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D-Index
55
Citations
9730
World Ranking
12247
National Ranking
3268

Xianglei 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 Xianglei Mao sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 159 publications — 17th percentile

17% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Xianglei 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 Xianglei Mao sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 55 D-Index — 33rd percentile

33% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Xianglei Mao is affiliated with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on engineering and chemistry, with extensive work in the mechanics of materials and analytical chemistry subfields. The scientist's work integrates computational mechanics, health and toxicology studies, and spectroscopy techniques.

The research topics covered by Xianglei Mao include:

  • Laser-induced spectroscopy and plasma
  • Analytical chemistry methods development
  • Laser Material Processing Techniques
  • Mercury impact and mitigation studies
  • Ocular and Laser Science Research
  • Ion-surface interactions and analysis
  • Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications

They have published extensively in several key scientific venues. The most frequent publication venues are:

  • Spectrochimica Acta Part B Atomic Spectroscopy
  • Applied Physics Letters
  • Science Advances
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Xianglei Mao include:

  • Mechanisms of ultrafast GHz burst fs laser ablation, 2023, Science Advances
  • Coal Discrimination Analysis Using Tandem Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy and Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry, 2020, Analytical Chemistry
  • Analysis of liquid petroleum using a laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy instrument, 2021, Spectrochimica Acta Part B Atomic Spectroscopy
  • Detection of E. coli labeled with metal-conjugated antibodies using lateral-flow assay and laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy, 2020, Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry
  • Analytical characterization of laser induced plasmas towards uranium isotopic analysis in gaseous uranium hexafluoride, 2021, Spectrochimica Acta Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Xianglei Mao frequently collaborates with several researchers in their field. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Vassilia Zorba
  • Richard E. Russo
  • George C.-Y. Chan
  • Minok Park
  • José Chirinos

Best Publications

  • Laser ablation in analytical chemistry - A review

    Richard E. Russo;Xianglei Mao;Haichen Liu;Jhanis Gonzalez

  • Dynamics of Femtosecond Laser Interactions with Dielectrics

    S.S. Mao;Fabien Quéré;Stéphane Guizard;X. L. Mao

  • Laser ablation in analytical chemistry.

    Richard E. Russo;Xianglei Mao;Jhanis J. Gonzalez;Vassilia Zorba

  • Femtosecond laser ablation ICP-MS

    Richard E. Russo;Xianglei Mao;Jhanis J. Gonzalez;Samuel S. Mao

  • Influence of wavelength on fractionation in laser ablation ICP-MS

    R. E. Russo;X. L. Mao;O. V. Borisov;Haichen Liu

  • Delayed phase explosion during high-power nanosecond laser ablation of silicon

    Quanming Lu;Samuel S. Mao;Xianglei Mao;Richard E. Russo

  • Laser Ablation Molecular Isotopic Spectrometry

    Richard E. Russo;Alexander A. Bol'shakov;Xianglei Mao;Christopher P. McKay

  • Comparison of ultraviolet femtosecond and nanosecond laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry analysis in glass, monazite, and zircon

    Franck Poitrasson;Xianglei Mao;Samuel S. Mao;Rémi Freydier

  • The physics of laser ablation in microchemical analysis.

    Richard E. Russo;Xianglei Mao;Samuel S. Mao

  • Laser assisted plasma spectrochemistry: laser ablation

    R. E. Russo;X. L. Mao;C. Liu;J. Gonzalez

  • Invited paper Observation of plasma shielding by measuring transmitted and reflected laser pulse temporal profiles

    Xianglei Mao;Richard E. Russo

  • Effects of crater development on fractionation and signal intensity during laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

    Oleg V Borisov;Xianglei Mao;Richard E Russo

  • Laser ablation induced vapor plume expansion into a background gas. II. Experimental analysis

    Sy-Bor Wen;Xianglei Mao;Ralph Greif;Richard E. Russo

  • Laser ablation sampling

    Richard E Russo;Xianglei Mao;Oleg V Borisov

  • Comparison of 193, 213 and 266 nm laser ablation ICP-MS

    J. Gonzalez;X. L. Mao;J. Roy;S. S. Mao

  • Time-resolved ultraviolet laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy for organic material analysis ☆

    Matthieu Baudelet;Myriam Boueri;Jin Yu;Samuel S. Mao

  • Time-resolved LIBS of atomic and molecular carbon from coal in air, argon and helium

    Meirong Dong;Meirong Dong;Xianglei Mao;Jhanis J. Gonzalez;Jidong Lu

  • Effects of Particle Size Distribution on Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry Signal Intensity during Laser Ablation of Glass Samples

    S. H. Jeong;O. V. Borisov;J. H. Yoo;X. L. Mao

  • Expansion of the laser ablation vapor plume into a background gas. I. Analysis

    Sy-Bor Wen;Xianglei Mao;Ralph Greif;Richard E. Russo

  • Laser ablation molecular isotopic spectrometry (LAMIS): current state of the art

    Alexander A. Bol'shakov;Xianglei Mao;Jhanis J. González;Richard E. Russo

  • Laser Ablation Molecular Isotopic Spectrometry: Strontium and its isotopes

    Xianglei Mao;Alexander A. Bol'shakov;Inhee Choi;Christopher P. McKay

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard E. Russo
Richard E. Russo Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Samuel S. Mao
Samuel S. Mao Khalifa University
Ralph Greif
Ralph Greif University of California, Berkeley
Robert Kostecki
Robert Kostecki Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Christopher P. McKay
Christopher P. McKay Ames Research Center
Durgesh Kumar Tripathi
Durgesh Kumar Tripathi Amity University
Mark A. Shannon
Mark A. Shannon University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Costas P. Grigoropoulos
Costas P. Grigoropoulos University of California, Berkeley
Jay W. Grate
Jay W. Grate Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Franck Poitrasson
Franck Poitrasson Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS

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