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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Chemistry 60 9802 8867 1642 1627 82 11531

Songmei Sun publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Songmei Sun between 1998 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Songmei Sun published across 28 years, from 1998 to 2025, averaging 4.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 14 publications in 2024. 25 of the 126 publications appeared in the last two years.

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

126 publications in total across all disciplines

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Songmei Sun: publications per year, 1998 to 2025
Year Publications
1998 1
1999 0
2000 0
2001 0
2002 0
2003 0
2004 0
2005 0
2006 0
2007 0
2008 3
2009 13
2010 12
2011 5
2012 8
2013 9
2014 10
2015 6
2016 1
2017 3
2018 5
2019 4
2020 1
2021 1
2022 9
2023 10
2024 14
2025 11
Total 126
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Songmei Sun 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 Songmei Sun 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, 81–100 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: 82 publications — 1st percentile

1% 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 82
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
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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Songmei Sun 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 Songmei Sun 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, 60–61 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: 60 D-Index — 47th percentile

47% 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 60
62–63 834
64–65 731
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

Songmei Sun is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China. Their research spans the fields of Engineering, Materials Science, and Energy, with notable subfields including Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

Their scientific work covers various topics, with a focus on advanced photocatalysis techniques, catalytic processes in materials science, and advanced battery technologies. Other key areas of contribution include advanced battery materials and technologies, supercapacitor materials and fabrication, advancements in battery materials, and gas sensing nanomaterials and sensors.

Sun has coauthored multiple publications with frequent collaborators such as Bin Li, Shubin Yang, Mei Yu, Jinyan Zhong, and Jianhua Liu.

Their recent publication venues reflect an active presence in several journals. These include the Chemical Engineering Journal, Advanced Materials, SSRN Electronic Journal, Advanced Energy Materials, and Fuel.

Among selected recent papers are:

  • Ultrafast Zinc-Ion-Conductor Interface toward High-Rate and Stable Zinc Metal Batteries (2021), published in Advanced Energy Materials
  • Fabrication of Flexible Mesoporous Black Nb2O5 Nanofiber Films for Visible-Light-Driven Photocatalytic CO2 Reduction into CH4 (2022), published in Advanced Materials
  • An Electrochemical Perspective of Aqueous Zinc Metal Anode (2023), published in Nano-Micro Letters
  • Revisiting Pt/TiO2 photocatalysts for thermally assisted photocatalytic reduction of CO2 (2020), published in Nanoscale
  • Boron/oxygen-codoped graphitic carbon nitride nanomesh for efficient photocatalytic hydrogen evolution (2020), published in Chemical Engineering Journal

Best Publications

  • Enhancement of Visible-Light Photocatalysis by Coupling with Narrow-Band-Gap Semiconductor: A Case Study on Bi2S3/Bi2WO6

    Zhijie Zhang;Wenzhong Wang;Lu Wang;Songmei Sun

  • Bi2O3 Hierarchical Nanostructures: Controllable Synthesis, Growth Mechanism, and their Application in Photocatalysis

    Lin Zhou;Wenzhong Wang;Haolan Xu;Songmei Sun

  • Photoreduction of CO2 on BiOCl nanoplates with the assistance of photoinduced oxygen vacancies

    Ling Zhang;Wenzhong Wang;Dong Jiang;Erping Gao

  • Photocatalytic robust solar energy reduction of dinitrogen to ammonia on ultrathin MoS2

    Songmei Sun;Xiaoman Li;Wenzhong Wang;Ling Zhang

  • Solar Light Driven Pure Water Splitting on Quantum Sized BiVO4 without any Cocatalyst

    Songmei Sun;Wenzhong Wang;Dezhi Li;Ling Zhang

  • CTAB-assisted synthesis of monoclinic BiVO4 photocatalyst and its highly efficient degradation of organic dye under visible-light irradiation

    Wenzong Yin;Wenzhong Wang;Lin Zhou;Songmei Sun

  • Ultrathin WO3·0.33H2O Nanotubes for CO2 Photoreduction to Acetate with High Selectivity

    Songmei Sun;Motonori Watanabe;Ji Wu;Qi An

  • 3D Bi2WO6/TiO2 Hierarchical Heterostructure: Controllable Synthesis and Enhanced Visible Photocatalytic Degradation Performances

    Meng Shang;Wenzhong Wang;Ling Zhang;Songmei Sun

  • Fe3O4 coupled BiOCl: A highly efficient magnetic photocatalyst

    Ling Zhang;Wenzhong Wang;Lin Zhou;Meng Shang

  • Bi2WO6 Nanocrystals with High Photocatalytic Activities under Visible Light

    Meng Shang;Wenzhong Wang;Songmei Sun;Lin Zhou

  • Efficient Visible Light-Induced Photocatalytic Degradation of Contaminant by Spindle-like PANI/BiVO4

    Meng Shang;Wenzhong Wang;Songmei Sun;Jia Ren

  • Enhancing visible-light-induced photocatalytic activity by coupling with wide-band-gap semiconductor: A case study on Bi2WO6/TiO2

    Jiehui Xu;Wenzhong Wang;Songmei Sun;Lu Wang

  • Photocatalytic degradation of phenol over cage-like Bi2MoO6 hollow spheres under visible-light irradiation

    Wenzong Yin;Wenzhong Wang;Songmei Sun

  • Visible Light-Induced Efficient Contaminant Removal by Bi5O7I

    Songmei Sun;Wenzhong Wang;Ling Zhang;Lin Zhou

  • Enhanced photocatalytic activity of Bi2WO6 loaded with Ag nanoparticles under visible light irradiation

    Jia Ren;Wenzhong Wang;Songmei Sun;Ling Zhang

  • Inducing photocatalysis by visible light beyond the absorption edge: Effect of upconversion agent on the photocatalytic activity of Bi2WO6

    Zhijie Zhang;Wenzhong Wang;Wenzong Yin;Meng Shang

  • Preparation of ordered mesoporous Ag/WO3 and its highly efficient degradation of acetaldehyde under visible-light irradiation

    Songmei Sun;Wenzhong Wang;Shaozhong Zeng;Meng Shang

  • Enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen evolution under visible light over Cd1−xZnxS solid solution with cubic zinc blend phase

    Lu Wang;Wenzhong Wang;Meng Shang;Wenzong Yin

  • Nanosized BiVO4 with high visible-light-induced photocatalytic activity: ultrasonic-assisted synthesis and protective effect of surfactant.

    Meng Shang;Wenzhong Wang;Lin Zhou;Songmei Sun

  • Efficient photocatalytic fixation of N2 by KOH-treated g-C3N4

    Xiaoman Li;Xiang Sun;Ling Zhang;Songmei Sun

  • Bi2WO6 quantum dots decorated reduced graphene oxide: Improved charge separation and enhanced photoconversion efficiency

    Songmei Sun;Wenzhong Wang;Ling Zhang

Frequent Co-Authors

Wenzhong Wang
Wenzhong Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Tatsumi Ishihara
Tatsumi Ishihara Kyushu University
Haolan Xu
Haolan Xu University of South Australia
Jiang Chang
Jiang Chang University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Atsushi Takagaki
Atsushi Takagaki Kyushu University
Jianmin Ma
Jianmin Ma Hunan University
Yonglan Luo
Yonglan Luo University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Lun Pan
Lun Pan Tianjin University
Yi Xie
Yi Xie University of Science and Technology of China
Panagiotis Lianos
Panagiotis Lianos University of Patras

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