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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Engineering and Technology 39 7758 7485 1386 1379 102 5520

Xing Sheng publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Xing Sheng between 2007 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Xing Sheng published across 19 years, from 2007 to 2025, averaging 9.2 papers a year. Output peaked at 24 publications in 2020. 38 of the 175 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2007 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 24. Peak 24 publications in 2020. 2007: 1 publication 2008: 2 publications 2009: 1 publication 2010: 3 publications 2011: 4 publications 2012: 5 publications 2013: 5 publications 2014: 9 publications 2015: 8 publications 2016: 6 publications 2017: 4 publications 2018: 16 publications 2019: 10 publications 2020: 24 publications 2021: 7 publications 2022: 13 publications 2023: 19 publications 2024: 21 publications 2025: 17 publications
2007 2025

175 publications in total across all disciplines

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Xing Sheng: publications per year, 2007 to 2025
Year Publications
2007 1
2008 2
2009 1
2010 3
2011 4
2012 5
2013 5
2014 9
2015 8
2016 6
2017 4
2018 16
2019 10
2020 24
2021 7
2022 13
2023 19
2024 21
2025 17
Total 175
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Xing Sheng publications per year - data summary

  • Xing Sheng, a Engineering and Technology scholar from Tsinghua University, has 175 publications recorded across 19 years, from 2007 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 2007 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive year is 2020, with 24 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 2007 and 2009, with 1 publication each.
  • The rate of publication averages 9.2 papers per year over the whole span, or 9.2 per year counting only the 19 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 77 publications, 44% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 2007-2013: 21 publications (3.0 per year); 2014-2020: 77 publications (11.0 per year); 2021-2025: 77 publications (15.4 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Xing Sheng 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 Xing Sheng 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, 98–107 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: 102 publications — 9th percentile

9% 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
98–107 283 102
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
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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Xing Sheng publication distribution in Engineering and Technology in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 9,796 Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 78 ranges running from 38–47 to 804+ publications.
  • Xing Sheng, a Engineering and Technology scholar from Tsinghua University, records 102 publications - the 9th percentile of the discipline.
  • 9% of ranked Engineering and Technology scientists score the same or lower than Xing Sheng, and about 91% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 198–207 publications range, and Xing Sheng ranks below the median.
  • The most crowded range is 148–157 publications, holding 457 scientists (5% of the field).
  • 61% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 228–237 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 804 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Xing Sheng 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 Xing Sheng 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, 39 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: 39 D-Index — 24th percentile

24% 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 39
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
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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Xing Sheng D-index placement in Engineering and Technology in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 9,796 Engineering and Technology scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 78 ranges running from 30 to 107+ D-Index.
  • Xing Sheng, a Engineering and Technology scholar from Tsinghua University, records 39 D-Index - the 24th percentile of the discipline.
  • 24% of ranked Engineering and Technology scientists score the same or lower than Xing Sheng, and about 76% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 47 D-Index range, and Xing Sheng ranks below the median.
  • The most crowded range is 42 D-Index, holding 426 scientists (4% of the field).
  • 57% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 49 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 107 D-Index or more, 99 scientists in all (1% of the field).

Overview

Xing Sheng is affiliated with Tsinghua University in China and has a research profile spanning engineering and neuroscience. Their work addresses a variety of interdisciplinary topics connecting neural engineering, advanced materials, and sensor technologies.

The scientist's main fields of study include Engineering and Neuroscience, where they have contributed to subfields such as Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry, and Polymers and Plastics.

Key research topics in Xing Sheng's portfolio encompass:

  • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
  • Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
  • Advanced Memory and Neural Computing
  • Conducting polymers and applications
  • Neural dynamics and brain function
  • Molecular Communication and Nanonetworks

They have published in several prominent venues, including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • ACS Nano
  • Nature Communications
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Small Methods

Notable papers by Xing Sheng include:

  • "Technology Roadmap for Flexible Sensors," 2023, ACS Nano
  • "Highly compressible and anisotropic lamellar ceramic sponges with superior thermal insulation and acoustic absorption performances," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "A flexible and physically transient electrochemical sensor for real-time wireless nitric oxide monitoring," 2020, Nature Communications
  • "Wireless multilateral devices for optogenetic studies of individual and social behaviors," 2021, Nature Neuroscience
  • "A fully biodegradable and self-electrified device for neuroregenerative medicine," 2020, Science Advances

Xing Sheng frequently collaborates with other researchers, including Lan Yin, He Ding, Lizhu Li, Yang Xie, and Huachun Wang.

Best Publications

  • Battery-free, stretchable optoelectronic systems for wireless optical characterization of the skin

    Jeonghyun Kim;Jeonghyun Kim;Giovanni A. Salvatore;Giovanni A. Salvatore;Hitoshi Araki;Antonio M. Chiarelli

  • Highly compressible and anisotropic lamellar ceramic sponges with superior thermal insulation and acoustic absorption performances.

    Chao Jia;Lei Li;Ying Liu;Ben Fang

  • Ultrathin Polypyrrole Nanosheets via Space-Confined Synthesis for Efficient Photothermal Therapy in the Second Near-Infrared Window.

    Xu Wang;Yinchu Ma;Xing Sheng;Yucai Wang

  • A flexible and physically transient electrochemical sensor for real-time wireless nitric oxide monitoring

    Rongfeng Li;Hui Qi;Yuan Ma;Yuping Deng

  • Wireless optoelectronic photometers for monitoring neuronal dynamics in the deep brain.

    Luyao Lu;Luyao Lu;Philipp Gutruf;Philipp Gutruf;Li Xia;Dionnet L. Bhatti

  • A Fully Biodegradable Battery for Self-Powered Transient Implants.

    Xueying Huang;Dan Wang;Zhangyi Yuan;Wensheng Xie

  • Materials and Device Designs for an Epidermal UV Colorimetric Dosimeter with Near Field Communication Capabilities

    Hitoshi Araki;Hitoshi Araki;Jeonghyun Kim;Shaoning Zhang;Anthony Banks

  • A fully biodegradable and self-electrified device for neuroregenerative medicine.

    Liu Wang;Changfeng Lu;Shuhui Yang;Pengcheng Sun

  • Wireless multilateral devices for optogenetic studies of individual and social behaviors.

    Yiyuan Yang;Mingzheng Wu;Abraham Vázquez-Guardado;Amy J. Wegener;Amy J. Wegener

  • Printing-based assembly of quadruple-junction four-terminal microscale solar cells and their use in high-efficiency modules

    Xing Sheng;Christopher A. Bower;Salvatore Bonafede;John W. Wilson

  • Optimization-based design of surface textures for thin-film Si solar cells.

    Xing Sheng;Steven G. Johnson;Jurgen Michel;Lionel C. Kimerling

  • Bioresorbable photonic devices for the spectroscopic characterization of physiological status and neural activity.

    Wubin Bai;Jiho Shin;Ruxing Fu;Irawati Kandela

  • Materials Strategies and Device Architectures of Emerging Power Supply Devices for Implantable Bioelectronics

    Xueying Huang;Liu Wang;Huachun Wang;Bozhen Zhang

  • Biodegradable Monocrystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Microcells as Power Supplies for Transient Biomedical Implants

    Luyao Lu;Luyao Lu;Zijian Yang;Kathleen Meacham;Caroline Cvetkovic

  • Implantable and Biodegradable Poly(l‐lactic acid) Fibers for Optical Neural Interfaces

    Ruxing Fu;Wenhan Luo;Wenhan Luo;Wenhan Luo;Roya Nazempour;Daxin Tan

  • Roadmap on optical energy conversion

    Svetlana V. Boriskina;Martin A. Green;Kylie Catchpole;Eli Yablonovitch;Eli Yablonovitch

  • Biocompatible and Implantable Optical Fibers and Waveguides for Biomedicine.

    Roya Nazempour;Qianyi Zhang;Ruxing Fu;Xing Sheng

  • Recent Advances in Biointegrated Optoelectronic Devices

    Huihua Xu;Huihua Xu;Lan Yin;Chuan Liu;Xing Sheng

  • A wireless, implantable optoelectrochemical probe for optogenetic stimulation and dopamine detection

    Changbo Liu;Yu Zhao;Xue Cai;Yang Xie

  • Solution processed lead-free cesium titanium halide perovskites and their structural, thermal and optical characteristics

    Deying Kong;Dali Cheng;Xuewen Wang;Kaiyuan Zhang

  • Wide-angle planar microtracking for quasi-static microcell concentrating photovoltaics

    Jared S. Price;Xing Sheng;Bram M. Meulblok;John A. Rogers

  • Synthesis and optical properties of V2O5 nanorods

    Yuquan Wang;Zhengcao Li;Xing Sheng;Zhengjun Zhang

  • Optimization-based design of surface textures for thin-film Si solar cells — Are conventional Lambertian models relevant?

    Xing Sheng;Steven G. Johnson;Jurgen Michel;Lionel C. Kimerling

Frequent Co-Authors

John A. Rogers
John A. Rogers Northwestern University
Ralph G. Nuzzo
Ralph G. Nuzzo University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Qian Sun
Qian Sun Chinese Academy of Sciences
Matthew A. Meitl
Matthew A. Meitl Durham University
Jifeng Liu
Jifeng Liu Dartmouth College
Philipp Gutruf
Philipp Gutruf University of Arizona
Xiuling Li
Xiuling Li University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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