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Qiang Zhang 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 Qiang Zhang sits on this spectrum.

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 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 636 publications — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

Qiang Zhang 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 Qiang Zhang sits on this spectrum.

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 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 196 D-Index — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Materials Science in China Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Materials Science in China Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in China Leader Award
  • 2019 - Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Overview

Qiang Zhang is affiliated with Tsinghua University in China and has a research profile centered primarily on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences. Their work incorporates several specialized subfields including global and planetary change, atmospheric science, environmental engineering, water science and technology, alongside ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics.

The research topics addressed by Qiang Zhang cover a range of areas such as climate variability and models, hydrology and drought analysis, hydrology and watershed management studies, flood risk assessment and management, cryospheric studies and observations, climate change impacts on agriculture, and atmospheric chemistry and aerosols.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Qiang Zhang include Gang Wang, Peng Sun, Vijay P. Singh, and Wenhuan Wu. Their publication record shows consistent contributions to several academic journals, with noteworthy frequent venues being Remote Sensing, Journal of Hydrology, Journal of Hydrology Regional Studies, Sustainability, and Atmospheric Research.

Notable recent papers by Qiang Zhang include:

  • "Climatic Warming and Humidification in the Arid Region of Northwest China: Multi-Scale Characteristics and Impacts on Ecological Vegetation," 2021, Journal of Meteorological Research
  • "Oceanic climate changes threaten the sustainability of Asia's water tower," 2023, Nature

Qiang Zhang's works have addressed critical environmental issues such as climatic warming effects in arid regions and the impacts of oceanic climate changes on Asian water resources.

In recognition of their professional contributions, Qiang Zhang was awarded the Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 2019.

Best Publications

  • Toward Safe Lithium Metal Anode in Rechargeable Batteries: A Review.

    Xin-Bing Cheng;Rui Zhang;Chen-Zi Zhao;Qiang Zhang

  • Advanced Asymmetric Supercapacitors Based on Ni(OH)2/Graphene and Porous Graphene Electrodes with High Energy Density

    Jun Yan;Zhuangjun Fan;Wei Sun;Guoqing Ning

  • A Review of Solid Electrolyte Interphases on Lithium Metal Anode.

    Xin-Bing Cheng;Rui Zhang;Chen-Zi Zhao;Fei Wei

  • Review on High-Loading and High-Energy Lithium–Sulfur Batteries

    Hong-Jie Peng;Jia-Qi Huang;Xin-Bing Cheng;Qiang Zhang

  • The timescale identification decoupling complicated kinetic processes in lithium batteries

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  • Fluoroethylene Carbonate Additives to Render Uniform Li Deposits in Lithium Metal Batteries

    Xue-Qiang Zhang;Xin-Bing Cheng;Xiang Chen;Chong Yan

  • Nanostructured Metal Oxides and Sulfides for Lithium-Sulfur Batteries

    Xue Liu;Xue Liu;Jia-Qi Huang;Qiang Zhang;Liqiang Mai

  • Scalable synthesis of hierarchically structured carbon nanotube–graphene fibres for capacitive energy storage

    Dingshan Yu;Kunli Goh;Hong Wang;Li Wei

  • Powering Lithium–Sulfur Battery Performance by Propelling Polysulfide Redox at Sulfiphilic Hosts

    Zhe Yuan;Hong-Jie Peng;Ting-Zheng Hou;Jia-Qi Huang

  • A three-dimensional carbon nanotube/graphene sandwich and its application as electrode in supercapacitors.

    Zhuangjun Fan;Jun Yan;Linjie Zhi;Qiang Zhang

  • A Review of Electrocatalytic Reduction of Dinitrogen to Ammonia under Ambient Conditions

    Xiaoyang Cui;Cheng Tang;Qiang Zhang

  • Lithiophilic Sites in Doped Graphene Guide Uniform Lithium Nucleation for Dendrite‐Free Lithium Metal Anodes

    Rui Zhang;Xiao-Ru Chen;Xiang Chen;Xin-Bing Cheng

  • A review of rechargeable batteries for portable electronic devices

    Yeru Liang;Yeru Liang;Chen Zi Zhao;Hong Yuan;Yuan Chen

  • Dendrite-Free Lithium Deposition Induced by Uniformly Distributed Lithium Ions for Efficient Lithium Metal Batteries

    Xin-Bing Cheng;Ting-Zheng Hou;Rui Zhang;Hong-Jie Peng

  • Prestoring Lithium into Stable 3D Nickel Foam Host as Dendrite-Free Lithium Metal Anode

    Shang-Sen Chi;Yongchang Liu;Wei-Li Song;Li-Zhen Fan

  • Permselective graphene oxide membrane for highly stable and anti-self-discharge lithium-sulfur batteries.

    Jia-Qi Huang;Ting-Zhou Zhuang;Qiang Zhang;Hong-Jie Peng

  • Nanocarbon for Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalysis: Dopants, Edges, and Defects.

    Cheng Tang;Qiang Zhang

  • An anion-immobilized composite electrolyte for dendrite-free lithium metal anodes

    Chen-Zi Zhao;Xue-Qiang Zhang;Xin-Bing Cheng;Rui Zhang

  • The Road for Nanomaterials Industry: A Review of Carbon Nanotube Production, Post‐Treatment, and Bulk Applications for Composites and Energy Storage

    Qiang Zhang;Jia-Qi Huang;Wei-Zhong Qian;Ying-Ying Zhang

  • Recent Advances in Energy Chemistry between Solid-State Electrolyte and Safe Lithium-Metal Anodes

    Xin-Bing Cheng;Chen-Zi Zhao;Yu-Xing Yao;He Liu

  • Design Principles for Heteroatom-Doped Nanocarbon to Achieve Strong Anchoring of Polysulfides for Lithium-Sulfur Batteries.

    Ting-Zheng Hou;Xiang Chen;Hong-Jie Peng;Jia-Qi Huang

Frequent Co-Authors

Jia-Qi Huang
Jia-Qi Huang Beijing Institute of Technology
Fei Wei
Fei Wei Tsinghua University
Kebin He
Kebin He Tsinghua University
Xin-Bing Cheng
Xin-Bing Cheng Tsinghua University
Hong-Jie Peng
Hong-Jie Peng University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Bo-Quan Li
Bo-Quan Li Beijing Institute of Technology
Bo Zheng
Bo Zheng Tsinghua University
Xiang Chen
Xiang Chen Tsinghua University
Cheng Tang
Cheng Tang Tsinghua University
Xue‐Qiang Zhang
Xue‐Qiang Zhang Tsinghua University

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