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Wei-Xiong Zhang

Wei-Xiong Zhang

Sun Yat-sen University
China

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
68
Citations
15794
World Ranking
6556
National Ranking
1164

Wei-Xiong Zhang 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 Wei-Xiong Zhang sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 178 publications — 24th percentile

24% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Wei-Xiong Zhang 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 Wei-Xiong Zhang sits on this spectrum.

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 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 68 D-Index — 64th percentile

64% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Wei-Xiong Zhang is affiliated with Sun Yat-sen University in China and has an extensive research profile primarily in the field of Materials Science. Their work spans multiple subfields, including Materials Chemistry, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Mechanics of Materials, and Inorganic Chemistry.

The scientist's research has focused on several main topics, which include:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Solid-state Spectroscopy and Crystallography
  • Crystal Structures and Properties
  • Energetic Materials and Combustion
  • Crystallography and Molecular Interactions

Wei-Xiong Zhang has published frequently in a range of scientific journals. Some of the most common venues for their publications are:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Chemical Communications
  • Chemical Science

The scientist is also noted for collaboration with a number of researchers, with the most frequent coauthors being:

  • Xiao-Ming Chen
  • De-Xuan Liu
  • Xiao-Xian Chen
  • Rui-Kang Huang
  • Chun-Ting He

Among the recent papers associated with their research are:

  • Photoresponsive Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Ferroelectric Designed at the Molecular Level, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Metal-Free Molecular Perovskite High-Energetic Materials, 2020, Crystal Growth & Design
  • Hybrid Germanium Bromide Perovskites with Tunable Second Harmonic Generation, 2022, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Molecule-based nonlinear optical switch with highly tunable on-off temperature using a dual solid solution approach, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Metal-Free Hexagonal Perovskite High-Energetic Materials with NH3OH+/NH2NH3+ as B-Site Cations, 2020, Engineering

Best Publications

  • Efficient purification of ethene by an ethane-trapping metal-organic framework

    Pei-Qin Liao;Wei-Xiong Zhang;Jie-Peng Zhang;Xiao-Ming Chen

  • Controlling guest conformation for efficient purification of butadiene

    Pei-Qin Liao;Ning-Yu Huang;Wei-Xiong Zhang;Jie-Peng Zhang

  • Nanoporous Cobalt(II) MOF Exhibiting Four Magnetic Ground States and Changes in Gas Sorption upon Post-Synthetic Modification

    Ming-Hua Zeng;Zheng Yin;Yan-Xi Tan;Wei-Xiong Zhang

  • Novel porous molybdenum tungsten phosphide hybrid nanosheets on carbon cloth for efficient hydrogen evolution

    Xu-Dong Wang;Yang-Fan Xu;Hua-Shang Rao;Wei-Jian Xu

  • Temperature- or guest-induced drastic single-crystal-to-single-crystal transformations of a nanoporous coordination polymer.

    Jie-Peng Zhang;Yan-Yong Lin;Wei-Xiong Zhang;Xiao-Ming Chen

  • Spin Canting and Metamagnetism in a 3D Homometallic Molecular Material Constructed by Interpenetration of Two Kinds of Cobalt(II)‐Coordination‐Polymer Sheets

    Ming-Hua Zeng;Wei-Xiong Zhang;Xian-Zhong Sun;Xiao-Ming Chen

  • A Highly Connected Porous Coordination Polymer with Unusual Channel Structure and Sorption Properties

    Yue-Biao Zhang;Wei-Xiong Zhang;Fei-Yue Feng;Jie-Peng Zhang

  • A single-molecule-magnetic, cubane-based, triangular Co12 supercluster

    Ming-Hua Zeng;Min-Xia Yao;Hong Liang;Wei-Xiong Zhang

  • Modular and Stepwise Synthesis of a Hybrid Metal–Organic Framework for Efficient Electrocatalytic Oxygen Evolution

    Jian-Qiang Shen;Pei-Qin Liao;Dong-Dong Zhou;Chun-Ting He

  • A dynamic porous magnet exhibiting reversible guest-induced magnetic behavior modulation

    Xiao-Ning Cheng;Wei-Xiong Zhang;Yan-Yong Lin;Yan-Zhen Zheng

  • Assembling magnetic nanowires into networks: a layered CoII carboxylate coordination polymer exhibiting single-chain-magnet behavior.

    Yan-Zhen Zheng;Ming-Liang Tong;Wei-Xiong Zhang;Xiao-Ming Chen

  • Electrochemical Exfoliation of Pillared-Layer Metal-Organic Framework to Boost the Oxygen Evolution Reaction.

    Jin Huang;Yun Li;Rui-Kang Huang;Chun-Ting He

  • Dehydration‐Induced Conversion from a Single‐Chain Magnet into a Metamagnet in a Homometallic Nanoporous Metal–Organic Framework

    Xian-Ming Zhang;Zheng-Ming Hao;Wei-Xiong Zhang;Xiao-Ming Chen

  • Single crystal-to-single crystal transformation from ferromagnetic discrete molecules to a spin-canting antiferromagnetic layer.

    Xiao-Ning Cheng;Wei-Xiong Zhang;Xiao-Ming Chen

  • Single-chain magnets: beyond the Glauber model

    Wei Xiong Zhang;Wei Xiong Zhang;Ryuta Ishikawa;Brian Breedlove;Masahiro Yamashita

  • Chiral Magnetic Metal-Organic Frameworks of Dimetal Subunits: Magnetism Tuning by Mixed-Metal Compositions of the Solid Solutions

    Ming-Hua Zeng;Bo Wang;Xin-Yi Wang;Wei-Xiong Zhang

  • A Molecular Perovskite with Switchable Coordination Bonds for High-Temperature Multiaxial Ferroelectrics.

    Wei-Jian Xu;Peng-Fei Li;Yuan-Yuan Tang;Wei-Xiong Zhang

  • Metal Cluster-Based Functional Porous Coordination Polymers

    Wei-Xiong Zhang;Pei-Qin Liao;Rui-Biao Lin;Yong-Sheng Wei

  • A “Star” Antiferromagnet: A Polymeric Iron(III) Acetate That Exhibits Both Spin Frustration and Long‐Range Magnetic Ordering

    Yan‐Zhen Zheng;Ming‐Liang Tong;Wei Xue;Wei‐Xiong Zhang

  • Molecular Dynamics of Flexible Polar Cations in a Variable Confined Space: Toward Exceptional Two-Step Nonlinear Optical Switches.

    Wei-Jian Xu;Chun-Ting He;Cheng-Min Ji;Shao-Li Chen

Frequent Co-Authors

Xiao-Ming Chen
Xiao-Ming Chen Sun Yat-sen University
Chun-Ting He
Chun-Ting He Jiangxi Normal University
Jie-Peng Zhang
Jie-Peng Zhang Sun Yat-sen University
Pei-Qin Liao
Pei-Qin Liao Sun Yat-sen University
Ming-Liang Tong
Ming-Liang Tong Sun Yat-sen University
Rui-Biao Lin
Rui-Biao Lin Sun Yat-sen University
Yan-Zhen Zheng
Yan-Zhen Zheng Xi'an Jiaotong University
Yue-Biao Zhang
Yue-Biao Zhang ShanghaiTech University
Tong-Bu Lu
Tong-Bu Lu Tianjin University of Technology
Masahiro Yamashita
Masahiro Yamashita Tohoku University

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