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D-Index
53
Citations
10922
World Ranking
9186
National Ranking
2620

Ling Wang 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 Ling Wang sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 107 publications — 4th percentile

4% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

Ling Wang 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 Ling Wang sits on this spectrum.

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 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 30th percentile

30% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Ling Wang is a researcher affiliated with Tianjin University in China. Their academic focus spans broadly across the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, contributing extensively to both domains.

The subfields of study that define their research include Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Ling Wang's work addresses topics in:

  • Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
  • Advanced Materials and Mechanics
  • Liquid Crystal Research Advancements
  • Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors
  • Conducting polymers and applications
  • Micro and Nano Robotics
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques

Ling Wang has authored multiple papers published in a range of scientific journals. Recent publications include:

  • Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-based smart hydrogels: Design, properties and applications, 2020, Progress in Materials Science
  • Superhydrophobic and breathable smart MXene-based textile for multifunctional wearable sensing electronics, 2020, Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Beyond the Visible: Bioinspired Infrared Adaptive Materials, 2021, Advanced Materials
  • Near-Infrared Light-Driven Shape-Morphing of Programmable Anisotropic Hydrogels Enabled by MXene Nanosheets, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Mechanochromic, Shape-Programmable and Self-Healable Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Elastomers Enabled by Dynamic Covalent Boronic Ester Bonds, 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Ling Wang include Wei Feng, Cristian Valenzuela, Yuanhao Chen, Jiajia Yang, and Jiefeng Gao.

The researcher publishes regularly in several prominent venues such as Advanced Functional Materials, SSRN Electronic Journal, Chemical Engineering Journal, Angewandte Chemie, and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

Best Publications

  • Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-based Smart Hydrogels: Design, Properties and Applications

    Lin Tang;Ling Wang;Xiao Yang;Yiyu Feng;Yiyu Feng

  • Photochromism into nanosystems: towards lighting up the future nanoworld.

    Ling Wang;Quan Li

  • Three-dimensional control of the helical axis of a chiral nematic liquid crystal by light

    Zhi-gang Zheng;Yannian Li;Hari Krishna Bisoyi;Ling Wang

  • Azobenzene-based solar thermal fuels: design, properties, and applications

    Liqi Dong;Yiyu Feng;Ling Wang;Wei Feng

  • Nature-Inspired Emerging Chiral Liquid Crystal Nanostructures: From Molecular Self-Assembly to DNA Mesophase and Nanocolloids.

    Ling Wang;Augustine M. Urbas;Quan Li

  • Beyond the Visible: Bioinspired Infrared Adaptive Materials.

    Jiajia Yang;Xinfang Zhang;Xinfang Zhang;Xuan Zhang;Ling Wang

  • Carbon-based functional nanomaterials: Preparation, properties and applications

    Zihao Li;Ling Wang;Yu Li;Yu Li;Yiyu Feng;Yiyu Feng

  • Near-Infrared Light-Driven Shape-Morphing of Programmable Anisotropic Hydrogels Enabled by MXene Nanosheets

    Pan Xue;Hari Krishna Bisoyi;Yuanhao Chen;Hao Zeng

  • Stimuli-Directing Self-Organized 3D Liquid-Crystalline Nanostructures: From Materials Design to Photonic Applications

    Ling Wang;Quan Li

  • Reversible Near-Infrared Light Directed Reflection in a Self-Organized Helical Superstructure Loaded with Upconversion Nanoparticles

    Ling Wang;Hao Dong;Yannian Li;Chenming Xue

  • Light-driven bimorph soft actuators: design, fabrication, and properties

    Yuanhao Chen;Jiajia Yang;Xuan Zhang;Yiyu Feng;Yiyu Feng

  • Stimulus-driven liquid metal and liquid crystal network actuators for programmable soft robotics

    Pengfei Lv;Xiao Yang;Hari Krishna Bisoyi;Hao Zeng

  • Luminescence‐Driven Reversible Handedness Inversion of Self‐Organized Helical Superstructures Enabled by a Novel Near‐Infrared Light Nanotransducer

    Ling Wang;Hao Dong;Yannian Li;Rui Liu

  • Stimuli-directed self-organized chiral superstructures for adaptive windows enabled by mesogen-functionalized graphene

    Ling Wang;Hari Krishna Bisoyi;Zhigang Zheng;Karla G. Gutierrez-Cuevas

  • Nanocellulose-Based Functional Materials: From Chiral Photonics to Soft Actuator and Energy Storage

    Pengfei Lv;Xiaomin Lu;Ling Wang;Wei Feng;Wei Feng

  • Liquid metal-created macroporous composite hydrogels with self-healing ability and multiple sensations as artificial flexible sensors

    Zhixing Zhang;Lin Tang;Can Chen;Huitao Yu

  • Near-Infrared Photodriven Self-Sustained Oscillation of Liquid-Crystalline Network Film with Predesignated Polydopamine Coating.

    Ruochen Lan;Jian Sun;Chen Shen;Rui Huang

  • Hysteresis-Free Blue Phase Liquid-Crystal-Stabilized by ZnS Nanoparticles

    Ling Wang;Wanli He;Xia Xiao;Fanguo Meng

  • Photochemically and Thermally Driven Full-Color Reflection in a Self-Organized Helical Superstructure Enabled by a Halogen-Bonded Chiral Molecular Switch.

    Hao Wang;Hari Krishna Bisoyi;Ling Wang;Augustine M. Urbas

  • Frontiers in carbon dots: design, properties and applications

    Zeyu Li;Ling Wang;Yu Li;Yu Li;Yiyu Feng;Yiyu Feng

  • Asymmetric Tunable Photonic Bandgaps in Self-Organized 3D Nanostructure of Polymer-Stabilized Blue Phase I Modulated by Voltage Polarity

    Meng Wang;Cheng Zou;Jian Sun;Lanying Zhang

Frequent Co-Authors

Huai Yang
Huai Yang Peking University
Quan Li
Quan Li Chinese University of Hong Kong
Wei Feng
Wei Feng Tianjin University
Yiyu Feng
Yiyu Feng Tianjin University
Hari Krishna Bisoyi
Hari Krishna Bisoyi Kent State University
Augustine M. Urbas
Augustine M. Urbas United States Air Force Research Laboratory
Zhou Yang
Zhou Yang Shaanxi Normal University
Deng-Ke Yang
Deng-Ke Yang Kent State University
Timothy J. Bunning
Timothy J. Bunning United States Air Force Research Laboratory
Haifeng Yu
Haifeng Yu Peking University

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