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D-Index
75
Citations
18517
World Ranking
4489
National Ranking
849

Rui Cao publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

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

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 204 publications — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Rui Cao D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

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

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 75 D-Index — 76th percentile

76% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Overview

Rui Cao is affiliated with Shaanxi Normal University in China, focusing primarily on research within the fields of Energy and Engineering. Their scholarly work spans several subfields, including Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Electrochemistry, and Organic Chemistry.

The scientist's research concentrates on topics such as Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion, Advanced Battery Technologies Research, Electrochemical Analysis and Applications, CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts, Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques, Fuel Cells and Related Materials, and Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry.

Rui Cao has numerous publications in journals with high relevance to chemistry and energy research. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • ChemSusChem
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Chemical Communications

Several recent papers illustrate the focus areas and contributions of Rui Cao's work:

  • "Porphyrin-based frameworks for oxygen electrocatalysis and catalytic reduction of carbon dioxide" (2021), Chemical Society Reviews
  • "Metalloporphyrins as Catalytic Models for Studying Hydrogen and Oxygen Evolution and Oxygen Reduction Reactions" (2022), Accounts of Chemical Research
  • "Enzyme-Inspired Iron Porphyrins for Improved Electrocatalytic Oxygen Reduction and Evolution Reactions" (2021), Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Metal-Organic-Framework-Supported Molecular Electrocatalysis for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction" (2021), Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Highly Curved Nanostructure-Coated Co, N-Doped Carbon Materials for Oxygen Electrocatalysis" (2021), Angewandte Chemie International Edition

The researcher collaborates frequently with several co-authors, sharing multiple publications with Wei Zhang, Haitao Lei, Haoquan Zheng, Ulf-Peter Apfel, and Xialiang Li.

Best Publications

  • Energy-Related Small Molecule Activation Reactions: Oxygen Reduction and Hydrogen and Oxygen Evolution Reactions Catalyzed by Porphyrin- and Corrole-Based Systems

    Wei Zhang;Wenzhen Lai;Rui Cao;Rui Cao

  • Positively-charged gold nanoparticles as peroxidiase mimic and their application in hydrogen peroxide and glucose detection

    Yun Jv;Baoxin Li;Rui Cao

  • Solar-to-Hydrogen Energy Conversion Based on Water Splitting

    Jing Qi;Wei Zhang;Rui Cao;Rui Cao

  • Porphyrin-based frameworks for oxygen electrocatalysis and catalytic reduction of carbon dioxide

    Zuozhong Liang;Hong-Yan Wang;Haoquan Zheng;Wei Zhang

  • Electrocatalytic Water Oxidation by a Water-Soluble Nickel Porphyrin Complex at Neutral pH with Low Overpotential

    Yongzhen Han;Yizhen Wu;Wenzhen Lai;Rui Cao;Rui Cao

  • Porous Nickel–Iron Oxide as a Highly Efficient Electrocatalyst for Oxygen Evolution Reaction

    Jing Qi;Wei Zhang;Ruijuan Xiang;Kaiqiang Liu

  • Fast and Simple Preparation of Iron‐Based Thin Films as Highly Efficient Water‐Oxidation Catalysts in Neutral Aqueous Solution

    Yizhen Wu;Mingxing Chen;Yongzhen Han;Hongxia Luo

  • Hierarchical Co(OH)F Superstructure Built by Low-Dimensional Substructures for Electrocatalytic Water Oxidation.

    Shanhong Wan;Jing Qi;Wei Zhang;Weina Wang

  • A Nanosized CoNi Hydroxide@Hydroxysulfide Core-Shell Heterostructure for Enhanced Oxygen Evolution.

    Bin Wang;Cheng Tang;Hao-Fan Wang;Xiao Chen

  • Catalytic water oxidation at single metal sites

    Rui Cao;Wenzhen Lai;Pingwu Du

  • Reactivity and Mechanism Studies of Hydrogen Evolution Catalyzed by Copper Corroles

    Haitao Lei;Huayi Fang;Yongzhen Han;Wenzhen Lai

  • Fe/Ni Metal–Organic Frameworks and Their Binder-Free Thin Films for Efficient Oxygen Evolution with Low Overpotential

    Lu Wang;Yizhen Wu;Rui Cao;Lantian Ren

  • A Thin NiFe Hydroxide Film Formed by Stepwise Electrodeposition Strategy with Significantly Improved Catalytic Water Oxidation Efficiency

    Wei Zhang;Yizhen Wu;Jing Qi;Mingxing Chen

  • Enzyme-Inspired Iron Porphyrins for Improved Electrocatalytic Oxygen Reduction and Evolution Reactions.

    Lisi Xie;Xue-Peng Zhang;Bin Zhao;Ping Li

  • Singly versus Doubly Reduced Nickel Porphyrins for Proton Reduction: Experimental and Theoretical Evidence for a Homolytic Hydrogen-Evolution Reaction

    Yongzhen Han;Huayi Fang;Huize Jing;Huiling Sun

  • Electrochemical, spectroscopic and theoretical studies of a simple bifunctional cobalt corrole catalyst for oxygen evolution and hydrogen production

    Haitao Lei;Ali Han;Fengwang Li;Meining Zhang

  • Metal-Organic-Framework-Supported Molecular Electrocatalysis for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction.

    Zuozhong Liang;Hongbo Guo;Guojun Zhou;Kai Guo

  • Highly Curved Nanostructure-Coated Co, N-Doped Carbon Materials for Oxygen Electrocatalysis.

    Zuozhong Liang;Ningning Kong;Chenxi Yang;Wei Zhang

  • A simple and sensitive method for visual detection of heparin using positively-charged gold nanoparticles as colorimetric probes.

    Rui Cao;Baoxin Li

  • Noncovalent Immobilization of a Pyrene-Modified Cobalt Corrole on Carbon Supports for Enhanced Electrocatalytic Oxygen Reduction and Oxygen Evolution in Aqueous Solutions

    Haitao Lei;Chengyu Liu;Zhaojun Wang;Zongyao Zhang

  • Low overpotential water oxidation at neutral pH catalyzed by a copper(II) porphyrin

    Yanju Liu;Yongzhen Han;Zongyao Zhang;Wei Zhang

  • PVP-assisted transformation of a metal–organic framework into Co-embedded N-enriched meso/microporous carbon materials as bifunctional electrocatalysts

    Zuozhong Liang;Chaochao Zhang;Haitao Yuan;Wei Zhang

Frequent Co-Authors

Haoquan Zheng
Haoquan Zheng Shaanxi Normal University
Junliang Sun
Junliang Sun Peking University
Pingwu Du
Pingwu Du University of Science and Technology of China
Jianliang Xiao
Jianliang Xiao University of Liverpool
Qiang Zhang
Qiang Zhang Peking University
Wonwoo Nam
Wonwoo Nam Ewha Womans University
Qiang Zhang
Qiang Zhang Tsinghua University
Baoxin Li
Baoxin Li Shaanxi Normal University
Shunichi Fukuzumi
Shunichi Fukuzumi Osaka University
Cheng Tang
Cheng Tang Tsinghua University

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