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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Materials Science 50 10138 9787 2434 2257 262 10802
Chemistry 51 13840 12457 3593 2939 263 10835

Loon-Seng Tan publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Loon-Seng Tan between 1981 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Loon-Seng Tan published across 45 years, from 1981 to 2025, averaging 6.1 papers a year. Output peaked at 27 publications in 2008. 4 of the 276 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20 25
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1981 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 27. Peak 27 publications in 2008. 1981: 1 publication 1982: 2 publications 1983: 1 publication 1984: 0 publications 1985: 0 publications 1986: 4 publications 1987: 4 publications 1988: 4 publications 1989: 2 publications 1990: 1 publication 1991: 4 publications 1992: 1 publication 1993: 1 publication 1994: 2 publications 1995: 4 publications 1996: 3 publications 1997: 1 publication 1998: 2 publications 1999: 8 publications 2000: 5 publications 2001: 5 publications 2002: 12 publications 2003: 7 publications 2004: 11 publications 2005: 7 publications 2006: 18 publications 2007: 16 publications 2008: 27 publications 2009: 12 publications 2010: 10 publications 2011: 7 publications 2012: 13 publications 2013: 15 publications 2014: 11 publications 2015: 9 publications 2016: 12 publications 2017: 9 publications 2018: 9 publications 2019: 6 publications 2020: 2 publications 2021: 4 publications 2022: 0 publications 2023: 0 publications 2024: 3 publications 2025: 1 publication
1981 2025

276 publications in total across all disciplines

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Loon-Seng Tan: publications per year, 1981 to 2025
Year Publications
1981 1
1982 2
1983 1
1984 0
1985 0
1986 4
1987 4
1988 4
1989 2
1990 1
1991 4
1992 1
1993 1
1994 2
1995 4
1996 3
1997 1
1998 2
1999 8
2000 5
2001 5
2002 12
2003 7
2004 11
2005 7
2006 18
2007 16
2008 27
2009 12
2010 10
2011 7
2012 13
2013 15
2014 11
2015 9
2016 12
2017 9
2018 9
2019 6
2020 2
2021 4
2022 0
2023 0
2024 3
2025 1
Total 276
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Loon-Seng Tan 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 Loon-Seng Tan 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, 250–269 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: 262 publications — 50th percentile

50% 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
250–269 726 262
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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Loon-Seng Tan 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 Loon-Seng Tan 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, 50–51 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: 50 D-Index — 22nd percentile

22% 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 50
52–53 667
54–55 621
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

Loon-Seng Tan is affiliated with the United States Air Force Research Laboratory in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Materials Science and Engineering, with a focus on subfields including Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Materials Chemistry, Polymers and Plastics, Biomedical Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering.

The scientist's work encompasses several main topics such as synthesis and properties of polymers, liquid crystal research advancements, photochromic and fluorescence chemistry, nonlinear optical materials studies, photochemistry and electron transfer studies, advanced materials and mechanics, and interferon and immune responses.

Key recent publications by Loon-Seng Tan include:

  • Role of Alicyclic Conformation-Isomerization in the Photomechanical Performance of Azobenzene-Functionalized Cross-Linked Polyimides Containing Tetra-Substituted Cyclohexane Moieties, 2021, ACS Macro Letters
  • Intermolecular Interactions and Intramolecular Motions in Photomechanical Effect: Nonlinear Thermo- and Photomechanical Behaviors of Azobenzene-Functionalized Amide-Imide Block Copolymers, 2021, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Assembly of 2',3'-Cyclic guanosine Monophosphate-Adenosine monophosphate and their spontaneous intracellular disassembly for enhanced antitumor immunity via natural STING pathway activation, 2024, Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Development of a Novel, All-Aromatic High Tensile Modulus Liquid Crystalline Polyimide for Fused Filament Fabrication Applications, 2024, Advanced Functional Materials
  • An enhanced spectrophotometric method for determination of hydrogen peroxide during vacuum ultraviolet photolysis of water, 2024, Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Ethiopia

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Loon-Seng Tan include:

  • David H. Wang
  • Kyung Min Lee
  • Deborah H. Lee
  • Matthew Baczkowski
  • Ramamurthi Kannan

Their work has been published in various venues such as:

  • ACS Macro Letters
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Ethiopia

Best Publications

  • Multiphoton Absorbing Materials : Molecular Designs, Characterizations, and Applications

    Guang S He;Loon-Seng Tan;Qingdong Zheng;Paras N Prasad

  • Thermal Stability of Quaternary Phosphonium Modified Montmorillonites

    Wei Xie;Rongcai Xie;Wei-Ping Pan;Doug Hunter

  • Diphenylaminofluorene-Based Two-Photon-Absorbing Chromophores with Various π-Electron Acceptors

    Ramamurthi Kannan;Guang S. He;Lixiang Yuan;Faming Xu

  • Toward Highly Active Two-Photon Absorbing Liquids. Synthesis and Characterization of 1,3,5-Triazine-Based Octupolar Molecules

    Ramamurthi Kannan;Guang S. He;Tzu Chau Lin;Paras N. Prasad

  • Singlet oxygen generation via two-photon excited FRET.

    William R. Dichtel;Jason M. Serin;Carine Edder;Jean M J Fréchet

  • In Situ Synthesis of Poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) in Ethylene Glycol Containing Terephthalic Acid and Functionalized Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes (MWNTs) as an Approach to MWNT/PET Nanocomposites

    Hwa-Jeong Lee;Se-Jin Oh;Ja-Young Choi;Jin Won Kim

  • High-Temperature and High-Energy-Density Dipolar Glass Polymers Based on Sulfonylated Poly(2,6-dimethyl-1,4-phenylene oxide).

    Zhongbo Zhang;David H. Wang;Morton H. Litt;Loon‐Seng Tan

  • Photomechanical Response of Glassy Azobenzene Polyimide Networks

    David H. Wang;Kyung Min Lee;Zhenning Yu;Hilmar Koerner

  • Two-Photon Excitation and Optical Spatial-Profile Reshaping via a Nonlinear Absorbing Medium†

    Guang S. He;Jacek Swiatkiewicz;Yan Jiang;Paras N. Prasad

  • Light-Harvesting Chromophores with Metalated Porphyrin Cores for Tuned Photosensitization of Singlet Oxygen via Two-Photon Excited FRET

    Michael A. Oar;William R. Dichtel;Jason M. Serin;Jean M J Fréchet

  • Contactless, photoinitiated snap-through in azobenzene-functionalized polymers

    M. Ravi Shankar;Matthew L. Smith;Vincent P. Tondiglia;Kyung Min Lee

  • Enhancement of Photogenerated Mechanical Force in Azobenzene‐Functionalized Polyimides

    Kyung Min Lee;David H. Wang;Hilmar Koerner;Richard A. Vaia

  • Modification of bisphenol-A based bismaleimide resin (BPA-BMI) with an allyl-terminated hyperbranched polyimide (AT-PAEKI)

    Haihu Qin;Patrick T. Mather;Jong-Beom Baek;Jong-Beom Baek;Loon-Seng Tan

  • Covalent modification of vapour-grown carbon nanofibers via direct Friedel–Crafts acylation in polyphosphoric acid

    Jong-Beom Baek;Jong-Beom Baek;Christopher B. Lyons;Loon-Seng Tan

  • Direct three-dimensional microfabrication of hydrogels via two- photon lithography in aqueous solution

    Shalin J. Jhaveri;Jesse D. McMullen;Rint Sijbesma;Loon-Seng Tan

  • Synthesis, Characterization, Two‐Photon Absorption, and Optical Limiting Properties of Ladder‐Type Oligo‐p‐phenylene‐Cored Chromophores

    Qingdong Zheng;Sandesh K. Gupta;Guang S. He;Loon-Seng Tan

  • Grafting of Vapor-Grown Carbon Nanofibers via in-Situ Polycondensation of 3-Phenoxybenzoic Acid in Poly(phosphoric acid)

    Jong-Beom Baek;Christopher B. Lyons;Loon-Seng Tan

  • Polymer design for high temperature shape memory: Low crosslink density polyimides

    Hilmar Koerner;Robert J. Strong;Matthew L. Smith;David H. Wang

  • Degenerate nonlinear absorption and optical power limiting properties of asymmetrically substituted stilbenoid chromophores

    Tzu Chau Lin;Guang S. He;Paras N. Prasad;Loon Seng Tan

  • Enhancing electrical energy storage using polar polyimides with nitrile groups directly attached to the main chain

    Imre Treufeld;David H. Wang;Brian A. Kurish;Loon-Seng Tan

Frequent Co-Authors

Jong-Beom Baek
Jong-Beom Baek Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology
Long Y. Chiang
Long Y. Chiang University of Massachusetts Lowell
Richard A. Vaia
Richard A. Vaia United States Air Force Research Laboratory
Timothy J. White
Timothy J. White University of Colorado Boulder
Paras N. Prasad
Paras N. Prasad University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Guang S. He
Guang S. He University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Augustine M. Urbas
Augustine M. Urbas United States Air Force Research Laboratory
Hilmar Koerner
Hilmar Koerner United States Air Force Research Laboratory
In-Yup Jeon
In-Yup Jeon Wonkwang University
Wei Ji
Wei Ji Renmin University of China

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