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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Materials Science 74 3599 3479 1154 1148 281 21281
Chemistry 72 5218 4737 965 953 243 20109

Xugang Guo publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Xugang Guo between 2003 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Xugang Guo published across 24 years, from 2003 to 2026, averaging 12.6 papers a year. Output peaked at 42 publications in 2019. 36 of the 303 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30 40
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2003 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 42. Peak 42 publications in 2019. 2003: 1 publication 2004: 0 publications 2005: 0 publications 2006: 0 publications 2007: 0 publications 2008: 1 publication 2009: 3 publications 2010: 3 publications 2011: 4 publications 2012: 5 publications 2013: 4 publications 2014: 6 publications 2015: 4 publications 2016: 2 publications 2017: 13 publications 2018: 18 publications 2019: 42 publications 2020: 30 publications 2021: 28 publications 2022: 36 publications 2023: 41 publications 2024: 26 publications 2025: 35 publications 2026: 1 publication
2003 2026

303 publications in total across all disciplines

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Xugang Guo: publications per year, 2003 to 2026
Year Publications
2003 1
2004 0
2005 0
2006 0
2007 0
2008 1
2009 3
2010 3
2011 4
2012 5
2013 4
2014 6
2015 4
2016 2
2017 13
2018 18
2019 42
2020 30
2021 28
2022 36
2023 41
2024 26
2025 35
2026 1
Total 303
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Xugang Guo 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 Xugang Guo 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, 270–289 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: 281 publications — 55th percentile

55% 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
270–289 665 281
290–309 593
310–329 537
330–349 477
350–369 440
370–389 356
390–409 321
410–429 256
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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Xugang Guo 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 Xugang Guo 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, 74–75 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: 74 D-Index — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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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 74
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
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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Overview

Xugang Guo is affiliated with the Southern University of Science and Technology in China and has a significant research footprint in the fields of Engineering and Materials Science. Their primary research focus lies at the intersection of Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Polymers and Plastics, with additional contributions in Materials Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's work extensively covers topics in Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics, Conducting Polymers and Applications, and Perovskite Materials and Applications. Other areas explored include Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research, Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures, Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films, and Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices.

Recent publications by Xugang Guo include:

  • The journey of conducting polymers from discovery to application (2020) in Nature Materials
  • A solution-processed n-type conducting polymer with ultrahigh conductivity (2022) in Nature
  • Precisely Controlling the Position of Bromine on the End Group Enables Well-Regular Polymer Acceptors for All-Polymer Solar Cells with Efficiencies over 15% (2020) in Advanced Materials
  • High-Performance n-Type Polymer Semiconductors: Applications, Recent Development, and Challenges (2020) in Chem
  • Vertical organic electrochemical transistors for complementary circuits (2023) in Nature

The scientist frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Han Young Woo
  • Kui Feng
  • Huiliang Sun
  • Junwei Wang
  • Sang Young Jeong

Key publication venues for their research work include:

  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Advanced Materials
  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Best Publications

  • Imide- and Amide-Functionalized Polymer Semiconductors

    Xugang Guo;Antonio Facchetti;Tobin J. Marks

  • Polymer solar cells with enhanced fill factors

    Xugang Guo;Xugang Guo;Nanjia Zhou;Sylvia J. Lou;Jeremy Smith

  • Material insights and challenges for non-fullerene organic solar cells based on small molecular acceptors

    Jianquan Zhang;Huei Shuan Tan;Xugang Guo;Antonio Facchetti

  • A solution-processed n-type conducting polymer with ultrahigh conductivity

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  • The journey of conducting polymers from discovery to application

    Xugang Guo;Antonio Facchetti

  • Conjugated polymers from naphthalene bisimide.

    Xugang Guo;Mark D Watson

  • Vertical organic electrochemical transistors for complementary circuits

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  • High-mobility ambipolar transistors and high-gain inverters from a donor-acceptor copolymer semiconductor.

    Felix Sunjoo Kim;Xugang Guo;Mark D. Watson;Samson A. Jenekhe

  • Precisely Controlling the Position of Bromine on the End Group Enables Well-Regular Polymer Acceptors for All-Polymer Solar Cells with Efficiencies over 15.

    Zhenghui Luo;Zhenghui Luo;Tao Liu;Ruijie Ma;Yiqun Xiao

  • Monolithic perovskite/organic tandem solar cells with 23.6% efficiency enabled by reduced voltage losses and optimized interconnecting layer

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  • Bithiopheneimide–Dithienosilole/Dithienogermole Copolymers for Efficient Solar Cells: Information from Structure–Property–Device Performance Correlations and Comparison to Thieno[3,4-c]pyrrole-4,6-dione Analogues

    Xugang Guo;Nanjia Zhou;Sylvia J. Lou;Jonathan W. Hennek

  • Slip-Stacked Perylenediimides as an Alternative Strategy for High Efficiency Nonfullerene Acceptors in Organic Photovoltaics

    Patrick E. Hartnett;Amod Timalsina;H. S. S. Ramakrishna Matte;Nanjia Zhou

  • A monothiophene unit incorporating both fluoro and ester substitution enabling high-performance donor polymers for non-fullerene solar cells with 16.4% efficiency

    Huiliang Sun;Tao Liu;Jianwei Yu;Tsz-Ki Lau

  • High-Performance n-Type Polymer Semiconductors: Applications, Recent Development, and Challenges

    Huiliang Sun;Xugang Guo;Antonio Facchetti

  • Dopant-Free Small-Molecule Hole-Transporting Material for Inverted Perovskite Solar Cells with Efficiency Exceeding 21.

    Yang Wang;Yang Wang;Wei Chen;Wei Chen;Lei Wang;Bao Tu

  • Transition metal-catalysed molecular n-doping of organic semiconductors

    Han Guo;Chi-Yuan Yang;Xianhe Zhang;Alessandro Motta

  • Phthalimide-based polymers for high performance organic thin-film transistors.

    Xugang Guo;Felix Sunjoo Kim;Samson A. Jenekhe;Mark D. Watson

  • Bithiophene-Imide-Based Polymeric Semiconductors for Field-Effect Transistors: Synthesis, Structure−Property Correlations, Charge Carrier Polarity, and Device Stability

    Xugang Guo;Rocio Ponce Ortiz;Yan Zheng;Yan Hu

  • Thieno[3,4-c]pyrrole-4,6-dione-Based Polymer Semiconductors: Toward High-Performance, Air-Stable Organic Thin-Film Transistors

    Xugang Guo;Rocio Ponce Ortiz;Rocio Ponce Ortiz;Yan Zheng;Myung Gil Kim

  • Naphthalene Diimide-Based Polymer Semiconductors: Synthesis, Structure–Property Correlations, and n-Channel and Ambipolar Field-Effect Transistors

    Xugang Guo;Felix Sunjoo Kim;Mark J. Seger;Samson A. Jenekhe

  • 16% efficiency all-polymer organic solar cells enabled by a finely tuned morphology via the design of ternary blend

    Tao Liu;Tao Liu;Tong Yang;Ruijie Ma;Lingling Zhan

  • Dialkoxybithiazole: a new building block for head-to-head polymer semiconductors.

    Xugang Guo;Jordan Quinn;Zhihua Chen;Hakan Usta

  • Two compatible polymer donors contribute synergistically for ternary organic solar cells with 17.53% efficiency

    Qiaoshi An;Junwei Wang;Xiaoling Ma;Jinhua Gao

Frequent Co-Authors

Han Young Woo
Han Young Woo Korea University
Antonio Facchetti
Antonio Facchetti Northwestern University
Tobin J. Marks
Tobin J. Marks Northwestern University
Rocio Ponce Ortiz
Rocio Ponce Ortiz University of Malaga
He Yan
He Yan Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Wei Chen
Wei Chen National University of Singapore
Xinhui Lu
Xinhui Lu Chinese University of Hong Kong
Tao Liu
Tao Liu Guangxi University
Lin X. Chen
Lin X. Chen Northwestern University
Yongye Liang
Yongye Liang Southern University of Science and Technology

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