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Wei Zhou 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 Zhou sits on this spectrum.

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 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 610 publications — 92nd percentile

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

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

Wei Zhou 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 Zhou 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: 116 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in China Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in China Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in China Leader Award

Overview

Wei Zhou is affiliated with Nanjing Tech University in China and has contributed extensively to research in engineering and materials science. Their work spans several major subfields, including electrical and electronic engineering, materials chemistry, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, and catalysis.

The main topics of Wei Zhou's research focus on electrocatalysts for energy conversion, advancements in solid oxide fuel cells, advanced battery technologies research, fuel cells and related materials, perovskite materials and applications, electronic and structural properties of oxides, and advanced photocatalysis techniques.

Recent publications by Wei Zhou demonstrate involvement in high-impact research venues, with some of the most cited papers including:

  • Direct evidence of boosted oxygen evolution over perovskite by enhanced lattice oxygen participation (2020, Nature Communications)
  • Thermal-expansion offset for high-performance fuel cell cathodes (2021, Nature)
  • Electrochemical Water Splitting: Bridging the Gaps Between Fundamental Research and Industrial Applications (2022, Energy & Environment Materials)
  • Hydrogen spillover in complex oxide multifunctional sites improves acidic hydrogen evolution electrocatalysis (2022, Nature Communications)
  • Designing High-Valence Metal Sites for Electrochemical Water Splitting (2021, Advanced Functional Materials)

Wei Zhou collaborates frequently with several researchers in the field. Their frequent co-authors include Zongping Shao, Ran Ran, Wei Wang, Guangming Yang, and Daqin Guan.

The researcher's work has been published predominantly in the following venues:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Energy & Fuels
  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • Small
  • Chemical Engineering Journal

Best Publications

  • Nanotube Networks in Polymer Nanocomposites: Rheology and Electrical Conductivity

    Fangming Du;Robert C. Scogna;Wei Zhou;Stijn Brand

  • Evaluation of microstructural effects on corrosion behaviour of AZ91D magnesium alloy

    Rajan Ambat;Naing Naing Aung;W Zhou

  • Nanoporous carbide derived carbon with tunable pore size

    Yury Gogotsi;Michael W. Barsoum

  • Enhancing Electrocatalytic Activity of Perovskite Oxides by Tuning Cation Deficiency for Oxygen Reduction and Evolution Reactions

    Yinlong Zhu;Wei Zhou;Jie Yu;Yubo Chen

  • Recent Progress in Metal-Organic Frameworks for Applications in Electrocatalytic and Photocatalytic Water Splitting.

    Wei Wang;Xiaomin Xu;Wei Zhou;Zongping Shao;Zongping Shao

  • Recent advances and prospective in ruthenium-based materials for electrochemical water splitting

    Jie Yu;Qijiao He;Guangming Yang;Wei Zhou

  • Exploration of porous metal–organic frameworks for gas separation and purification

    Rui Biao Lin;Shengchang Xiang;Huabin Xing;Wei Zhou

  • Surface Tuning for Oxide-Based Nanomaterials as Efficient Photocatalysts

    Liqiang Jing;Wei Zhou;Guohui Tian;Honggang Fu

  • Well-Ordered Large-Pore Mesoporous Anatase TiO2 with Remarkably High Thermal Stability and Improved Crystallinity: Preparation, Characterization, and Photocatalytic Performance

    Wei Zhou;Fanfei Sun;Kai Pan;Guohui Tian

  • Direct evidence of boosted oxygen evolution over perovskite by enhanced lattice oxygen participation.

    Yangli Pan;Yangli Pan;Xiaomin Xu;Yijun Zhong;Lei Ge

  • Facile solvothermal synthesis of hierarchical flower-like Bi2MoO6 hollow spheres as high performance visible-light driven photocatalysts

    Guohui Tian;Yajie Chen;Wei Zhou;Kai Pan

  • Integrated digital inverters based on two-dimensional anisotropic ReS2 field-effect transistors.

    Erfu Liu;Yajun Fu;Yaojia Wang;Yanqing Feng

  • True solutions of single-walled carbon nanotubes for assembly into macroscopic materials

    Virginia A. Davis;A. Nicholas G. Parra-Vasquez;Micah J. Green;Micah J. Green;Pradeep K. Rai

  • Thermal-expansion offset for high-performance fuel cell cathodes

    Yuan Zhang;Bin Chen;Bin Chen;Daqin Guan;Meigui Xu

  • Progress in understanding and development of Ba0.5Sr0.5Co0.8Fe0.2O3−δ-based cathodes for intermediate-temperature solid-oxide fuel cells: A review

    Wei Zhou;Ran Ran;Zongping Shao

  • Advanced synthesis of materials for intermediate-temperature solid oxide fuel cells

    Zongping Shao;Wei Zhou;Zhonghua Zhu

  • A Perovskite Electrocatalyst for Efficient Hydrogen Evolution Reaction.

    Xiaomin Xu;Yubo Chen;Wei Zhou;Zhonghua Zhu

  • A Perovskite Nanorod as Bifunctional Electrocatalyst for Overall Water Splitting

    Yinlong Zhu;Wei Zhou;Yijun Zhong;Yunfei Bu

  • Stable Hierarchical Bimetal-Organic Nanostructures as HighPerformance Electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction.

    Wei Zhou;Dan-Dan Huang;Ya-Pan Wu;Jun Zhao

  • Self-Assembled Triple-Conducting Nanocomposite as a Superior Protonic Ceramic Fuel Cell Cathode

    Yufei Song;Yubo Chen;Wei Wang;Chuan Zhou

  • SrNb0.1Co0.7Fe0.2O3-δ perovskite as a next-generation electrocatalyst for oxygen evolution in alkaline solution

    Yinlong Zhu;Wei Zhou;Zhi Gang Chen;Yubo Chen

  • Advances in non-enzymatic glucose sensors based on metal oxides.

    Hua Zhu;Li Li;Wei Zhou;Zongping Shao;Zongping Shao

  • A metal-organic framework with optimized open metal sites and pore spaces for high methane storage at room termerature

    Banglin Chen;Zhiyong Guo

  • Perovskite oxides applications in high temperature oxygen separation, solid oxide fuel cell and membrane reactor: A review

    Jaka Sunarso;Siti Salwa Hashim;Na Zhu;Wei Zhou

  • Recent Progress on Advanced Materials for Solid-Oxide Fuel Cells Operating Below 500 °C.

    Yuan Zhang;Ruth Knibbe;Jaka Sunarso;Yijun Zhong

  • Perovskite Oxide Based Electrodes for High-Performance Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting.

    Wei Wang;Meigui Xu;Xiaomin Xu;Wei Zhou

  • Interfacial polymerization of covalent organic frameworks (COFs) on polymeric substrates for molecular separations

    Rui Wang;Xiansong Shi;Ankang Xiao;Wei Zhou

  • Recent Advances in Novel Nanostructuring Methods of Perovskite Electrocatalysts for Energy-Related Applications

    Xiaomin Xu;Wei Wang;Wei Zhou;Zongping Shao;Zongping Shao

  • Designing High‐Valence Metal Sites for Electrochemical Water Splitting

    Hainan Sun;Hainan Sun;Xiaomin Xu;Yufei Song;Wei Zhou

  • Perovskite/Carbon Composites: Applications in Oxygen Electrocatalysis

    Yinlong Zhu;Wei Zhou;Zongping Shao;Zongping Shao

  • An Amorphous Nickel–Iron-Based Electrocatalyst with Unusual Local Structures for Ultrafast Oxygen Evolution Reaction

    Gao Chen;Yanping Zhu;Hao Ming Chen;Zhiwei Hu

Frequent Co-Authors

Zongping Shao
Zongping Shao Curtin University
Zhonghua Zhu
Zhonghua Zhu University of Queensland
Yijun Zhong
Yijun Zhong Curtin University
Jaka Sunarso
Jaka Sunarso Swinburne University of Technology
Yinlong Zhu
Yinlong Zhu Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Ran Ran
Ran Ran Nanjing Tech University
Meilin Liu
Meilin Liu Georgia Institute of Technology
Lei Ge
Lei Ge University of Southern Queensland
Shaobin Wang
Shaobin Wang University of Adelaide
Feng Miao
Feng Miao Nanjing University

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