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D-Index
67
Citations
18391
World Ranking
6820
National Ranking
1217

Wei-Xue Li 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-Xue Li sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 176 publications — 23rd percentile

23% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Wei-Xue Li 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-Xue Li 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: 67 D-Index — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Wei-Xue Li is affiliated with the University of Science and Technology of China in China. The primary field of research is Materials Science, with a significant focus on subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Catalysis, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Organic Chemistry.

Their research encompasses several main topics including Catalytic Processes in Materials Science, Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion, Nanomaterials for Catalytic Reactions, Catalysts for Methane Reforming, Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques, Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions, and CO2 Reduction Techniques and Catalysts.

Wei-Xue Li has contributed to numerous publications, with frequent appearances in the following venues:

  • Angewandte Chemie
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Nature Communications
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • ECS Meeting Abstracts

Several recent papers highlight the scope of Li's work:

  • In-situ structure and catalytic mechanism of NiFe and CoFe layered double hydroxides during oxygen evolution (2020, Nature Communications)
  • Sabatier principle of metal-support interaction for design of ultrastable metal nanocatalysts (2021, Science)
  • Synergizing metal-support interactions and spatial confinement boosts dynamics of atomic nickel for hydrogenations (2021, Nature Nanotechnology)
  • Structure Sensitivity of Au-TiO2 Strong Metal-Support Interactions (2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition)
  • Intrinsic Electrocatalytic Activity for Oxygen Evolution of Crystalline 3d-Transition Metal Layered Double Hydroxides (2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition)

Frequent collaborators include Jin-Xun Liu, Sulei Hu, Jie Luo, Zhenhua Zeng, and Junling Lu.

Best Publications

  • Toward N-Doped Graphene via Solvothermal Synthesis

    Dehui Deng;Xiulian Pan;Liang Yu;Yi Cui

  • Engineering the electronic structure of single atom Ru sites via compressive strain boosts acidic water oxidation electrocatalysis

    Yancai Yao;Sulei Hu;Wenxing Chen;Zheng-Qing Huang

  • Interface-Confined Ferrous Centers for Catalytic Oxidation

    Qiang Fu;Wei-Xue Li;Yunxi Yao;Hongyang Liu

  • In-situ structure and catalytic mechanism of NiFe and CoFe layered double hydroxides during oxygen evolution

    Fabio Dionigi;Zhenhua Zeng;Ilya Sinev;Thomas Merzdorf

  • Sabatier principle of metal-support interaction for design of ultrastable metal nanocatalysts.

    Sulei Hu;Wei-Xue Li

  • Experimental Ten-Photon Entanglement.

    Xi-Lin Wang;Luo-Kan Chen;W. Li;H.-L. Huang

  • Water-Mediated Mars–Van Krevelen Mechanism for CO Oxidation on Ceria-Supported Single-Atom Pt1 Catalyst

    Chunlei Wang;Xiang-Kui Gu;Huan Yan;Yue Lin

  • Atomistic theory of Ostwald ripening and disintegration of supported metal particles under reaction conditions.

    Runhai Ouyang;Jin-Xun Liu;Wei-Xue Li

  • Crystallographic dependence of CO activation on cobalt catalysts: HCP versus FCC.

    Jin-Xun Liu;Hai-Yan Su;Da-Peng Sun;Bing-Yan Zhang

  • Disentangling the size-dependent geometric and electronic effects of palladium nanocatalysts beyond selectivity

    Hengwei Wang;Xiang-Kui Gu;Xusheng Zheng;Haibin Pan

  • Oxygen adsorption on Ag(111): A density-functional theory investigation

    Weixue Li;Catherine Stampfl;Matthias Scheffler

  • Synergizing metal–support interactions and spatial confinement boosts dynamics of atomic nickel for hydrogenations

    Jian Gu;Minzhen Jian;Li Huang;Zhihu Sun

  • Intrinsic Electrocatalytic Activity for Oxygen Evolution of Crystalline 3d-Transition Metal Layered Double Hydroxides

    Fabio Dionigi;Jing Zhu;Zhenhua Zeng;Thomas Merzdorf

  • High Alcohols Synthesis via Fischer–Tropsch Reaction at Cobalt Metal/Carbide Interface

    Yan-Peng Pei;Jin-Xun Liu;Yong-Hui Zhao;Yun-Jie Ding;Yun-Jie Ding

  • Why is a noble metal catalytically active? The role of the O-Ag interaction in the function of silver as an oxidation catalyst.

    Wei-Xue Li;Catherine Stampfl;Matthias Scheffler

  • Water enables mild oxidation of methane to methanol on gold single-atom catalysts.

    Laihao Luo;Jie Luo;Hongliang Li;Fangning Ren

  • Crystal-Plane-Controlled Selectivity of Cu2O Catalysts in Propylene Oxidation with Molecular Oxygen

    Qing Hua;Tian Cao;Xiang-Kui Gu;Jiqing Lu

  • Supported Single Pt1/Au1 Atoms for Methanol Steam Reforming

    Xiang Kui Gu;Botao Qiao;Botao Qiao;Chuan Qi Huang;Wu Chen Ding

  • Bimetallic monolayer catalyst breaks the activity–selectivity trade-off on metal particle size for efficient chemoselective hydrogenations

    Qiaoqiao Guan;Chuwei Zhu;Yue Lin;Evgeny I. Vovk

  • Insights into the function of silver as an oxidation catalyst by ab initio atomistic thermodynamics

    Wei-Xue Li;Catherine Stampfl;Matthias Scheffler

  • The most active Cu facet for low-temperature water gas shift reaction.

    Zhenhua Zhang;Sha-Sha Wang;Rui Song;Tian Cao

  • The Effect of Water on the CO Oxidation on Ag(111) and Au(111) Surfaces: A First-Principle Study

    Hai-Yan Su;Ming-Mei Yang;Xin-He Bao;Wei-Xue Li

  • Role of subsurface oxygen in oxide formation at transition metal surfaces.

    M. Todorova;W. X. Li;M. V. Ganduglia-Pirovano;C. Stampfl;C. Stampfl

Frequent Co-Authors

Xinhe Bao
Xinhe Bao Chinese Academy of Sciences
Catherine Stampfl
Catherine Stampfl University of Sydney
Matthias Scheffler
Matthias Scheffler Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society
Ding Ma
Ding Ma Peking University
Bjørk Hammer
Bjørk Hammer Aarhus University
Can Li
Can Li Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics
Zhaochi Feng
Zhaochi Feng Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics
Qiang Fu
Qiang Fu Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics
Lixian Sun
Lixian Sun Guilin University of Electronic Technology
Zhi Liu
Zhi Liu ShanghaiTech University

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