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Materials Science
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2026

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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Materials Science 134 293 280 8 8 429 60122

Xiaodong Chen publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Xiaodong Chen between 2002 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Xiaodong Chen published across 24 years, from 2002 to 2025, averaging 26.4 papers a year. Output peaked at 79 publications in 2025. 133 of the 633 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
25 50 75
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2002 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 79. Peak 79 publications in 2025. 2002: 3 publications 2003: 3 publications 2004: 3 publications 2005: 5 publications 2006: 3 publications 2007: 5 publications 2008: 7 publications 2009: 12 publications 2010: 9 publications 2011: 17 publications 2012: 17 publications 2013: 35 publications 2014: 38 publications 2015: 44 publications 2016: 35 publications 2017: 30 publications 2018: 39 publications 2019: 34 publications 2020: 49 publications 2021: 33 publications 2022: 46 publications 2023: 33 publications 2024: 54 publications 2025: 79 publications
2002 2025

633 publications in total across all disciplines

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Xiaodong Chen: publications per year, 2002 to 2025
Year Publications
2002 3
2003 3
2004 3
2005 5
2006 3
2007 5
2008 7
2009 12
2010 9
2011 17
2012 17
2013 35
2014 38
2015 44
2016 35
2017 30
2018 39
2019 34
2020 49
2021 33
2022 46
2023 33
2024 54
2025 79
Total 633
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Xiaodong Chen publications per year - data summary

  • Xiaodong Chen, a Materials Science scholar from Nanyang Technological University, has 633 publications recorded across 24 years, from 2002 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 2002 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive year is 2025, with 79 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2006, with 3 publications each.
  • The rate of publication averages 26.4 papers per year over the whole span, or 26.4 per year counting only the 24 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 245 publications, 39% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 2002-2009: 41 publications (5.1 per year); 2010-2017: 225 publications (28.1 per year); 2018-2025: 367 publications (45.9 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Xiaodong Chen 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 Xiaodong Chen 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, 410–429 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: 429 publications — 80th percentile

80% 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
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
410–429 256 429
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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Xiaodong Chen publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 12,847 Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 57 ranges running from 50–69 to 1,163+ publications.
  • Xiaodong Chen, a Materials Science scholar from Nanyang Technological University, records 429 publications - the 80th percentile of the discipline.
  • 80% of ranked Materials Science scientists score the same or lower than Xiaodong Chen, and about 20% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 250–269 publications range, and Xiaodong Chen ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 190–209 publications, holding 891 scientists (7% of the field).
  • 70% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 330–349 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (<1% of the field).

Xiaodong Chen 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 Xiaodong Chen 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, 134–135 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: 134 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

View D-Index distribution as a table
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
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 20 134
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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Xiaodong Chen D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 12,847 Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 64 ranges running from 40–41 to 165+ D-Index.
  • Xiaodong Chen, a Materials Science scholar from Nanyang Technological University, records 134 D-Index - the 98th percentile of the discipline.
  • 98% of ranked Materials Science scientists score the same or lower than Xiaodong Chen, and about 2% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 62–63 D-Index range, and Xiaodong Chen ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 52–53 D-Index, holding 667 scientists (5% of the field).
  • 68% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 70–71 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more, 98 scientists in all (<1% of the field).

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Materials Science in Singapore Leader Award

Overview

Xiaodong Chen is affiliated with Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. Their research primarily focuses on the field of engineering, with significant contributions to electrical and electronic engineering, biomedical engineering, materials chemistry, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and polymers and plastics.

The main research topics covered by Xiaodong Chen include advanced sensor and energy harvesting materials, advancements in battery materials, advanced battery materials and technologies, conducting polymers and applications, tactile and sensory interactions, neuroscience and neural engineering, and advanced memory and neural computing.

Recent publications by Xiaodong Chen include:

  • Gesture recognition using a bioinspired learning architecture that integrates visual data with somatosensory data from stretchable sensors (2020, Nature Electronics)
  • Graphene-based wearable piezoresistive physical sensors (2020, Materials Today)
  • Artificial Skin Perception (2020, Advanced Materials)
  • A universal interface for plug-and-play assembly of stretchable devices (2023, Nature)
  • An artificial sensory neuron with visual-haptic fusion (2020, Nature Communications)

Xiaodong Chen frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Advanced Materials (50 publications)
  • ACS Nano (35 publications)
  • Nature Communications (6 publications)
  • Chemical Engineering Journal (6 publications)
  • Advanced Functional Materials (6 publications)

Collaborative work is a notable aspect of Xiaodong Chen's research, as reflected in frequent co-authors including Zhiyuan Liu, Zhisheng Lv, Huarong Xia, Ming Wang, and Yifei Luo, with collaboration counts ranging from 23 to 29 joint publications.

This profile demonstrates Xiaodong Chen's engagement across interdisciplinary engineering domains with particular emphasis on sensor technologies, energy materials, and neural engineering applications.

Best Publications

  • Single-Layer MoS2 Phototransistors

    Zongyou Yin;Hai Li;Hong Li;Lin Jiang

  • Imparting functionality to a metal–organic framework material by controlled nanoparticle encapsulation

    Guang Lu;Shaozhou Li;Zhen Guo;Omar K. Farha

  • Heterogeneous visible light photocatalysis for selective organic transformations

    Xianjun Lang;Xiaodong Chen;Jincai Zhao

  • Diverse Applications of Nanomedicine

    Beatriz Pelaz;Christoph Alexiou;Ramon A. Alvarez-Puebla;Frauke Alves;Frauke Alves

  • High-Performance Photothermal Conversion of Narrow-Bandgap Ti2O3 Nanoparticles

    Juan Wang;Yangyang Li;Lin Deng;Nini Wei

  • Rational material design for ultrafast rechargeable lithium-ion batteries

    Yuxin Tang;Yanyan Zhang;Wenlong Li;Bing Ma

  • Highly Stretchable, Elastic, and Ionic Conductive Hydrogel for Artificial Soft Electronics

    Yang Zhou;Changjin Wan;Yongsheng Yang;Hui Yang

  • A leavening strategy to prepare reduced graphene oxide foams.

    Zhiqiang Niu;Jun Chen;Huey Hoon Hng;Jan Ma

  • Nature-Inspired Structural Materials for Flexible Electronic Devices

    Yaqing Liu;Ke He;Geng Chen;Wan Ru Leow

  • Microstructured Graphene Arrays for Highly Sensitive Flexible Tactile Sensors

    Bowen Zhu;Zhiqiang Niu;Hong Wang;Wan Ru Leow

  • Quadruple H-Bonding Cross-Linked Supramolecular Polymeric Materials as Substrates for Stretchable, Antitearing, and Self-Healable Thin Film Electrodes

    Xuzhou Yan;Zhiyuan Liu;Qiuhong Zhang;Qiuhong Zhang;Jeffrey Lopez

  • All-solid-state flexible ultrathin micro-supercapacitors based on graphene.

    Zhiqiang Niu;Li Zhang;Lili Liu;Bowen Zhu

  • Silk Fibroin for Flexible Electronic Devices

    Bowen Zhu;Hong Wang;Wan Ru Leow;Yurong Cai

  • A wireless body area sensor network based on stretchable passive tags

    Simiao Niu;Naoji Matsuhisa;Naoji Matsuhisa;Levent Beker;Jinxing Li

  • Highly Stretchable, Integrated Supercapacitors Based on Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Films with Continuous Reticulate Architecture

    Zhiqiang Niu;Haibo Dong;Bowen Zhu;Jinzhu Li

  • Materials and structural designs of stretchable conductors

    Naoji Matsuhisa;Xiaodong Chen;Zhenan Bao;Takao Someya;Takao Someya

  • Auxetic Mechanical Metamaterials to Enhance Sensitivity of Stretchable Strain Sensors.

    Ying Jiang;Zhiyuan Liu;Naoji Matsuhisa;Dianpeng Qi

  • Gesture recognition using a bioinspired learning architecture that integrates visual data with somatosensory data from stretchable sensors

    Ming Wang;Zheng Yan;Ting Wang;Pingqiang Cai

  • Design of Architectures and Materials in In-Plane Micro-supercapacitors: Current Status and Future Challenges

    Dianpeng Qi;Yan Liu;Zhiyuan Liu;Li Zhang

  • 3D Printed Photoresponsive Devices Based on Shape Memory Composites

    Hui Yang;Wan Ru Leow;Ting Wang;Juan Wang

  • Mechanical Force‐Driven Growth of Elongated Bending TiO2‐based Nanotubular Materials for Ultrafast Rechargeable Lithium Ion Batteries

    Yuxin Tang;Yanyan Zhang;Jiyang Deng;Jiaqi Wei

  • Nanostructured graphene composite papers for highly flexible and foldable supercapacitors

    Lili Liu;Zhiqiang Niu;Li Zhang;Weiya Zhou

  • Assembly of graphene sheets into hierarchical structures for high-performance energy storage.

    Shengyan Yin;Yanyan Zhang;Junhua Kong;Changji Zou

Frequent Co-Authors

Dianpeng Qi
Dianpeng Qi Harbin Institute of Technology
Wan Ru Leow
Wan Ru Leow A*STAR - Agency for Science, Technology and Research
Zhiyuan Liu
Zhiyuan Liu Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology
Yuxin Tang
Yuxin Tang Fuzhou University
Bowen Zhu
Bowen Zhu Monash University
Shuzhou Li
Shuzhou Li Nanyang Technological University
Lifeng Chi
Lifeng Chi Soochow University
Zhiqiang Niu
Zhiqiang Niu Nankai University
Chad A. Mirkin
Chad A. Mirkin Northwestern University
Xian Jun Loh
Xian Jun Loh Agency for Science, Technology and Research

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