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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Chemistry 65 7683 6969 2246 1859 246 14665

Shubin Liu publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Shubin Liu between 1991 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Shubin Liu published across 35 years, from 1991 to 2025, averaging 10.4 papers a year. Output peaked at 39 publications in 2022. 69 of the 363 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1991 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 39. Peak 39 publications in 2022. 1991: 3 publications 1992: 0 publications 1993: 0 publications 1994: 1 publication 1995: 2 publications 1996: 7 publications 1997: 11 publications 1998: 6 publications 1999: 5 publications 2000: 4 publications 2001: 1 publication 2002: 2 publications 2003: 2 publications 2004: 1 publication 2005: 7 publications 2006: 4 publications 2007: 11 publications 2008: 9 publications 2009: 14 publications 2010: 11 publications 2011: 17 publications 2012: 9 publications 2013: 8 publications 2014: 8 publications 2015: 12 publications 2016: 8 publications 2017: 10 publications 2018: 12 publications 2019: 13 publications 2020: 12 publications 2021: 12 publications 2022: 39 publications 2023: 33 publications 2024: 39 publications 2025: 30 publications
1991 2025

363 publications in total across all disciplines

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Shubin Liu: publications per year, 1991 to 2025
Year Publications
1991 3
1992 0
1993 0
1994 1
1995 2
1996 7
1997 11
1998 6
1999 5
2000 4
2001 1
2002 2
2003 2
2004 1
2005 7
2006 4
2007 11
2008 9
2009 14
2010 11
2011 17
2012 9
2013 8
2014 8
2015 12
2016 8
2017 10
2018 12
2019 13
2020 12
2021 12
2022 39
2023 33
2024 39
2025 30
Total 363
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Shubin Liu 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 Shubin Liu sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
250 500 750 1,000 1,250
Bar chart with 63 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 61–80 to 1,295+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 1,350. Most scientists, 1,350, have 161–180 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 241–260 publications, is where this scientist sits. 61–80 publications: 66 scientists 81–100 publications: 302 scientists 101–120 publications: 623 scientists 121–140 publications: 918 scientists 141–160 publications: 1,218 scientists 161–180 publications: 1,350 scientists 181–200 publications: 1,344 scientists 201–220 publications: 1,281 scientists 221–240 publications: 1,216 scientists 241–260 publications: 1,100 scientists 261–280 publications: 979 scientists 281–300 publications: 939 scientists 301–320 publications: 764 scientists 321–340 publications: 643 scientists 341–360 publications: 628 scientists 361–380 publications: 522 scientists 381–400 publications: 459 scientists 401–420 publications: 397 scientists 421–440 publications: 327 scientists 441–460 publications: 270 scientists 461–480 publications: 265 scientists 481–500 publications: 252 scientists 501–520 publications: 201 scientists 521–540 publications: 185 scientists 541–560 publications: 148 scientists 561–580 publications: 148 scientists 581–600 publications: 132 scientists 601–620 publications: 114 scientists 621–640 publications: 104 scientists 641–660 publications: 91 scientists 661–680 publications: 92 scientists 681–700 publications: 73 scientists 701–720 publications: 57 scientists 721–740 publications: 54 scientists 741–760 publications: 67 scientists 761–780 publications: 45 scientists 781–800 publications: 46 scientists 801–820 publications: 39 scientists 821–840 publications: 32 scientists 841–860 publications: 36 scientists 861–880 publications: 29 scientists 881–900 publications: 26 scientists 901–920 publications: 24 scientists 921–940 publications: 14 scientists 941–960 publications: 23 scientists 961–980 publications: 28 scientists 981–1,000 publications: 15 scientists 1,001–1,020 publications: 29 scientists 1,021–1,040 publications: 12 scientists 1,041–1,060 publications: 19 scientists 1,061–1,080 publications: 12 scientists 1,081–1,100 publications: 6 scientists 1,101–1,120 publications: 8 scientists 1,121–1,140 publications: 12 scientists 1,141–1,160 publications: 5 scientists 1,161–1,180 publications: 6 scientists 1,181–1,200 publications: 14 scientists 1,201–1,220 publications: 7 scientists 1,221–1,240 publications: 2 scientists 1,241–1,260 publications: 6 scientists 1,261–1,280 publications: 4 scientists 1,281–1,294 publications: 6 scientists 1,295+ publications: 100 scientists
61–80 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 246 publications — 48th percentile

48% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Chemistry scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 17,934 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
61–80 66
81–100 302
101–120 623
121–140 918
141–160 1,218
161–180 1,350
181–200 1,344
201–220 1,281
221–240 1,216
241–260 1,100 246
261–280 979
281–300 939
301–320 764
321–340 643
341–360 628
361–380 522
381–400 459
401–420 397
421–440 327
441–460 270
461–480 265
481–500 252
501–520 201
521–540 185
541–560 148
561–580 148
581–600 132
601–620 114
621–640 104
641–660 91
661–680 92
681–700 73
701–720 57
721–740 54
741–760 67
761–780 45
781–800 46
801–820 39
821–840 32
841–860 36
861–880 29
881–900 26
901–920 24
921–940 14
941–960 23
961–980 28
981–1,000 15
1,001–1,020 29
1,021–1,040 12
1,041–1,060 19
1,061–1,080 12
1,081–1,100 6
1,101–1,120 8
1,121–1,140 12
1,141–1,160 5
1,161–1,180 6
1,181–1,200 14
1,201–1,220 7
1,221–1,240 2
1,241–1,260 6
1,261–1,280 4
1,281–1,294 6
1,295+ 100
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Shubin Liu 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 Shubin Liu sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
250 500 750 1,000
Bar chart with 61 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 159+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 1,051. Most scientists, 1,051, have 56–57 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 64–65 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 612 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 808 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 776 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 835 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 861 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 872 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 933 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,051 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 930 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 882 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 834 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 731 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 775 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 683 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 646 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 561 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 501 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 437 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 388 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 354 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 292 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 275 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 254 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 235 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 185 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 192 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 155 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 163 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 125 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 105 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 105 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 112 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 88 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 68 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 69 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 65 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 79 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 61 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 44 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 40 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 33 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 26 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 34 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 35 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 25 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 27 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 17 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 16 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 20 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 20 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 15 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 9 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 9 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 11 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 3 scientists 158 D-Index: 3 scientists 159+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40–41 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 65 D-Index — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Chemistry scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 17,934 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 289
42–43 612
44–45 808
46–47 776
48–49 835
50–51 861
52–53 872
54–55 933
56–57 1,051
58–59 930
60–61 882
62–63 834
64–65 731 65
66–67 775
68–69 683
70–71 646
72–73 561
74–75 501
76–77 437
78–79 388
80–81 354
82–83 292
84–85 275
86–87 254
88–89 235
90–91 185
92–93 192
94–95 155
96–97 163
98–99 125
100–101 105
102–103 105
104–105 112
106–107 88
108–109 68
110–111 69
112–113 65
114–115 79
116–117 61
118–119 44
120–121 37
122–123 40
124–125 33
126–127 26
128–129 34
130–131 35
132–133 25
134–135 27
136–137 17
138–139 16
140–141 20
142–143 20
144–145 15
146–147 9
148–149 9
150–151 16
152–153 11
154–155 9
156–157 3
158 3
159+ 98
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Overview

Shubin Liu is affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. The primary field of research focuses on Chemistry, with a significant number of publications amounting to 146. Their work spans several specialized subfields, including Organic Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Materials Chemistry, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, and Computational Theory and Mathematics.

The research topics covered by Shubin Liu encompass Advanced Chemical Physics Studies, Computational Drug Discovery Methods, Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies, Machine Learning in Materials Science, Crystallography and molecular interactions, Crystallization and Solubility Studies, and X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Liu include Chunying Rong, Dongbo Zhao, Paul W. Ayers, Xin He, and Yilin Zhao. Publication venues where their work appears regularly include UNC Libraries, The Cambridge Structural Database, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, and Theoretical Chemistry Accounts.

Selected recent papers highlight diverse research areas and publication outlets:

  • Elacestrant (oral selective estrogen receptor degrader) Versus Standard Endocrine Therapy for Estrogen Receptor-Positive, Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2-Negative Advanced Breast Cancer: Results From the Randomized Phase III EMERALD Trial (2022, Journal of Clinical Oncology)
  • Conceptual density functional theory: status, prospects, issues (2020, Theoretical Chemistry Accounts)
  • IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS-I: REGULAR PAPERS (2022, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I Regular Papers)
  • DFT exchange: sharing perspectives on the workhorse of quantum chemistry and materials science (2022, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics)
  • On the origin and nature of internal methyl rotation barriers: an information-theoretic approach study (2022, Theoretical Chemistry Accounts)

Best Publications

  • Development of fluorinated benzothiadiazole as a structural unit for a polymer solar cell of 7 % efficiency.

    Huaxing Zhou;Liqiang Yang;Andrew C. Stuart;Samuel C. Price

  • Highly porous and stable metal–organic frameworks for uranium extraction

    Michaël Carboni;Carter W. Abney;Shubin Liu;Wenbin Lin

  • Fluorine Substituents Reduce Charge Recombination and Drive Structure and Morphology Development in Polymer Solar Cells

    Andrew C. Stuart;John R. Tumbleston;Huaxing Zhou;Wentao Li

  • Conceptual density functional theory: status, prospects, issues

    Paul Geerlings;Eduardo Chamorro;Pratim Kumar Chattaraj;Frank De Proft

  • A biomimetic copper water oxidation catalyst with low overpotential.

    Teng Zhang;Cheng Wang;Cheng Wang;Shubin Liu;Jin-Liang Wang

  • Steric effect: A quantitative description from density functional theory

    Shubin Liu

  • A comparative study to predict regioselectivity, electrophilicity and nucleophilicity with Fukui function and Hirshfeld charge

    Bin Wang;Chunying Rong;Pratim K. Chattaraj;Shubin Liu

  • Donor-Acceptor Polymers Incorporating Alkylated Dithienylbenzothiadiazole for Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cells: Pronounced Effect of Positioning Alkyl Chains

    Huaxing Zhou;Liqiang Yang;Shengqiang Xiao;Shengqiang Xiao;Shubin Liu

  • Evaluating frontier orbital energy and HOMO/LUMO gap with descriptors from density functional reactivity theory

    Ying Huang;Chunying Rong;Ruiqin Zhang;Shubin Liu

  • Information conservation principle determines electrophilicity, nucleophilicity, and regioselectivity

    Shubin Liu;Chuying Rong;Tian Lu

  • On the relationship between densities of Shannon entropy and Fisher information for atoms and molecules.

    Shubin Liu

  • Development, mechanism, and scope of the palladium-catalyzed enantioselective allene diboration.

    Heather E. Burks;Shubin Liu;James P. Morken

  • Cavity-induced enantioselectivity reversal in a chiral metal–organic framework Brønsted acid catalyst

    Min Zheng;Yan Liu;Cheng Wang;Shubin Liu

  • Estimation of Molecular Acidity via Electrostatic Potential at the Nucleus and Valence Natural Atomic Orbitals

    Shubin Liu;Lee G. Pedersen

  • Information-Theoretic Approach in Density Functional Reactivity Theory

    Shu-Bin Liu

  • Origin and nature of bond rotation barriers: a unified view.

    Shubin Liu

  • Nonorthogonal localized molecular orbitals in electronic structure theory

    Shubin Liu;José M. Pérez-Jordá;Weitao Yang

  • Quantifying Reactivity for Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution Reactions with Hirshfeld Charge

    Shubin Liu

  • Dynamic behavior of chemical reactivity indices in density functional theory: A Bohn-Oppenheimer quantum molecular dynamics study

    Shubin Liu

  • Development of a Polarizable Force Field Using Multiple Fluctuating Charges per Atom

    Dong-Xia Zhao;Cui Liu;Fang-Fang Wang;Chun-Yang Yu

  • Expansions of the correlation-energy density functional E c [ρ] and its kinetic-energy component T c [ρ] in terms of homogeneous functionals

    Shubin Liu;Robert G. Parr

  • Information‐theoretic approach in density functional theory and its recent applications to chemical problems

    Chunying Rong;Bin Wang;Dongbo Zhao;Shubin Liu

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert G. Parr
Robert G. Parr University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Frank De Proft
Frank De Proft Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Paul W. Ayers
Paul W. Ayers McMaster University
Wei You
Wei You University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Pratim K. Chattaraj
Pratim K. Chattaraj Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra
Lee G. Pedersen
Lee G. Pedersen University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Paul Geerlings
Paul Geerlings Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Dulin Yin
Dulin Yin Hunan Normal University
Dongho Kim
Dongho Kim Yonsei University
Ji-Chang Xiao
Ji-Chang Xiao Chinese Academy of Sciences

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