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Judith C. Yang 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 Judith C. Yang sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 285 publications — 56th percentile

56% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

Judith C. Yang 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 Judith C. Yang sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 43 D-Index — 5th percentile

5% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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

  • Shape-dependent catalytic properties of Pt nanoparticles.

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

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

    Shuo Zhao;Renxi Jin;Hadi Abroshan;Chenjie Zeng

  • 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

  • Self-limiting oxidation of copper

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Dislocation-induced stop-and-go kinetics of interfacial transformations

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

    Guangwen Zhou;Langli Luo;Liang Li;Jim Ciston

  • Recent developments and applications of electron microscopy to heterogeneous catalysis.

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

  • 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

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

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

  • Dislocation nucleation facilitated by atomic segregation.

    Lianfeng Zou;Chaoming Yang;Yinkai Lei;Dmitri Zakharov

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

    Guangwen Zhou;Judith C. Yang

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

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

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

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

  • 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

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

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

  • 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

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

    Shuo Zhao;Renxi Jin;Yongbo Song;Hui Zhang

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

    Guangwen Zhou;Judith C. Yang

Frequent Co-Authors

Guangwen Zhou
Guangwen Zhou Binghamton University
Anatoly I. Frenkel
Anatoly I. Frenkel Stony Brook University
Eric A. Stach
Eric A. Stach University of Pennsylvania
Ralph G. Nuzzo
Ralph G. Nuzzo University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Duane D. Johnson
Duane D. Johnson Iowa State University
Langli Luo
Langli Luo Tianjin University
Beatriz Roldan Cuenya
Beatriz Roldan Cuenya Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
Rongchao Jin
Rongchao Jin Carnegie Mellon University
John J. Rehr
John J. Rehr University of Washington
Dong Su
Dong Su Chinese Academy of Sciences

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