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D-Index
94
Citations
96149
World Ranking
1667
National Ranking
301

Yan Zhao 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 Zhao sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 307 publications — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Yan Zhao 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 Zhao 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: 94 D-Index — 91st percentile

91% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Yan Zhao is a researcher affiliated with Wuhan University of Technology in China, with substantial contributions in the fields of Materials Science and Engineering. Their scholarly work encompasses a broad spectrum of topics, focusing heavily on advanced materials and their applications in energy storage, catalysis, and biomedical engineering.

Their research prominently addresses several specialized areas including:

  • Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics
  • Advancements in Battery Materials
  • Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials
  • Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
  • Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques

Yan Zhao has contributed to numerous publications across several prominent venues. Frequent journals and conference proceedings featuring their work include:

  • Ceramics International
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Journal of Alloys and Compounds

Their collaborative network consists of several frequent co-authors, highlighting key partnerships within their research community. These collaborators include:

  • Daojiang Gao
  • Xin Lai
  • Jian Bi
  • Mengjiao Liu
  • Ting Zhou

Among Yan Zhao's recent significant publications are:

  • A review of electrochemical energy storage behaviors based on pristine metal-organic frameworks and their composites (2020, Coordination Chemistry Reviews)
  • Light-free Generation of Singlet Oxygen through Manganese-Thiophene Nanosystems for pH-Responsive Chemiluminescence Imaging and Tumor Therapy (2020, Chem)
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks Nanocomposites with Different Dimensionalities for Energy Conversion and Storage (2021, Advanced Energy Materials)
  • An Acidity-Unlocked Magnetic Nanoplatform Enables Self-Boosting ROS Generation through Upregulation of Lactate for Imaging-Guided Highly Specific Chemodynamic Therapy (2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition)
  • MoS2/graphene composites: Fabrication and electrochemical energy storage (2020, Energy Storage Materials)

The main fields of study in Yan Zhao's body of work are Materials Science, with over 100 publications, and Engineering, with nearly as many contributions. Within these broad disciplines, subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering figure prominently, reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of their research.

Best Publications

  • The M06 suite of density functionals for main group thermochemistry, thermochemical kinetics, noncovalent interactions, excited states, and transition elements: two new functionals and systematic testing of four M06-class functionals and 12 other functionals

    Yan Zhao;Donald G. Truhlar

  • Density functionals with broad applicability in chemistry.

    Yan Zhao;Donald G. Truhlar

  • A new local density functional for main-group thermochemistry, transition metal bonding, thermochemical kinetics, and noncovalent interactions.

    Yan Zhao;Donald G. Truhlar

  • Design of Density Functionals by Combining the Method of Constraint Satisfaction with Parametrization for Thermochemistry, Thermochemical Kinetics, and Noncovalent Interactions.

    Yan Zhao;Nathan E. Schultz;Donald G. Truhlar

  • Advances in molecular quantum chemistry contained in the Q-Chem 4 program package

    Yihan Shao;Zhengting Gan;Evgeny Epifanovsky;Andrew T. B. Gilbert

  • Hybrid Meta Density Functional Theory Methods for Thermochemistry, Thermochemical Kinetics, and Noncovalent Interactions: The MPW1B95 and MPWB1K Models and Comparative Assessments for Hydrogen Bonding and van der Waals Interactions

    Yan Zhao;Donald G. Truhlar

  • Design of density functionals that are broadly accurate for thermochemistry, thermochemical kinetics, and nonbonded interactions.

    Yan Zhao;Donald G. Truhlar

  • Density functional for spectroscopy: no long-range self-interaction error, good performance for Rydberg and charge-transfer states, and better performance on average than B3LYP for ground states.

    Yan Zhao;Donald G. Truhlar

  • Computational Thermochemistry: Scale Factor Databases and Scale Factors for Vibrational Frequencies Obtained from Electronic Model Chemistries

    I. M. Alecu;Jingjing Zheng;Yan Zhao;Donald G. Truhlar

  • Exchange-correlation functional with broad accuracy for metallic and nonmetallic compounds, kinetics, and noncovalent interactions

    Yan Zhao;Nathan E. Schultz;D. G. Truhlar

  • Exploring the Limit of Accuracy of the Global Hybrid Meta Density Functional for Main-Group Thermochemistry, Kinetics, and Noncovalent Interactions

    Yan Zhao;Donald G. Truhlar

  • Benchmark Databases for Nonbonded Interactions and Their Use To Test Density Functional Theory

    Yan Zhao;Donald G. Truhlar

  • Benchmark Database of Barrier Heights for Heavy Atom Transfer, Nucleophilic Substitution, Association, and Unimolecular Reactions and Its Use to Test Theoretical Methods

    Yan Zhao;Núria González-García;Donald G. Truhlar

  • Effectiveness of Diffuse Basis Functions for Calculating Relative Energies by Density Functional Theory

    Benjamin J. Lynch;Yan Zhao;Donald G. Truhlar

  • Comparative DFT Study of van der Waals Complexes: Rare-Gas Dimers, Alkaline-Earth Dimers, Zinc Dimer, and Zinc-Rare-Gas Dimers

    Yan Zhao;Donald G. Truhlar

  • Applications and validations of the Minnesota density functionals

    Yan Zhao;Donald G. Truhlar

  • Development and Assessment of a New Hybrid Density Functional Model for Thermochemical Kinetics

    Yan Zhao;Benjamin J. Lynch;Donald G. Truhlar

  • NWChem: Past, Present, and Future

    E. Aprà;E. J. Bylaska;W. A. de Jong;N. Govind

  • Density Functionals for Noncovalent Interaction Energies of Biological Importance.

    Yan Zhao;Donald G. Truhlar

  • NWChem: Past, present, and future

    E. Aprà;E. J. Bylaska;W. A. de Jong;N. Govind

  • Benchmark database of barrier heights for heavy atom transfer, nucleophilic substitution, association, and unimolecular reactions and its use to test theoretical methods (vol 109A, pg 2015, 2005)

    Zhao Y;Gonzalez-Garcia N;Truhlar Dg

Frequent Co-Authors

Donald G. Truhlar
Donald G. Truhlar University of Minnesota
Huaming Li
Huaming Li Jiangsu University
Jiabiao Lian
Jiabiao Lian Jiangsu University
Yunpeng Huang
Yunpeng Huang Jiangnan University
Liqiang Mai
Liqiang Mai Wuhan University of Technology
Hui Xu
Hui Xu Jiangsu University
Yuanguo Xu
Yuanguo Xu Jiangsu University
Li Xu
Li Xu Jiangsu University
Zhao-You Tang
Zhao-You Tang Fudan University
Dickon H.L. Ng
Dickon H.L. Ng Chinese University of Hong Kong

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