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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Engineering and Technology 45 5578 5378 1071 1065 227 6967

Lie Chen publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Lie Chen between 1997 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Lie Chen published across 29 years, from 1997 to 2025, averaging 11.7 papers a year. Output peaked at 35 publications in 2025. 61 of the 338 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1997 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 35. Peak 35 publications in 2025. 1997: 1 publication 1998: 0 publications 1999: 0 publications 2000: 0 publications 2001: 0 publications 2002: 0 publications 2003: 0 publications 2004: 0 publications 2005: 2 publications 2006: 4 publications 2007: 1 publication 2008: 1 publication 2009: 6 publications 2010: 8 publications 2011: 6 publications 2012: 22 publications 2013: 19 publications 2014: 21 publications 2015: 24 publications 2016: 18 publications 2017: 18 publications 2018: 12 publications 2019: 18 publications 2020: 14 publications 2021: 24 publications 2022: 33 publications 2023: 25 publications 2024: 26 publications 2025: 35 publications
1997 2025

338 publications in total across all disciplines

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Lie Chen: publications per year, 1997 to 2025
Year Publications
1997 1
1998 0
1999 0
2000 0
2001 0
2002 0
2003 0
2004 0
2005 2
2006 4
2007 1
2008 1
2009 6
2010 8
2011 6
2012 22
2013 19
2014 21
2015 24
2016 18
2017 18
2018 12
2019 18
2020 14
2021 24
2022 33
2023 25
2024 26
2025 35
Total 338
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Lie Chen publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Lie Chen sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400
Bar chart with 78 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 804+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 457. Most scientists, 457, have 148–157 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 218–227 publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 20 scientists 48–57 publications: 35 scientists 58–67 publications: 96 scientists 68–77 publications: 135 scientists 78–87 publications: 190 scientists 88–97 publications: 259 scientists 98–107 publications: 283 scientists 108–117 publications: 369 scientists 118–127 publications: 341 scientists 128–137 publications: 386 scientists 138–147 publications: 372 scientists 148–157 publications: 457 scientists 158–167 publications: 415 scientists 168–177 publications: 407 scientists 178–187 publications: 421 scientists 188–197 publications: 378 scientists 198–207 publications: 403 scientists 208–217 publications: 317 scientists 218–227 publications: 346 scientists 228–237 publications: 321 scientists 238–247 publications: 260 scientists 248–257 publications: 280 scientists 258–267 publications: 240 scientists 268–277 publications: 214 scientists 278–287 publications: 242 scientists 288–297 publications: 203 scientists 298–307 publications: 166 scientists 308–317 publications: 154 scientists 318–327 publications: 175 scientists 328–337 publications: 159 scientists 338–347 publications: 99 scientists 348–357 publications: 131 scientists 358–367 publications: 106 scientists 368–377 publications: 118 scientists 378–387 publications: 97 scientists 388–397 publications: 108 scientists 398–407 publications: 82 scientists 408–417 publications: 71 scientists 418–427 publications: 64 scientists 428–437 publications: 55 scientists 438–447 publications: 54 scientists 448–457 publications: 60 scientists 458–467 publications: 47 scientists 468–477 publications: 40 scientists 478–487 publications: 30 scientists 488–497 publications: 29 scientists 498–507 publications: 38 scientists 508–517 publications: 40 scientists 518–527 publications: 32 scientists 528–537 publications: 23 scientists 538–547 publications: 28 scientists 548–557 publications: 23 scientists 558–567 publications: 19 scientists 568–577 publications: 16 scientists 578–587 publications: 17 scientists 588–597 publications: 18 scientists 598–607 publications: 22 scientists 608–617 publications: 15 scientists 618–627 publications: 9 scientists 628–637 publications: 11 scientists 638–647 publications: 21 scientists 648–657 publications: 12 scientists 658–667 publications: 9 scientists 668–677 publications: 11 scientists 678–687 publications: 9 scientists 688–697 publications: 6 scientists 698–707 publications: 14 scientists 708–717 publications: 7 scientists 718–727 publications: 8 scientists 728–737 publications: 10 scientists 738–747 publications: 9 scientists 748–757 publications: 5 scientists 758–767 publications: 5 scientists 768–777 publications: 11 scientists 778–787 publications: 7 scientists 788–797 publications: 2 scientists 798–803 publications: 4 scientists 804+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 804+

This scientist: 227 publications — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

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Number of Engineering and Technology scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,796 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
38–47 20
48–57 35
58–67 96
68–77 135
78–87 190
88–97 259
98–107 283
108–117 369
118–127 341
128–137 386
138–147 372
148–157 457
158–167 415
168–177 407
178–187 421
188–197 378
198–207 403
208–217 317
218–227 346 227
228–237 321
238–247 260
248–257 280
258–267 240
268–277 214
278–287 242
288–297 203
298–307 166
308–317 154
318–327 175
328–337 159
338–347 99
348–357 131
358–367 106
368–377 118
378–387 97
388–397 108
398–407 82
408–417 71
418–427 64
428–437 55
438–447 54
448–457 60
458–467 47
468–477 40
478–487 30
488–497 29
498–507 38
508–517 40
518–527 32
528–537 23
538–547 28
548–557 23
558–567 19
568–577 16
578–587 17
588–597 18
598–607 22
608–617 15
618–627 9
628–637 11
638–647 21
648–657 12
658–667 9
668–677 11
678–687 9
688–697 6
698–707 14
708–717 7
718–727 8
728–737 10
738–747 9
748–757 5
758–767 5
768–777 11
778–787 7
788–797 2
798–803 4
804+ 100
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Lie Chen D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

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

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400
Bar chart with 78 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 107+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 426. Most scientists, 426, have 42 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 45 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 59 scientists 31 D-Index: 114 scientists 32 D-Index: 129 scientists 33 D-Index: 189 scientists 34 D-Index: 200 scientists 35 D-Index: 262 scientists 36 D-Index: 311 scientists 37 D-Index: 312 scientists 38 D-Index: 350 scientists 39 D-Index: 385 scientists 40 D-Index: 348 scientists 41 D-Index: 362 scientists 42 D-Index: 426 scientists 43 D-Index: 380 scientists 44 D-Index: 310 scientists 45 D-Index: 341 scientists 46 D-Index: 301 scientists 47 D-Index: 306 scientists 48 D-Index: 271 scientists 49 D-Index: 246 scientists 50 D-Index: 210 scientists 51 D-Index: 253 scientists 52 D-Index: 213 scientists 53 D-Index: 221 scientists 54 D-Index: 195 scientists 55 D-Index: 186 scientists 56 D-Index: 170 scientists 57 D-Index: 167 scientists 58 D-Index: 166 scientists 59 D-Index: 144 scientists 60 D-Index: 152 scientists 61 D-Index: 141 scientists 62 D-Index: 138 scientists 63 D-Index: 131 scientists 64 D-Index: 118 scientists 65 D-Index: 114 scientists 66 D-Index: 119 scientists 67 D-Index: 95 scientists 68 D-Index: 87 scientists 69 D-Index: 77 scientists 70 D-Index: 89 scientists 71 D-Index: 69 scientists 72 D-Index: 54 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 55 scientists 75 D-Index: 54 scientists 76 D-Index: 49 scientists 77 D-Index: 53 scientists 78 D-Index: 46 scientists 79 D-Index: 28 scientists 80 D-Index: 39 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 24 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 36 scientists 85 D-Index: 18 scientists 86 D-Index: 25 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 26 scientists 89 D-Index: 27 scientists 90 D-Index: 23 scientists 91 D-Index: 15 scientists 92 D-Index: 12 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 15 scientists 95 D-Index: 10 scientists 96 D-Index: 13 scientists 97 D-Index: 13 scientists 98 D-Index: 9 scientists 99 D-Index: 7 scientists 100 D-Index: 7 scientists 101 D-Index: 8 scientists 102 D-Index: 7 scientists 103 D-Index: 7 scientists 104 D-Index: 9 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106 D-Index: 9 scientists 107+ D-Index: 99 scientists
30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 45 D-Index — 46th percentile

46% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

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Number of Engineering and Technology scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,796 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 59
31 114
32 129
33 189
34 200
35 262
36 311
37 312
38 350
39 385
40 348
41 362
42 426
43 380
44 310
45 341 45
46 301
47 306
48 271
49 246
50 210
51 253
52 213
53 221
54 195
55 186
56 170
57 167
58 166
59 144
60 152
61 141
62 138
63 131
64 118
65 114
66 119
67 95
68 87
69 77
70 89
71 69
72 54
73 46
74 55
75 54
76 49
77 53
78 46
79 28
80 39
81 36
82 24
83 26
84 36
85 18
86 25
87 19
88 26
89 27
90 23
91 15
92 12
93 9
94 15
95 10
96 13
97 13
98 9
99 7
100 7
101 8
102 7
103 7
104 9
105 6
106 9
107+ 99
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Overview

Lie Chen is affiliated with Nanchang University in China and has a significant research footprint in the fields of engineering and materials science. Their scholarly output includes 265 publications in engineering and 126 in materials science, reflecting a strong multidisciplinary focus. The subfields where they have contributed notably are electrical and electronic engineering (196 publications), polymers and plastics (106 publications), biomedical engineering (28 publications), mechanical engineering (26 publications), and materials chemistry (13 publications).

The main research topics covered by Lie Chen's work encompass organic electronics and photovoltaics, conducting polymers and their applications, perovskite materials and applications, advanced sensor and energy harvesting materials, thin-film transistor technologies, advanced materials and mechanics, as well as polymer composites and self-healing. These research areas indicate a concentration on functional materials and devices with applications in energy and electronics.

Their frequent coauthors include Feiyan Wu (57 joint publications), Dan Zhou (35), Yiwang Chen (34), Bin Huang (34), and Jiabin Liu (30), indicating collaboration networks with peers active in similar domains.

Lie Chen's research has been published extensively in leading venues, with frequent publications in:

  • Chemical Engineering Journal (11 publications)
  • Small (10 publications)
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A (8 publications)
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition (8 publications)
  • Angewandte Chemie (8 publications)

Significant papers authored or coauthored by Lie Chen include:

  • "Hole transport layers for organic solar cells: recent progress and prospects," 2020, Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  • "Hierarchical structures hydrogel evaporator and superhydrophilic water collect device for efficient solar steam evaporation," 2020, Nano Research
  • "Guest-oriented non-fullerene acceptors for ternary organic solar cells with over 16.0% and 22.7% efficiencies under one-sun and indoor light," 2020, Nano Energy
  • "Enormous-stiffness-changing polymer networks by glass transition mediated microphase separation," 2022, Nature Communications
  • "Benzothiadiazole-based polymer donors," 2022, Nano Energy

Best Publications

  • Recent Progress on the Long-Term Stability of Perovskite Solar Cells.

    Qingxia Fu;Xianglan Tang;Bin Huang;Ting Hu

  • Dye‐Incorporated Polynaphthalenediimide Acceptor for Additive‐Free High‐Performance All‐Polymer Solar Cells

    Dong Chen;Jia Yao;Jia Yao;Lie Chen;Jingping Yin

  • Hole transport layers for organic solar cells: recent progress and prospects

    Haitao Xu;Haitao Xu;Feng Yuan;Dan Zhou;Xunfan Liao

  • Alcohol-Soluble n-Type Conjugated Polyelectrolyte as Electron Transport Layer for Polymer Solar Cells

    Lin Hu;Feiyan Wu;Chunquan Li;Aifeng Hu

  • Enhancing the grain size of organic halide perovskites by sulfonate-carbon nanotube incorporation in high performance perovskite solar cells.

    Yong Zhang;Licheng Tan;Qingxia Fu;Lie Chen

  • Large-Scale Flexible and Highly Conductive Carbon Transparent Electrodes via Roll-to-Roll Process and Its High Performance Lab-Scale Indium Tin Oxide-Free Polymer Solar Cells

    Xiaotian Hu;Lie Chen;Yong Zhang;Qiao Hu

  • Flexible, hole transporting layer-free and stable CH3NH3PbI3/PC61BM planar heterojunction perovskite solar cells

    Yong Zhang;Xiaotian Hu;Lie Chen;Zengqi Huang

  • Oligomer-assisted Photoactive Layers Enable >18% Efficiency of Organic Solar Cells.

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  • Cerium oxide as an efficient electron extraction layer for p–i–n structured perovskite solar cells

    Ting Hu;Shuqin Xiao;Hanjun Yang;Lie Chen

  • Introducing Fluorine and Sulfur Atoms into Quinoxaline-Based p-type Polymers To Gradually Improve the Performance of Fullerene-Free Organic Solar Cells

    Jing Yang;Jing Yang;Peiqing Cong;Lie Chen;Xiaochen Wang

  • Controlled grafting from poly(vinylidene fluoride) films by surface‐initiated reversible addition–fragmentation chain transfer polymerization

    Yiwang Chen;Wei Sun;Qilan Deng;Lie Chen

  • Ferroelectric Polymer Drives Performance Enhancement of Non-fullerene Organic Solar Cells.

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  • Guest-oriented non-fullerene acceptors for ternary organic solar cells with over 16.0% and 22.7% efficiencies under one-sun and indoor light

    Yongjoon Cho;Tanya Kumari;Seonghun Jeong;Sang Myeon Lee

  • Universal and Versatile MoO3-Based Hole Transport Layers for Efficient and Stable Polymer Solar Cells

    Xiaotian Hu;Lie Chen;Yiwang Chen

  • Nonhalogen Solvent‐Processed Asymmetric Wide‐Bandgap Polymers for Nonfullerene Organic Solar Cells with Over 10% Efficiency

    Yongkang An;Xunfan Liao;Xunfan Liao;Lie Chen;Jingping Yin

  • A Terminally Tetrafluorinated Nonfullerene Acceptor for Well-Performing Alloy Ternary Solar Cells

    Ruizhi Lv;Dong Chen;Xunfan Liao;Lie Chen

  • Novel Narrow Bandgap Terpolymer Donors Enables Record Performance for Semitransparent Organic Solar Cells Based on All-Narrow Bandgap Semiconductors

    Xuexiang Huang;Lifu Zhang;Yujun Cheng;Jiyeon Oh

  • Large-Scale Stretchable Semiembedded Copper Nanowire Transparent Conductive Films by an Electrospinning Template

    Xia Yang;Xiaotian Hu;Qingxia Wang;Jian Xiong

  • Electrostatic Self-Assembled Metal Oxide/Conjugated Polyelectrolytes as Electron-Transporting Layers for Inverted Solar Cells with High Efficiency

    Chen Xie;Lie Chen;Yiwang Chen

  • Silicon Naphthalocyanine Tetraimides: Cathode Interlayer Materials for Highly Efficient Organic Solar Cells

    Chunsheng Cai;Jia Yao;Lie Chen;Zhongyi Yuan

  • Alkylsilyl Functionalized Copolymer Donor for Annealing‐Free High Performance Solar Cells with over 11% Efficiency: Crystallinity Induced Small Driving Force

    Bin Huang;Lie Chen;Xiufen Jin;Dong Chen

  • Self-Organized Hole Transport Layers Based on Polythiophene Diblock Copolymers for Inverted Organic Solar Cells with High Efficiency

    Kai Yao;Lie Chen;Xun Chen;Yiwang Chen

  • Efficient bulk heterojunction polymer solar cells using PEDOT/PSS doped with solution-processed MoO3 as anode buffer layer

    Lie Chen;Peishan Wang;Fan Li;Shuxian Yu

Frequent Co-Authors

Yiwang Chen
Yiwang Chen Nanchang University
Xiaotian Hu
Xiaotian Hu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Licheng Tan
Licheng Tan Nanchang University
Changduk Yang
Changduk Yang Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
Alex K.-Y. Jen
Alex K.-Y. Jen City University of Hong Kong
Feng Liu
Feng Liu Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Yinhua Zhou
Yinhua Zhou Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Yongfang Li
Yongfang Li Soochow University
Erjun Zhou
Erjun Zhou National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, China
Ben Zhong Tang
Ben Zhong Tang Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen

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