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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Engineering and Technology 46 5133 4941 992 986 169 8738

Wentao Xu publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Wentao Xu between 2007 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Wentao Xu published across 20 years, from 2007 to 2026, averaging 10 papers a year. Output peaked at 33 publications in 2024. 30 of the 200 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2007 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 33. Peak 33 publications in 2024. 2007: 1 publication 2008: 0 publications 2009: 1 publication 2010: 2 publications 2011: 3 publications 2012: 2 publications 2013: 1 publication 2014: 6 publications 2015: 5 publications 2016: 14 publications 2017: 2 publications 2018: 4 publications 2019: 13 publications 2020: 17 publications 2021: 26 publications 2022: 23 publications 2023: 17 publications 2024: 33 publications 2025: 29 publications 2026: 1 publication
2007 2026

200 publications in total across all disciplines

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Wentao Xu: publications per year, 2007 to 2026
Year Publications
2007 1
2008 0
2009 1
2010 2
2011 3
2012 2
2013 1
2014 6
2015 5
2016 14
2017 2
2018 4
2019 13
2020 17
2021 26
2022 23
2023 17
2024 33
2025 29
2026 1
Total 200
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Wentao Xu publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Engineering and Technology in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Wentao Xu sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400
Bar chart with 78 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 38–47 to 804+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 457. Most scientists, 457, have 148–157 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 168–177 publications, is where this scientist sits. 38–47 publications: 20 scientists 48–57 publications: 35 scientists 58–67 publications: 96 scientists 68–77 publications: 135 scientists 78–87 publications: 190 scientists 88–97 publications: 259 scientists 98–107 publications: 283 scientists 108–117 publications: 369 scientists 118–127 publications: 341 scientists 128–137 publications: 386 scientists 138–147 publications: 372 scientists 148–157 publications: 457 scientists 158–167 publications: 415 scientists 168–177 publications: 407 scientists 178–187 publications: 421 scientists 188–197 publications: 378 scientists 198–207 publications: 403 scientists 208–217 publications: 317 scientists 218–227 publications: 346 scientists 228–237 publications: 321 scientists 238–247 publications: 260 scientists 248–257 publications: 280 scientists 258–267 publications: 240 scientists 268–277 publications: 214 scientists 278–287 publications: 242 scientists 288–297 publications: 203 scientists 298–307 publications: 166 scientists 308–317 publications: 154 scientists 318–327 publications: 175 scientists 328–337 publications: 159 scientists 338–347 publications: 99 scientists 348–357 publications: 131 scientists 358–367 publications: 106 scientists 368–377 publications: 118 scientists 378–387 publications: 97 scientists 388–397 publications: 108 scientists 398–407 publications: 82 scientists 408–417 publications: 71 scientists 418–427 publications: 64 scientists 428–437 publications: 55 scientists 438–447 publications: 54 scientists 448–457 publications: 60 scientists 458–467 publications: 47 scientists 468–477 publications: 40 scientists 478–487 publications: 30 scientists 488–497 publications: 29 scientists 498–507 publications: 38 scientists 508–517 publications: 40 scientists 518–527 publications: 32 scientists 528–537 publications: 23 scientists 538–547 publications: 28 scientists 548–557 publications: 23 scientists 558–567 publications: 19 scientists 568–577 publications: 16 scientists 578–587 publications: 17 scientists 588–597 publications: 18 scientists 598–607 publications: 22 scientists 608–617 publications: 15 scientists 618–627 publications: 9 scientists 628–637 publications: 11 scientists 638–647 publications: 21 scientists 648–657 publications: 12 scientists 658–667 publications: 9 scientists 668–677 publications: 11 scientists 678–687 publications: 9 scientists 688–697 publications: 6 scientists 698–707 publications: 14 scientists 708–717 publications: 7 scientists 718–727 publications: 8 scientists 728–737 publications: 10 scientists 738–747 publications: 9 scientists 748–757 publications: 5 scientists 758–767 publications: 5 scientists 768–777 publications: 11 scientists 778–787 publications: 7 scientists 788–797 publications: 2 scientists 798–803 publications: 4 scientists 804+ publications: 100 scientists
38–47 publications 804+

This scientist: 169 publications — 35th percentile

35% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 804 publications or more.

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Number of Engineering and Technology scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,796 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
38–47 20
48–57 35
58–67 96
68–77 135
78–87 190
88–97 259
98–107 283
108–117 369
118–127 341
128–137 386
138–147 372
148–157 457
158–167 415
168–177 407 169
178–187 421
188–197 378
198–207 403
208–217 317
218–227 346
228–237 321
238–247 260
248–257 280
258–267 240
268–277 214
278–287 242
288–297 203
298–307 166
308–317 154
318–327 175
328–337 159
338–347 99
348–357 131
358–367 106
368–377 118
378–387 97
388–397 108
398–407 82
408–417 71
418–427 64
428–437 55
438–447 54
448–457 60
458–467 47
468–477 40
478–487 30
488–497 29
498–507 38
508–517 40
518–527 32
528–537 23
538–547 28
548–557 23
558–567 19
568–577 16
578–587 17
588–597 18
598–607 22
608–617 15
618–627 9
628–637 11
638–647 21
648–657 12
658–667 9
668–677 11
678–687 9
688–697 6
698–707 14
708–717 7
718–727 8
728–737 10
738–747 9
748–757 5
758–767 5
768–777 11
778–787 7
788–797 2
798–803 4
804+ 100
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Wentao Xu D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Wentao Xu sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
100 200 300 400
Bar chart with 78 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 30 to 107+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 426. Most scientists, 426, have 42 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 46 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 30 D-Index: 59 scientists 31 D-Index: 114 scientists 32 D-Index: 129 scientists 33 D-Index: 189 scientists 34 D-Index: 200 scientists 35 D-Index: 262 scientists 36 D-Index: 311 scientists 37 D-Index: 312 scientists 38 D-Index: 350 scientists 39 D-Index: 385 scientists 40 D-Index: 348 scientists 41 D-Index: 362 scientists 42 D-Index: 426 scientists 43 D-Index: 380 scientists 44 D-Index: 310 scientists 45 D-Index: 341 scientists 46 D-Index: 301 scientists 47 D-Index: 306 scientists 48 D-Index: 271 scientists 49 D-Index: 246 scientists 50 D-Index: 210 scientists 51 D-Index: 253 scientists 52 D-Index: 213 scientists 53 D-Index: 221 scientists 54 D-Index: 195 scientists 55 D-Index: 186 scientists 56 D-Index: 170 scientists 57 D-Index: 167 scientists 58 D-Index: 166 scientists 59 D-Index: 144 scientists 60 D-Index: 152 scientists 61 D-Index: 141 scientists 62 D-Index: 138 scientists 63 D-Index: 131 scientists 64 D-Index: 118 scientists 65 D-Index: 114 scientists 66 D-Index: 119 scientists 67 D-Index: 95 scientists 68 D-Index: 87 scientists 69 D-Index: 77 scientists 70 D-Index: 89 scientists 71 D-Index: 69 scientists 72 D-Index: 54 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 55 scientists 75 D-Index: 54 scientists 76 D-Index: 49 scientists 77 D-Index: 53 scientists 78 D-Index: 46 scientists 79 D-Index: 28 scientists 80 D-Index: 39 scientists 81 D-Index: 36 scientists 82 D-Index: 24 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 36 scientists 85 D-Index: 18 scientists 86 D-Index: 25 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 26 scientists 89 D-Index: 27 scientists 90 D-Index: 23 scientists 91 D-Index: 15 scientists 92 D-Index: 12 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 15 scientists 95 D-Index: 10 scientists 96 D-Index: 13 scientists 97 D-Index: 13 scientists 98 D-Index: 9 scientists 99 D-Index: 7 scientists 100 D-Index: 7 scientists 101 D-Index: 8 scientists 102 D-Index: 7 scientists 103 D-Index: 7 scientists 104 D-Index: 9 scientists 105 D-Index: 6 scientists 106 D-Index: 9 scientists 107+ D-Index: 99 scientists
30 D-Index 107+

This scientist: 46 D-Index — 49th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 107 D-Index or more.

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Number of Engineering and Technology scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 9,796 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
30 59
31 114
32 129
33 189
34 200
35 262
36 311
37 312
38 350
39 385
40 348
41 362
42 426
43 380
44 310
45 341
46 301 46
47 306
48 271
49 246
50 210
51 253
52 213
53 221
54 195
55 186
56 170
57 167
58 166
59 144
60 152
61 141
62 138
63 131
64 118
65 114
66 119
67 95
68 87
69 77
70 89
71 69
72 54
73 46
74 55
75 54
76 49
77 53
78 46
79 28
80 39
81 36
82 24
83 26
84 36
85 18
86 25
87 19
88 26
89 27
90 23
91 15
92 12
93 9
94 15
95 10
96 13
97 13
98 9
99 7
100 7
101 8
102 7
103 7
104 9
105 6
106 9
107+ 99
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Overview

Wentao Xu is affiliated with Nankai University in China and conducts research primarily in the fields of engineering and neuroscience. Their work spans interdisciplinary domains, with a focused interest in electrical and electronic engineering as well as cellular and molecular neuroscience.

The scientist's research addresses topics related to advanced memory and neural computing, neuroscience and neural engineering, and conducting polymers and applications. Additional topics include advanced sensor and energy harvesting materials, photoreceptor and optogenetics research, perovskite materials and applications, and neural dynamics and brain function.

Wentao Xu has published extensively in several notable scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • Nature Communications
  • Nano Letters
  • Nano Energy
  • Advanced Science

Their recent works demonstrate a focus on materials science and neuromorphic engineering. Representative papers include:

  • Advances in the Application of Perovskite Materials, 2023, Nano-Micro Letters
  • Mimicking efferent nerves using a graphdiyne-based artificial synapse with multiple ion diffusion dynamics, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Stretchable Neuromorphic Transistor That Combines Multisensing and Information Processing for Epidermal Gesture Recognition, 2022, ACS Nano
  • Evolution of Bio-Inspired Artificial Synapses: Materials, Structures, and Mechanisms, 2020, Small
  • Mammalian-brain-inspired neuromorphic motion-cognition nerve achieves cross-modal perceptual enhancement, 2023, Nature Communications

Their collaborative work includes frequent co-authorship with researchers such as:

  • Yao Ni
  • Huanhuan Wei
  • Jiangdong Gong
  • Lin Sun
  • Jiaqi Liu

Best Publications

  • A bioinspired flexible organic artificial afferent nerve

    Yeongin Kim;Alex Chortos;Wentao Xu;Wentao Xu;Yuxin Liu

  • Enhanced Electrochemical Kinetics on Conductive Polar Mediators for Lithium–Sulfur Batteries

    Hong-Jie Peng;Ge Zhang;Xiang Chen;Ze-Wen Zhang

  • A Cooperative Interface for Highly Efficient Lithium–Sulfur Batteries

    Hong-Jie Peng;Ze-Wen Zhang;Jia-Qi Huang;Ge Zhang

  • Lithium Bond Chemistry in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries.

    Ting-Zheng Hou;Ting-Zheng Hou;Wen-Tao Xu;Wen-Tao Xu;Xiang Chen;Hong-Jie Peng

  • Organic core-sheath nanowire artificial synapses with femtojoule energy consumption.

    Wentao Xu;Sung-Yong Min;Hyunsang Hwang;Tae-Woo Lee

  • Stretchable organic optoelectronic sensorimotor synapse

    Yeongjun Lee;Yeongjun Lee;Jin Young Oh;Jin Young Oh;Wentao Xu;Wentao Xu;Onnuri Kim

  • Organometal Halide Perovskite Artificial Synapses

    Wentao Xu;Himchan Cho;Young Hoon Kim;Young Tae Kim

  • Advances in the Application of Perovskite Materials

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  • Distal radical migration strategy: an emerging synthetic means

    Weipeng Li;Wentao Xu;Jin Xie;Shouyun Yu

  • Recent Progress in Three-Terminal Artificial Synapses: From Device to System

    Hong Han;Haiyang Yu;Huanhuan Wei;Jiangdong Gong

  • 3D Carbonaceous Current Collectors: The Origin of Enhanced Cycling Stability for High‐Sulfur‐Loading Lithium–Sulfur Batteries

    Hong-Jie Peng;Wen-Tao Xu;Lin Zhu;Dai-Wei Wang

  • Healing High-Loading Sulfur Electrodes with Unprecedented Long Cycling Life: Spatial Heterogeneity Control

    Hong-Jie Peng;Jia-Qi Huang;Xin-Yan Liu;Xin-Bing Cheng

  • Recent progress in fabrication techniques of graphene nanoribbons

    Wentao Xu;Tae-Woo Lee

  • Mimicking efferent nerves using a graphdiyne-based artificial synapse with multiple ion diffusion dynamics.

    Huanhuan Wei;Rongchao Shi;Lin Sun;Haiyang Yu

  • Stretchable Neuromorphic Transistor That Combines Multisensing and Information Processing for Epidermal Gesture Recognition.

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  • Dimensionality Dependent Plasticity in Halide Perovskite Artificial Synapses for Neuromorphic Computing

    Sung-Il Kim;Yeongjun Lee;Min-Ho Park;Gyeong-Tak Go

  • Mammalian-brain-inspired neuromorphic motion-cognition nerve achieves cross-modal perceptual enhancement

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  • An artificial visual nerve for mimicking pupil reflex

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  • Organic nanowire fabrication and device applications.

    Sung-Yong Min;Tae-Sik Kim;Yeongjun Lee;Himchan Cho

  • Evolution of Bio-Inspired Artificial Synapses: Materials, Structures, and Mechanisms.

    Haiyang Yu;Huanhuan Wei;Jiangdong Gong;Hong Han

  • A bioinspired flexible neuromuscular system based thermal-annealing-free perovskite with passivation

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  • Multifunctional Heterostructures for Polysulfide Suppression in High-Performance Lithium-Sulfur Cathode.

    Manfang Chen;Wentao Xu;Sidra Jamil;Shouxin Jiang

  • Lateral Artificial Synapses on Hybrid Perovskite Platelets with Modulated Neuroplasticity

    Jiangdong Gong;Haiyang Yu;Xin Zhou;Huanhuan Wei

  • Flexible electro-optical neuromorphic transistors with tunable synaptic plasticity and nociceptive behavior

    Huanhuan Wei;Yao Ni;Lin Sun;Haiyang Yu

  • A new type of power energy for accelerating chemical reactions: the nature of a microwave-driving force for accelerating chemical reactions.

    Jicheng Zhou;Wentao Xu;Zhimin You;Zhe Wang

  • A Supramolecular Capsule for Reversible Polysulfide Storage/Delivery in Lithium-Sulfur Batteries.

    Jin Xie;Hong-Jie Peng;Jia-Qi Huang;Wen-Tao Xu

  • Recent Process of Flexible Transistor‐Structured Memory

    Yao Ni;Yongfei Wang;Wentao Xu

  • Ultrasensitive artificial synapse based on conjugated polyelectrolyte

    Wentao Xu;Wentao Xu;Thanh Luan Nguyen;Young Tae Kim;Christoph Wolf

  • Towards Stable Lithium-Sulfur Batteries with a Low Self-Discharge Rate: Ion Diffusion Modulation and Anode Protection.

    Wen-Tao Xu;Hong-Jie Peng;Jia-Qi Huang;Chen-Zi Zhao

Frequent Co-Authors

Tae-Woo Lee
Tae-Woo Lee Seoul National University
Hong-Jie Peng
Hong-Jie Peng University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Jia-Qi Huang
Jia-Qi Huang Beijing Institute of Technology
Qiang Zhang
Qiang Zhang Tsinghua University
Jin Xie
Jin Xie Nanjing University
Qingmin Wang
Qingmin Wang Nankai University
Xiang Chen
Xiang Chen Tsinghua University
Xin-Bing Cheng
Xin-Bing Cheng Tsinghua University
Chengjian Zhu
Chengjian Zhu Nanjing University
Xianyou Wang
Xianyou Wang Xiangtan University

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