2026 Ping Sheng: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	94	1358	1303	428	424	548	47569
Physics	106	1311	1241	15	15	626	55607

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D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Materials Science

1358

1303

428

424

548

47569

Physics

106

1311

1241

626

55607

Materials Science

D-Index

Citations

47569

World Ranking

1358

National Ranking

428

Physics

D-Index

106

Citations

55607

World Ranking

1311

National Ranking

Research.com Recognitions

1987 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For his contributions to the understanding of the electrical conduction mechanism, classical wave propagationlocalization characteristics, and relation between microstructure and physical properties in disordered systems

Overview

Ping Sheng is affiliated with the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in China. Their research spans primarily the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, with a significant focus on subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Polymers and Plastics, and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.

The main research topics covered by Ping Sheng include:

Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research
Conducting polymers and applications
Transition Metal Oxide Nanomaterials
Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications
Hydrogen Storage and Materials
Perovskite Materials and Applications
Graphene research and applications

The scientist has published extensively in a variety of academic journals, most frequently in the following venues:

SSRN Electronic Journal
Physical Review Applied
arXiv (Cornell University)
International Journal of Advanced Mechatronic Systems
Chemistry - A European Journal

Notable recent papers include:

"Multifunctional Features of Organic Charge-Transfer Complexes: Advances and Perspectives," 2020, Chemistry - A European Journal
"Conceptual-based design of an ultrabroadband microwave metamaterial absorber," 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
"Underwater metamaterial absorber with impedance-matched composite," 2022, Science Advances
"Ti ₃ AlCN MAX for tailoring MgH ₂ hydrogen storage material: from performance to mechanism," 2023, Rare Metals
"Machine Learning for Design Optimization of Electromagnetic Devices: Recent Developments and Future Directions," 2021, Applied Sciences

Ping Sheng's collaborations are reflected in repeated coauthorship with researchers including Zhirong Wu, Xiao-Peng Zhang, Jian Liu, Ting Zhang, and Vicente Romero-García.

An award received by Ping Sheng is the Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), awarded in 1987, with the citation acknowledging contributions to the understanding of electrical conduction mechanisms, classical wave propagation localization characteristics, and the relationship between microstructure and physical properties in disordered systems.

Best Publications

Locally Resonant Sonic Materials

Zhengyou Liu;Xixiang Zhang;Yiwei Mao;Yongyuan Zhu

6101
Citations
Structural and electrical properties of granular metal films

B. Abeles;Ping Sheng;M.D. Coutts;Y. Arie

1771
Citations
Introduction to Wave Scattering, Localization, and Mesoscopic Phenomena

Ping Sheng

1570
Citations
Acoustic metamaterials: From local resonances to broad horizons.

Guancong Ma;Ping Sheng

1562
Citations
Transformation optics and metamaterials

Huanyang Chen;Che Ting Chan;Ping Sheng

1380
Citations
Fluctuation-induced tunneling conduction in disordered materials

Ping Sheng

1329
Citations
Introduction to Liquid Crystals

E. B. Priestly;Peter J. Wojtowicz;Ping Sheng

1327
Citations
Membrane-Type Acoustic Metamaterial with Negative Dynamic Mass

Zhi Yu Yang;Jun Mei;Min Yang;N.H. Chan

1312
Citations
Dark acoustic metamaterials as super absorbers for low-frequency sound

Jun Mei;Guancong Ma;Min Yang;Zhi Yu Yang

1235
Citations
Hopping Conductivity in Granular Metals

Ping Sheng;Benjamin Abeles;Y. Arie

1202
Citations
Acoustic metasurface with hybrid resonances

Guancong Ma;Min Yang;Songwen Xiao;Zhiyu Yang

1141
Citations
Superconductivity in 4 angstrom single-walled carbon nanotubes.

Zikang Tang;Lixia Zhang;Ning Wang;Xixiang Zhang

1119
Citations
Focusing of sound in a 3D phononic crystal.

Suxia Yang;Suxia Yang;John H. Page;Zhengyou Liu;Michael L. Cowan

819
Citations
Photonic band gap from a stack of positive and negative index materials.

Jensen Tsan Hang Li;Lei Zhou;Che Ting Chan;Ping Sheng

795
Citations
Fluctuation-Induced Tunneling Conduction in Carbon-Polyvinylchloride Composites

Ping Sheng;E.K. Sichel;Jonathan I. Gittleman

793
Citations
The giant electrorheological effect in suspensions of nanoparticles.

Weijia Wen;Xianxiang Huang;Shihe Yang;Kunquan Lu

757
Citations
Geometric phase and band inversion in periodic acoustic systems

Meng Xiao;Guancong Ma;Zhiyu Yang;Ping Sheng

702
Citations
Analytic model of phononic crystals with local resonances

Zhengyou Liu;Zhengyou Liu;Che Ting Chan;Ping Sheng

690
Citations
Acoustic metamaterial panels for sound attenuation in the 50–1000 Hz regime

Zhi Yu Yang;H.M. Dai;N.H. Chan;Guancong Ma

672
Citations
Scattering And Localization Of Classical Waves In Random Media

Ping Sheng

627
Citations