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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Chemistry 55 12363 11129 1946 1929 290 8720

Pengfei Yan publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Pengfei Yan between 1990 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Pengfei Yan published across 36 years, from 1990 to 2025, averaging 8.8 papers a year. Output peaked at 34 publications in 2013. 16 of the 318 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1990 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 34. Peak 34 publications in 2013. 1990: 1 publication 1991: 0 publications 1992: 0 publications 1993: 0 publications 1994: 0 publications 1995: 0 publications 1996: 0 publications 1997: 0 publications 1998: 0 publications 1999: 0 publications 2000: 0 publications 2001: 0 publications 2002: 0 publications 2003: 1 publication 2004: 0 publications 2005: 1 publication 2006: 8 publications 2007: 4 publications 2008: 4 publications 2009: 14 publications 2010: 19 publications 2011: 18 publications 2012: 26 publications 2013: 34 publications 2014: 24 publications 2015: 33 publications 2016: 24 publications 2017: 28 publications 2018: 16 publications 2019: 15 publications 2020: 9 publications 2021: 10 publications 2022: 6 publications 2023: 7 publications 2024: 5 publications 2025: 11 publications
1990 2025

318 publications in total across all disciplines

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Pengfei Yan: publications per year, 1990 to 2025
Year Publications
1990 1
1991 0
1992 0
1993 0
1994 0
1995 0
1996 0
1997 0
1998 0
1999 0
2000 0
2001 0
2002 0
2003 1
2004 0
2005 1
2006 8
2007 4
2008 4
2009 14
2010 19
2011 18
2012 26
2013 34
2014 24
2015 33
2016 24
2017 28
2018 16
2019 15
2020 9
2021 10
2022 6
2023 7
2024 5
2025 11
Total 318
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Pengfei Yan publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Pengfei Yan sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
250 500 750 1,000 1,250
Bar chart with 63 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 61–80 to 1,295+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 1,350. Most scientists, 1,350, have 161–180 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 281–300 publications, is where this scientist sits. 61–80 publications: 66 scientists 81–100 publications: 302 scientists 101–120 publications: 623 scientists 121–140 publications: 918 scientists 141–160 publications: 1,218 scientists 161–180 publications: 1,350 scientists 181–200 publications: 1,344 scientists 201–220 publications: 1,281 scientists 221–240 publications: 1,216 scientists 241–260 publications: 1,100 scientists 261–280 publications: 979 scientists 281–300 publications: 939 scientists 301–320 publications: 764 scientists 321–340 publications: 643 scientists 341–360 publications: 628 scientists 361–380 publications: 522 scientists 381–400 publications: 459 scientists 401–420 publications: 397 scientists 421–440 publications: 327 scientists 441–460 publications: 270 scientists 461–480 publications: 265 scientists 481–500 publications: 252 scientists 501–520 publications: 201 scientists 521–540 publications: 185 scientists 541–560 publications: 148 scientists 561–580 publications: 148 scientists 581–600 publications: 132 scientists 601–620 publications: 114 scientists 621–640 publications: 104 scientists 641–660 publications: 91 scientists 661–680 publications: 92 scientists 681–700 publications: 73 scientists 701–720 publications: 57 scientists 721–740 publications: 54 scientists 741–760 publications: 67 scientists 761–780 publications: 45 scientists 781–800 publications: 46 scientists 801–820 publications: 39 scientists 821–840 publications: 32 scientists 841–860 publications: 36 scientists 861–880 publications: 29 scientists 881–900 publications: 26 scientists 901–920 publications: 24 scientists 921–940 publications: 14 scientists 941–960 publications: 23 scientists 961–980 publications: 28 scientists 981–1,000 publications: 15 scientists 1,001–1,020 publications: 29 scientists 1,021–1,040 publications: 12 scientists 1,041–1,060 publications: 19 scientists 1,061–1,080 publications: 12 scientists 1,081–1,100 publications: 6 scientists 1,101–1,120 publications: 8 scientists 1,121–1,140 publications: 12 scientists 1,141–1,160 publications: 5 scientists 1,161–1,180 publications: 6 scientists 1,181–1,200 publications: 14 scientists 1,201–1,220 publications: 7 scientists 1,221–1,240 publications: 2 scientists 1,241–1,260 publications: 6 scientists 1,261–1,280 publications: 4 scientists 1,281–1,294 publications: 6 scientists 1,295+ publications: 100 scientists
61–80 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 290 publications — 61st percentile

61% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

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Number of Chemistry scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 17,934 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
61–80 66
81–100 302
101–120 623
121–140 918
141–160 1,218
161–180 1,350
181–200 1,344
201–220 1,281
221–240 1,216
241–260 1,100
261–280 979
281–300 939 290
301–320 764
321–340 643
341–360 628
361–380 522
381–400 459
401–420 397
421–440 327
441–460 270
461–480 265
481–500 252
501–520 201
521–540 185
541–560 148
561–580 148
581–600 132
601–620 114
621–640 104
641–660 91
661–680 92
681–700 73
701–720 57
721–740 54
741–760 67
761–780 45
781–800 46
801–820 39
821–840 32
841–860 36
861–880 29
881–900 26
901–920 24
921–940 14
941–960 23
961–980 28
981–1,000 15
1,001–1,020 29
1,021–1,040 12
1,041–1,060 19
1,061–1,080 12
1,081–1,100 6
1,101–1,120 8
1,121–1,140 12
1,141–1,160 5
1,161–1,180 6
1,181–1,200 14
1,201–1,220 7
1,221–1,240 2
1,241–1,260 6
1,261–1,280 4
1,281–1,294 6
1,295+ 100
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Pengfei Yan D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Pengfei Yan sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
250 500 750 1,000
Bar chart with 61 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 159+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 1,051. Most scientists, 1,051, have 56–57 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 54–55 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 612 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 808 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 776 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 835 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 861 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 872 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 933 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,051 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 930 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 882 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 834 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 731 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 775 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 683 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 646 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 561 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 501 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 437 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 388 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 354 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 292 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 275 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 254 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 235 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 185 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 192 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 155 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 163 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 125 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 105 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 105 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 112 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 88 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 68 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 69 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 65 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 79 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 61 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 44 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 40 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 33 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 26 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 34 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 35 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 25 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 27 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 17 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 16 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 20 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 20 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 15 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 9 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 9 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 11 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 3 scientists 158 D-Index: 3 scientists 159+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40–41 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 55 D-Index — 33rd percentile

33% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

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Number of Chemistry scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 17,934 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 289
42–43 612
44–45 808
46–47 776
48–49 835
50–51 861
52–53 872
54–55 933 55
56–57 1,051
58–59 930
60–61 882
62–63 834
64–65 731
66–67 775
68–69 683
70–71 646
72–73 561
74–75 501
76–77 437
78–79 388
80–81 354
82–83 292
84–85 275
86–87 254
88–89 235
90–91 185
92–93 192
94–95 155
96–97 163
98–99 125
100–101 105
102–103 105
104–105 112
106–107 88
108–109 68
110–111 69
112–113 65
114–115 79
116–117 61
118–119 44
120–121 37
122–123 40
124–125 33
126–127 26
128–129 34
130–131 35
132–133 25
134–135 27
136–137 17
138–139 16
140–141 20
142–143 20
144–145 15
146–147 9
148–149 9
150–151 16
152–153 11
154–155 9
156–157 3
158 3
159+ 98
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Overview

Pengfei Yan is affiliated with Heilongjiang University in China. Their research primarily spans the fields of Materials Science and Chemistry, with notable focus on Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Spectroscopy, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, and Biomaterials.

Their scholarly output reflects significant contributions in several main research topics, including:

  • Lanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes
  • Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials
  • Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection
  • Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes
  • Magnetism in Coordination Complexes
  • Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery
  • Nanoplatforms for Cancer Theranostics

Pengfei Yan has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Hongfeng Li
  • Ting Gao
  • Yanyan Zhou
  • Shaoping Sun
  • Na Liang

Their publications appear regularly in a variety of scientific venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Dalton Transactions
  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Carbohydrate Polymers
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Materials Today Chemistry

Recent papers by Pengfei Yan illustrate a consistent focus on luminescent materials and supramolecular chemistry. Selected recent works include:

  • Phosphine-Oxide-Balanced Intra- and Interchain Through-Space Charge Transfer in Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Polymers: Beyond 30% External Quantum Efficiency, published in 2023 in Advanced Materials
  • Eu(III) Tetrahedron Cage as a Luminescent Chemosensor for Rapidly Reversible and Turn-On Detection of Volatile Amine/NH3, published in 2020 in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Point Chirality Controlled Diastereoselective Self-Assembly and Circularly Polarized Luminescence in Quadruple-Stranded Europium(III) Helicates, published in 2020 in Inorganic Chemistry
  • Inclusion Complex Based on N-acetyl-L-cysteine and Arginine Modified Hydroxypropyl-β-cyclodextrin for Oral Insulin Delivery, published in 2020 in Carbohydrate Polymers
  • A Light Triggered Optical and Chiroptical Switch Based on a Homochiral Eu2L3 Helicate, published in 2020 in Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Best Publications

  • High symmetry or low symmetry, that is the question – high performance Dy(III) single-ion magnets by electrostatic potential design

    Wen-Bin Sun;Wen-Bin Sun;Peng-Fei Yan;Shang-Da Jiang;Bing-Wu Wang

  • A Highly Luminescent Chiral Tetrahedral Eu4L4(L')4 Cage: Chirality Induction, Chirality Memory, and Circularly Polarized Luminescence.

    Yanyan Zhou;Hongfeng Li;Tianyu Zhu;Ting Gao

  • An unsymmetrical coordination environment leading to two slow relaxation modes in a Dy2 single-molecule magnet

    Po-Heng Lin;Wen-Bin Sun;Mang-Fei Yu;Guang-Ming Li

  • Short-Axis Substitution Approach Selectively Optimizes Electrical Properties of Dibenzothiophene-Based Phosphine Oxide Hosts

    Chunmiao Han;Zhensong Zhang;Hui Xu;Shouzhen Yue

  • A simple phosphine-oxide host with a multi-insulating structure: high triplet energy level for efficient blue electrophosphorescence.

    Chunmiao Han;Yongbiao Zhao;Hui Xu;Jiangshan Chen

  • Highly luminescent bis-diketone lanthanide complexes with triple-stranded dinuclear structure

    Hong-Feng Li;Peng-Fei Yan;Peng Chen;Yan Wang

  • High Catalytic Performance of a CeO2-Supported Ni Catalyst for Hydrogenation of Nitroarenes, Fabricated via Coordination-Assisted Strategy

    Wei She;Tianqinji Qi;Mengxing Cui;Pengfei Yan

  • Planar Tetranuclear Dy(III) Single-Molecule Magnet and Its Sm(III), Gd(III), and Tb(III) Analogues Encapsulated by Salen-Type and β-Diketonate Ligands

    Peng-Fei Yan;Po-Heng Lin;Fatemah Habib;Tomoko Aharen

  • Synthesis, crystal structure, and luminescent properties of 2-(2,2,2-trifluoroethyl)-1-indone lanthanide complexes.

    Jingya Li;Hongfeng Li;Pengfei Yan;Peng Chen

  • Ternary ambipolar phosphine oxide hosts based on indirect linkage for highly efficient blue electrophosphorescence: towards high triplet energy, low driving voltage and stable efficiencies.

    Donghui Yu;Fangchao Zhao;Chunmiao Han;Hui Xu

  • Highly Efficient White-Light Emission and UV-Visible/NIR Luminescence Sensing of Lanthanide Metal-Organic Frameworks

    Xinyu Wang;Pengfei Yan;Yuxin Li;Guanghui An

  • Assembly of Polyoxometalate-Based Hybrids with Different Helical Channels upon Subtle Ligand Variation

    Meng-Ting Li;Meng-Ting Li;Jing-Quan Sha;Jing-Quan Sha;Xi-Ming Zong;Jing-Wen Sun

  • Highly efficient multifluorenyl host materials with unsymmetrical molecular configurations and localized triplet States for green and red phosphorescent devices.

    Chunmiao Han;Liping Zhu;Jing Li;Fangchao Zhao

  • Significant Surface Modification of Polyoxometalate by Smart Silver-tetrazolate Units

    Jing-Quan Sha;Jing-Quan Sha;Li-Ye Liang;Jing-Wen Sun;Ai-Xiang Tian

  • Series of dinuclear and tetranuclear lanthanide clusters encapsulated by salen-type and β-diketionate ligands: single-molecule magnet and fluorescence properties.

    Wen-Bin Sun;Bing-Lu Han;Po-Heng Lin;Hong-Feng Li

  • A New Phosphine Oxide Host based on ortho-Disubstituted Dibenzofuran for Efficient Electrophosphorescence: Towards High Triplet State Excited Levels and Excellent Thermal, Morphological and Efficiency Stability

    Chunmiao Han;Guohua Xie;Jing Li;Zhensong Zhang

  • Local coordination geometry perturbed β-diketone dysprosium single-ion magnets.

    Jing Zhu;Changzheng Wang;Fang Luan;Tianqi Liu

  • A Novel Deep Blue-Emitting ZnII Complex Based on Carbazole-Modified 2-(2-Hydroxyphenyl)benzimidazole: Synthesis, Bright Electroluminescence, and Substitution Effect on Photoluminescent, Thermal, and Electrochemical Properties

    Hui Xu;Zhi-Feng Xu;Zheng-Yu Yue;Peng-Fei Yan

  • N,N′-Ethylene-bis(3-methoxysalicylideneimine) mononuclear (4f) and heterodinuclear (3d–4f) metal complexes: Synthesis, crystal structure and luminescent properties

    Ting Gao;Peng-Fei Yan;Guang-Ming Li;Guang-Feng Hou

  • Luminescence and white-light emitting luminescent sensor of tetrafluoroterephthalate-lanthanide metal–organic frameworks

    Yongqiang Han;Pengfei Yan;Jingwen Sun;Guanghui An

  • Towards Highly Efficient Blue‐Phosphorescent Organic Light‐Emitting Diodes with Low Operating Voltage and Excellent Efficiency Stability

    Chunmiao Han;Guohua Xie;Hui Xu;Zhensong Zhang

Frequent Co-Authors

Hui Xu
Hui Xu Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Dongge Ma
Dongge Ma South China University of Technology
Yasuaki Einaga
Yasuaki Einaga Keio University
Qiang Li
Qiang Li Brookhaven National Laboratory
Muralee Murugesu
Muralee Murugesu University of Ottawa
Seik Weng Ng
Seik Weng Ng University of Malaya
Guohua Xie
Guohua Xie Xiamen University
Bing-Wu Wang
Bing-Wu Wang Peking University
Song Gao
Song Gao Sun Yat-sen University
Wei Huang
Wei Huang Northwestern Polytechnical University

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