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Materials Science

D-Index
62
Citations
17508
World Ranking
6384
National Ranking
1924

Chemistry

D-Index
62
Citations
17508
World Ranking
8706
National Ranking
1520

Wang Zhang Yuan 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 Yuan sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 158 publications — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Wang Zhang Yuan 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 Yuan sits on this spectrum.

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 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 62 D-Index — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Wang Zhang Yuan is affiliated with Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China and has a significant body of research focusing on materials science and chemistry. Their work spans a range of topics within these fields, with particular emphasis on luminescent and fluorescent materials and organic chemical compounds.

Their research covers several main fields of study:

  • Materials Science
  • Chemistry
  • Engineering

Within these broader fields, Wang's subfields of study include:

  • Materials Chemistry
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Spectroscopy
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience

Their main research topics reflect interests in optical and electronic applications of materials:

  • Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials
  • Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection
  • Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Photoreceptor and Optogenetics Research

Wang Zhang Yuan's publication record includes several papers appearing in notable scientific journals. Recent papers include:

  • Nonconventional luminophores: characteristics, advancements and perspectives, 2021, Chemical Society Reviews
  • Color-Tunable, Excitation-Dependent, and Time-Dependent Afterglows from Pure Organic Amorphous Polymers, 2020, Advanced Materials
  • Clustering and halogen effects enabled red/near-infrared room temperature phosphorescence from aliphatic cyclic imides, 2022, Nature Communications
  • A clustering-triggered emission strategy for tunable multicolor persistent phosphorescence, 2020, Chemical Science
  • Accessing Tunable Afterglows from Highly Twisted Nonaromatic Organic AIEgens via Effective Through-Space Conjugation, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Tianjia Yang
  • Zihao Zhao
  • Tianwen Zhu
  • Yueying Lai
  • Shuyuan Zheng

Wang's research appears regularly in several journal venues with multiple publications. The most frequent venues are:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Materials Horizons
  • Advanced Materials

The scope and range of Wang Zhang Yuan's work indicate an interdisciplinary approach to materials chemistry and engineering challenges, with extensive investigation into luminescent materials, crystallographic methods, and organic electronic applications.

Best Publications

  • Changing the behavior of chromophores from aggregation-caused quenching to aggregation-induced emission: development of highly efficient light emitters in the solid state.

    Wangzhang Yuan;Ping Lu;Shuming Chen;Jacky Wing Yip Lam

  • Crystallization-Induced Phosphorescence of Pure Organic Luminogens at Room Temperature

    Wang Zhang Yuan;Xiao Yuan Shen;Hui Zhao;Jacky Wing Yip Lam

  • Restriction of Intramolecular Motions: The General Mechanism behind Aggregation‐Induced Emission

    Nelson Lik Ching Leung;Ni Xie;Wangzhang Yuan;Yang Liu

  • Efficient Solid Emitters with Aggregation-Induced Emission and Intramolecular Charge Transfer Characteristics: Molecular Design, Synthesis, Photophysical Behaviors, and OLED Application

    Wang Zhang Yuan;Wang Zhang Yuan;Yongyang Gong;Shuming Chen;Xiao Yuan Shen

  • Clusterization-triggered emission: Uncommon luminescence from common materials

    Haoke Zhang;Zheng Zhao;Paul R. McGonigal;Ruquan Ye

  • Biocompatible Nanoparticles with Aggregation‐Induced Emission Characteristics as Far‐Red/Near‐Infrared Fluorescent Bioprobes for In Vitro and In Vivo Imaging Applications

    Wei Qin;Dan Ding;Jianzhao Liu;Wang Zhang Yuan

  • Achieving Persistent Room Temperature Phosphorescence and Remarkable Mechanochromism from Pure Organic Luminogens

    Yongyang Gong;Gan Chen;Qian Peng;Wang Zhang Yuan

  • Synergy between Twisted Conformation and Effective Intermolecular Interactions: Strategy for Efficient Mechanochromic Luminogens with High Contrast

    Wangzhang Yuan;Yeqiang Tan;Yongyang Gong;Ping Lu

  • Effects of Substitution with Donor-Acceptor Groups on the Properties of Tetraphenylethene Trimer: Aggregation-Induced Emission, Solvatochromism, and Mechanochromism

    Xiao Yuan Shen;Yi Jia Wang;Engui Zhao;Wang Zhang Yuan

  • Clustering-Triggered Emission of Nonconjugated Polyacrylonitrile.

    Qing Zhou;Boyu Cao;Chenxuan Zhu;Si Xu

  • Nonconventional luminophores: characteristics, advancements and perspectives.

    Saixing Tang;Tianjia Yang;Zihao Zhao;Tianwen Zhu

  • Crystallization-induced dual emission from metal- and heavy atom-free aromatic acids and esters.

    Yongyang Gong;Lifang Zhao;Qian Peng;Di Fan

  • Clustering-Triggered Emission and Persistent Room Temperature Phosphorescence of Sodium Alginate

    Xueyu Dou;Xueyu Dou;Qing Zhou;Xiaohong Chen;Yeqiang Tan

  • Achieving Persistent, Efficient, and Robust Room-Temperature Phosphorescence from Pure Organics for Versatile Applications.

    Zihan He;Heqi Gao;Shitong Zhang;Shuyuan Zheng

  • Room temperature phosphorescence from natural products: Crystallization matters

    YongYang Gong;YeQiang Tan;Ju Mei;YiRen Zhang

  • Conjugation-Induced Rigidity in Twisting Molecules: Filling the Gap Between Aggregation-Caused Quenching and Aggregation-Induced Emission.

    Gan Chen;Wenbo Li;Tianru Zhou;Qian Peng

  • Color‐Tunable, Excitation‐Dependent, and Time‐Dependent Afterglows from Pure Organic Amorphous Polymers

    Xueyu Dou;Xueyu Dou;Tianwen Zhu;Zhengshuo Wang;Zhengshuo Wang;Wei Sun

  • Prevalent intrinsic emission from nonaromatic amino acids and poly(amino acids)

    Xiaohong Chen;Weijian Luo;Huili Ma;Qian Peng

  • Hyperbranched polytriazoles with high molecular compressibility: aggregation-induced emission and superamplified explosive detection

    Jian Wang;Ju Mei;Wangzhang Yuan;Ping Lu

  • Nonconventional macromolecular luminogens with aggregation-induced emission characteristics

    Wang Zhang Yuan;Yongming Zhang

  • Twisted D-π-A solid emitters: efficient emission and high contrast mechanochromism.

    Yongyang Gong;Yeqiang Tan;Jun Liu;Ping Lu

Frequent Co-Authors

Ben Zhong Tang
Ben Zhong Tang Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
Jing Zhi Sun
Jing Zhi Sun Zhejiang University
Jacky Wing Yip Lam
Jacky Wing Yip Lam Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Anjun Qin
Anjun Qin South China University of Technology
Hui Zhao
Hui Zhao Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications
Yongqiang Dong
Yongqiang Dong Beijing Normal University
Yuguang Ma
Yuguang Ma South China University of Technology
Qiang Zheng
Qiang Zheng Zhejiang University
Jianzhao Liu
Jianzhao Liu Zhejiang University
Ian D. Williams
Ian D. Williams Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

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