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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Materials Science 60 7098 6861 2088 2080 243 12180

Wang Zhang publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Wang Zhang between 1991 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Wang Zhang published across 36 years, from 1991 to 2026, averaging 15.7 papers a year. Output peaked at 83 publications in 2025. 84 of the 565 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
20 40 60 80
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1991 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 83. Peak 83 publications in 2025. 1991: 1 publication 1992: 0 publications 1993: 0 publications 1994: 0 publications 1995: 0 publications 1996: 0 publications 1997: 0 publications 1998: 0 publications 1999: 5 publications 2000: 2 publications 2001: 3 publications 2002: 2 publications 2003: 3 publications 2004: 4 publications 2005: 5 publications 2006: 5 publications 2007: 8 publications 2008: 9 publications 2009: 8 publications 2010: 4 publications 2011: 9 publications 2012: 25 publications 2013: 17 publications 2014: 23 publications 2015: 26 publications 2016: 21 publications 2017: 24 publications 2018: 28 publications 2019: 33 publications 2020: 29 publications 2021: 36 publications 2022: 53 publications 2023: 54 publications 2024: 44 publications 2025: 83 publications 2026: 1 publication
1991 2026

565 publications in total across all disciplines

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Wang Zhang: publications per year, 1991 to 2026
Year Publications
1991 1
1992 0
1993 0
1994 0
1995 0
1996 0
1997 0
1998 0
1999 5
2000 2
2001 3
2002 2
2003 3
2004 4
2005 5
2006 5
2007 8
2008 9
2009 8
2010 4
2011 9
2012 25
2013 17
2014 23
2015 26
2016 21
2017 24
2018 28
2019 33
2020 29
2021 36
2022 53
2023 54
2024 44
2025 83
2026 1
Total 565
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Wang Zhang publications per year - data summary

  • Wang Zhang, a Materials Science scholar from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, has 565 publications recorded across 36 years, from 1991 to 2026.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1991 and the most recent to 2026.
  • The most productive year is 2025, with 83 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1991 and 2026, with 1 publication each.
  • 7 of the 36 years in the span carry no publications at all (1992, 1993, 1994, 1995 and others).
  • The rate of publication averages 15.7 papers per year over the whole span, or 19.5 per year counting only the 29 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2022-2026) hold 235 publications, 42% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1991-2002: 13 publications (1.1 per year); 2003-2014: 120 publications (10.0 per year); 2015-2026: 432 publications (36.0 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Wang Zhang 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 Wang Zhang 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, 230–249 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: 243 publications — 44th percentile

44% 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
190–209 891
210–229 862
230–249 766 243
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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Wang Zhang 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.
  • Wang Zhang, a Materials Science scholar from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, records 243 publications - the 44th percentile of the discipline.
  • 44% of ranked Materials Science scientists score the same or lower than Wang Zhang, and about 56% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 250–269 publications range, and Wang Zhang 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).

Wang Zhang 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 Wang Zhang 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, 60–61 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: 60 D-Index — 46th percentile

46% 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 60
62–63 606
64–65 533
66–67 490
68–69 469
70–71 378
72–73 421
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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Wang Zhang 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.
  • Wang Zhang, a Materials Science scholar from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, records 60 D-Index - the 46th percentile of the discipline.
  • 46% of ranked Materials Science scientists score the same or lower than Wang Zhang, and about 54% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 62–63 D-Index range, and Wang Zhang ranks below 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).

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    Tengfei Li;Lulu Yao;Qinglei Liu;Jiajun Gu

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    Wang Zhang;Zhen-Yu Wu;Hai-Long Jiang;Shu-Hong Yu

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    Wang Zhang;Yingli Hu;Jin Ge;Hai-Long Jiang

  • Metal-Organic-Framework-Based Catalysts for Photoreduction of CO 2

    Rui Li;Wang Zhang;Kun Zhou

  • Template-Directed Growth of Well-Aligned MOF Arrays and Derived Self-Supporting Electrodes for Water Splitting

    Guorui Cai;Wang Zhang;Long Jiao;Shu-Hong Yu

  • “Egg-Box”-Assisted Fabrication of Porous Carbon with Small Mesopores for High-Rate Electric Double Layer Capacitors

    Danmiao Kang;Qinglei Liu;Jiajun Gu;Yishi Su

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  • Novel Photoanode Structure Templated from Butterfly Wing Scales

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  • Bioinspired Multifunctional Paper-Based rGO Composites for Solar-Driven Clean Water Generation

    Jinwei Lou;Yang Liu;Zhongyong Wang;Dengwu Zhao

  • 3D-Structured Carbonized Sunflower Heads for Improved Energy Efficiency in Solar Steam Generation.

    Peng Sun;Wang Zhang;Imran Zada;Yunxuan Zhang

  • Hierarchical Porous Carbonized Lotus Seedpods for Highly Efficient Solar Steam Generation

    Jing Fang;Jie Liu;Jiajun Gu;Qinglei Liu

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  • Hierarchically mesostructured MIL-101 metal–organic frameworks: supramolecular template-directed synthesis and accelerated adsorption kinetics for dye removal

    Xiao-Xian Huang;Ling-Guang Qiu;Wang Zhang;Yu-Peng Yuan

  • Microwave-assisted synthesis of highly fluorescent nanoparticles of a melamine-based porous covalent organic framework for trace-level detection of nitroaromatic explosives.

    Wang Zhang;Ling-Guang Qiu;Yu-Peng Yuan;An-Jian Xie

  • One step fabrication of C-doped BiVO4 with hierarchical structures for a high-performance photocatalyst under visible light irradiation

    Chao Yin;Shenmin Zhu;Zhixin Chen;Wang Zhang

  • Simultaneously achieving thermal insulation and rapid water transport in sugarcane stems for efficient solar steam generation

    Jie Liu;Qinglei Liu;Dongling Ma;Yang Yuan

  • Ag/diatomite for highly efficient solar vapor generation under one-sun irradiation

    Jing Fang;Qinglei Liu;Wang Zhang;Jiajun Gu

  • Highly porous graphitic materials prepared by catalytic graphitization

    Yuanchao Liu;Qinglei Liu;Jiajun Gu;Danmiao Kang

  • Fabrication and application of nanoporous anodic aluminum oxide: a review.

    Sixiang Liu;Junlong Tian;Wang Zhang

  • Quantum Dots of 1T Phase Transitional Metal Dichalcogenides Generated via Electrochemical Li Intercalation.

    Wenshu Chen;Jiajun Gu;Qinglei Liu;Ruichun Luo

  • High-Efficiency g-C3N4 Based Photocatalysts for CO2 Reduction: Modification Methods

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  • Biomimetic fabrication of WO 3 for water splitting under visible light with high performance

    Chao Yin;Shenmin Zhu;Fan Yao;Jiajun Gu

  • The synthesis of hierarchical porous iron oxide with wood templates

    Zhaoting Liu;Tongxiang Fan;Wang Zhang;Di Zhang

  • Fluorine-free Ti3C2Tx (T = O, OH) nanosheets (∼50–100 nm) for nitrogen fixation under ambient conditions

    Tengfei Li;Xudong Yan;Lujun Huang;Jinghan Li

  • High-Density Hotspots Engineered by Naturally Piled-Up Subwavelength Structures in Three-Dimensional Copper Butterfly Wing Scales for Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Detection

    Yongwen Tan;Jiajun Gu;Linhua Xu;Xining Zang

  • Fabrication of ZnO microtubes with adjustable nanopores on the walls by the templating of butterfly wing scales

    Wang Zhang;Di Zhang;Tongxiang Fan;Jian Ding

  • Bioinspired fabrication of hierarchically structured, pH-tunable photonic crystals with unique transition.

    Qingqing Yang;Shenmin Zhu;Wenhong Peng;Chao Yin

  • Infrared Detection Based on Localized Modification of Morpho Butterfly Wings

    Fangyu Zhang;Qingchen Shen;Xindong Shi;Shipu Li

Frequent Co-Authors

Jiajun Gu
Jiajun Gu Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Qinglei Liu
Qinglei Liu Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Di Zhang
Di Zhang Tohoku University
Huilan Su
Huilan Su Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Shenmin Zhu
Shenmin Zhu Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Tongxiang Fan
Tongxiang Fan Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Yishi Su
Yishi Su Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Tao Deng
Tao Deng Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Qixin Guo
Qixin Guo Saga University
Zhixin Chen
Zhixin Chen University of Wollongong

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