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D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Electronics and Electrical Engineering 96 225 219 112 106 824 37770
Materials Science 92 1533 1471 481 449 622 29212

Kai Sun publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Kai Sun between 1995 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Kai Sun published across 32 years, from 1995 to 2026, averaging 38.4 papers a year. Output peaked at 124 publications in 2019. 16 of the 1,230 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
25 50 75 100
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1995 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 124. Peak 124 publications in 2019. 1995: 1 publication 1996: 0 publications 1997: 2 publications 1998: 2 publications 1999: 0 publications 2000: 3 publications 2001: 3 publications 2002: 14 publications 2003: 19 publications 2004: 21 publications 2005: 24 publications 2006: 22 publications 2007: 15 publications 2008: 37 publications 2009: 45 publications 2010: 47 publications 2011: 61 publications 2012: 54 publications 2013: 58 publications 2014: 90 publications 2015: 79 publications 2016: 80 publications 2017: 102 publications 2018: 103 publications 2019: 124 publications 2020: 107 publications 2021: 84 publications 2022: 9 publications 2023: 3 publications 2024: 5 publications 2025: 14 publications 2026: 2 publications
1995 2026

1,230 publications in total across all disciplines

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Kai Sun: publications per year, 1995 to 2026
Year Publications
1995 1
1996 0
1997 2
1998 2
1999 0
2000 3
2001 3
2002 14
2003 19
2004 21
2005 24
2006 22
2007 15
2008 37
2009 45
2010 47
2011 61
2012 54
2013 58
2014 90
2015 79
2016 80
2017 102
2018 103
2019 124
2020 107
2021 84
2022 9
2023 3
2024 5
2025 14
2026 2
Total 1,230
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Kai Sun publication distribution in Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kai Sun sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400
Bar chart with 53 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 34–53 to 1,065+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 445. Most scientists, 445, have 174–193 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,065 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 814–833 publications, is where this scientist sits. 34–53 publications: 24 scientists 54–73 publications: 52 scientists 74–93 publications: 114 scientists 94–113 publications: 203 scientists 114–133 publications: 269 scientists 134–153 publications: 355 scientists 154–173 publications: 403 scientists 174–193 publications: 445 scientists 194–213 publications: 430 scientists 214–233 publications: 431 scientists 234–253 publications: 399 scientists 254–273 publications: 366 scientists 274–293 publications: 335 scientists 294–313 publications: 300 scientists 314–333 publications: 276 scientists 334–353 publications: 250 scientists 354–373 publications: 214 scientists 374–393 publications: 187 scientists 394–413 publications: 152 scientists 414–433 publications: 169 scientists 434–453 publications: 147 scientists 454–473 publications: 111 scientists 474–493 publications: 117 scientists 494–513 publications: 103 scientists 514–533 publications: 99 scientists 534–553 publications: 92 scientists 554–573 publications: 75 scientists 574–593 publications: 58 scientists 594–613 publications: 69 scientists 614–633 publications: 50 scientists 634–653 publications: 62 scientists 654–673 publications: 54 scientists 674–693 publications: 44 scientists 694–713 publications: 37 scientists 714–733 publications: 28 scientists 734–753 publications: 26 scientists 754–773 publications: 26 scientists 774–793 publications: 19 scientists 794–813 publications: 23 scientists 814–833 publications: 20 scientists 834–853 publications: 16 scientists 854–873 publications: 20 scientists 874–893 publications: 11 scientists 894–913 publications: 11 scientists 914–933 publications: 16 scientists 934–953 publications: 13 scientists 954–973 publications: 10 scientists 974–993 publications: 11 scientists 994–1,013 publications: 9 scientists 1,014–1,033 publications: 9 scientists 1,034–1,053 publications: 10 scientists 1,054–1,064 publications: 6 scientists 1,065+ publications: 99 scientists
34–53 publications 1,065+

This scientist: 824 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,065 publications or more.

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Number of Electronics and Electrical Engineering scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 6,875 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
34–53 24
54–73 52
74–93 114
94–113 203
114–133 269
134–153 355
154–173 403
174–193 445
194–213 430
214–233 431
234–253 399
254–273 366
274–293 335
294–313 300
314–333 276
334–353 250
354–373 214
374–393 187
394–413 152
414–433 169
434–453 147
454–473 111
474–493 117
494–513 103
514–533 99
534–553 92
554–573 75
574–593 58
594–613 69
614–633 50
634–653 62
654–673 54
674–693 44
694–713 37
714–733 28
734–753 26
754–773 26
774–793 19
794–813 23
814–833 20 824
834–853 16
854–873 20
874–893 11
894–913 11
914–933 16
934–953 13
954–973 10
974–993 11
994–1,013 9
1,014–1,033 9
1,034–1,053 10
1,054–1,064 6
1,065+ 99
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Kai Sun D-index placement in Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Electronics and Electrical Engineering scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Kai Sun sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
50 100 150 200 250
Bar chart with 82 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 111+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 263. Most scientists, 263, have 32 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 111 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 96 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 178 scientists 31 D-Index: 257 scientists 32 D-Index: 263 scientists 33 D-Index: 262 scientists 34 D-Index: 244 scientists 35 D-Index: 236 scientists 36 D-Index: 211 scientists 37 D-Index: 220 scientists 38 D-Index: 214 scientists 39 D-Index: 214 scientists 40 D-Index: 205 scientists 41 D-Index: 187 scientists 42 D-Index: 194 scientists 43 D-Index: 201 scientists 44 D-Index: 155 scientists 45 D-Index: 189 scientists 46 D-Index: 148 scientists 47 D-Index: 160 scientists 48 D-Index: 134 scientists 49 D-Index: 130 scientists 50 D-Index: 141 scientists 51 D-Index: 156 scientists 52 D-Index: 108 scientists 53 D-Index: 130 scientists 54 D-Index: 112 scientists 55 D-Index: 97 scientists 56 D-Index: 111 scientists 57 D-Index: 102 scientists 58 D-Index: 108 scientists 59 D-Index: 120 scientists 60 D-Index: 103 scientists 61 D-Index: 93 scientists 62 D-Index: 92 scientists 63 D-Index: 74 scientists 64 D-Index: 77 scientists 65 D-Index: 73 scientists 66 D-Index: 64 scientists 67 D-Index: 69 scientists 68 D-Index: 60 scientists 69 D-Index: 39 scientists 70 D-Index: 57 scientists 71 D-Index: 59 scientists 72 D-Index: 46 scientists 73 D-Index: 49 scientists 74 D-Index: 38 scientists 75 D-Index: 35 scientists 76 D-Index: 32 scientists 77 D-Index: 35 scientists 78 D-Index: 31 scientists 79 D-Index: 22 scientists 80 D-Index: 34 scientists 81 D-Index: 31 scientists 82 D-Index: 34 scientists 83 D-Index: 23 scientists 84 D-Index: 18 scientists 85 D-Index: 30 scientists 86 D-Index: 19 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 20 scientists 89 D-Index: 8 scientists 90 D-Index: 17 scientists 91 D-Index: 7 scientists 92 D-Index: 14 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 15 scientists 95 D-Index: 10 scientists 96 D-Index: 12 scientists 97 D-Index: 10 scientists 98 D-Index: 10 scientists 99 D-Index: 12 scientists 100 D-Index: 16 scientists 101 D-Index: 5 scientists 102 D-Index: 7 scientists 103 D-Index: 7 scientists 104 D-Index: 8 scientists 105 D-Index: 9 scientists 106 D-Index: 13 scientists 107 D-Index: 4 scientists 108 D-Index: 5 scientists 109 D-Index: 10 scientists 110 D-Index: 8 scientists 111+ D-Index: 96 scientists
30 D-Index 111+

This scientist: 96 D-Index — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 111 D-Index or more.

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Number of Electronics and Electrical Engineering scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 6,875 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 178
31 257
32 263
33 262
34 244
35 236
36 211
37 220
38 214
39 214
40 205
41 187
42 194
43 201
44 155
45 189
46 148
47 160
48 134
49 130
50 141
51 156
52 108
53 130
54 112
55 97
56 111
57 102
58 108
59 120
60 103
61 93
62 92
63 74
64 77
65 73
66 64
67 69
68 60
69 39
70 57
71 59
72 46
73 49
74 38
75 35
76 32
77 35
78 31
79 22
80 34
81 31
82 34
83 23
84 18
85 30
86 19
87 19
88 20
89 8
90 17
91 7
92 14
93 9
94 15
95 10
96 12 96
97 10
98 10
99 12
100 16
101 5
102 7
103 7
104 8
105 9
106 13
107 4
108 5
109 10
110 8
111+ 96
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Overview

Kai Sun is affiliated with the University of Tennessee at Knoxville in the United States. Their research spans several fields, primarily focused on Engineering and Materials Science, with a significant number of publications in these areas.

The main subjects of study in their work include:

  • Engineering
  • Materials Science

Within these fields, their subfields of focus are:

  • Materials Chemistry
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Catalysis

Kai Sun's research frequently engages with the following topics:

  • Surface Chemistry and Catalysis
  • Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures
  • Surface and Thin Film Phenomena
  • Graphene research and applications
  • Advanced Chemical Physics Studies
  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Copper-based nanomaterials and applications

The scientist has contributed to multiple recent papers with distinct areas of focus, including:

  • "Clinical characteristics of 51 patients discharged from hospital with COVID-19 in Chongqing, China," published in 2020 in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "Multi-label classification of fundus images with graph convolutional network and LightGBM," published in 2022 in Computers in Biology and Medicine
  • "EfficientNet embedded with spatial attention for recognition of multi-label fundus disease from color fundus photographs," published in 2022 in Biomedical Signal Processing and Control

They have also collaborated with frequent co-authors including:

  • Min-Long Tao (15 co-publications)
  • Jun-Zhong Wang (15 co-publications)
  • Ming-Xia Shi (11 co-publications)
  • Da-Xiao Yang (9 co-publications)
  • Zi-Long Wang (6 co-publications)

Kai Sun's work appears often in publication venues such as:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal (4 publications)
  • Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (3 publications)
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C (2 publications)
  • The Journal of Chemical Physics (2 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (1 publication)

Best Publications

  • An Improved Droop Control Method for DC Microgrids Based on Low Bandwidth Communication With DC Bus Voltage Restoration and Enhanced Current Sharing Accuracy

    Xiaonan Lu;Josep M. Guerrero;Kai Sun;Juan C. Vasquez

  • Nearly flatbands with nontrivial topology.

    Kai Sun;Zhengcheng Gu;Hosho Katsura;S. Das Sarma

  • State-of-Charge Balance Using Adaptive Droop Control for Distributed Energy Storage Systems in DC Microgrid Applications

    Xiaonan Lu;Kai Sun;Josep M. Guerrero;Juan C. Vasquez

  • A Distributed Control Strategy Based on DC Bus Signaling for Modular Photovoltaic Generation Systems With Battery Energy Storage

    Kai Sun;Li Zhang;Yan Xing;J. M. Guerrero

  • Fractional quantum Hall effect in the absence of Landau levels.

    D. N. Sheng;Zheng Cheng Gu;Kai Sun;L. Sheng

  • Aqueous Dispersions of Single-wall and Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes with Designed Amphiphilic Polycations

    Vladimir A. Sinani;Muhammed K. Gheith;Alexander A. Yaroslavov;Anna A. Rakhnyanskaya

  • Hierarchical Control of Parallel AC-DC Converter Interfaces for Hybrid Microgrids

    Xiaonan Lu;Josep M. Guerrero;Kai Sun;Juan C. Vasquez

  • An Online Dynamic Security Assessment Scheme Using Phasor Measurements and Decision Trees

    Kai Sun;S. Likhate;V. Vittal;V.S. Kolluri

  • 3D Honeycomb‐Like Structured Graphene and Its High Efficiency as a Counter‐Electrode Catalyst for Dye‐Sensitized Solar Cells

    Hui Wang;Kai Sun;Franklin Tao;Dario J. Stacchiola

  • A Family of Neutral Point Clamped Full-Bridge Topologies for Transformerless Photovoltaic Grid-Tied Inverters

    Li Zhang;Kai Sun;Lanlan Feng;Hongfei Wu

  • Low-temperature surface conduction in the Kondo insulator SmB6

    Steven Wolgast;Çaǧliyan Kurdak;Kai Sun;J. W. Allen

  • Solution-Based Evolution and Enhanced Methanol Oxidation Activity of Monodisperse Platinum-Copper Nanocubes**

    Dan Xu;Zhaoping Liu;Hongzhou Yang;Qingsheng Liu

  • Splitting strategies for islanding operation of large-scale power systems using OBDD-based methods

    Kai Sun;Da-Zhong Zheng;Qiang Lu

  • Light-Controlled Self-Assembly of Semiconductor Nanoparticles into Twisted Ribbons

    Sudhanshu Srivastava;Aaron Santos;Kevin Critchley;Kevin Critchley;Ki Sub Kim;Ki Sub Kim

  • Memristive Behavior and Ideal Memristor of 1T Phase MoS2 Nanosheets

    Peifu Cheng;Kai Sun;Yun Hang Hu

  • Facile hydrothermal synthesis of iron oxide nanoparticles with tunable magnetic properties

    Song Ge;Xiangyang Shi;Kai Sun;Changpeng Li

  • H6 Transformerless Full-Bridge PV Grid-Tied Inverters

    Li Zhang;Kai Sun;Yan Xing;Mu Xing

  • Double-Quadrant State-of-Charge-Based Droop Control Method for Distributed Energy Storage Systems in Autonomous DC Microgrids

    Xiaonan Lu;Kai Sun;Josep M. Guerrero;Juan Carlos Vasquez

  • Online Identification of Permanent Magnet Flux Based on Extended Kalman Filter for IPMSM Drive With Position Sensorless Control

    Yuchao Shi;Kai Sun;Lipei Huang;Yongdong Li

  • Pd-Ni electrocatalysts for efficient ethanol oxidation reaction in alkaline electrolyte

    Zhiyong Zhang;Le Xin;Kai Sun;Wenzhen Li

  • A Modular Grid-Connected Photovoltaic Generation System Based on DC Bus

    Li Zhang;Kai Sun;Yan Xing;Lanlan Feng

  • Solution-Based Evolution and Enhanced Methanol Oxidation Activity of Monodisperse Platinum–Copper Nanocubes This work was partially supported by the NSF (DMR-0731382 & CHM-0616436), DOE (DE-FG02-07ER86296), and the Research Foundation of SUNY. We thank Dr. Jibao He and Dr. Amar Kumbhar for their assistance with the TEM studies.

    Dan Xu;Zhaoping Liu;Hongzhou Yang;Qingsheng Liu

Frequent Co-Authors

Yan Xing
Yan Xing Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Hongfei Wu
Hongfei Wu Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Josep M. Guerrero
Josep M. Guerrero Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Xiaonan Lu
Xiaonan Lu Purdue University West Lafayette
Nicholas A. Kotov
Nicholas A. Kotov University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Rodney C. Ewing
Rodney C. Ewing Stanford University
Lumin Wang
Lumin Wang University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Juan C. Vasquez
Juan C. Vasquez Aalborg University
Yun Wei Li
Yun Wei Li University of Alberta
Yun Hang Hu
Yun Hang Hu Michigan Technological University

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