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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Materials Science 86 2025 1953 110 103 403 35180

Ning Li publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Ning Li between 1990 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Ning Li published across 37 years, from 1990 to 2026, averaging 14.9 papers a year. Output peaked at 58 publications in 2024. 48 of the 553 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30 40 50
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1990 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 58. Peak 58 publications in 2024. 1990: 1 publication 1991: 0 publications 1992: 0 publications 1993: 0 publications 1994: 0 publications 1995: 1 publication 1996: 0 publications 1997: 0 publications 1998: 0 publications 1999: 1 publication 2000: 0 publications 2001: 1 publication 2002: 0 publications 2003: 1 publication 2004: 8 publications 2005: 8 publications 2006: 9 publications 2007: 6 publications 2008: 5 publications 2009: 4 publications 2010: 11 publications 2011: 16 publications 2012: 19 publications 2013: 15 publications 2014: 23 publications 2015: 16 publications 2016: 18 publications 2017: 20 publications 2018: 36 publications 2019: 38 publications 2020: 54 publications 2021: 43 publications 2022: 50 publications 2023: 43 publications 2024: 58 publications 2025: 45 publications 2026: 3 publications
1990 2026

553 publications in total across all disciplines

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Ning Li: publications per year, 1990 to 2026
Year Publications
1990 1
1991 0
1992 0
1993 0
1994 0
1995 1
1996 0
1997 0
1998 0
1999 1
2000 0
2001 1
2002 0
2003 1
2004 8
2005 8
2006 9
2007 6
2008 5
2009 4
2010 11
2011 16
2012 19
2013 15
2014 23
2015 16
2016 18
2017 20
2018 36
2019 38
2020 54
2021 43
2022 50
2023 43
2024 58
2025 45
2026 3
Total 553
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Ning Li 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 Ning Li 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, 390–409 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: 403 publications — 77th percentile

77% 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
270–289 665
290–309 593
310–329 537
330–349 477
350–369 440
370–389 356
390–409 321 403
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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Ning Li 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 Ning Li 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, 86–87 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: 86 D-Index — 84th percentile

84% 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
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 86
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

Ning Li is affiliated with the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in Germany. Their research focuses on areas within engineering and materials science, with significant work spanning electrical and electronic engineering, polymers and plastics, materials chemistry, biomedical engineering, and molecular biology.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics related to perovskite materials and applications, conducting polymers and their uses, organic electronics and photovoltaics, chalcogenide semiconductor thin films, quantum dots synthesis and properties, solid-state spectroscopy and crystallography, and thin-film transistor technologies.

Some of Ning Li's recent papers include:

  • "Renewed Prospects for Organic Photovoltaics," 2022, Chemical Reviews
  • "Delocalization of exciton and electron wavefunction in non-fullerene acceptor molecules enables efficient organic solar cells," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Organic solar cells using oligomer acceptors for improved stability and efficiency," 2022, Nature Energy
  • "Inorganic Halide Perovskite Solar Cells: Progress and Challenges," 2020, Advanced Energy Materials
  • "An alcohol-dispersed conducting polymer complex for fully printable organic solar cells with improved stability," 2022, Nature Energy

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Ning Li are:

  • Christoph J. Brabec
  • Kaicheng Zhang
  • Larry Lüer
  • Lei Ying
  • Andres Osvet

The venues where Ning Li has published most often include:

  • Advanced Energy Materials
  • Nature Communications
  • Advanced Materials
  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • Solar RRL

Best Publications

  • Toxic Potential of Materials at the Nanolevel

    Andre Nel;Tian Xia;Lutz Mädler;Ning Li

  • Renewed Prospects for Organic Photovoltaics.

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  • A generic interface to reduce the efficiency-stability-cost gap of perovskite solar cells

    Yi Hou;Xiaoyan Du;Simon Scheiner;David P. McMeekin

  • Delocalization of exciton and electron wavefunction in non-fullerene acceptor molecules enables efficient organic solar cells

    Guichuan Zhang;Xian Kai Chen;Xian Kai Chen;Jingyang Xiao;Philip C.Y. Chow

  • Highly efficient organic tandem solar cells: a follow up review

    Tayebeh Ameri;Ning Li;Christoph J. Brabec

  • Efficient Polymer Solar Cells Based on Non-fullerene Acceptors with Potential Device Lifetime Approaching 10 Years

    Xiaoyan Du;Thomas Heumueller;Wolfgang Gruber;Andrej Classen

  • Organic solar cells using oligomer acceptors for improved stability and efficiency

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  • An alcohol-dispersed conducting polymer complex for fully printable organic solar cells with improved stability

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  • Abnormal strong burn-in degradation of highly efficient polymer solar cells caused by spinodal donor-acceptor demixing.

    Ning Li;José Darío Perea;Thaer Kassar;Moses Richter

  • Dual Interfacial Design for Efficient CsPbI 2 Br Perovskite Solar Cells with Improved Photostability.

    Jingjing Tian;Qifan Xue;Xiaofeng Tang;Yuxuan Chen

  • Fine-tuning of the chemical structure of photoactive materials for highly efficient organic photovoltaics

    Baobing Fan;Baobing Fan;Xiaoyan Du;Feng Liu;Wenkai Zhong;Wenkai Zhong

  • A generic green solvent concept boosting the power conversion efficiency of all-polymer solar cells to 11%

    Zhenye Li;Lei Ying;Peng Zhu;Wenkai Zhong

  • Inorganic Halide Perovskite Solar Cells: Progress and Challenges

    Jingjing Tian;Qifan Xue;Qin Yao;Ning Li;Ning Li;Ning Li

  • Scalable, ambient atmosphere roll-to-roll manufacture of encapsulated large area, flexible organic tandem solar cell modules

    Thomas Rieks Andersen;Henrik Friis Dam;Markus Hösel;Martin Helgesen

  • Open circuit voltage enhancement due to reduced dark current in small molecule photovoltaic cells

    Ning Li;Brian E. Lassiter;Richard R. Lunt;Guodan Wei

  • A bilayer conducting polymer structure for planar perovskite solar cells with over 1,400 hours operational stability at elevated temperatures

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  • Morphology Optimization via Side Chain Engineering Enables All-Polymer Solar Cells with Excellent Fill Factor and Stability.

    Xi Liu;Xi Liu;Chaohong Zhang;Chunhui Duan;Mengmeng Li

  • Performance Enhancement of the P3HT/PCBM Solar Cells through NIR Sensitization Using a Small-Bandgap Polymer

    Tayebeh Ameri;Jie Min;Ning Li;Florian Machui

  • Atomic scale insights into structure instability and decomposition pathway of methylammonium lead iodide perovskite.

    Shulin Chen;Xiaowei Zhang;Jinjin Zhao;Ying Zhang

  • High Fill Factor Polymer Solar Cells Incorporating a Low Temperature Solution Processed WO3 Hole Extraction Layer

    Tobias Stubhan;Ning Li;Norman A. Luechinger;Samuel C. Halim

  • Cost analysis of roll-to-roll fabricated ITO free single and tandem organic solar modules based on data from manufacture

    Florian Machui;Markus Hösel;Ning Li;George D. Spyropoulos

  • ITO-Free and Fully Solution-Processed Semitransparent Organic Solar Cells with High Fill Factors

    Fei Guo;Xiangdong Zhu;Karen Forberich;Johannes Krantz

  • Overcoming the Interface Losses in Planar Heterojunction Perovskite-Based Solar Cells.

    Yi Hou;Wei Chen;Derya Baran;Tobias Stubhan

  • Graded 2D/3D Perovskite Heterostructure for Efficient and Operationally Stable MA-Free Perovskite Solar Cells

    Qin Yao;Qifan Xue;Zhenchao Li;Kaicheng Zhang

  • Unraveling the Microstructure-Related Device Stability for Polymer Solar Cells Based on Nonfullerene Small-Molecular Acceptors.

    Xiaoyan Du;Thomas Heumueller;Wolfgang Gruber;Osbel Almora

  • Air-processed polymer tandem solar cells with power conversion efficiency exceeding 10%

    Ning Li;Christoph J. Brabec

Frequent Co-Authors

Christoph J. Brabec
Christoph J. Brabec University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Tayebeh Ameri
Tayebeh Ameri University of Edinburgh
Yong Cao
Yong Cao South China University of Technology
Fei Huang
Fei Huang South China University of Technology
Lei Ying
Lei Ying South China University of Technology
Erdmann Spiecker
Erdmann Spiecker University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Yi Hou
Yi Hou National University of Singapore
Karen Forberich
Karen Forberich University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Jie Min
Jie Min Wuhan University
Derya Baran
Derya Baran King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

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