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D-Index
100
Citations
32736
World Ranking
1064
National Ranking
333

Wei Yang 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 Wei Yang sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 710 publications — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Wei Yang 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 Wei Yang 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: 100 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Wei Yang is a researcher affiliated with Sichuan University in China with a focus on physics, astronomy, and earth and planetary sciences. Their body of work is characterized by numerous contributions to planetary science, exploration, and geological research.

The main fields of study for Wei Yang include:

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Within these broad areas, Wei Yang's subfields of expertise encompass:

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Geophysics
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Ecology
  • Oceanography

Key topics Wei Yang has researched involve:

  • Planetary Science and Exploration
  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life
  • Space Exploration and Technology
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies

Wei Yang has published frequently in high-impact journals and venues such as:

  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Planets
  • Nature Communications
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Lithos

Their recent notable papers include:

  • "Non-KREEP origin for Chang'e-5 basalts in the Procellarum KREEP Terrane" (2021, Nature)
  • "IP-Adapter: Text Compatible Image Prompt Adapter for Text-to-Image Diffusion Models" (2023, arXiv (Cornell University))
  • "Lunar regolith and substructure at Chang'E-4 landing site in South Pole-Aitken basin" (2020, Nature Astronomy)
  • "Disentangling the role of salinity-sodicity in shaping soil microbiome along a natural saline-sodic gradient" (2020, The Science of The Total Environment)
  • "Spatio-temporal variation in potential habitats for rare and endangered plants and habitat conservation based on the maximum entropy model" (2021, The Science of The Total Environment)

Collaborations have been an important element of Wei Yang's research with the most frequent co-authors including:

  • Yangting Lin
  • Sen Hu
  • Heng-Ci Tian
  • Xian-Hua Li
  • Jialong Hao

Best Publications

  • Recurrent Attention Network on Memory for Aspect Sentiment Analysis

    Peng Chen;Zhongqian Sun;Lidong Bing;Wei Yang

  • A review on fundamental of high entropy alloys with promising high–temperature properties

    Jian Chen;Xueyang Zhou;Weili Wang;Bing Liu

  • Review on auxetic materials

    Wei Yang;Zhong-Ming Li;Wei Shi;Bang-Hu Xie

  • Highly Durable Na2V6O16·1.63H2O Nanowire Cathode for Aqueous Zinc-Ion Battery

    Ping Hu;Ting Zhu;Xuanpeng Wang;Xiujuan Wei

  • High‐Performance Aqueous Zinc–Ion Battery Based on Layered H2V3O8 Nanowire Cathode

    Pan He;Yueli Quan;Xu Xu;Mengyu Yan;Mengyu Yan

  • Ultralow Fouling and Functionalizable Surface Chemistry Based on a Zwitterionic Polymer Enabling Sensitive and Specific Protein Detection in Undiluted Blood Plasma

    Hana Vaisocherová;Wei Yang;Zheng Zhang;Zhiqiang Cao

  • Thermal and mechanical properties of chemical crosslinked polylactide (PLA)

    Sen-lin Yang;Zhi-Hua Wu;Wei Yang;Ming-Bo Yang

  • Smart Ti3C2Tx MXene Fabric with Fast Humidity Response and Joule Heating for Healthcare and Medical Therapy Applications

    Xing Zhao;Li-Ya Wang;Chun-Yan Tang;Xiang-Jun Zha

  • Screen-Printed Washable Electronic Textiles as Self-Powered Touch/Gesture Tribo-Sensors for Intelligent Human-Machine Interaction.

    Ran Cao;Xianjie Pu;Xinyu Du;Wei Yang

  • Modular pathway engineering of diterpenoid synthases and the mevalonic acid pathway for miltiradiene production.

    Yongjin J. Zhou;Wei Gao;Qixian Rong;Guojie Jin

  • Hybrid graphene aerogels/phase change material composites: Thermal conductivity, shape-stabilization and light-to-thermal energy storage

    Jie Yang;Guo-Qiang Qi;Yang Liu;Rui-Ying Bao

  • Giant voltage-induced deformation in dielectric elastomers near the verge of snap-through instability

    Tiefeng Li;Tiefeng Li;Christoph Keplinger;Christoph Keplinger;Richard Baumgartner;Siegfried Bauer

  • Largely enhanced thermal conductivity of poly (ethylene glycol)/boron nitride composite phase change materials for solar-thermal-electric energy conversion and storage with very low content of graphene nanoplatelets

    Jie Yang;Li-Sheng Tang;Rui-Ying Bao;Lu Bai

  • Copper–Nickel Nitride Nanosheets as Efficient Bifunctional Catalysts for Hydrazine-Assisted Electrolytic Hydrogen Production

    Zhaoyang Wang;Lin Xu;Fuzhi Huang;Longbing Qu

  • Pursuing “Zero” Protein Adsorption of Poly(carboxybetaine) from Undiluted Blood Serum and Plasma

    Wei Yang;Wei Yang;Hong Xue;Wei Li;Jinli Zhang

  • Heat transfer and flow behaviour of aqueous suspensions of titanate nanotubes (nanofluids)

    Haisheng Chen;Haisheng Chen;Wei Yang;Yurong He;Yulong Ding

  • Hybrid network structure of boron nitride and graphene oxide in shape-stabilized composite phase change materials with enhanced thermal conductivity and light-to-electric energy conversion capability

    Jie Yang;Li-Sheng Tang;Rui-Ying Bao;Lu Bai

  • Nonfouling Behavior of Polycarboxybetaine-Grafted Surfaces: Structural and Environmental Effects

    Zheng Zhang;Hana Vaisocherová;Gang Cheng;Wei Yang

  • Defect-Rich Soft Carbon Porous Nanosheets for Fast and High-Capacity Sodium-Ion Storage

    Xuhui Yao;Yajie Ke;Wenhao Ren;Xuanpeng Wang

  • Stereocomplex Crystallite Network in Asymmetric PLLA/PDLA Blends: Formation, Structure, and Confining Effect on the Crystallization Rate of Homocrystallites

    Xin-Feng Wei;Rui-Ying Bao;Zhi-Qiang Cao;Wei Yang

  • Activation of the imprinted Dlk1-Dio3 region correlates with pluripotency levels of mouse stem cells

    Lei Liu;Guan-Zheng Luo;Wei Yang;Xiaoyang Zhao

  • An ice-templated assembly strategy to construct graphene oxide/boron nitride hybrid porous scaffolds in phase change materials with enhanced thermal conductivity and shape stability for light–thermal–electric energy conversion

    Jie Yang;Li-Sheng Tang;Rui-Ying Bao;Lu Bai

  • Film Thickness Dependence of Protein Adsorption from Blood Serum and Plasma onto Poly(sulfobetaine)-Grafted Surfaces

    Wei Yang;Shengfu Chen;Gang Cheng;Hana Vaisocherová

  • Heat Transfer Intensification Using Nanofluids

    Yulong Ding;Haisheng Chen;Haisheng Chen;Liang Wang;Liang Wang;Chane Yuan Yang

  • Functionalizable and ultra stable nanoparticles coated with zwitterionic poly(carboxybetaine) in undiluted blood serum.

    Wei Yang;Lei Zhang;Shanlin Wang;Andrew D. White

  • Flexible Anti-Biofouling MXene/Cellulose Fibrous Membrane for Sustainable Solar-Driven Water Purification.

    Xiang-Jun Zha;Xing Zhao;Jun-Hong Pu;Li-Sheng Tang

  • Ultrastable and High-Performance Zn/VO2 Battery Based on a Reversible Single-Phase Reaction

    Lineng Chen;Yushan Ruan;Guobin Zhang;Qiulong Wei

  • Hybridizing graphene aerogel into three-dimensional graphene foam for high-performance composite phase change materials

    Jie Yang;Guo-Qiang Qi;Guo-Qiang Qi;Rui-Ying Bao;Kongyang Yi

  • Graphene–Co3O4 nanocomposite as an efficient bifunctional catalyst for lithium–air batteries

    Chunwen Sun;Fan Li;Chao Ma;Yan Wang

  • Multilayer structured AgNW/WPU-MXene fiber strain sensors with ultrahigh sensitivity and a wide operating range for wearable monitoring and healthcare

    Jun-Hong Pu;Xing Zhao;Xiang-Jun Zha;Lu Bai

  • Macroporous three-dimensional MXene architectures for highly efficient solar steam generation

    Xing Zhao;Xiang-Jun Zha;Jun-Hong Pu;Lu Bai

Frequent Co-Authors

Ming-Bo Yang
Ming-Bo Yang Sichuan University
Bang-Hu Xie
Bang-Hu Xie Sichuan University
Zheng-Ying Liu
Zheng-Ying Liu Sichuan University
Rui-Ying Bao
Rui-Ying Bao Sichuan University
Kai Ke
Kai Ke Sichuan University
Zhong-Ming Li
Zhong-Ming Li Sichuan University
Jingjie Wu
Jingjie Wu University of Cincinnati
Pulickel M. Ajayan
Pulickel M. Ajayan Rice University
Hui Xu
Hui Xu Jiangsu University
Robert Vajtai
Robert Vajtai Rice University

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