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D-Index
65
Citations
15539
World Ranking
7639
National Ranking
2238

Xiaosong Li 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 Xiaosong Li sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 254 publications — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Xiaosong Li 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 Xiaosong Li sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 65 D-Index — 58th percentile

58% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Xiaosong Li is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Physics and Astronomy and Materials Science, with substantial focus on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, as well as Materials Chemistry. Their work also extends into Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, and Spectroscopy.

The scientist's publications reflect these interests and cover diverse topics in advanced chemical physics, spectroscopy, photochemistry, quantum dots synthesis, and related areas. Key thematic areas in their research include:

  • Advanced Chemical Physics Studies
  • Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies
  • Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies
  • Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties
  • Advanced NMR Techniques and Applications
  • Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics

Frequent publication venues for their work are varied and include:

  • Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation
  • The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society

Collaborative efforts are notable, with frequent coauthors being:

  • Andrew J. Valentine
  • Sharon Hammes-Schiffer
  • Lin X. Chen
  • Tianyuan Zhang
  • Hang Hu

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Xiaosong Li include:

  • Highly efficient all-inorganic perovskite solar cells with suppressed non-radiative recombination by a Lewis base (2020, Nature Communications)
  • Real-Time Time-Dependent Electronic Structure Theory (2020, Chemical Reviews)
  • All-Inorganic CsPbI3 Quantum Dot Solar Cells with Efficiency over 16% by Defect Control (2020, Advanced Functional Materials)
  • AggFluor: Fluorogenic Toolbox Enables Direct Visualization of the Multi-Step Protein Aggregation Process in Live Cells (2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society)
  • Real-Time Time-Dependent Nuclear−Electronic Orbital Approach: Dynamics beyond the Born-Oppenheimer Approximation (2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters)

Xiaosong Li was awarded the Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 2011, recognizing contributions to their scientific fields of study.

Best Publications

  • On the physical origin of blue-shifted hydrogen bonds.

    Xiaosong Li;Lei Liu;H. Bernhard Schlegel

  • Highly efficient all-inorganic perovskite solar cells with suppressed non-radiative recombination by a Lewis base.

    Jing Wang;Jie Zhang;Yingzhi Zhou;Hongbin Liu

  • Ab initio molecular dynamics: Propagating the density matrix with Gaussian orbitals. III. Comparison with Born–Oppenheimer dynamics

    H. Bernhard Schlegel;Srinivasan S. Iyengar;Xiaosong Li;John M. Millam

  • Energy-Represented Direct Inversion in the Iterative Subspace within a Hybrid Geometry Optimization Method.

    Xiaosong Li;Michael J. Frisch

  • Ab initio Ehrenfest dynamics.

    Xiaosong Li;John C. Tully;H. Bernhard Schlegel;Michael J. Frisch

  • Improved charge transport and absorption coefficient in indacenodithieno[3,2-b]thiophene-based ladder-type polymer leading to highly efficient polymer solar cells.

    Yun-Xiang Xu;Chu-Chen Chueh;Hin-Lap Yip;Fei-Zhi Ding

  • Mixed Cation FAxPEA1–xPbI3 with Enhanced Phase and Ambient Stability toward High-Performance Perovskite Solar Cells

    Nan Li;Nan Li;Zonglong Zhu;Chu Chen Chueh;Hongbin Liu

  • Doping of Fullerenes via Anion‐Induced Electron Transfer and Its Implication for Surfactant Facilitated High Performance Polymer Solar Cells

    Chang-Zhi Li;Chu-Chen Chueh;Feizhi Ding;Hin-Lap Yip

  • A time-dependent Hartree–Fock approach for studying the electronic optical response of molecules in intense fields

    Xiaosong Li;Stanley M. Smith;Alexei N. Markevitch;Dmitri A. Romanov

  • Single-Crystal and Electronic Structure of a 1.3 nm Indium Phosphide Nanocluster.

    Dylan C. Gary;Sarah E. Flowers;Werner Kaminsky;Alessio Petrone

  • Highly Efficient Organic Solar Cells Based on S,N-Heteroacene Non-Fullerene Acceptors

    Chuyi Huang;Chuyi Huang;Xunfan Liao;Xunfan Liao;Ke Gao;Lijian Zuo

  • Rational enhancement of second-order nonlinearity: bis-(4-methoxyphenyl)hetero-aryl-amino donor-based chromophores: design, synthesis, and electrooptic activity.

    Joshua A. Davies;Arumugasamy Elangovan;Philip A. Sullivan;Benjamin C. Olbricht

  • Real-Time Time-Dependent Electronic Structure Theory.

    Xiaosong Li;Niranjan Govind;Christine Isborn;A. Eugene DePrince

  • Tailoring the Functionality of Organic Spacer Cations for Efficient and Stable Quasi‐2D Perovskite Solar Cells

    Weifei Fu;Hongbin Liu;Xueliang Shi;Lijian Zuo

  • Modulation of Fluorescent Protein Chromophores To Detect Protein Aggregation with Turn-On Fluorescence

    Yu Liu;Charles H. Wolstenholme;Gregory C. Carter;Hongbin Liu

  • Charge-controlled magnetism in colloidal doped semiconductor nanocrystals.

    Stefan T. Ochsenbein;Yong Feng;Kelly M. Whitaker;Ekaterina Badaeva

  • Molecular Weight Effect on the Absorption, Charge Carrier Mobility, and Photovoltaic Performance of an Indacenodiselenophene-Based Ladder-Type Polymer

    Jeremy J. Intemann;Kai Yao;Hin-Lap Yip;Yun-Xiang Xu

  • Real-time time-dependent electronic structure theory

    Joshua J. Goings;Patrick J. Lestrange;Xiaosong Li

  • Time-dependent density functional theory Ehrenfest dynamics: Collisions between atomic oxygen and graphite clusters

    Christine M. Isborn;Xiaosong Li;John C. Tully

  • Highly Efficient Inverted Organic Solar Cells Through Material and Interfacial Engineering of Indacenodithieno[3,2‐b]thiophene‐Based Polymers and Devices

    Jeremy J. Intemann;Kai Yao;Kai Yao;Yong-Xi Li;Hin-Lap Yip

Frequent Co-Authors

Alex K.-Y. Jen
Alex K.-Y. Jen City University of Hong Kong
H. Bernhard Schlegel
H. Bernhard Schlegel Wayne State University
Daniel R. Gamelin
Daniel R. Gamelin University of Washington
Michael J. Frisch
Michael J. Frisch Gaussian Inc.
Lin X. Chen
Lin X. Chen Northwestern University
Chu-Chen Chueh
Chu-Chen Chueh National Taiwan University
Christine M. Aikens
Christine M. Aikens Kansas State University
Zonglong Zhu
Zonglong Zhu City University of Hong Kong
Chang-Zhi Li
Chang-Zhi Li Zhejiang University
Hin-Lap Yip
Hin-Lap Yip City University of Hong Kong

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