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Rong Wang publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Rong Wang sits on this spectrum.

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38 publications 804+

This scientist: 758 publications — 99th percentile

99% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

Rong Wang D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Rong Wang sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 122 D-Index — 100th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in Singapore Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Engineering and Technology in Singapore Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Singapore Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Singapore Leader Award

Overview

Rong Wang is affiliated with Nanyang Technological University in Singapore and has an extensive research portfolio primarily focused on membrane technologies and environmental engineering. Their work is situated at the intersection of engineering and environmental science, with significant contributions in the areas of water science and technology, biomedical engineering, and mechanical engineering.

Their research interests span several subfields, notably Water Science and Technology, Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Within these domains, the main topics of Wang's research include Membrane Separation Technologies, Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques, Membrane Separation and Gas Transport, Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies, Solar-Powered Water Purification Methods, Fuel Cells and Related Materials, and Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity.

Rong Wang has published a significant number of papers in several key venues, with a primary focus on the Journal of Membrane Science. Other frequent publication venues include SSRN Electronic Journal, Desalination, Chemical Engineering Journal, and Journal of Water Process Engineering.

Notable recent papers by Rong Wang include:

  • Seawater desalination by reverse osmosis: Current development and future challenges in membrane fabrication - A review, 2021, Journal of Membrane Science
  • Development of robust and superhydrophobic membranes to mitigate membrane scaling and fouling in membrane distillation, 2020, Journal of Membrane Science
  • Progress of photothermal membrane distillation for decentralized desalination: A review, 2021, Water Research
  • The coming of age of water channels for separation membranes: from biological to biomimetic to synthetic, 2022, Chemical Society Reviews
  • Unraveling the role of support membrane chemistry and pore properties on the formation of thin-film composite polyamide membranes, 2021, Journal of Membrane Science

Rong Wang has collaborated frequently with several researchers, highlighting a pattern of co-authorship with Kunli Goh, Yali Zhao, Jia Wei Chew, Can Li, and Yu Jie Lim.

Best Publications

  • Probing layer number and stacking order of few-layer graphene by Raman spectroscopy.

    Yufeng Hao;Yingying Wang;Lei Wang;Zhenhua Ni

  • Coupled effects of internal concentration polarization and fouling on flux behavior of forward osmosis membranes during humic acid filtration

    Chuyang Y. Tang;Qianhong She;Qianhong She;Winson C.L. Lay;Rong Wang

  • Fabrication of polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) nanofiber membranes by electro-spinning for direct contact membrane distillation

    Yuan Liao;Rong Wang;Miao Tian;Changquan Qiu

  • Membrane fouling in osmotically driven membrane processes: A review

    Qianhong She;Rong Wang;Anthony G. Fane;Chuyang Y. Tang

  • Recent Development of Advanced Materials with Special Wettability for Selective Oil/Water Separation.

    Qinglang Ma;Hongfei Cheng;Anthony G. Fane;Rong Wang

  • Current status and development of membranes for co2/CH4 separation: a review.

    Yuan Zhang;Jaka Sunarso;Shaomin Liu;Rong Wang

  • Progress in electrospun polymeric nanofibrous membranes for water treatment : fabrication, modification and applications

    Yuan Liao;Chun-Heng Loh;Miao Tian;Rong Wang

  • Synthetic membranes for water purification : status and future

    Anthony G. Fane;Rong Wang;Matthew X. Hu

  • Synthesis and characterization of flat-sheet thin film composite forward osmosis membranes

    Jing Wei;Changquan Qiu;Chuyang Y. Tang;Rong Wang

  • Characterization of novel forward osmosis hollow fiber membranes

    Rong Wang;Lei Shi;Chuyang Y. Tang;Shuren Chou

  • Seawater desalination by reverse osmosis: Current development and future challenges in membrane fabrication – A review

    Yu Jie Lim;Kunli Goh;Masaru Kurihara;Rong Wang

  • Influence of membrane wetting on CO2 capture in microporous hollow fiber membrane contactors

    R. Wang;H.Y. Zhang;P.H.M. Feron;D.T. Liang

  • Effects of cross-linking modification on gas separation performance of Matrimid membranes

    P.S. Tin;T.S. Chung;Y. Liu;R. Wang

  • Chemical cross-linking modification of polyimide membranes for gas separation

    Ye Liu;Rong Wang;Tai-Shung Chung

  • Carbon-Based Functional Materials Derived from Waste for Water Remediation and Energy Storage.

    Qinglang Ma;Yifu Yu;Melinda Sindoro;Anthony G. Fane

  • Thin-film composite hollow fiber membranes for Pressure Retarded Osmosis (PRO) process with high power density

    Shuren Chou;Rong Wang;Lei Shi;Qianhong She

  • Desalination by biomimetic aquaporin membranes: Review of status and prospects

    C.Y. Tang;Y. Zhao;R. Wang;C. Hélix-Nielsen

  • Engineering superhydrophobic surface on poly(vinylidene fluoride) nanofiber membranes for direct contact membrane distillation

    Yuan Liao;Rong Wang;Anthony G. Fane

  • Synthesis of robust and high-performance aquaporin-based biomimetic membranes by interfacial polymerization-membrane preparation and RO performance characterization

    Yang Zhao;Changquan Qiu;Xuesong Li;Ardcharaporn Vararattanavech

  • Surface Chemistry and Catalytic Reactivity of a Nanodiamond in the Steam-Free Dehydrogenation of Ethylbenzene

    Jian Zhang;Jian Zhang;Dang Sheng Su;Dang Sheng Su;Raoul Blume;Robert Schlögl

  • Novel membrane surface modification to enhance anti-oil fouling property for membrane distillation application

    Guangzhi Zuo;Rong Wang

  • Interfacially polymerized composite nanofiltration hollow fiber membranes for low-pressure water softening

    Wangxi Fang;Lei Shi;Rong Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Anthony G. Fane
Anthony G. Fane University of New South Wales
Chuyang Y. Tang
Chuyang Y. Tang National University of Singapore
Tai-Shung Chung
Tai-Shung Chung National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
Tae-Hyun Bae
Tae-Hyun Bae Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Xiao Hu
Xiao Hu Nanyang Technological University
Kunli Goh
Kunli Goh Nanyang Technological University
Koon Gee Neoh
Koon Gee Neoh National University of Singapore
En-Tang Kang
En-Tang Kang National University of Singapore
David Tee Liang
David Tee Liang Nanyang Technological University
William B. Krantz
William B. Krantz University of Colorado Boulder

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