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D-Index
61
Citations
14110
World Ranking
9195
National Ranking
2601

Wendy L. Mao 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 Wendy L. Mao sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 246 publications — 48th percentile

48% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Wendy L. Mao 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 Wendy L. Mao sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 61 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2021 - Geochemistry Fellow Honor, Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry

Overview

Wendy L. Mao is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in materials science, earth and planetary sciences, and engineering. Their work spans multiple interdisciplinary fields, with a strong focus on understanding materials behavior under extreme conditions.

The main fields of study associated with Wendy L. Mao's research include:

  • Materials Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences
  • Engineering

Within these areas, their subfields of study cover:

  • Materials Chemistry
  • Geophysics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials

Themes central to their work include:

  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research
  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Boron and Carbon Nanomaterials Research
  • High-Velocity Impact and Material Behavior

Wendy L. Mao's recent publications highlight their research interests and contributions. Selected papers include:

  • "Nitrogen in black phosphorus structure," 2020, Science Advances
  • "Preserving a robust CsPbI3 perovskite phase via pressure-directed octahedral tilt," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Sub-10-nm graphene nanoribbons with atomically smooth edges from squashed carbon nanotubes," 2021, Nature Electronics
  • "Synthesis of Atomically Thin Hexagonal Diamond with Compression," 2020, Nano Letters
  • "Key problems of the four-dimensional Earth system," 2020, Matter and Radiation at Extremes

The venues where Wendy L. Mao frequently publishes demonstrate a focus on high-impact and specialized journals:

  • Nature Communications
  • Science Advances
  • Matter and Radiation at Extremes
  • Physical Review Letters
  • Geophysical Monograph

Collaborations form a substantial part of their research output. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Yu Lin
  • A. E. Gleason
  • Bob Nagler
  • Hae Ja Lee
  • Eric Galtier

In recognition of their contributions, Wendy L. Mao was awarded the Geochemistry Fellow Honor by the Geochemical Society and the European Association of Geochemistry in 2021.

Best Publications

  • Hydrogen clusters in clathrate hydrate.

    Wendy L. Mao;Wendy L. Mao;Ho-kwang Mao;Alexander F. Goncharov;Viktor V. Struzhkin

  • Bonding Changes in Compressed Superhard Graphite

    Wendy L. Mao;Wendy L. Mao;Ho-kwang Mao;Ho-kwang Mao;Peter J. Eng;Thomas P. Trainor;Thomas P. Trainor

  • Solvent-Free Electrolytes with Aqueous Solution-Like Conductivities

    Wu Xu;C. Austen Angell

  • Hydrogen storage in molecular compounds

    W. Mao;H. Mao

  • Potentially Biogenic Carbon Preserved in a 4.1 Billion-Year-Old Zircon

    Elizabeth A. Bell;Patrick Boehnke;T. Mark Harrison;Wendy L. Mao

  • High-Pressure Single-Crystal Structures of 3D Lead-Halide Hybrid Perovskites and Pressure Effects on their Electronic and Optical Properties

    Adam Jaffe;Yu Lin;Christine M. Beavers;Johannes Voss

  • Hydrogen storage in molecular clathrates.

    Viktor V. Struzhkin;Burkhard Militzer;Wendy L. Mao;Ho-kwang Mao

  • Structure and dynamics of hydrogen molecules in the novel clathrate hydrate by high pressure neutron diffraction.

    Konstantin A. Lokshin;Yusheng Zhao;Duanwei He;Wendy L. Mao;Wendy L. Mao

  • High pressure synthesis of a hexagonal close-packed phase of the high-entropy alloy CrMnFeCoNi

    Cameron L. Tracy;Sulgiye Park;Dylan R. Rittman;Steven J. Zinkle

  • Pressure induced metallization with absence of structural transition in layered molybdenum diselenide

    Zhao Zhao;Haijun Zhang;Hongtao Yuan;Shibing Wang

  • Pressure-Induced Conductivity and Yellow-to-Black Piezochromism in a Layered Cu–Cl Hybrid Perovskite

    Adam Jaffe;Yu Lin;Wendy L. Mao;Hemamala I. Karunadasa

  • Long-Range Topological Order in Metallic Glass

    Qiaoshi Zeng;Qiaoshi Zeng;Hongwei Sheng;Yang Ding;Lin Wang;Lin Wang

  • Long-range ordered carbon clusters: a crystalline material with amorphous building blocks.

    Lin Wang;Lin Wang;Bingbing Liu;Hui Li;Wenge Yang

  • Families of Superhard Crystalline Carbon Allotropes Constructed via Cold Compression of Graphite and Nanotubes

    Haiyang Niu;Xing-Qiu Chen;Shibing Wang;Dianzhong Li

  • Pressure-Induced Metallization of the Halide Perovskite (CH3NH3)PbI3

    Adam Jaffe;Yu Lin;Wendy L. Mao;Hemamala I. Karunadasa

  • Amorphous diamond -- A high-pressure superhard carbon allotrope

    Yu Lin;Li Zhang;Ho-kwang Mao;Paul Chow

  • Origin of pressure-induced polyamorphism in Ce75Al25 metallic glass.

    Qiao-shi Zeng;Qiao-shi Zeng;Yang Ding;Wendy L. Mao;Wenge Yang

  • Pressure-Induced Emission (PIE) and Phase Transition of a Two-dimensional Halide Double Perovskite (BA) 4 AgBiBr 8 (BA=CH 3 (CH 2 ) 3 NH 3 + )

    Yuanyuan Fang;Long Zhang;Lianwei Wu;Jiejuan Yan;Jiejuan Yan

  • Tuning Emission and Electron–Phonon Coupling in Lead-Free Halide Double Perovskite Cs2AgBiCl6 under Pressure

    Long Zhang;Yuanyuan Fang;Laizhi Sui;Jiejuan Yan

  • Hydrogen-bearing iron peroxide and the origin of ultralow-velocity zones

    Jin Liu;Qingyang Hu;Duck Young Kim;Zhongqing Wu

  • Size-dependent amorphization of nanoscale Y2O3 at high pressure.

    Lin Wang;Lin Wang;Wenge Yang;Yang Ding;Yang Ren

  • Nitrogen in black phosphorus structure.

    Cheng Ji;Adebayo A. Adeleke;Liuxiang Yang;Biao Wan

  • Strain-Induced Modification of Optical Selection Rules in Lanthanide-Based Upconverting Nanoparticles

    Michael D. Wisser;Maverick Chea;Yu Lin;Di M. Wu

Frequent Co-Authors

Ho-kwang Mao
Ho-kwang Mao Carnegie Institution for Science
Russell J. Hemley
Russell J. Hemley University of Illinois at Chicago
Yue Meng
Yue Meng Argonne National Laboratory
Rodney C. Ewing
Rodney C. Ewing Stanford University
Vitali B. Prakapenka
Vitali B. Prakapenka University of Chicago
Viktor V. Struzhkin
Viktor V. Struzhkin Carnegie Institution for Science
Yi Cui
Yi Cui Stanford University
Yijin Liu
Yijin Liu The University of Texas at Austin

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