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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Materials Science 58 7579 7327 2208 2200 290 15563
Chemistry 58 10480 9466 1716 1701 270 15238

Lei Ying publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Lei Ying between 2006 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Lei Ying published across 20 years, from 2006 to 2025, averaging 20 papers a year. Output peaked at 56 publications in 2018. 84 of the 399 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30 40 50
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2006 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 56. Peak 56 publications in 2018. 2006: 1 publication 2007: 1 publication 2008: 1 publication 2009: 9 publications 2010: 2 publications 2011: 2 publications 2012: 5 publications 2013: 10 publications 2014: 11 publications 2015: 16 publications 2016: 25 publications 2017: 38 publications 2018: 56 publications 2019: 32 publications 2020: 31 publications 2021: 17 publications 2022: 29 publications 2023: 29 publications 2024: 40 publications 2025: 44 publications
2006 2025

399 publications in total across all disciplines

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Lei Ying: publications per year, 2006 to 2025
Year Publications
2006 1
2007 1
2008 1
2009 9
2010 2
2011 2
2012 5
2013 10
2014 11
2015 16
2016 25
2017 38
2018 56
2019 32
2020 31
2021 17
2022 29
2023 29
2024 40
2025 44
Total 399
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Lei Ying 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 Lei Ying 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, 290–309 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: 290 publications — 57th percentile

57% 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
250–269 726
270–289 665
290–309 593 290
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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Lei Ying 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 Lei Ying 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, 58–59 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: 58 D-Index — 41st percentile

41% 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
56–57 597
58–59 610 58
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

Lei Ying is affiliated with the South China University of Technology in China. Their research primarily focuses on engineering and materials science, with a particular emphasis on electrical and electronic engineering, polymers and plastics, materials chemistry, biomedical engineering, and aerospace engineering as subfields of study.

The scientist's work involves key topics such as organic electronics and photovoltaics, conducting polymers and applications, perovskite materials and applications, organic light-emitting diodes research, luminescence and fluorescent materials, thin-film transistor technologies, and nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics.

Lei Ying has published extensively in several scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Advanced Optical Materials
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Advanced Energy Materials
  • Chemical Engineering Journal

Recent papers illustrating the scope and direction of their research include:

  • Efficient Organic Solar Cell with 16.88% Efficiency Enabled by Refined Acceptor Crystallization and Morphology with Improved Charge Transfer and Transport Properties, 2020, Advanced Energy Materials
  • Solution-processed green and blue quantum-dot light-emitting diodes with eliminated charge leakage, 2022, Nature Photonics
  • 14.4% efficiency all-polymer solar cell with broad absorption and low energy loss enabled by a novel polymer acceptor, 2020, Nano Energy
  • A Universal Fluorinated Polymer Acceptor Enables All-Polymer Solar Cells with >15% Efficiency, 2020, ACS Energy Letters
  • Tailoring Regioisomeric Structures of π-Conjugated Polymers Containing Monofluorinated π-Bridges for Highly Efficient Polymer Solar Cells, 2020, ACS Energy Letters

The scientist has collaborated frequently with other researchers in their field. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Wenkai Zhong
  • Feng Peng
  • Fei Huang
  • Yong Cao
  • Ning Li

Best Publications

  • Achieving over 16% efficiency for single-junction organic solar cells

    Baobing Fan;Difei Zhang;Meijing Li;Wenkai Zhong

  • High‐Mobility Field‐Effect Transistors Fabricated with Macroscopic Aligned Semiconducting Polymers

    Hsin-Rong Tseng;Hung Phan;Chan Luo;Ming Wang

  • Progress and perspective of polymer white light-emitting devices and materials

    Hongbin Wu;Lei Ying;Wei Yang;Yong Cao

  • Solution-processed green and blue quantum-dot light-emitting diodes with eliminated charge leakage

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  • Efficient Organic Solar Cell With 16.88% Efficiency Enabled by Refined Acceptor Crystallization and Morphology With Improved Charge Transfer and Transport Properties

    Lei Zhu;Lei Zhu;Ming Zhang;Guanqing Zhou;Tianyu Hao

  • White Polymer Light-Emitting Devices for Solid-State Lighting: Materials, Devices, and Recent Progress

    Lei Ying;Cheuk Lam Ho;Hongbin Wu;Yong Cao

  • Optimisation of processing solvent and molecular weight for the production of green-solvent-processed all-polymer solar cells with a power conversion efficiency over 9%

    Baobing Fan;Lei Ying;Zhenfeng Wang;Baitian He

  • All-Polymer Solar Cells Based on a Conjugated Polymer Containing Siloxane-Functionalized Side Chains with Efficiency over 10.

    Baobing Fan;Lei Ying;Peng Zhu;Feilong Pan

  • Fine-tuning of the chemical structure of photoactive materials for highly efficient organic photovoltaics

    Baobing Fan;Baobing Fan;Xiaoyan Du;Feng Liu;Wenkai Zhong;Wenkai Zhong

  • A generic green solvent concept boosting the power conversion efficiency of all-polymer solar cells to 11%

    Zhenye Li;Lei Ying;Peng Zhu;Wenkai Zhong

  • 14.4% efficiency all-polymer solar cell with broad absorption and low energy loss enabled by a novel polymer acceptor

    Tao Jia;Jiabin Zhang;Wenkai Zhong;Yuanying Liang

  • Aggregation-Induced Multilength Scaled Morphology Enabling 11.76% Efficiency in All-Polymer Solar Cells Using Printing Fabrication

    Lei Zhu;Lei Zhu;Wenkai Zhong;Chaoqun Qiu;Bosai Lyu

  • Regioregular narrow-bandgap-conjugated polymers for plastic electronics

    Lei Ying;Fei Huang;Guillermo C. Bazan;Guillermo C. Bazan

  • Regioregular Pyridal[2,1,3]thiadiazole π-Conjugated Copolymers

    Lei Ying;Ben B.Y. Hsu;Hongmei Zhan;Hongmei Zhan;Gregory C. Welch

  • A Novel Naphtho[1,2-c:5,6-c′]Bis([1,2,5]Thiadiazole)-Based Narrow-Bandgap π-Conjugated Polymer with Power Conversion Efficiency Over 10%

    Yaocheng Jin;Zhiming Chen;Sheng Dong;Nannan Zheng

  • High Mobility Field Effect Transistors Based on Macroscopically Oriented Regioregular Copolymers

    Hsin Rong Tseng;Lei Ying;Ben B.Y. Hsu;Louis A. Perez

  • Molecular doping enhances photoconductivity in polymer bulk heterojunction solar cells.

    Yuan Zhang;Huiqiong Zhou;Jason Seifter;Lei Ying

  • Towards a bright future: polymer solar cells with power conversion efficiencies over 10%

    Zhicheng Hu;Lei Ying;Fei Huang;Yong Cao

  • High-Performance Nonfullerene Polymer Solar Cells based on Imide-Functionalized Wide-Bandgap Polymers.

    Baobing Fan;Kai Zhang;Xiao-Fang Jiang;Lei Ying

  • Low band gap conjugated polymers combining siloxane-terminated side chains and alkyl side chains: side-chain engineering achieving a large active layer processing window for PCE > 10% in polymer solar cells

    Xuncheng Liu;Li Nian;Ke Gao;Lianjie Zhang

  • A Universal Fluorinated Polymer Acceptor Enables All-Polymer Solar Cells with >15% Efficiency

    Feng Peng;Kang An;Wenkai Zhong;Zhenye Li

  • Surpassing the 10% efficiency milestone for 1-cm 2 all-polymer solar cells

    Baobing Fan;Wenkai Zhong;Lei Ying;Difei Zhang

Frequent Co-Authors

Yong Cao
Yong Cao South China University of Technology
Fei Huang
Fei Huang South China University of Technology
Wei Yang
Wei Yang South China University of Technology
Junbiao Peng
Junbiao Peng South China University of Technology
Feng Peng
Feng Peng Guangzhou University
Ning Li
Ning Li University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Guillermo C. Bazan
Guillermo C. Bazan National University of Singapore
Xiao-Fang Jiang
Xiao-Fang Jiang South China Normal University
Hongbin Wu
Hongbin Wu South China University of Technology
Jianhua Zou
Jianhua Zou South China University of Technology

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