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D-Index
104
Citations
40103
World Ranking
1051
National Ranking
418

Rui Si 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 Si sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 258 publications — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Rui Si 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 Si sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 104 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Rui Si is affiliated with the Brookhaven National Laboratory in the United States and is active in research primarily within the fields of Materials Science, Engineering, and Energy. Their work predominantly addresses topics at the intersection of chemistry and materials engineering, with an emphasis on catalytic processes and energy conversion technologies.

Their research portfolio spans several subfields, including Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy and Sustainability, Catalysis, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Organic Chemistry. This multidisciplinary approach supports investigations into the development and improvement of catalytic materials and processes.

Rui Si's principal research topics include:

  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions
  • CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts
  • Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction
  • Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions

Their research output encompasses highly cited papers published in leading journals. Selected recent works include:

  • "Electrochemical deposition as a universal route for fabricating single-atom catalysts" (2020, Nature Communications)
  • "One-Step Synthesis of SnI2·(DMSO)x Adducts for High-Performance Tin Perovskite Solar Cells" (2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society)
  • "In Situ Reconstruction of a Hierarchical Sn-Cu/SnOxCore/Shell Catalyst for High-Performance CO2Electroreduction" (2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition)
  • "Synergistic Effects for Enhanced Catalysis in a Dual Single-Atom Catalyst" (2021, ACS Catalysis)
  • "Metal-organic framework membranes with single-atomic centers for photocatalytic CO2 and O2 reduction" (2021, Nature Communications)

Frequent publication venues for Rui Si include:

  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Nature Communications
  • ACS Catalysis
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society

Rui Si has collaborated extensively with a number of co-authors, among the most frequent being Bing Nan, Xinhe Bao, Chao Ma, Luozhen Jiang, and Guoxiong Wang. These collaborative efforts have contributed to advancing research in catalytic materials and energy-related chemistry.

Best Publications

  • High-Quality Sodium Rare-Earth Fluoride Nanocrystals: Controlled Synthesis and Optical Properties

    Hao-Xin Mai;Ya-Wen Zhang;Rui Si;Zheng-Guang Yan

  • Shape-selective synthesis and oxygen storage behavior of ceria nanopolyhedra, nanorods, and nanocubes.

    Hao-Xin Mai;Ling-Dong Sun;Ya-Wen Zhang;Rui Si

  • Direct, Nonoxidative Conversion of Methane to Ethylene, Aromatics, and Hydrogen

    Xiaoguang Guo;Guangzong Fang;Gang Li;Gang Li;Hao Ma

  • Achieving a Record-High Yield Rate of 120.9 μgNH3 mgcat.-1 h-1 for N2 Electrochemical Reduction over Ru Single-Atom Catalysts.

    Zhigang Geng;Yan Liu;Xiangdong Kong;Pai Li

  • Shape and Crystal-Plane Effects of Nanoscale Ceria on the Activity of Au-CeO2 Catalysts for the Water–Gas Shift Reaction†

    Rui Si;Maria Flytzani-Stephanopoulos

  • Coordinatively unsaturated nickel–nitrogen sites towards selective and high-rate CO2 electroreduction

    Chengcheng Yan;Chengcheng Yan;Haobo Li;Haobo Li;Yifan Ye;Yifan Ye;Haihua Wu;Haihua Wu

  • A single iron site confined in a graphene matrix for the catalytic oxidation of benzene at room temperature.

    Dehui Deng;Xiaoqi Chen;Liang Yu;Xing Wu

  • Promoting nitrogen electroreduction to ammonia with bismuth nanocrystals and potassium cations in water

    Yu-Chen Hao;Yu Guo;Li-Wei Chen;Miao Shu

  • Alkali-stabilized Pt-OHx species catalyze low-temperature water-gas shift reactions.

    Yanping Zhai;Danny Pierre;Rui Si;Weiling Deng

  • Synergetic interaction between neighbouring platinum monomers in CO 2 hydrogenation.

    Hongliang Li;Liangbing Wang;Yizhou Dai;Zhengtian Pu

  • Engineering the Coordination Environment of Single-Atom Platinum Anchored on Graphdiyne for Optimizing Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution.

    Xue-Peng Yin;Hong-Juan Wang;Shang-Feng Tang;Xiu-Li Lu

  • Single-crystalline and monodisperse LaF3 triangular nanoplates from a single-source precursor.

    Ya-Wen Zhang;Xiao Sun;Rui Si;Li-Ping You

  • Rare-earth oxide nanopolyhedra, nanoplates, and nanodisks

    Rui Si;Ya-Wen Zhang;Li-Ping You;Chun-Hua Yan

  • Electrochemical deposition as a universal route for fabricating single-atom catalysts.

    Zhirong Zhang;Chen Feng;Chunxiao Liu;Ming Zuo

  • Raman Analysis of Mode Softening in Nanoparticle CeO2−δ and Au-CeO2−δ during CO Oxidation

    Youjin Lee;Guanghui He;Austin J. Akey;Rui Si

  • Coupling Sub-Nanometric Copper Clusters with Quasi-Amorphous Cobalt Sulfide Yields Efficient and Robust Electrocatalysts for Water Splitting Reaction

    Yipu Liu;Qiuju Li;Rui Si;Guo-Dong Li

  • Urea-Based Hydrothermally Derived Homogeneous Nanostructured Ce1-xZrxO2 (x = 0−0.8) Solid Solutions: A Strong Correlation between Oxygen Storage Capacity and Lattice Strain

    Rui Si;Ya-Wen Zhang;Shi-Jie Li;Bing-Xiong Lin

  • One-Step Synthesis of SnI 2·(DMSO) x Adducts for High-Performance Tin Perovskite Solar Cells

    Xianyuan Jiang;Hansheng Li;Qilin Zhou;Qi Wei

  • FACILE ALCOHOL THERMAL SYNTHESIS, SIZE-DEPENDENT ULTRAVIOLET ABSORPTION AND ENHANCED CO CONVERSION ACTIVITY OF CERIA NANOCRYSTALS

    Ya-Wen Zhang;Rui Si;Chun-Sheng Liao;Chun-Hua Yan

  • Highly doped and exposed Cu(I)–N active sites within graphene towards efficient oxygen reduction for zinc–air batteries

    Haihua Wu;Haihua Wu;Haobo Li;Haobo Li;Xinfei Zhao;Xinfei Zhao;Qingfei Liu;Qingfei Liu

  • Crystal Plane Effect of Ceria on Supported Copper Oxide Cluster Catalyst for CO Oxidation: Importance of Metal–Support Interaction

    Wei-Wei Wang;Wen-Zhu Yu;Pei-Pei Du;Hui Xu

Frequent Co-Authors

Chun-Hua Yan
Chun-Hua Yan Lanzhou University
Chun-Jiang Jia
Chun-Jiang Jia Shandong University
Ya-Wen Zhang
Ya-Wen Zhang Peking University
Xinhe Bao
Xinhe Bao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jie Zeng
Jie Zeng University of Science and Technology of China
Dehui Deng
Dehui Deng Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics
Ling-Dong Sun
Ling-Dong Sun Peking University
Yi-Fan Han
Yi-Fan Han East China University of Science and Technology
Guoxiong Wang
Guoxiong Wang Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics
Jianping Xiao
Jianping Xiao Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics

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