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D-Index
105
Citations
35085
World Ranking
855
National Ranking
262

Weida Hu 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 Weida Hu sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 481 publications — 85th percentile

85% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Weida Hu 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 Weida Hu 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: 105 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Weida Hu is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China and has contributed extensively to the fields of Engineering and Materials Science. Their research is especially prominent within the subfields of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, as well as Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

The primary topics of their work include 2D Materials and Applications, Advanced Semiconductor Detectors and Materials, Perovskite Materials and Applications, Graphene research and applications, Advanced Memory and Neural Computing, Nanowire Synthesis and Applications, and Photonic and Optical Devices.

Weida Hu's frequent coauthors, indicating close collaborative research relationships, include Fang Wang, Peng Wang, Zhen Wang, Hailu Wang, and Runzhang Xie.

The venues where Weida Hu has regularly published also outline the scope and impact of their research interests. These include Advanced Materials, Nature Communications, Advanced Functional Materials, Light Science & Applications, and Small.

Some of their recent papers are:

  • Ultrafast and broadband photodetectors based on a perovskite/organic bulk heterojunction for large-dynamic-range imaging, 2020, Light Science & Applications
  • Unipolar barrier photodetectors based on van der Waals heterostructures, 2021, Nature Electronics
  • All-in-one two-dimensional retinomorphic hardware device for motion detection and recognition, 2021, Nature Nanotechnology
  • Stable mid-infrared polarization imaging based on quasi-2D tellurium at room temperature, 2020, Nature Communications
  • How to characterize figures of merit of two-dimensional photodetectors, 2023, Nature Communications

Best Publications

  • Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities for 2D Material Based Photodetectors

    Mingsheng Long;Peng Wang;Hehai Fang;Weida Hu

  • Photogating in Low Dimensional Photodetectors

    Hehai Fang;Weida Hu

  • Ultrasensitive and Broadband MoS2 Photodetector Driven by Ferroelectrics

    Xudong Wang;Xudong Wang;Peng Wang;Jianlu Wang;Weida Hu

  • Room temperature high-detectivity mid-infrared photodetectors based on black arsenic phosphorus

    Mingsheng Long;Anyuan Gao;Peng Wang;Hui Xia

  • Interlayer Transition and Infrared Photodetection in Atomically Thin Type-II MoTe2/MoS2 van der Waals Heterostructures

    Kenan Zhang;Tianning Zhang;Guanghui Cheng;Tianxin Li

  • Ultrafast and broadband photodetectors based on a perovskite/organic bulk heterojunction for large-dynamic-range imaging

    Chenglong Li;Hailu Wang;Fang Wang;Tengfei Li

  • Ultrafast and broadband photodetectors based on a perovskite/organic bulk heterojunction for large-dynamic-range imaging.

    Chenglong Li;Hailu Wang;Fang Wang;Tengfei Li

  • Unipolar barrier photodetectors based on van der Waals heterostructures

    Yunfeng Chen;Yang Wang;Yang Wang;Zhen Wang;Yue Gu

  • How to characterize figures of merit of two-dimensional photodetectors

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  • All-in-one two-dimensional retinomorphic hardware device for motion detection and recognition.

    Zhenhan Zhang;Zhenhan Zhang;Shuiyuan Wang;Chunsen Liu;Runzhang Xie

  • Van der Waals epitaxial growth and optoelectronics of large-scale WSe 2 /SnS 2 vertical bilayer p–n junctions

    Tiefeng Yang;Biyuan Zheng;Zhen Wang;Tao Xu

  • Stable mid-infrared polarization imaging based on quasi-2D tellurium at room temperature

    Lei Tong;Xinyu Huang;Peng Wang;Lei Ye

  • Recent Progress on Two-Dimensional Materials

    Cheng Chang;Wei Chen;Ye Chen;Yonghua Chen

  • Surface Plasmon‐Enhanced Photodetection in Few Layer MoS2 Phototransistors with Au Nanostructure Arrays

    Jinshui Miao;Weida Hu;Youliang Jing;Wenjin Luo

  • Broadband Photovoltaic Detectors Based on an Atomically Thin Heterostructure.

    Mingsheng Long;Erfu Liu;Peng Wang;Anyuan Gao

  • ReS2-Based Field-Effect Transistors and Photodetectors

    Enze Zhang;Yibo Jin;Xiang Yuan;Weiyi Wang

  • Tunable Ambipolar Polarization-Sensitive Photodetectors Based on High-Anisotropy ReSe2 Nanosheets.

    Enze Zhang;Peng Wang;Zhe Li;Haifeng Wang

  • Plasmonic Silicon Quantum Dots Enabled High-Sensitivity Ultrabroadband Photodetection of Graphene-Based Hybrid Phototransistors

    Zhenyi Ni;Lingling Ma;Sichao Du;Yang Xu

  • Recent Progress on Localized Field Enhanced Two-dimensional Material Photodetectors from Ultraviolet—Visible to Infrared

    Jianlu Wang;Hehai Fang;Xudong Wang;Xiaoshuang Chen

  • High efficiency and fast van der Waals hetero-photodiodes with a unilateral depletion region.

    Feng Wu;Qing Li;Peng Wang;Hui Xia

  • Highly polarization sensitive infrared photodetector based on black phosphorus-on-WSe2 photogate vertical heterostructure

    Lei Ye;Peng Wang;Peng Wang;Wenjin Luo;Wenjin Luo;Fan Gong;Fan Gong

  • Solution-Processed Graphene Quantum Dot Deep-UV Photodetectors

    Qing Zhang;Jiansheng Jie;Senlin Diao;Zhibin Shao

  • Broadband Photovoltaic Detectors based on an Atomically Thin Heterostructure

    Mingsheng Long;Erfu Liu;Peng Wang;Anyuan Gao

Frequent Co-Authors

Xiaoshuang Chen
Xiaoshuang Chen Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jianlu Wang
Jianlu Wang Fudan University
Lei Liao
Lei Liao Hunan University
Xudong Wang
Xudong Wang University of Wisconsin–Madison
Peng Zhou
Peng Zhou Fudan University
Junhao Chu
Junhao Chu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xiangjian Meng
Xiangjian Meng Chinese Academy of Sciences
Hong Shen
Hong Shen Sun Yat-sen University
Lin Wang
Lin Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jin Zou
Jin Zou University of Queensland

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