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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Materials Science 73 3810 3686 85 84 186 21131

Wai Yee Yeong publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Wai Yee Yeong between 2004 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Wai Yee Yeong published across 22 years, from 2004 to 2025, averaging 11.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 32 publications in 2016. 27 of the 254 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2004 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 32. Peak 32 publications in 2016. 2004: 1 publication 2005: 0 publications 2006: 1 publication 2007: 2 publications 2008: 2 publications 2009: 0 publications 2010: 3 publications 2011: 0 publications 2012: 0 publications 2013: 6 publications 2014: 12 publications 2015: 13 publications 2016: 32 publications 2017: 32 publications 2018: 18 publications 2019: 16 publications 2020: 22 publications 2021: 23 publications 2022: 30 publications 2023: 14 publications 2024: 15 publications 2025: 12 publications
2004 2025

254 publications in total across all disciplines

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Wai Yee Yeong: publications per year, 2004 to 2025
Year Publications
2004 1
2005 0
2006 1
2007 2
2008 2
2009 0
2010 3
2011 0
2012 0
2013 6
2014 12
2015 13
2016 32
2017 32
2018 18
2019 16
2020 22
2021 23
2022 30
2023 14
2024 15
2025 12
Total 254
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Wai Yee Yeong publications per year - data summary

  • Wai Yee Yeong, a Materials Science scholar from Nanyang Technological University, has 254 publications recorded across 22 years, from 2004 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 2004 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive years are 2016 and 2017, with 32 publications each.
  • The least productive years with any output are 2004 and 2006, with 1 publication each.
  • 4 of the 22 years in the span carry no publications at all (2005, 2009, 2011 and 2012).
  • The rate of publication averages 11.5 papers per year over the whole span, or 14.1 per year counting only the 18 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 94 publications, 37% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 2004-2011: 9 publications (1.1 per year); 2012-2019: 129 publications (16.1 per year); 2020-2025: 116 publications (19.3 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Wai Yee Yeong publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Wai Yee Yeong sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600 800
Bar chart with 57 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 50–69 to 1,163+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 891. Most scientists, 891, have 190–209 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 170–189 publications, is where this scientist sits. 50–69 publications: 28 scientists 70–89 publications: 152 scientists 90–109 publications: 356 scientists 110–129 publications: 487 scientists 130–149 publications: 723 scientists 150–169 publications: 835 scientists 170–189 publications: 850 scientists 190–209 publications: 891 scientists 210–229 publications: 862 scientists 230–249 publications: 766 scientists 250–269 publications: 726 scientists 270–289 publications: 665 scientists 290–309 publications: 593 scientists 310–329 publications: 537 scientists 330–349 publications: 477 scientists 350–369 publications: 440 scientists 370–389 publications: 356 scientists 390–409 publications: 321 scientists 410–429 publications: 256 scientists 430–449 publications: 246 scientists 450–469 publications: 216 scientists 470–489 publications: 212 scientists 490–509 publications: 174 scientists 510–529 publications: 194 scientists 530–549 publications: 162 scientists 550–569 publications: 131 scientists 570–589 publications: 111 scientists 590–609 publications: 103 scientists 610–629 publications: 99 scientists 630–649 publications: 77 scientists 650–669 publications: 92 scientists 670–689 publications: 56 scientists 690–709 publications: 53 scientists 710–729 publications: 53 scientists 730–749 publications: 38 scientists 750–769 publications: 52 scientists 770–789 publications: 43 scientists 790–809 publications: 38 scientists 810–829 publications: 34 scientists 830–849 publications: 25 scientists 850–869 publications: 18 scientists 870–889 publications: 20 scientists 890–909 publications: 24 scientists 910–929 publications: 27 scientists 930–949 publications: 20 scientists 950–969 publications: 17 scientists 970–989 publications: 10 scientists 990–1,009 publications: 16 scientists 1,010–1,029 publications: 13 scientists 1,030–1,049 publications: 12 scientists 1,050–1,069 publications: 9 scientists 1,070–1,089 publications: 8 scientists 1,090–1,109 publications: 7 scientists 1,110–1,129 publications: 9 scientists 1,130–1,149 publications: 2 scientists 1,150–1,162 publications: 5 scientists 1,163+ publications: 100 scientists
50–69 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 186 publications — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

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Number of Materials Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 12,847 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
50–69 28
70–89 152
90–109 356
110–129 487
130–149 723
150–169 835
170–189 850 186
190–209 891
210–229 862
230–249 766
250–269 726
270–289 665
290–309 593
310–329 537
330–349 477
350–369 440
370–389 356
390–409 321
410–429 256
430–449 246
450–469 216
470–489 212
490–509 174
510–529 194
530–549 162
550–569 131
570–589 111
590–609 103
610–629 99
630–649 77
650–669 92
670–689 56
690–709 53
710–729 53
730–749 38
750–769 52
770–789 43
790–809 38
810–829 34
830–849 25
850–869 18
870–889 20
890–909 24
910–929 27
930–949 20
950–969 17
970–989 10
990–1,009 16
1,010–1,029 13
1,030–1,049 12
1,050–1,069 9
1,070–1,089 8
1,090–1,109 7
1,110–1,129 9
1,130–1,149 2
1,150–1,162 5
1,163+ 100
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Wai Yee Yeong publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 12,847 Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 57 ranges running from 50–69 to 1,163+ publications.
  • Wai Yee Yeong, a Materials Science scholar from Nanyang Technological University, records 186 publications - the 26th percentile of the discipline.
  • 26% of ranked Materials Science scientists score the same or lower than Wai Yee Yeong, and about 74% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 250–269 publications range, and Wai Yee Yeong ranks below the median.
  • The most crowded range is 190–209 publications, holding 891 scientists (7% of the field).
  • 70% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 330–349 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (<1% of the field).

Wai Yee Yeong D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Wai Yee Yeong sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 64 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 165+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 667. Most scientists, 667, have 52–53 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 72–73 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 211 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 450 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 612 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 612 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 598 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 657 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 667 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 621 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 597 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 610 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 587 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 606 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 533 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 490 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 469 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 378 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 421 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 359 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 323 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 299 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 230 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 210 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 195 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 203 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 175 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 175 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 142 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 121 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 117 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 107 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 88 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 85 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 68 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 62 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 57 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 45 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 49 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 50 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 34 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 38 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 29 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 28 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 24 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 33 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 28 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 21 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 20 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 23 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 17 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 12 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 17 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 21 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 13 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 11 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 13 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 4 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 4 scientists 164 D-Index: 3 scientists 165+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40–41 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 73 D-Index — 71st percentile

71% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

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Number of Materials Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 12,847 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 211
42–43 450
44–45 612
46–47 612
48–49 598
50–51 657
52–53 667
54–55 621
56–57 597
58–59 610
60–61 587
62–63 606
64–65 533
66–67 490
68–69 469
70–71 378
72–73 421 73
74–75 359
76–77 323
78–79 299
80–81 230
82–83 210
84–85 195
86–87 203
88–89 175
90–91 175
92–93 142
94–95 121
96–97 117
98–99 107
100–101 88
102–103 85
104–105 68
106–107 62
108–109 57
110–111 45
112–113 49
114–115 50
116–117 34
118–119 38
120–121 37
122–123 29
124–125 28
126–127 24
128–129 33
130–131 28
132–133 21
134–135 20
136–137 23
138–139 17
140–141 12
142–143 17
144–145 21
146–147 13
148–149 11
150–151 14
152–153 13
154–155 9
156–157 10
158–159 7
160–161 4
162–163 4
164 3
165+ 98
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Wai Yee Yeong D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 12,847 Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 64 ranges running from 40–41 to 165+ D-Index.
  • Wai Yee Yeong, a Materials Science scholar from Nanyang Technological University, records 73 D-Index - the 71st percentile of the discipline.
  • 71% of ranked Materials Science scientists score the same or lower than Wai Yee Yeong, and about 29% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 62–63 D-Index range, and Wai Yee Yeong ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 52–53 D-Index, holding 667 scientists (5% of the field).
  • 68% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 70–71 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more, 98 scientists in all (<1% of the field).

Overview

Wai Yee Yeong is affiliated with Nanyang Technological University in Singapore and has an extensive publication record in the field of engineering, particularly with a focus on additive manufacturing and 3D printing technologies.

Their primary research areas include:

  • Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies
  • 3D Printing in Biomedical Research
  • Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes
  • Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation
  • Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
  • Bone Tissue Engineering Materials
  • Manufacturing Process and Optimization

Most of Wai Yee Yeong's scholarly work is categorized under engineering, with significant contributions to the subfields of:

  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Automotive Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Surgery
  • Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

Their research appears frequently in these prominent publication venues:

  • International Journal of Bioprinting
  • Materials Today Proceedings
  • Materials Science in Additive Manufacturing
  • Polymers
  • International Journal of AI for Materials and Design

Recent papers authored by Wai Yee Yeong or closely associated with their research include:

  • A review on machine learning in 3D printing: applications, potential, and challenges, 2020, Artificial Intelligence Review
  • Laser powder bed fusion for metal additive manufacturing: perspectives on recent developments, 2020, Virtual and Physical Prototyping
  • 3D extrusion bioprinting, 2021, Nature Reviews Methods Primers
  • 3D Printing of Multilayered and Multimaterial Electronics: A Review, 2021, Advanced Electronic Materials
  • Emerging metallic systems for additive manufacturing: In-situ alloying and multi-metal processing in laser powder bed fusion, 2021, Progress in Materials Science

Wai Yee Yeong has collaborated regularly with several researchers, including:

  • Guo Liang Goh
  • Guo Dong Goh
  • Swee Leong Sing
  • Jia Min Lee
  • Wei Long Ng

In addition to journal articles, Wai Yee Yeong has contributed to multiple book publications with the publisher World Scientific. The titles include:

  • 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing of Electronics, 2020
  • Digital Gastronomy, 2022
  • Innovation in 3D Printing Technology, 2022

Best Publications

  • Rapid prototyping in tissue engineering: challenges and potential

    Wai-Yee Yeong;Chee-Kai Chua;Kah-Fai Leong;Margam Chandrasekaran

  • Laser and electron-beam powder-bed additive manufacturing of metallic implants: A review on processes, materials and designs.

    Swee Leong Sing;Jia An;Wai Yee Yeong;Florencia Edith Wiria

  • 3D printing of smart materials: A review on recent progresses in 4D printing

    Zhong Xun Khoo;Joanne Ee Mei Teoh;Yong Liu;Chee Kai Chua

  • Selective laser melting of stainless steel 316L with low porosity and high build rates

    Zhongji Sun;Xipeng Tan;Shu Beng Tor;Wai Yee Yeong

  • Characterization of mechanical properties and fracture mode of additively manufactured carbon fiber and glass fiber reinforced thermoplastics

    Guo Dong Goh;Vishwesh Dikshit;Arun Prasanth Nagalingam;Guo Liang Goh

  • Recent progress in additive manufacturing of fiber reinforced polymer composite

    Guo Dong Goh;Yee Ling Yap;Shweta Agarwala;Wai Yee Yeong

  • Metallic powder-bed based 3D printing of cellular scaffolds for orthopaedic implants: A state-of-the-art review on manufacturing, topological design, mechanical properties and biocompatibility.

    X.P. Tan;Y.J. Tan;C.S.L. Chow;S.B. Tor

  • Numerical investigation and an effective modelling on the Selective Laser Melting (SLM) process with aluminium alloy 6061

    Loong-Ee Loh;Chee-Kai Chua;Wai-Yee Yeong;Jie Song

  • Additive manufacturing in unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs): Challenges and potential

    G. D. Goh;Shweta Agarwala;G. L. Goh;Vishwesh Dikshit

  • Engineering functionally graded tissue engineering scaffolds.

    K F Leong;C K Chua;N Sudarmadji;W Y Yeong

  • Selective laser melting of titanium alloy with 50 wt% tantalum: Microstructure and mechanical properties

    Swee Leong Sing;Wai Yee Yeong;Florencia Edith Wiria

  • Porous polycaprolactone scaffold for cardiac tissue engineering fabricated by selective laser sintering.

    W.Y. Yeong;N. Sudarmadji;H.Y. Yu;C.K. Chua

  • Direct selective laser sintering and melting of ceramics: a review

    Swee Leong Sing;Wai Yee Yeong;Florencia Edith Wiria;Bee Yen Tay

  • Laser powder bed fusion for metal additive manufacturing: perspectives on recent developments

    Swee Leong Sing;Wai Yee Yeong

  • Design and Printing Strategies in 3D Bioprinting of Cell-Hydrogels: A Review.

    Jia Min Lee;Wai Yee Yeong

  • Selective laser melting of lattice structures: a statistical approach to manufacturability and mechanical behavior

    Swee Leong Sing;Florencia Edith Wiria;Wai Yee Yeong

  • Polyelectrolyte gelatin-chitosan hydrogel optimized for 3D bioprinting in skin tissue engineering

    Wei Long Ng;Wai Yee Yeong;May Win Naing

  • Skin Bioprinting: Impending Reality or Fantasy?

    Wei Long Ng;Shuai Wang;Wai Yee Yeong;May Win Naing

  • Emerging metallic systems for additive manufacturing : in-situ alloying and multi-metal processing in laser powder bed fusion

    Swee Leong Sing;Sheng Huang;Guo Dong Goh;Guo Liang Goh

Frequent Co-Authors

Chee Kai Chua
Chee Kai Chua Singapore University of Technology and Design
Jia An
Jia An Singapore University of Technology and Design
Kah Fai Leong
Kah Fai Leong Nanyang Technological University
Chee How Wong
Chee How Wong Nanyang Technological University
Jun Wei
Jun Wei Harbin Institute of Technology
Shu Beng Tor
Shu Beng Tor Nanyang Technological University
Lay Poh Tan
Lay Poh Tan Nanyang Technological University
Subbu S. Venkatraman
Subbu S. Venkatraman National University of Singapore
Shlomo Magdassi
Shlomo Magdassi Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Freddy Yin Chiang Boey
Freddy Yin Chiang Boey City University of Hong Kong

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