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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Materials Science 65 5758 5570 1747 1740 131 10213
Chemistry 66 7519 6819 1337 1323 141 10347

Liguo Shen publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Liguo Shen between 2002 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Liguo Shen published across 24 years, from 2002 to 2025, averaging 14.2 papers a year. Output peaked at 95 publications in 2025. 162 of the 340 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
20 40 60 80
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2002 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 95. Peak 95 publications in 2025. 2002: 2 publications 2003: 3 publications 2004: 1 publication 2005: 1 publication 2006: 0 publications 2007: 0 publications 2008: 0 publications 2009: 0 publications 2010: 1 publication 2011: 0 publications 2012: 1 publication 2013: 2 publications 2014: 0 publications 2015: 6 publications 2016: 8 publications 2017: 13 publications 2018: 11 publications 2019: 9 publications 2020: 20 publications 2021: 14 publications 2022: 38 publications 2023: 48 publications 2024: 67 publications 2025: 95 publications
2002 2025

340 publications in total across all disciplines

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Liguo Shen: publications per year, 2002 to 2025
Year Publications
2002 2
2003 3
2004 1
2005 1
2006 0
2007 0
2008 0
2009 0
2010 1
2011 0
2012 1
2013 2
2014 0
2015 6
2016 8
2017 13
2018 11
2019 9
2020 20
2021 14
2022 38
2023 48
2024 67
2025 95
Total 340
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Liguo Shen 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 Liguo Shen 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, 130–149 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: 131 publications — 8th percentile

8% 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
130–149 723 131
150–169 835
170–189 850
190–209 891
210–229 862
230–249 766
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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Liguo Shen 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 Liguo Shen 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, 64–65 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: 65 D-Index — 57th percentile

57% 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
60–61 587
62–63 606
64–65 533 65
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

Liguo Shen is affiliated with Zhejiang Normal University in China and has an extensive research profile in environmental science, engineering, and materials science. Their scholarly work primarily addresses water science and technology, materials chemistry, renewable energy, sustainability, biomedical engineering, and electrical and electronic engineering.

The scientist's research focuses on key topics such as:

  • Membrane Separation Technologies
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Electrohydrodynamics and Fluid Dynamics
  • Advanced oxidation water treatment
  • Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques
  • MXene and MAX Phase Materials
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications

Some recent papers authored or coauthored include:

  • Critical review of advanced oxidation processes in organic wastewater treatment, 2021, Chemosphere
  • Potential hazards of biochar: The negative environmental impacts of biochar applications, 2021, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • New methods based on back propagation (BP) and radial basis function (RBF) artificial neural networks (ANNs) for predicting the occurrence of haloketones in tap water, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Membrane fouling caused by biological foams in a submerged membrane bioreactor: Mechanism insights, 2020, Water Research
  • Facile synthesis of 2D TiO2@MXene composite membrane with enhanced separation and antifouling performance, 2021, Journal of Membrane Science

Frequent collaborators in their work include:

  • Hongjun Lin
  • Yanchao Xu
  • Bisheng Li
  • Renjie Li
  • Cheng Chen

Liguo Shen has published extensively across several prominent scientific journals, with the highest number of publications in:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Journal of Membrane Science
  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Separation and Purification Technology
  • Water Research

Best Publications

  • Membrane fouling caused by biological foams in a submerged membrane bioreactor: Mechanism insights.

    Mengfei Wu;Yifeng Chen;Hongjun Lin;Leihong Zhao

  • Preparation of Ni@UiO-66 incorporated polyethersulfone (PES) membrane by magnetic field assisted strategy to improve permeability and photocatalytic self-cleaning ability.

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  • Preparation and characterization of ZnO/polyethersulfone (PES) hybrid membranes

    Liguo Shen;Xiaokai Bian;Xiaofeng Lu;Liuqing Shi

  • Membrane fouling in a submerged membrane bioreactor: Impacts of floc size

    Li-guo Shen;Qian Lei;Jian-Rong Chen;Hua-Chang Hong

  • Facile synthesis of 2D TiO2@MXene composite membrane with enhanced separation and antifouling performance

    Zhengyi Huang;Qianqian Zeng;Ying Liu;Yanchao Xu

  • Fabrication of high-performance composite nanofiltration membranes for dye wastewater treatment: mussel-inspired layer-by-layer self-assembly

    Dongxue Guo;Yirong Xiao;Tong Li;Qingfeng Zhou

  • Mechanistic insights into alginate fouling caused by calcium ions based on terahertz time-domain spectra analyses and DFT calculations.

    Meijia Zhang;Huachang Hong;Hongjun Lin;Liguo Shen

  • Inkjet printing of dopamine followed by UV light irradiation to modify mussel-inspired PVDF membrane for efficient oil-water separation

    Renjie Li;Jinyan Li;Linhua Rao;Hongjun Lin

  • Enhanced permeability and antifouling performance of polyether sulfone (PES) membrane via elevating magnetic Ni@MXene nanoparticles to upper layer in phase inversion process

    Zhengyi Huang;Jiahao Liu;Ying Liu;Yanchao Xu

  • Microporous polypropylene hollow fiber membrane: Part I. Surface modification by the graft polymerization of acrylic acid

    Zhikang Xu;Jianli Wang;Liqiang Shen;Dongfeng Men

  • Engineering metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) based thin-film nanocomposite (TFN) membranes for molecular separation

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  • Effect of calcium ions on fouling properties of alginate solution and its mechanisms

    Meijia Zhang;Hongjun Lin;Liguo Shen;Bao-Qiang Liao

  • Surface modification of polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) membrane via radiation grafting: novel mechanisms underlying the interesting enhanced membrane performance.

    Liguo Shen;Shushu Feng;Jianxi Li;Jianrong Chen

  • Magnetic field assisted arrangement of photocatalytic TiO2 particles on membrane surface to enhance membrane antifouling performance for water treatment.

    Tianyu Sun;Ying Liu;Liguo Shen;Yanchao Xu

  • A novel in-situ micro-aeration functional membrane with excellent decoloration efficiency and antifouling performance

    Ying Liu;Liguo Shen;Zhengyi Huang;Jiahao Liu

  • MOF-Based Photocatalytic Membrane for Water Purification: A Review.

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  • Radial basis function artificial neural network (RBF ANN) as well as the hybrid method of RBF ANN and grey relational analysis able to well predict trihalomethanes levels in tap water

    Huachang Hong;Zhiying Zhang;Aidi Guo;Liguo Shen

  • Manipulating the mussel-inspired co-deposition of tannic acid and amine for fabrication of nanofiltration membranes with an enhanced separation performance

    Yanchao Xu;Dongxue Guo;Tong Li;Yirong Xiao

  • A conductive PVDF-Ni membrane with superior rejection, permeance and antifouling ability via electric assisted in-situ aeration for dye separation

    Weiming Yu;Ying Liu;Yanchao Xu;Renjie Li

  • Plant polyphenol intermediated metal-organic framework (MOF) membranes for efficient desalination

    Yanchao Xu;Yirong Xiao;Wentian Zhang;Hongjun Lin

  • Novel insights into membrane fouling in a membrane bioreactor: Elucidating interfacial interactions with real membrane surface

    Jiaheng Teng;Liguo Shen;Yiming He;Bao-Qiang Liao

  • Effects of molecular weight distribution of soluble microbial products (SMPs) on membrane fouling in a membrane bioreactor (MBR): Novel mechanistic insights.

    Jiaheng Teng;Liguo Shen;Yanchao Xu;Yifeng Chen

  • A novel strategy based on magnetic field assisted preparation of magnetic and photocatalytic membranes with improved performance

    Ying Liu;Liguo Shen;Hongjun Lin;Weiming Yu

  • Inkjet printing assisted fabrication of polyphenol-based coating membranes for oil/water separation

    Renjie Li;Hangxu Fan;Liguo Shen;Linhua Rao

Frequent Co-Authors

Hongjun Lin
Hongjun Lin Zhejiang Normal University
Jianrong Chen
Jianrong Chen Zhejiang Normal University
Bao-Qiang Liao
Bao-Qiang Liao Lakehead University
Yiming He
Yiming He Zhejiang Normal University
Xi-Lin Wu
Xi-Lin Wu Zhejiang Normal University
Ai-Jun Wang
Ai-Jun Wang Zhejiang Normal University
Jiu-Ju Feng
Jiu-Ju Feng Zhejiang Normal University
Junhua Yuan
Junhua Yuan Zhejiang Normal University
Zhiwei Wang
Zhiwei Wang Tongji University
Asit Mazumder
Asit Mazumder University of Victoria

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