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D-Index
98
Citations
37843
World Ranking
1382
National Ranking
249

Xiao-Feng Wu 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 Xiao-Feng Wu sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 756 publications — 97th percentile

97% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Xiao-Feng Wu 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 Xiao-Feng Wu sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 98 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Xiao-Feng Wu is affiliated with the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics in China. Their research primarily focuses on materials science and chemistry, with a significant emphasis on materials chemistry and organic chemistry. Additional areas of specialization include renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, inorganic chemistry, and polymers and plastics.

The scientist's work encompasses several main topics such as:

  • Covalent Organic Framework Applications
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Synthesis and properties of polymers
  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis
  • Silicone and Siloxane Chemistry
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications

Notable recent publications include:

  • Reconstructed covalent organic frameworks (2022, Nature)
  • Scalable Synthesis of Ultrathin Polyimide Covalent Organic Framework Nanosheets for High-Performance Lithium-Sulfur Batteries (2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society)
  • Circularly Polarized Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer (C-FRET) for Efficient Chirality Transmission within an Intermolecular System (2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition)
  • Covalent Organic Framework Nanosheets Embedding Single Cobalt Sites for Photocatalytic Reduction of Carbon Dioxide (2020, Chemistry of Materials)
  • Photoinduced inverse vulcanization (2022, Nature Chemistry)

Xiao-Feng Wu has frequently published in venues such as:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Polymer Chemistry
  • Nature Communications

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Andrew I. Cooper
  • Xi-Cun Wang
  • Zheng-Jun Quan
  • Tom Hasell
  • Linjiang Chen

Best Publications

  • Synthesis of Heterocycles via Palladium-Catalyzed Carbonylations

    Xiao-Feng Wu;Helfried Neumann;Matthias Beller

  • Palladium-catalyzed carbonylative coupling reactions between Ar–X and carbon nucleophiles

    Xiao-Feng Wu;Helfried Neumann;Matthias Beller

  • From Noble Metal to Nobel Prize: Palladium-Catalyzed Coupling Reactions as Key Methods in Organic Synthesis

    Xiao-Feng Wu;Pazhamalai Anbarasan;Helfried Neumann;Matthias Beller

  • The Chemistry of CO: Carbonylation

    Jin-Bao Peng;Hui-Qing Geng;Xiao-Feng Wu;Xiao-Feng Wu

  • Broader, Greener, and More Efficient: Recent Advances in Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation

    Chao Wang;Xiaofeng Wu;Jianliang Xiao

  • First-Row Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Carbonylative Transformations of Carbon Electrophiles.

    Jin-Bao Peng;Fu-Peng Wu;Xiao-Feng Wu;Xiao-Feng Wu

  • Transition-metal-catalyzed carbonylation reactions of olefins and alkynes: a personal account.

    Xiao-Feng Wu;Xianjie Fang;Lipeng Wu;Ralf Jackstell

  • Modular and predictable assembly of porous organic molecular crystals

    James T. A. Jones;Tom Hasell;Xiaofeng Wu;John Bacsa

  • Aqueous-phase asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of ketones--a greener approach to chiral alcohols.

    Xiaofeng Wu;Jianliang Xiao

  • Recent Developments on the Trifluoromethylation of (Hetero)Arenes

    Xiao‐Feng Wu;Helfried Neumann;Matthias Beller

  • A powerful combination: recent achievements on using TBAI and TBHP as oxidation system

    Xiao-Feng Wu;Xiao-Feng Wu;Jin-Long Gong;Xinxin Qi

  • The Applications of Dimethyl Sulfoxide as Reagent in Organic Synthesis

    Xiao-Feng Wu;Xiao-Feng Wu;Kishore Natte

  • Palladium‐Catalyzed Oxidative Carbonylation Reactions

    Xiao-Feng Wu;Xiao-Feng Wu;Helfried Neumann;Matthias Beller

  • RhIII‐ and IrIII‐Catalyzed Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation of Ketones in Water

    Xiaofeng Wu;Xiaohong Li;Antonio Zanotti-Gerosa;Allan Pettman

  • Non-noble metal-catalysed carbonylative transformations

    Yahui Li;Yuya Hu;Xiao-Feng Wu

  • Iron catalyzed asymmetric hydrogenation of ketones

    Yanyun Li;Yanyun Li;Shenluan Yu;Shenluan Yu;Xiaofeng Wu;Jianliang Xiao

  • Accelerated asymmetric transfer hydrogenation of aromatic ketones in water

    Xiaofeng Wu;Xiaoguang Li;William Hems;Frank King

  • On Water and in Air: Fast and Highly Chemoselective Transfer Hydrogenation of Aldehydes with Iridium Catalysts

    Xiaofeng Wu;Jianke Liu;Xiaohong Li;Antonio Zanotti-Gerosa

  • Insight into and Practical Application of pH-Controlled Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation of Aromatic Ketones in Water†

    Xiaofeng Wu;Xiaoguang Li;Frank King;Jianliang Xiao

  • Catalytic Inverse Vulcanization

    Xiaofeng Wu;Jessica A. Smith;Samuel Petcher;Bowen Zhang

  • pH-Regulated Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation of Quinolines in Water

    Chao Wang;Chaoqun Li;Xiaofeng Wu;Alan Pettman

  • Modular and predictable assembly of porous organic molecular crystals

    AI Cooper;GM Day;Jta Jones;X Wu

Frequent Co-Authors

Helfried Neumann
Helfried Neumann Leibniz Institute for Catalysis
Matthias Beller
Matthias Beller Leibniz Institute for Catalysis
Jianliang Xiao
Jianliang Xiao University of Liverpool
Muhammad Sharif
Muhammad Sharif King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
Anke Spannenberg
Anke Spannenberg Leibniz Institute for Catalysis
Andrew I. Cooper
Andrew I. Cooper University of Liverpool
Pierre H. Dixneuf
Pierre H. Dixneuf University of Rennes
Tom Hasell
Tom Hasell University of Liverpool
Christophe Darcel
Christophe Darcel University of Rennes
Kim E. Jelfs
Kim E. Jelfs Imperial College London

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