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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Materials Science 55 8672 8376 100 99 238 9662
Chemistry 55 12237 11017 90 88 253 9826

Kuang-Lieh Lu publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Kuang-Lieh Lu between 1984 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Kuang-Lieh Lu published across 42 years, from 1984 to 2025, averaging 6.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 16 publications in 2013. 6 of the 275 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1984 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 16. Peak 16 publications in 2013. 1984: 1 publication 1985: 1 publication 1986: 0 publications 1987: 0 publications 1988: 3 publications 1989: 2 publications 1990: 4 publications 1991: 2 publications 1992: 6 publications 1993: 3 publications 1994: 5 publications 1995: 2 publications 1996: 2 publications 1997: 3 publications 1998: 1 publication 1999: 3 publications 2000: 3 publications 2001: 9 publications 2002: 4 publications 2003: 3 publications 2004: 2 publications 2005: 10 publications 2006: 9 publications 2007: 7 publications 2008: 8 publications 2009: 11 publications 2010: 11 publications 2011: 12 publications 2012: 14 publications 2013: 16 publications 2014: 8 publications 2015: 15 publications 2016: 14 publications 2017: 10 publications 2018: 6 publications 2019: 12 publications 2020: 10 publications 2021: 10 publications 2022: 13 publications 2023: 14 publications 2024: 3 publications 2025: 3 publications
1984 2025

275 publications in total across all disciplines

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Kuang-Lieh Lu: publications per year, 1984 to 2025
Year Publications
1984 1
1985 1
1986 0
1987 0
1988 3
1989 2
1990 4
1991 2
1992 6
1993 3
1994 5
1995 2
1996 2
1997 3
1998 1
1999 3
2000 3
2001 9
2002 4
2003 3
2004 2
2005 10
2006 9
2007 7
2008 8
2009 11
2010 11
2011 12
2012 14
2013 16
2014 8
2015 15
2016 14
2017 10
2018 6
2019 12
2020 10
2021 10
2022 13
2023 14
2024 3
2025 3
Total 275
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Kuang-Lieh Lu 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 Kuang-Lieh Lu 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, 230–249 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: 238 publications — 43rd percentile

43% 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
230–249 766 238
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
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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Kuang-Lieh Lu 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 Kuang-Lieh Lu 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, 54–55 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: 55 D-Index — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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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 55
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
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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Overview

Kuang-Lieh Lu is affiliated with Fu Jen Catholic University in Taiwan. Their research focuses primarily on the fields of Materials Science, Chemistry, and Engineering, with a substantial number of publications in Materials Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering among other subfields.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
  • Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials
  • Magnetism in coordination complexes
  • Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Conducting polymers and applications

Their recent papers demonstrate the focus on metal-organic frameworks and related materials science innovations:

  • "An Encapsulation-Rearrangement Strategy to Integrate Superhydrophobicity into Mesoporous Metal-Organic Frameworks" (2020), Matter
  • "Weak interactions in conducting metal-organic frameworks" (2021), Coordination Chemistry Reviews
  • "Suppressing Defect Formation in Metal-Organic Framework Membranes via Plasma-Assisted Synthesis for Gas Separations" (2021), ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • "Highly hydrophobic metal-organic framework for self-protecting gate dielectrics" (2020), Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  • "Intrinsic Ultralow-Threshold Laser Action from Rationally Molecular Design of Metal-Organic Framework Materials" (2020), ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Frequent collaborators in their publications include Yen-Hsiang Liu, Saqib Kamal, Arif I. Inamdar, Pounraj Thanasekaran, and Chen-Hsiung Hung.

Kuang-Lieh Lu publishes often in a range of scientific journals, with multiple contributions to:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Chemistry - A European Journal
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Dalton Transactions
  • Inorganic Chemistry

Best Publications

  • Mechanical damage of carbon nanotubes by ultrasound

    K.L. Lu;R.M. Lago;Y.K. Chen;M.L.H. Green

  • Crystal Engineering: Toward Intersecting Channels from a Neutral Network with a bcu‐Type Topology

    Tzuoo Tsair Luo;Hui-Lien Tsai;Shang Li Yang;Yen Hsiang Liu

  • Semiconductor Metal-Organic Frameworks: Future Low-Bandgap Materials.

    Muhammad Usman;Shruti Mendiratta;Kuang-Lieh Lu

  • [CdII(bpdc).H2O]n: A robust, thermally stable porous framework through a combination of a 2-D grid and a cadmium dicarboxylate cluster chain (H2bpdc = 2,2'-bipyridyl-4,4'-dicarboxylic acid)

    Yen-Hsiang Liu;Yi-Long Lu;Huang-Chun Wu;Ju-Chun Wang

  • Filling carbon nanotubes with small palladium metal crystallites: the effect of surface acid groups

    R. M. Lago;S. C. Tsang;K. L. Lu;Y. K. Chen

  • Metal-containing molecular rectangles: synthesis and photophysical properties

    Pounraj Thanasekaran;Rong-Tang Liao;Yen-Hsiang Liu;Thangamuthu Rajendran

  • Structure optimization of ruthenium photosensitizers for efficient dye-sensitized solar cells - A goal toward a "bright" future

    Jen Fu Yin;Jen Fu Yin;Murugesan Velayudham;Dibyendu Bhattacharya;Hong-Cheu Lin

  • Integration of a (-Cu-S-)n plane in a metal-organic framework affords high electrical conductivity.

    Abhishek Pathak;Abhishek Pathak;Jing-Wen Shen;Muhammad Usman;Ling-Fang Wei

  • Self-Assembled Arrays of Single-Walled Metal-Organic Nanotubes

    Tzuoo-Tsair Luo;Huang-Chun Wu;Yu-Chen Jao;Sheng-Ming Huang

  • Self-Assembly, Reorganization, and Photophysical Properties of Silver(I)−Schiff-Base Molecular Rectangle and Polymeric Array Species

    Huang-Chun Wu;P. Thanasekaran;Chi-Hwe Tsai;Jing-Yun Wu

  • Functionalized Silica Matrices and Palladium: A Versatile Heterogeneous Catalyst for Suzuki, Heck, and Sonogashira Reactions

    Pitchaimani Veerakumar;Pounraj Thanasekaran;Kuang-Lieh Lu;Shang-Bin Liu

  • Influence of water content on the self-assembly of metal-organic frameworks based on pyridine-3,5-dicarboxylate

    Yi-Long Lu;Jing-Yun Wu;Ming-Che Chan;Sheng-Ming Huang

  • Unusual Robust Luminescent Porous Frameworks Self-Assembled from Lanthanide Ions and 2,2‘-Bipyridine-4,4‘-dicarboxylate

    † Jing-Yun Wu;Tzu-Tang Yeh,†,‡;† Yuh-Sheng Wen;and Jen Twu

  • Luminescence Enhancement Induced by Aggregation of Alkoxy-Bridged Rhenium(I) Molecular Rectangles

    Balasubramanian Manimaran;Pounraj Thanasekaran;Thangamuthu Rajendran;Ren-Jay Lin

  • First light-emitting neutral molecular rectangles.

    Thangamuthu Rajendran;Balasubramanian Manimaran;Fang-Yuan Lee;Gene-Hsiang Lee

  • Rapid desolvation-triggered domino lattice rearrangement in a metal–organic framework

    Sheng Han Lo;Sheng Han Lo;Liang Feng;Kui Tan;Zhehao Huang

  • One-step orthogonal-bonding approach to the self-assembly of neutral rhenium-based metallacycles: synthesis, structures, photophysics, and sensing applications.

    Pounraj Thanasekaran;Chung-Chou Lee;Kuang-Lieh Lu

  • Aggregation-induced phosphorescence enhancement (AIPE) based on transition metal complexes—An overview

    Veerasamy Sathish;Veerasamy Sathish;Arumugam Ramdass;Pounraj Thanasekaran;Kuang-Lieh Lu

  • Electrically Driven White Light Emission from Intrinsic Metal–Organic Framework

    Golam Haider;Golam Haider;Muhammad Usman;Tzu-Pei Chen;Packiyaraj Perumal

  • Highly dispersed silica-supported nanocopper as an efficient heterogeneous catalyst : application in the synthesis of 1,2,3-triazoles and thioethers

    Pitchaimani Veerakumar;Murugesan Velayudham;Kuang-Lieh Lu;Seenivasan Rajagopal

  • Assembly of a robust, thermally stable porous cobalt(II) nicotinate framework based on a dicobalt carboxylate unit.

    Yen-Hsiang Liu;Hui-Lien Tsai;Yi-Long Lu;Yuh-Sheng Wen

Frequent Co-Authors

Shie-Ming Peng
Shie-Ming Peng National Taiwan University
Gene-Hsiang Lee
Gene-Hsiang Lee National Taiwan University
Jih Ru Hwu
Jih Ru Hwu National Tsing Hua University
Gregory L. Geoffroy
Gregory L. Geoffroy Iowa State University
Chad A. Mirkin
Chad A. Mirkin Northwestern University
Pitchaimani Veerakumar
Pitchaimani Veerakumar National Taiwan University
Hong-Cheu Lin
Hong-Cheu Lin National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Chia-Her Lin
Chia-Her Lin National Taiwan Normal University
Yu-Ju Chen
Yu-Ju Chen Academia Sinica
Kuo-Chuan Ho
Kuo-Chuan Ho National Taiwan University

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