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Yan-Feng Chen

Yan-Feng Chen

D-Index & Metrics

Chemistry

D-Index
56
Citations
15410
World Ranking
11453
National Ranking
1836

Yan-Feng Chen 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 Yan-Feng Chen sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 311 publications — 66th percentile

66% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Yan-Feng Chen 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 Yan-Feng Chen sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 612 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 808 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 776 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 835 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 861 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 872 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 933 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,051 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 930 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 882 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 834 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 731 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 775 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 683 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 646 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 561 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 501 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 437 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 388 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 354 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 292 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 275 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 254 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 235 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 185 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 192 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 155 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 163 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 125 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 105 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 105 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 112 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 88 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 68 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 69 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 65 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 79 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 61 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 44 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 40 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 33 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 26 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 34 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 35 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 25 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 27 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 17 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 16 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 20 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 20 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 15 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 9 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 9 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 11 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 3 scientists 158 D-Index: 3 scientists 159+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 56 D-Index — 36th percentile

36% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Yan-Feng Chen is affiliated with Nanjing University in China and has published extensively in the fields of Physics and Astronomy, Engineering, and Materials Science. Their research contributions are particularly prominent in subfields such as Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics; Materials Chemistry; Electrical and Electronic Engineering; Biomedical Engineering; and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

The main topics covered by Yan-Feng Chen's work include:

  • Topological Materials and Phenomena
  • Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research
  • Mechanical and Optical Resonators
  • Advanced Condensed Matter Physics
  • Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications
  • 2D Materials and Applications
  • Photonic Crystals and Applications

Yan-Feng Chen has been a frequent contributor to prominent publication venues, including:

  • Physical Review B
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Applied Physics Letters
  • Physical Review Applied
  • Nature Communications

Their recent published papers include:

  • Observation of higher-order non-Hermitian skin effect (2021) in Nature Communications
  • Higher-order quantum spin Hall effect in a photonic crystal (2020) in Nature Communications
  • High-density switchable skyrmion-like polar nanodomains integrated on silicon (2022) in Nature
  • A review on non-Hermitian skin effect (2022) in Advances in Physics X
  • Photonic non-Hermitian skin effect and non-Bloch bulk-boundary correspondence (2020) in Physical Review Research

Yan-Feng Chen frequently collaborates with other researchers. Notable frequent co-authors include:

  • Ming-Hui Lu
  • Jian Zhou
  • Shu-Hua Yao
  • Yang-Yang Lv
  • Si-Yuan Yu

Best Publications

  • Experimental demonstration of a unidirectional reflectionless parity-time metamaterial at optical frequencies

    Liang Feng;Ye-Long Xu;William S. Fegadolli;William S. Fegadolli;Ming-Hui Lu

  • Acoustic topological insulator and robust one-way sound transport

    Cheng He;Xu Ni;Hao Ge;Xiao-Chen Sun

  • Phononic crystals and acoustic metamaterials

    Ming-Hui Lu;Liang Feng;Yan-Feng Chen

  • Substitution-induced phase transition and enhanced multiferroic properties of Bi1−xLaxFeO3 ceramics

    Shan-Tao Zhang;Yi Zhang;Ming-Hui Lu;Chao-Ling Du

  • Second-order photonic topological insulator with corner states

    Bi Ye Xie;Hong Fei Wang;Hai-Xiao Wang;Xue Yi Zhu

  • Molecule-Independent Electrical Switching in Pt/Organic Monolayer/Ti Devices

    D. R. Stewart;D. A. A. Ohlberg;P. A. Beck;Y. Chen

  • Second-order topology and multidimensional topological transitions in sonic crystals

    Xiujuan Zhang;Hai-Xiao Wang;Zhi-Kang Lin;Yuan Tian

  • Broadband Photovoltaic Detectors Based on an Atomically Thin Heterostructure.

    Mingsheng Long;Erfu Liu;Peng Wang;Anyuan Gao

  • Semiconductor/relaxor 0–3 type composites without thermal depolarization in Bi 0.5 Na 0.5 TiO 3 -based lead-free piezoceramics

    Ji Zhang;Zhao Pan;Fei Fei Guo;Wen Chao Liu

  • Ultra‐Thick, Low‐Tortuosity, and Mesoporous Wood Carbon Anode for High‐Performance Sodium‐Ion Batteries

    Fei Shen;Fei Shen;Wei Luo;Jiaqi Dai;Yonggang Yao

  • Photonic topological insulator with broken time-reversal symmetry.

    Cheng He;Xiao-Chen Sun;Xiao-Ping Liu;Ming-Hui Lu

  • Observation of second-order topological insulators in sonic crystals

    Xiujuan Zhang;Hai-Xiao Wang;Zhi-Kang Lin;Yuan Tian

  • Negative birefraction of acoustic waves in a sonic crystal.

    Ming-Hui Lu;Chao Zhang;Liang Feng;Liang Feng;Jun Zhao

  • Higher-order quantum spin Hall effect in a photonic crystal.

    Biye Xie;Guangxu Su;Hong-Fei Wang;Feng Liu

  • Breaking the barriers: advances in acoustic functional materials

    Hao Ge;Min Yang;Chu Ma;Ming-Hui Lu

  • Preparation, structures, and multiferroic properties of single phase Bi1−xLaxFeO3 (x=0–0.40) ceramics

    Shan-Tao Zhang;Ling-Hua Pang;Yi Zhang;Ming-Hui Lu

  • Hybrid Nanoimprint−Soft Lithography with Sub-15 nm Resolution

    Zhiwei Li;Yanni Gu;Lei Wang;Haixiong Ge

  • Robust topological edge states at the perfect surface step edge of topological insulator ZrTe$_5$

    Xiang-Bing Li;Wen-Kai Huang;Yang-Yang Lv;Kai-Wen Zhang

  • Experimental Observation of Anisotropic Adler-Bell-Jackiw Anomaly in Type-II Weyl Semimetal WTe1.98 Crystals at the Quasiclassical Regime

    Yang-Yang Lv;Xiao Li;Bin-Bin Zhang;W. Y. Deng

  • Optical Properties of an Ionic-Type Phononic Crystal

    Yan-qing Lu;Yong-yuan Zhu;Yan-feng Chen;Shi-ning Zhu

  • Acoustic backward-wave negative refractions in the second band of a sonic crystal.

    Liang Feng;Xiao-Ping Liu;Ming-Hui Lu;Yan-Bin Chen

  • Raman spectroscopy of (Mn, Co)-codoped ZnO films

    C. L. Du;Z. B. Gu;M. H. Lu;J. Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Shan-Tao Zhang
Shan-Tao Zhang Nanjing University
Nai-Ben Ming
Nai-Ben Ming Nanjing University
Zhiguo Liu
Zhiguo Liu Nanjing University
Shining Zhu
Shining Zhu Nanjing University
Yulin Chen
Yulin Chen University of Oxford
Yan-qing Lu
Yan-qing Lu Nanjing University
Tao Yu
Tao Yu Nanjing University
Zhi-Xun Shen
Zhi-Xun Shen Stanford University
Wei Wu
Wei Wu Wuhan University
Axel Scherer
Axel Scherer California Institute of Technology

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