World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!
Min Song

Min Song

Last Updated:

D-Index & Metrics

?
Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Materials Science 62 6495 6280 1952 1945 326 13553

Min Song publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Min Song between 2003 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Min Song published across 24 years, from 2003 to 2026, averaging 22 papers a year. Output peaked at 60 publications in 2025. 61 of the 527 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
20 40 60
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2003 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 60. Peak 60 publications in 2025. 2003: 1 publication 2004: 1 publication 2005: 4 publications 2006: 7 publications 2007: 7 publications 2008: 6 publications 2009: 13 publications 2010: 14 publications 2011: 18 publications 2012: 15 publications 2013: 9 publications 2014: 10 publications 2015: 20 publications 2016: 20 publications 2017: 21 publications 2018: 31 publications 2019: 39 publications 2020: 44 publications 2021: 40 publications 2022: 47 publications 2023: 45 publications 2024: 54 publications 2025: 60 publications 2026: 1 publication
2003 2026

527 publications in total across all disciplines

View publications per year as a table
Min Song: publications per year, 2003 to 2026
Year Publications
2003 1
2004 1
2005 4
2006 7
2007 7
2008 6
2009 13
2010 14
2011 18
2012 15
2013 9
2014 10
2015 20
2016 20
2017 21
2018 31
2019 39
2020 44
2021 40
2022 47
2023 45
2024 54
2025 60
2026 1
Total 527
Download as CSV

Min Song publications per year - data summary

  • Min Song, a Materials Science scholar from Central South University, has 527 publications recorded across 24 years, from 2003 to 2026.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 2003 and the most recent to 2026.
  • The most productive year is 2025, with 60 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 2003, 2004 and 2026, with 1 publication each.
  • The rate of publication averages 22.0 papers per year over the whole span, or 22.0 per year counting only the 24 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2022-2026) hold 207 publications, 39% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 2003-2010: 53 publications (6.6 per year); 2011-2018: 144 publications (18.0 per year); 2019-2026: 330 publications (41.3 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Min Song 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 Min Song 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, 310–329 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: 326 publications — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

View publications distribution as a table
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
310–329 537 326
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
Download as CSV

Min Song publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 12,847 Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 57 ranges running from 50–69 to 1,163+ publications.
  • Min Song, a Materials Science scholar from Central South University, records 326 publications - the 65th percentile of the discipline.
  • 65% of ranked Materials Science scientists score the same or lower than Min Song, and about 35% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 250–269 publications range, and Min Song ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 190–209 publications, holding 891 scientists (7% of the field).
  • 70% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 330–349 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (<1% of the field).

Min Song 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 Min Song 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, 62–63 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: 62 D-Index — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

View D-Index distribution as a table
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 62
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
Download as CSV

Min Song D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 12,847 Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 64 ranges running from 40–41 to 165+ D-Index.
  • Min Song, a Materials Science scholar from Central South University, records 62 D-Index - the 51st percentile of the discipline.
  • 51% of ranked Materials Science scientists score the same or lower than Min Song, and about 49% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 62–63 D-Index range, and Min Song falls inside that same range.
  • The most crowded range is 52–53 D-Index, holding 667 scientists (5% of the field).
  • 68% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 70–71 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more, 98 scientists in all (<1% of the field).

Overview

Min Song is affiliated with Central South University in China and has a research focus spanning engineering and materials science. Their work predominantly engages with mechanical engineering, materials chemistry, aerospace engineering, mechanics of materials, and biomaterials.

Their main research topics include:

  • High Entropy Alloys Studies
  • Microstructure and mechanical properties
  • Titanium Alloys Microstructure and Properties
  • Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes
  • Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties
  • Advanced materials and composites
  • High-Temperature Coating Behaviors

Min Song has published extensively across several venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Journal of Alloys and Compounds
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Materials Science and Engineering A
  • Materials Characterization
  • Acta Materialia

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Min Song include:

  • "Deformation-induced crystalline-to-amorphous phase transformation in a CrMnFeCoNi high-entropy alloy," 2021, Science Advances
  • "High stress twinning in a compositionally complex steel of very high stacking fault energy," 2022, Nature Communications
  • "Shearing brittle intermetallics enhances cryogenic strength and ductility of steels," 2024, Science
  • "Exploiting the synergic strengthening effects of stacking faults in carbon nanotubes reinforced aluminum matrix composites for enhanced mechanical properties," 2021, Composites Part B Engineering
  • "Shearing and rotation of β" and βʹ precipitates in an Al-Mg-Si alloy under tensile deformation: In-situ and ex-situ studies," 2021, Acta Materialia

Frequent collaborators in Min Song's research include:

  • Song Ni
  • Ji Gu
  • Zhangwei Wang
  • Xinglong An
  • Junyang He

Best Publications

  • Structural evolutions of metallic materials processed by severe plastic deformation

    Yang Cao;Song Ni;Xiaozhou Liao;Min Song

  • Simultaneously enhancing strength and ductility of a high-entropy alloy via gradient hierarchical microstructures

    M.N. Hasan;Y.F. Liu;X.H. An;J. Gu

  • Microstructure, mechanical and corrosion behaviors of AlCoCuFeNi-(Cr,Ti) high entropy alloys

    D.H. Xiao;D.H. Xiao;P.F. Zhou;W.Q. Wu;H.Y. Diao

  • Effects of particle size and distribution on the mechanical properties of SiC reinforced Al–Cu alloy composites

    Zhangwei Wang;Min Song;Chao Sun;Yuehui He

  • Exploring the size effects of Al4C3 on the mechanical properties and thermal behaviors of Al-based composites reinforced by SiC and carbon nanotubes

    Baisong Guo;Biao Chen;Xinming Zhang;Xi Cen

  • Microstructures and mechanical properties of C-containing FeCoCrNi high-entropy alloy fabricated by selective laser melting

    Rui Zhou;Yong Liu;Chengshang Zhou;Siqin Li

  • BODIPY-based conjugated porous polymers for highly efficient volatile iodine capture

    Yunlong Zhu;Ya-Jian Ji;De-Gao Wang;Yi Zhang

  • Deformation-induced crystalline-to-amorphous phase transformation in a CrMnFeCoNi high-entropy alloy

    Hao Wang;Dengke Chen;Xianghai An;Yin Zhang

  • Influence of high-temperature pre-precipitation on local corrosion behaviors of Al–Zn–Mg alloy

    L.P. Huang;K.H. Chen;S. Li;M. Song

  • Effects of carbon on the microstructures and mechanical properties of FeCoCrNiMn high entropy alloys

    Lin Guo;Xiaoqin Ou;Song Ni;Yong Liu

  • Effects of volume fraction of SiC particles on mechanical properties of SiC/Al composites

    Min Song

  • Nanosized precipitates and dislocation networks reinforced C-containing CoCrFeNi high-entropy alloy fabricated by selective laser melting

    Wenqian Wu;Rui Zhou;Bingqiang Wei;Song Ni

  • Improving the mechanical properties of carbon nanotubes reinforced pure aluminum matrix composites by achieving non-equilibrium interface

    Baisong Guo;Min Song;Jianhong Yi;Song Ni

  • Highly Fluoro-Substituted Covalent Organic Framework and Its Application in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries.

    De-Gao Wang;Nuo Li;Yiming Hu;Shun Wan

  • Effect of extrusion and particle volume fraction on the mechanical properties of SiC reinforced Al–Cu alloy composites

    Zhangwei Wang;Min Song;Chao Sun;Daihong Xiao

  • Effect of Particle Size on the Microstructures and Mechanical Properties of SiC-Reinforced Pure Aluminum Composites

    Chao Sun;Min Song;Zhangwei Wang;Yuehui He

  • Quantified contribution of β″ and β′ precipitates to the strengthening of an aged Al–Mg–Si alloy

    Mingjun Yang;Haonan Chen;Andrey Orekhov;Qiang Lu

  • Atomic-scale understanding of stress-induced phase transformation in cold-rolled Hf

    Henglv Zhao;Min Song;Song Ni;Shuai Shao

  • Elastic modulus of phases in Ti–Mo alloys

    Wei-dong Zhang;Yong Liu;Hong Wu;Min Song

  • Large-scale synthesis and outstanding microwave absorption properties of carbon nanotubes coated by extremely small FeCo-C core-shell nanoparticles

    Daitao Kuang;Lizhen Hou;Shiliang Wang;Shiliang Wang;Heng Luo

Frequent Co-Authors

Yong Liu
Yong Liu Central South University
Yong Du
Yong Du Central South University
Yuehui He
Yuehui He Central South University
Xiaozhou Liao
Xiaozhou Liao University of Sydney
Ian Baker
Ian Baker Dartmouth College
Han Huang
Han Huang Central South University
Jin Zou
Jin Zou University of Queensland
Xianghai An
Xianghai An University of Sydney
C.T. Liu
C.T. Liu City University of Hong Kong
Gang Sha
Gang Sha Nanjing University of Science and Technology

If you think any of the details on this page are incorrect, let us know.

Report an issue

We appreciate your kind effort to assist us to improve this page, it would be helpful providing us with as much detail as possible in the text box below:

Best Scientists Citing Min Song

Trending Scientists

Recently Published Articles