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Shao-Liang Zheng

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Chemistry

D-Index
47
Citations
8559
World Ranking
15587
National Ranking
3933

Shao-Liang Zheng 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 Shao-Liang Zheng sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 148 publications — 13th percentile

13% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Shao-Liang Zheng 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 Shao-Liang Zheng sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Shao-Liang Zheng is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States and specializes in research within the fields of Materials Science and Chemistry. Their work spans various subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

Their research topics focus on:

  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • Crystallography and Molecular Interactions
  • Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry
  • Metal-Catalyzed Oxygenation Mechanisms
  • Various Chemistry Research Topics
  • Magnetism in Coordination Complexes

Shao-Liang Zheng has published extensively, with frequent appearances in several scientific journals and databases. The most notable venues include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Chemical Science
  • Acta Crystallographica Section E Crystallographic Communications
  • Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations and Advances

Recent significant papers authored or co-authored by Shao-Liang Zheng include:

  • "Enantioselective C-H Amination Catalyzed by Nickel Iminyl Complexes Supported by Anionic Bisoxazoline (BOX) Ligands," 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "C-H Amination Mediated by Cobalt Organoazide Adducts and the Corresponding Cobalt Nitrenoid Intermediates," 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Colossal Barocaloric Effects with Ultralow Hysteresis in Two-Dimensional Metal-Halide Perovskites," 2022, Nature Communications
  • "A Double Open-Shelled Au43 Nanocluster with Increased Catalytic Activity and Stability," 2023, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Waikikiamides A-C: Complex Diketopiperazine Dimer and Diketopiperazine-Polyketide Hybrids from a Hawaiian Marine Fungal Strain Aspergillus sp. FM242," 2020, Organic Letters

The scientist collaborates frequently with other researchers, including:

  • Theodore A. Betley
  • Kurtis M. Carsch
  • Yunjung Baek
  • Anuvab Das
  • Joseph H. Reibenspies

Best Publications

  • Syntheses, structures, photoluminescence, and theoretical studies of d(10) metal complexes of 2,2'-dihydroxy-[1,1']binaphthalenyl-3,3'-dicarboxylate.

    Shao Liang Zheng;Jin Hua Yang;Xiao Lan Yu;Xiao Ming Chen

  • Recent Advances in Luminescent Monomeric, Multinuclear, and Polymeric Zn(II) and Cd(II) Coordination Complexes

    Shao-Liang Zheng;Xiao-Ming Chen

  • Helical Ribbons of Cadmium(II) and Zinc(II) Dicarboxylates with Bipyridyl- Like Chelates Syntheses, Crystal Structures and Photoluminescence

    Ling‐Yun Zhang;Gao‐Feng Liu;Shao‐Liang Zheng;Bao‐Hui Ye

  • Two Unprecedented 3‐Connected Three‐Dimensional Networks of Copper(I) Triazolates: In Situ Formation of Ligands by Cycloaddition of Nitriles and Ammonia

    Jie-Peng Zhang;Shao-Liang Zheng;Xiao-Chun Huang;Xiao-Ming Chen

  • Silver(I)–hexamethylenetetramine molecular architectures: from self-assembly to designed assembly

    Shao-Liang Zheng;Ming-Liang Tong;Xiao-Ming Chen

  • A novel, highly electrical conducting, single-component molecular material: [Ag2(ophen)2] (hophen = 1H-[1,10]phenanthrolin-2-one)

    Shao-Liang Zheng;Jie-Peng Zhang;Wing-Tak Wong;Xiao-Ming Chen

  • Probing Edge Site Reactivity of Oxidic Cobalt Water Oxidation Catalysts

    Andrew M. Ullman;Casey N. Brodsky;Nancy Li;Shao Liang Zheng

  • New In Situ Cleavage of Both S−S and S−C(sp2) Bonds and Rearrangement Reactions toward the Construction of Copper(I) Cluster-Based Coordination Networks

    Jing Wang;Shao-Liang Zheng;Sheng Hu;Yue-Hua Zhang

  • Syntheses, Structures, and Properties of Three Novel Coordination Polymers of Silver(I) Aromatic Carboxylates with Hexamethylenetetramine Exhibiting Unique Metal−π Interaction

    † Shao-Liang Zheng;Ming-Liang Tong, ,†;† Song-De Tan;Yu Wang

  • Synthesis of a copper-supported triplet nitrene complex pertinent to copper-catalyzed amination.

    Kurtis M. Carsch;Ida M. DiMucci;Diana A. Iovan;Alex Li

  • Condensed‐Phase, Halogen‐Bonded CF3I and C2F5I Adducts for Perfluoroalkylation Reactions

    Fillippo Sladojevich;Eric McNeill;Jonas Börgel;Shao-Liang Zheng

  • Trap-Free Halogen Photoelimination from Mononuclear Ni(III) Complexes.

    Seung Jun Hwang;David C. Powers;Andrew G. Maher;Bryce L. Anderson

  • Syntheses, Structures, and Photoluminescent Properties of Three Silver(I) Cluster-Based Coordination Polymers with Heteroaryldicarboxylate

    Jin-Hua Yang;Shao-Liang Zheng;Xiao-Lan Yu;Xiao-Ming Chen

  • Self-assembly of two- and three-dimensional coordination networks with hexamethylenetetramine and different silver(I) salts

    Ming-Liang Tong;Shao-Liang Zheng;Xiao-Ming Chen

  • Toward Designed Assembly of Microporous Coordination Networks Constructed from Silver(I)−Hexamethylenetetramine Layers

    Shao-Liang Zheng;Ming-Liang Tong;Ruo-Wen Fu;Xiao-Ming Chen

  • Syntheses, structures, photoluminescence, and theoretical studies of a novel class of d10 metal complexes of 1H-[1,10]phenanthrolin-2-one.

    Shaoliang Zheng;Shaoliang Zheng;Jiepeng Zhang;Xiaoming Chen;Zhenli Huang

  • Syntheses and structures of six chain-, ladder- and grid-like co-ordination polymers constructed from μ-hexamethylenetetramine and silver salts

    Shao-Liang Zheng;Ming-Liang Tong;Xiao-Lan Yu;Xiao-Ming Chen

  • Structure and biosynthesis of amychelin, an unusual mixed-ligand siderophore from Amycolatopsis sp. AA4.

    Mohammad R. Seyedsayamdost;Matthew F. Traxler;Shao Liang Zheng;Roberto Kolter

  • Divergent prebiotic synthesis of pyrimidine and 8-oxo-purine ribonucleotides

    Shaun Stairs;Arif Nikmal;Dejan-Krešimir Bučar;Shao-Liang Zheng

  • Synthetic Variation and Structural Trends in LayeredTwo-Dimensional Alkylammonium Lead Halide Perovskites

    Watcharaphol Paritmongkol;Nabeel S. Dahod;Alexia Stollmann;Nannan Mao

  • Syntheses, structures, photoluminescence, and theoretical studies of a class of beryllium(II) compounds of aromatic N,O-chelate ligands.

    Yi-Ping Tong;Shao-Liang Zheng;Xiao-Ming Chen

  • Condensed-Phase, Halogen-Bonded CF3I and C2F5I Adducts for Perfluoroalkylation Reactions.

    Filippo Sladojevich;Eric McNeill;Jonas Boergel;Shao‐Liang Zheng

Frequent Co-Authors

Xiao-Ming Chen
Xiao-Ming Chen Sun Yat-sen University
Philip Coppens
Philip Coppens University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Ming-Liang Tong
Ming-Liang Tong Sun Yat-sen University
Yu-Sheng Chen
Yu-Sheng Chen Nankai University
Daniel G. Nocera
Daniel G. Nocera Harvard University
Ryan G. Hadt
Ryan G. Hadt California Institute of Technology
Seik Weng Ng
Seik Weng Ng University of Malaya
Jie-Peng Zhang
Jie-Peng Zhang Sun Yat-sen University
Jon Clardy
Jon Clardy Harvard University
Tobias Ritter
Tobias Ritter Max Planck Society

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