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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Materials Science 72 4092 3962 1296 1290 310 16926
Chemistry 71 5649 5127 1035 1023 249 15825

Pengjian Zuo publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Pengjian Zuo between 2004 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Pengjian Zuo published across 22 years, from 2004 to 2025, averaging 14.4 papers a year. Output peaked at 33 publications in 2021. 38 of the 316 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2004 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 33. Peak 33 publications in 2021. 2004: 1 publication 2005: 0 publications 2006: 3 publications 2007: 5 publications 2008: 7 publications 2009: 7 publications 2010: 4 publications 2011: 6 publications 2012: 6 publications 2013: 12 publications 2014: 11 publications 2015: 10 publications 2016: 15 publications 2017: 23 publications 2018: 28 publications 2019: 21 publications 2020: 25 publications 2021: 33 publications 2022: 31 publications 2023: 30 publications 2024: 14 publications 2025: 24 publications
2004 2025

316 publications in total across all disciplines

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Pengjian Zuo: publications per year, 2004 to 2025
Year Publications
2004 1
2005 0
2006 3
2007 5
2008 7
2009 7
2010 4
2011 6
2012 6
2013 12
2014 11
2015 10
2016 15
2017 23
2018 28
2019 21
2020 25
2021 33
2022 31
2023 30
2024 14
2025 24
Total 316
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Pengjian Zuo publications per year - data summary

  • Pengjian Zuo, a Materials Science scholar from Harbin Institute of Technology, has 316 publications recorded across 22 years, from 2004 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 2004 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive year is 2021, with 33 publications.
  • The least productive year with any output is 2004, with 1 publication.
  • 1 of the 22 years in the span carries no publications at all (2005).
  • The rate of publication averages 14.4 papers per year over the whole span, or 15.0 per year counting only the 21 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 132 publications, 42% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 2004-2011: 33 publications (4.1 per year); 2012-2019: 126 publications (15.8 per year); 2020-2025: 157 publications (26.2 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Pengjian Zuo 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 Pengjian Zuo 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: 310 publications — 62nd percentile

62% 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
310–329 537 310
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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Pengjian Zuo 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.
  • Pengjian Zuo, a Materials Science scholar from Harbin Institute of Technology, records 310 publications - the 62nd percentile of the discipline.
  • 62% of ranked Materials Science scientists score the same or lower than Pengjian Zuo, and about 38% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 250–269 publications range, and Pengjian Zuo 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).

Pengjian Zuo 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 Pengjian Zuo 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, 72–73 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: 72 D-Index — 69th percentile

69% 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 72
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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Pengjian Zuo 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.
  • Pengjian Zuo, a Materials Science scholar from Harbin Institute of Technology, records 72 D-Index - the 69th percentile of the discipline.
  • 69% of ranked Materials Science scientists score the same or lower than Pengjian Zuo, and about 31% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 62–63 D-Index range, and Pengjian Zuo ranks above the median.
  • 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

Pengjian Zuo is affiliated with the Harbin Institute of Technology in China and has contributed extensively to the field of engineering, with a particular focus on electrical and electronic engineering. Their research spans various subfields including automotive engineering, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, materials chemistry, and renewable energy, sustainability and the environment.

The main topics of Pengjian Zuo's work encompass advancements in battery materials and technologies as well as research into advanced battery technologies and supercapacitor materials and fabrication. They have also explored extraction and separation processes and electrocatalysts for energy conversion.

Pengjian Zuo's publication record includes papers in several notable scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Energy storage materials
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Nano Energy

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Pengjian Zuo are:

  • "Recent Progress of Electrochemical Production of Hydrogen Peroxide by Two-Electron Oxygen Reduction Reaction," 2021, Advanced Science
  • "Recent progress of Prussian blue analogues as cathode materials for nonaqueous sodium-ion batteries," 2022, Coordination Chemistry Reviews
  • "d-p Hybridization-Induced 'Trapping-Coupling-Conversion' Enables High-Efficiency Nb Single-Atom Catalysis for Li-S Batteries," 2023, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Ultrathin Si Nanosheets Dispersed in Graphene Matrix Enable Stable Interface and High Rate Capability of Anode for Lithium-ion Batteries," 2022, Advanced Functional Materials
  • "Novel PEO-based composite electrolyte for low-temperature all-solid-state lithium metal batteries enabled by interfacial cation-assistance," 2023, Energy storage materials

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several researchers including:

  • Geping Yin
  • Chunyu Du
  • Hua Huo
  • Yulin Ma

Best Publications

  • Superior performance of ordered macroporous TiNb2O7 anodes for lithium ion batteries: Understanding from the structural and pseudocapacitive insights on achieving high rate capability

    Shuaifeng Lou;Shuaifeng Lou;Xinqun Cheng;Yang Zhao;Andrew Lushington

  • Understanding undesirable anode lithium plating issues in lithium-ion batteries

    Qianqian Liu;Chunyu Du;Bin Shen;Pengjian Zuo

  • Corrosion/fragmentation of layered composite cathode and related capacity/voltage fading during cycling process.

    Jianming Zheng;Meng Gu;Jie Xiao;Pengjian Zuo

  • Recent Progress of Electrochemical Production of Hydrogen Peroxide by Two-Electron Oxygen Reduction Reaction.

    Nan Wang;Shaobo Ma;Pengjian Zuo;Jizhou Duan

  • d-p Hybridization-Induced "Trapping-Coupling-Conversion" Enables High-Efficiency Nb Single-Atom Catalysis for Li-S Batteries.

    Unknown

  • Recent progress of Prussian blue analogues as cathode materials for nonaqueous sodium-ion batteries

    Unknown

  • Highly Reversible Mg Insertion in Nanostructured Bi for Mg Ion Batteries

    Yuyan Shao;Meng Gu;Xiaolin Li;Zimin Nie

  • ZIF-8 with Ferrocene Encapsulated: A Promising Precursor to Single-Atom Fe Embedded Nitrogen-Doped Carbon as Highly Efficient Catalyst for Oxygen Electroreduction.

    Jinpeng Wang;Guokang Han;Liguang Wang;Lei Du

  • Achieving long-life Prussian blue analogue cathode for Na-ion batteries via triple-cation lattice substitution and coordinated water capture

    Bingxing Xie;Pengjian Zuo;Liguang Wang;Jiajun Wang

  • Nanosized core/shell silicon@carbon anode material for lithium ion batteries with polyvinylidene fluoride as carbon source

    YuHong Xu;GePing Yin;YuLin Ma;PengJian Zuo

  • Direct Observation of Sulfur Radicals as Reaction Media in Lithium Sulfur Batteries

    Qiang Wang;Jianming Zheng;Eric Walter;Huilin Pan

  • Ultrathin Si Nanosheets Dispersed in Graphene Matrix Enable Stable Interface and High Rate Capability of Anode for Lithium‐ion Batteries

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  • Effects of temperature on charge/discharge behaviors of LiFePO4 cathode for Li-ion batteries

    Lixia Liao;Pengjian Zuo;Yulin Ma;XinQun Chen

  • Pseudocapacitive Li+ intercalation in porous Ti2Nb10O29 nanospheres enables ultra-fast lithium storage

    Shuaifeng Lou;Xinqun Cheng;Jinlong Gao;Qin Li

  • Fluoroethylene carbonate as electrolyte additive to improve low temperature performance of LiFePO4 electrode

    Lixia Liao;Xinqun Cheng;Yulin Ma;Pengjian Zuo

  • High-rate capability of three-dimensionally ordered macroporous T-Nb 2 O 5 through Li + intercalation pseudocapacitance

    Shuaifeng Lou;Xinqun Cheng;Long Wang;Jinlong Gao

  • Improved electrochemical performance of micro-sized SiO-based composite anode by prelithiation of stabilized lithium metal powder

    Qingrui Pan;Pengjian Zuo;Tiansheng Mu;Chunyu Du

  • Facile synthesis of nanostructured TiNb2O7 anode materials with superior performance for high-rate lithium ion batteries.

    Shuaifeng Lou;Yulin Ma;Yulin Ma;Xinqun Cheng;Jinlong Gao

  • Novel PEO-based composite electrolyte for low-temperature all-solid-state lithium metal batteries enabled by interfacial cation-assistance

    Unknown

  • Fabrication of CuO film with network-like architectures through solution-immersion and their application in lithium ion batteries

    Hongbo Wang;Qinmin Pan;Jianwei Zhao;Jianwei Zhao;Geping Yin

  • Enabling reliable lithium metal batteries by a bifunctional anionic electrolyte additive

    Yulin Ma;Zhenxin Zhou;Changjin Li;Long Wang

  • Lithium-rich Li1.2Ni0.13Co0.13Mn0.54O2 oxide coated by Li3PO4 and carbon nanocomposite layers as high performance cathode materials for lithium ion batteries

    Hui Liu;Cheng Chen;Chunyu Du;Xiaoshu He

  • Oxygen vacancies in SnO 2 surface coating to enhance the activation of layered Li-Rich Li 1.2 Mn 0.54 Ni 0.13 Co 0.13 O 2 cathode material for Li-ion batteries

    Cheng Chen;Tianfeng Geng;Chunyu Du;Pengjian Zuo

  • Durability studies on performance degradation of Pt/C catalysts of proton exchange membrane fuel cell

    Zhen-Bo Wang;Peng-Jian Zuo;Yuan-Yuan Chu;Yu-Yan Shao

Frequent Co-Authors

Geping Yin
Geping Yin Harbin Institute of Technology
Yulin Ma
Yulin Ma Harbin Institute of Technology
Chunyu Du
Chunyu Du Harbin Institute of Technology
Xinqun Cheng
Xinqun Cheng Harbin Institute of Technology
Yunzhi Gao
Yunzhi Gao Harbin Institute of Technology
Liguang Wang
Liguang Wang Zhejiang University
Jiajun Wang
Jiajun Wang Argonne National Laboratory
Zhen-Bo Wang
Zhen-Bo Wang Harbin Institute of Technology
Yang Ren
Yang Ren City University of Hong Kong
Jie Xiao
Jie Xiao Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

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