Liang Li;Jim Ciston

151
Citations
Recent developments and applications of electron microscopy to heterogeneous catalysis.

Judith C. Yang;Matthew W. Small;Ross V. Grieshaber;Ralph G. Nuzzo

149
Citations
Sub-nanometer Au monolayer-protected clusters exhibiting molecule-like electronic behavior: quantitative high-angle annular dark-field scanning transmission electron microscopy and electrochemical characterization of clusters with precise atomic stoichiometry.

Laurent D. Menard;Shang Peng Gao;Huiping Xu;Ray D. Twesten

147
Citations
Oxygen Reduction Reaction on Classically Immiscible Bimetallics: A Case Study of RhAu

Hao Li;Long Luo;Pranaw Kunal;Cecile S. Bonifacio

142
Citations
Dislocation nucleation facilitated by atomic segregation.

Lianfeng Zou;Chaoming Yang;Yinkai Lei;Dmitri Zakharov

139
Citations
Formation of quasi-one-dimensional Cu2O structures by in situ oxidation of Cu(100).

Guangwen Zhou;Judith C. Yang

137
Citations
Mono-Palladium Substitution in Gold Nanoclusters Enhances CO2 Electroreduction Activity and Selectivity

Site Li;Site Li;Dominic Alfonso;Anantha Venkataraman Nagarajan;Stephen D. House

131
Citations
Initial oxidation kinetics of Cu(100), (110), and (111) thin films investigated by in situ ultra-high-vacuum transmission electron microscopy

Guangwen Zhou;Judith C. Yang

130
Citations
Evolution of the Structure and Chemical State of Pd Nanoparticles during the in Situ Catalytic Reduction of NO with H2

Kristof Paredis;Luis K. Ono;Farzad Behafarid;Zhongfan Zhang

129
Citations
Temperature effect on the Cu2O oxide morphology created by oxidation of Cu(0 0 1) as investigated by in situ UHV TEM

Guangwen Zhou;Judith C Yang

127
Citations
Solving the Structure of Size-Selected Pt Nanocatalysts Synthesized by Inverse Micelle Encapsulation

Beatriz Roldan Cuenya;Jason R. Croy;Simon Mostafa;Farzad Behafarid

118
Citations
Metal core bonding motifs of monodisperse icosahedral Au13 and larger Au monolayer-protected clusters as revealed by X-ray absorption spectroscopy and transmission electron microscopy.

Laurent D. Menard;Huiping Xu;Shang Peng Gao;Ray D. Twesten

118
Citations
Oxygen surface diffusion in three-dimensional Cu2O growth on Cu(001) thin films

J. C. Yang;M. Yeadon;B. Kolasa;J. M. Gibson

112
Citations
Catalytic Nitrate and Nitrite Reduction with Pd−Cu/PVP Colloids in Water: Composition, Structure, and Reactivity Correlations

Kathryn A. Guy;Huiping Xu;Judith C. Yang;Charles J. Werth

110
Citations
Atomically Precise Gold Nanoclusters Accelerate Hydrogen Evolution over MoS 2 Nanosheets: The Dual Interfacial Effect

Shuo Zhao;Renxi Jin;Yongbo Song;Hui Zhang

109
Citations
Initial oxidation kinetics of copper (1 1 0) film investigated by in situ UHV-TEM

Guangwen Zhou;Judith C. Yang

100
Citations