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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Materials Science 76 3290 3176 109 108 243 20330
Engineering and Technology 78 612 578 47 45 256 20564

Xiaolei Shi publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Xiaolei Shi between 2002 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Xiaolei Shi published across 24 years, from 2002 to 2025, averaging 15 papers a year. Output peaked at 56 publications in 2024. 105 of the 360 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
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Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2002 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 56. Peak 56 publications in 2024. 2002: 2 publications 2003: 1 publication 2004: 5 publications 2005: 4 publications 2006: 9 publications 2007: 5 publications 2008: 7 publications 2009: 5 publications 2010: 5 publications 2011: 5 publications 2012: 4 publications 2013: 5 publications 2014: 8 publications 2015: 11 publications 2016: 6 publications 2017: 2 publications 2018: 14 publications 2019: 18 publications 2020: 25 publications 2021: 30 publications 2022: 40 publications 2023: 44 publications 2024: 56 publications 2025: 49 publications
2002 2025

360 publications in total across all disciplines

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Xiaolei Shi: publications per year, 2002 to 2025
Year Publications
2002 2
2003 1
2004 5
2005 4
2006 9
2007 5
2008 7
2009 5
2010 5
2011 5
2012 4
2013 5
2014 8
2015 11
2016 6
2017 2
2018 14
2019 18
2020 25
2021 30
2022 40
2023 44
2024 56
2025 49
Total 360
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Xiaolei Shi 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 Xiaolei Shi 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, 248–257 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: 256 publications — 66th percentile

66% 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
178–187 421
188–197 378
198–207 403
208–217 317
218–227 346
228–237 321
238–247 260
248–257 280 256
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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Xiaolei Shi 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 Xiaolei Shi 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, 78 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: 78 D-Index — 94th percentile

94% 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
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 78
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

Xiaolei Shi is affiliated with Queensland University of Technology in Australia. Their main fields of study include Materials Science and Engineering, with a significant focus on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Civil and Structural Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Polymers and Plastics.

Their research primarily concentrates on advanced thermoelectric materials and devices, thermal properties of materials, thermal radiation and cooling technologies, chalcogenide semiconductor thin films, advanced sensor and energy harvesting materials, perovskite materials and applications, and quantum dots synthesis and properties.

Their notable recent papers include:

  • Advanced Thermoelectric Design: From Materials and Structures to Devices, 2020, Chemical Reviews
  • Harvesting waste heat with flexible Bi2Te3 thermoelectric thin film, 2022, Nature Sustainability
  • Flexible thermoelectric materials and devices: From materials to applications, 2021, Materials Today
  • Advances in the design and assembly of flexible thermoelectric device, 2022, Progress in Materials Science
  • Conducting polymer-based flexible thermoelectric materials and devices: From mechanisms to applications, 2021, Progress in Materials Science

Frequent collaborators of Xiaolei Shi include:

  • Zhi-Gang Chen
  • Wei-Di Liu
  • Meng Li
  • Qingfeng Liu
  • Wenyi Chen

Xiaolei Shi's work has been published extensively in venues such as:

  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • Nature Communications
  • Advanced Energy Materials
  • Advanced Science

Best Publications

  • Advanced Thermoelectric Design: From Materials and Structures to Devices

    Xiao-Lei Shi;Xiao-Lei Shi;Jin Zou;Zhi-Gang Chen;Zhi-Gang Chen

  • Flexible Thermoelectric Materials and Generators: Challenges and Innovations.

    Yuan Wang;Lei Yang;Xiao‐Lei Shi;Xun Shi

  • High-performance SnSe thermoelectric materials: Progress and future challenge

    Zhi-Gang Chen;Zhi-Gang Chen;Xiaolei Shi;Li-Dong Zhao;Jin Zou

  • Harvesting waste heat with flexible Bi_2Te_3 thermoelectric thin film

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  • Flexible thermoelectric materials and devices: From materials to applications

    Li Zhang;Xiao-Lei Shi;Xiao-Lei Shi;Yan-Ling Yang;Zhi-Gang Chen;Zhi-Gang Chen

  • Novel Thermal Diffusion Temperature Engineering Leading to High Thermoelectric Performance in Bi2Te3‐Based Flexible Thin‐Films

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  • Biomass‐Derived Carbon for High‐Performance Batteries: From Structure to Properties

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  • Ultrahigh light transmission through a C-shaped nanoaperture.

    Xiaolei Shi;Lambertus Hesselink;Robert L. Thornton

  • Conducting polymer-based flexible thermoelectric materials and devices: From mechanisms to applications

    Shengduo Xu;Xiao-Lei Shi;Matthew Dargusch;Chongan Di

  • Flexible power generators by Ag2Se thin films with record-high thermoelectric performance

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  • High-Performance Thermoelectric SnSe: Aqueous Synthesis, Innovations, and Challenges

    Xiao Lei Shi;Xinyong Tao;Jin Zou;Zhi Gang Chen

  • SrTiO3-based thermoelectrics: Progress and challenges

    Xiao-Lei Shi;Xiao-Lei Shi;Xiao-Lei Shi;Hao Wu;Qingfeng Liu;Wei Zhou

  • Fiber-based thermoelectrics for solid, portable, and wearable electronics

    Xiao-Lei Shi;Xiao-Lei Shi;Wen-Yi Chen;Ting Zhang;Jin Zou

  • Advances in Ag2Se-based thermoelectrics from materials to applications

    Unknown

  • Advances in Ionic Thermoelectrics: From Materials to Devices

    Unknown

  • High-performance in n-type PbTe-based thermoelectric materials achieved by synergistically dynamic doping and energy filtering

    Hang-Tian Liu;Qiang Sun;Yan Zhong;Qian Deng

  • A Solvothermal Synthetic Environmental Design for High‐Performance SnSe‐Based Thermoelectric Materials

    Unknown

  • High-Performance PEDOT:PSS Flexible Thermoelectric Materials and Their Devices by Triple Post-Treatments

    Shengduo Xu;Min Hong;Xiao-Lei Shi;Yuan Wang

  • High Thermoelectric Performance in p-type Polycrystalline Cd-doped SnSe Achieved by a Combination of Cation Vacancies and Localized Lattice Engineering

    Xiaolei Shi;Angyin Wu;Tianli Feng;Tianli Feng;Kun Zheng

  • Advances and challenges in 2D MXenes: from structures to energy storage and conversions

    Weixue Meng;Xingjiang Liu;Haoqiang Song;Yu Xie

  • Polycrystalline SnSe with Extraordinary Thermoelectric Property via Nanoporous Design.

    Xiaolei Shi;Angyin Wu;Weidi Liu;Raza Moshwan

  • Mechanisms for enhancing power throughput from planar nano-apertures for near-field optical data storage

    Xiaolei Shi;Lambertus Hesselink

  • Boosting the thermoelectric performance of p-type heavily Cu-doped polycrystalline SnSe via inducing intensive crystal imperfections and defect phonon scattering

    Xiaolei Shi;Kun Zheng;Min Hong;Weidi Liu

  • Flexible Carbon-Fiber/Semimetal Bi Nanosheet Arrays as Separable and Recyclable Plasmonic Photocatalysts and Photoelectrocatalysts

    Yanling Yang;Huajun Chen;Huajun Chen;Xinxin Zou;Xiao-Lei Shi

  • Enhanced thermoelectric properties of nanostructured n-type Bi2Te3 by suppressing Te vacancy through non-equilibrium fast reaction

    Yuan Wang;Yuan Wang;Wei-Di Liu;Xiao-Lei Shi;Xiao-Lei Shi;Min Hong;Min Hong

  • Realizing high thermoelectric properties of SnTe via synergistic band engineering and structure engineering

    Raza Moshwan;Wei-Di Liu;Xiao-Lei Shi;Xiao-Lei Shi;Yun-Peng Wang;Yun-Peng Wang

  • Realizing High Thermoelectric Performance in n-Type Highly Distorted Sb-Doped SnSe Microplates via Tuning High Electron Concentration and Inducing Intensive Crystal Defects

    Xiao-Lei Shi;Kun Zheng;Wei-Di Liu;Yuan Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Zhigang Chen
Zhigang Chen Queensland University of Technology
Jin Zou
Jin Zou University of Queensland
Min Hong
Min Hong University of Southern Queensland
Qiang Sun
Qiang Sun Peking University
Matthew S. Dargusch
Matthew S. Dargusch University of Queensland
John Erik Hershey
John Erik Hershey General Electric (United States)
Siyu Lu
Siyu Lu Zhengzhou University
Li Xu
Li Xu Tsinghua University
Lambertus Hesselink
Lambertus Hesselink Stanford University
Sokrates T. Pantelides
Sokrates T. Pantelides Vanderbilt University

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