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Ping Sheng publication distribution in Physics in 2026

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

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103 publications 1,469+

This scientist: 626 publications — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,469 publications or more.

Ping Sheng D-index placement in Physics in 2026

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

70–71 D-Index: 76 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 110 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 143 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 153 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 144 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 167 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 167 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 166 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 132 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 155 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 134 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 137 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 102 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 112 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 110 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 116 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 97 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 103 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 87 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 90 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 78 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 75 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 67 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 69 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 59 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 53 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 42 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 41 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 33 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 32 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 45 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 19 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 24 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 28 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 31 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 20 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 12 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 24 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 23 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 15 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 15 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 11 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 17 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 12 scientists 166–167 D-Index: 11 scientists 168–169 D-Index: 9 scientists 170–171 D-Index: 9 scientists 172–173 D-Index: 11 scientists 174–175 D-Index: 4 scientists 176–177 D-Index: 8 scientists 178–179 D-Index: 5 scientists 180–181 D-Index: 3 scientists 182–183 D-Index: 4 scientists 184 D-Index: 4 scientists 185+ D-Index: 99 scientists
70 D-Index 185+

This scientist: 106 D-Index — 65th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 185 D-Index or more.

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

  • Structural and electrical properties of granular metal films

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

  • Introduction to Wave Scattering, Localization, and Mesoscopic Phenomena

    Ping Sheng

  • Acoustic metamaterials: From local resonances to broad horizons.

    Guancong Ma;Ping Sheng

  • Transformation optics and metamaterials

    Huanyang Chen;Che Ting Chan;Ping Sheng

  • Fluctuation-induced tunneling conduction in disordered materials

    Ping Sheng

  • Introduction to Liquid Crystals

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

  • Membrane-Type Acoustic Metamaterial with Negative Dynamic Mass

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

  • Dark acoustic metamaterials as super absorbers for low-frequency sound

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

  • Hopping Conductivity in Granular Metals

    Ping Sheng;Benjamin Abeles;Y. Arie

  • Acoustic metasurface with hybrid resonances

    Guancong Ma;Min Yang;Songwen Xiao;Zhiyu Yang

  • Superconductivity in 4 angstrom single-walled carbon nanotubes.

    Zikang Tang;Lixia Zhang;Ning Wang;Xixiang Zhang

  • Focusing of sound in a 3D phononic crystal.

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

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

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

  • Fluctuation-Induced Tunneling Conduction in Carbon-Polyvinylchloride Composites

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

  • The giant electrorheological effect in suspensions of nanoparticles.

    Weijia Wen;Xianxiang Huang;Shihe Yang;Kunquan Lu

  • Geometric phase and band inversion in periodic acoustic systems

    Meng Xiao;Guancong Ma;Zhiyu Yang;Ping Sheng

  • Analytic model of phononic crystals with local resonances

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

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

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

  • Scattering And Localization Of Classical Waves In Random Media

    Ping Sheng

Frequent Co-Authors

Weijia Wen
Weijia Wen Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Che Ting Chan
Che Ting Chan Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Zikang Tang
Zikang Tang University of Macau
Ning Wang
Ning Wang Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Xixiang Zhang
Xixiang Zhang King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
David A. Weitz
David A. Weitz Harvard University
Hoi Sing Kwok
Hoi Sing Kwok Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Jiannong Wang
Jiannong Wang Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
George Papanicolaou
George Papanicolaou Stanford University
Xijun Hu
Xijun Hu Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

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