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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Materials Science 65 5647 5461 1716 1709 170 14736
Chemistry 64 8052 7304 1413 1398 163 14422

Xianfeng Yang publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Xianfeng Yang between 1991 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Xianfeng Yang published across 36 years, from 1991 to 2026, averaging 6.8 papers a year. Output peaked at 27 publications in 2025. 28 of the 243 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20 25
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1991 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 27. Peak 27 publications in 2025. 1991: 1 publication 1992: 0 publications 1993: 0 publications 1994: 0 publications 1995: 0 publications 1996: 0 publications 1997: 0 publications 1998: 0 publications 1999: 0 publications 2000: 0 publications 2001: 0 publications 2002: 1 publication 2003: 0 publications 2004: 0 publications 2005: 0 publications 2006: 3 publications 2007: 2 publications 2008: 3 publications 2009: 6 publications 2010: 6 publications 2011: 6 publications 2012: 3 publications 2013: 6 publications 2014: 4 publications 2015: 12 publications 2016: 13 publications 2017: 20 publications 2018: 19 publications 2019: 15 publications 2020: 18 publications 2021: 20 publications 2022: 25 publications 2023: 18 publications 2024: 14 publications 2025: 27 publications 2026: 1 publication
1991 2026

243 publications in total across all disciplines

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Xianfeng Yang: publications per year, 1991 to 2026
Year Publications
1991 1
1992 0
1993 0
1994 0
1995 0
1996 0
1997 0
1998 0
1999 0
2000 0
2001 0
2002 1
2003 0
2004 0
2005 0
2006 3
2007 2
2008 3
2009 6
2010 6
2011 6
2012 3
2013 6
2014 4
2015 12
2016 13
2017 20
2018 19
2019 15
2020 18
2021 20
2022 25
2023 18
2024 14
2025 27
2026 1
Total 243
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Xianfeng 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 Xianfeng Yang sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600 800
Bar chart with 57 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 50–69 to 1,163+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 891. Most scientists, 891, have 190–209 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 170–189 publications, is where this scientist sits. 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
50–69 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 170 publications — 21st percentile

21% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Materials Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 12,847 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
50–69 28
70–89 152
90–109 356
110–129 487
130–149 723
150–169 835
170–189 850 170
190–209 891
210–229 862
230–249 766
250–269 726
270–289 665
290–309 593
310–329 537
330–349 477
350–369 440
370–389 356
390–409 321
410–429 256
430–449 246
450–469 216
470–489 212
490–509 174
510–529 194
530–549 162
550–569 131
570–589 111
590–609 103
610–629 99
630–649 77
650–669 92
670–689 56
690–709 53
710–729 53
730–749 38
750–769 52
770–789 43
790–809 38
810–829 34
830–849 25
850–869 18
870–889 20
890–909 24
910–929 27
930–949 20
950–969 17
970–989 10
990–1,009 16
1,010–1,029 13
1,030–1,049 12
1,050–1,069 9
1,070–1,089 8
1,090–1,109 7
1,110–1,129 9
1,130–1,149 2
1,150–1,162 5
1,163+ 100
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Xianfeng 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 Xianfeng Yang sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 64 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 165+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 667. Most scientists, 667, have 52–53 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 64–65 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 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
40–41 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 65 D-Index — 57th percentile

57% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Materials Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 12,847 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 211
42–43 450
44–45 612
46–47 612
48–49 598
50–51 657
52–53 667
54–55 621
56–57 597
58–59 610
60–61 587
62–63 606
64–65 533 65
66–67 490
68–69 469
70–71 378
72–73 421
74–75 359
76–77 323
78–79 299
80–81 230
82–83 210
84–85 195
86–87 203
88–89 175
90–91 175
92–93 142
94–95 121
96–97 117
98–99 107
100–101 88
102–103 85
104–105 68
106–107 62
108–109 57
110–111 45
112–113 49
114–115 50
116–117 34
118–119 38
120–121 37
122–123 29
124–125 28
126–127 24
128–129 33
130–131 28
132–133 21
134–135 20
136–137 23
138–139 17
140–141 12
142–143 17
144–145 21
146–147 13
148–149 11
150–151 14
152–153 13
154–155 9
156–157 10
158–159 7
160–161 4
162–163 4
164 3
165+ 98
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Overview

Xianfeng Yang is affiliated with South China University of Technology in China and focus their research on engineering and materials science. Their work spans multiple subfields including electrical and electronic engineering, materials chemistry, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, and biomedical engineering.

The scientist covers a range of topics related to energy storage and materials development such as advancements in battery materials, advanced battery materials and technologies, advanced photocatalysis techniques, supercapacitor materials and fabrication, electrocatalysts for energy conversion, advanced battery technologies research, and metal-organic frameworks synthesis and applications.

Their recent publications include the following papers:

  • "Effect of Intrinsic Defects of Carbon Materials on the Sodium Storage Performance," 2020, Advanced Energy Materials
  • "Antibiotics Separation with MXene Membranes Based on Regularly Stacked High-Aspect-Ratio Nanosheets," 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Heterointerface Engineering of Hierarchical Bi2S3/MoS2 with Self-Generated Rich Phase Boundaries for Superior Sodium Storage Performance," 2020, Advanced Functional Materials
  • "Copper Doped Carbon Dots for Addressing Bacterial Biofilm Formation, Wound Infection, and Tooth Staining," 2022, ACS Nano
  • "Mn2+-activated dual-wavelength emitting materials toward wearable optical fibre temperature sensor," 2022, Nature Communications

Xianfeng Yang has published frequently in venues such as:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Advanced Energy Materials
  • Ceramics International

Their collaborative network includes frequent coauthors:

  • Yingwei Li
  • Dongjiang Yang
  • Liyu Chen
  • Dongjiang Yang (listed separately due to multiple collaborations)
  • Kui Shen

Best Publications

  • Hybrids of Two-Dimensional Ti3C2 and TiO2 Exposing {001} Facets toward Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity

    Chao Peng;Xianfeng Yang;Yuhang Li;Hao Yu

  • Ammonia Synthesis Under Ambient Conditions: Selective Electroreduction of Dinitrogen to Ammonia on Black Phosphorus Nanosheets.

    Lili Zhang;Liang-Xin Ding;Gao-Feng Chen;Xianfeng Yang

  • Analytic solution of a two-dimensional hydrogen atom. I. Nonrelativistic theory

    X. L. Yang;S. H. Guo;F. T. Chan;K. W. Wong

  • Effect of Intrinsic Defects of Carbon Materials on the Sodium Storage Performance

    Ruiqi Guo;Chunxiao Lv;Wenjia Xu;Junwei Sun

  • Wafer-Scale Synthesis of High-Quality Semiconducting Two-Dimensional Layered InSe with Broadband Photoresponse

    Zhibin Yang;Wenjing Jie;Chun Hin Mak;Shenghuang Lin

  • Continuous Shape- and Spectroscopy-Tuning of Hematite Nanocrystals

    Liqiao Chen;Xianfeng Yang;Jian Chen;Jia Liu

  • Ordered Macro-Microporous Metal-Organic Framework Single Crystals and Their Derivatives for Rechargeable Aluminum-Ion Batteries.

    Hu Hong;Jinlong Liu;Huawen Huang;Christian Atangana Etogo

  • Highly stable CsPbBr3 quantum dots coated with alkyl phosphate for white light-emitting diodes

    Tongtong Xuan;Xianfeng Yang;Sunqi Lou;Sunqi Lou;Junjian Huang

  • Facile Two-Step Synthesis of All-Inorganic Perovskite CsPbX3 (X = Cl, Br, and I) Zeolite-Y Composite Phosphors for Potential Backlight Display Application

    Jia-Yi Sun;Freddy T. Rabouw;Xian-Feng Yang;Xie-Yi Huang

  • Fabrication of SnS2/Mn2SnS4/Carbon Heterostructures for Sodium-Ion Batteries with High Initial Coulombic Efficiency and Cycling Stability.

    Xing Ou;Liang Cao;Xinghui Liang;Fenghua Zheng

  • Mn2+-activated dual-wavelength emitting materials toward wearable optical fibre temperature sensor

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  • Highly stable supercapacitors with MOF-derived Co9S8/carbon electrodes for high rate electrochemical energy storage

    Shuo Zhang;Daohao Li;Shuai Chen;Xianfeng Yang

  • Ultrathin Anatase TiO2 Nanosheets Embedded with TiO2-B Nanodomains for Lithium-Ion Storage: Capacity Enhancement by Phase Boundaries

    Qili Wu;Jungu Xu;Xianfeng Yang;Fengqi Lu

  • Heterointerface Engineering of Hierarchical Bi2S3/MoS2 with Self-Generated Rich Phase Boundaries for Superior Sodium Storage Performance

    Liang Cao;Xinghui Liang;Xing Ou;Xianfeng Yang

  • Formation Mechanism of CaTiO3 Hollow Crystals with Different Microstructures

    Xianfeng Yang;Junxiang Fu;Chongjun Jin;Jian Chen

  • Double‐Helix Structure in Carrageenan–Metal Hydrogels: A General Approach to Porous Metal Sulfides/Carbon Aerogels with Excellent Sodium‐Ion Storage

    Daohao Li;Dongjiang Yang;Xianfeng Yang;Yu Wang

  • A [001]-Oriented Hittorf's Phosphorus Nanorods/Polymeric Carbon Nitride Heterostructure for Boosting Wide-Spectrum-Responsive Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution from Pure Water.

    Yukun Zhu;Yukun Zhu;Chunxiao Lv;Zhuocheng Yin;Jun Ren

  • Topotactic Conversion Route to Mesoporous Quasi‐Single‐Crystalline Co3O4 Nanobelts with Optimizable Electrochemical Performance

    Li Tian;Li Tian;Hongli Zou;Junxiang Fu;Xianfeng Yang

  • Antibiotics Separation with MXene Membranes Based on Regularly Stacked High‐Aspect‐Ratio Nanosheets

    Zhong-Kun Li;Yanying Wei;Xue Gao;Li Ding

  • Mesocrystalline Zn-Doped Fe3O4 Hollow Submicrospheres: Formation Mechanism and Enhanced Photo-Fenton Catalytic Performance.

    Xuan Sang Nguyen;Gaoke Zhang;Xianfeng Yang

  • Seaweed-Derived Route to Fe2O3 Hollow Nanoparticles/N-Doped Graphene Aerogels with High Lithium Ion Storage Performance

    Long Liu;Xianfeng Yang;Chunxiao Lv;Aimei Zhu

  • Interface engineering of 3D BiVO4/Fe-based layered double hydroxide core/shell nanostructures for boosting photoelectrochemical water oxidation

    Yukun Zhu;Yukun Zhu;Jun Ren;Xianfeng Yang;Guojing Chang

Frequent Co-Authors

Mingmei Wu
Mingmei Wu Sun Yat-sen University
Dongjiang Yang
Dongjiang Yang Qingdao University
Chaolun Liang
Chaolun Liang Sun Yat-sen University
Jianle Zhuang
Jianle Zhuang South China Agricultural University
Yitai Qian
Yitai Qian University of Science and Technology of China
Yanzhi Xia
Yanzhi Xia Qingdao University
Jian Yang
Jian Yang Shandong University
Qiang Su
Qiang Su Sun Yat-sen University
Chuanbin Mao
Chuanbin Mao University of Oklahoma
Xiangdong Yao
Xiangdong Yao Sun Yat-sen University

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