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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Chemistry 94 1667 1483 301 292 307 96149

Yan Zhao publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Yan Zhao between 2000 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Yan Zhao published across 27 years, from 2000 to 2026, averaging 30.9 papers a year. Output peaked at 132 publications in 2022. 98 of the 835 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
25 50 75 100 125
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2000 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 132. Peak 132 publications in 2022. 2000: 2 publications 2001: 1 publication 2002: 0 publications 2003: 1 publication 2004: 8 publications 2005: 17 publications 2006: 16 publications 2007: 18 publications 2008: 19 publications 2009: 8 publications 2010: 18 publications 2011: 18 publications 2012: 13 publications 2013: 11 publications 2014: 13 publications 2015: 13 publications 2016: 13 publications 2017: 27 publications 2018: 43 publications 2019: 44 publications 2020: 42 publications 2021: 40 publications 2022: 132 publications 2023: 128 publications 2024: 92 publications 2025: 95 publications 2026: 3 publications
2000 2026

835 publications in total across all disciplines

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Yan Zhao: publications per year, 2000 to 2026
Year Publications
2000 2
2001 1
2002 0
2003 1
2004 8
2005 17
2006 16
2007 18
2008 19
2009 8
2010 18
2011 18
2012 13
2013 11
2014 13
2015 13
2016 13
2017 27
2018 43
2019 44
2020 42
2021 40
2022 132
2023 128
2024 92
2025 95
2026 3
Total 835
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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.

No. of scientists
250 500 750 1,000 1,250
Bar chart with 63 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 61–80 to 1,295+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 1,350. Most scientists, 1,350, have 161–180 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 301–320 publications, is where this scientist sits. 61–80 publications: 66 scientists 81–100 publications: 302 scientists 101–120 publications: 623 scientists 121–140 publications: 918 scientists 141–160 publications: 1,218 scientists 161–180 publications: 1,350 scientists 181–200 publications: 1,344 scientists 201–220 publications: 1,281 scientists 221–240 publications: 1,216 scientists 241–260 publications: 1,100 scientists 261–280 publications: 979 scientists 281–300 publications: 939 scientists 301–320 publications: 764 scientists 321–340 publications: 643 scientists 341–360 publications: 628 scientists 361–380 publications: 522 scientists 381–400 publications: 459 scientists 401–420 publications: 397 scientists 421–440 publications: 327 scientists 441–460 publications: 270 scientists 461–480 publications: 265 scientists 481–500 publications: 252 scientists 501–520 publications: 201 scientists 521–540 publications: 185 scientists 541–560 publications: 148 scientists 561–580 publications: 148 scientists 581–600 publications: 132 scientists 601–620 publications: 114 scientists 621–640 publications: 104 scientists 641–660 publications: 91 scientists 661–680 publications: 92 scientists 681–700 publications: 73 scientists 701–720 publications: 57 scientists 721–740 publications: 54 scientists 741–760 publications: 67 scientists 761–780 publications: 45 scientists 781–800 publications: 46 scientists 801–820 publications: 39 scientists 821–840 publications: 32 scientists 841–860 publications: 36 scientists 861–880 publications: 29 scientists 881–900 publications: 26 scientists 901–920 publications: 24 scientists 921–940 publications: 14 scientists 941–960 publications: 23 scientists 961–980 publications: 28 scientists 981–1,000 publications: 15 scientists 1,001–1,020 publications: 29 scientists 1,021–1,040 publications: 12 scientists 1,041–1,060 publications: 19 scientists 1,061–1,080 publications: 12 scientists 1,081–1,100 publications: 6 scientists 1,101–1,120 publications: 8 scientists 1,121–1,140 publications: 12 scientists 1,141–1,160 publications: 5 scientists 1,161–1,180 publications: 6 scientists 1,181–1,200 publications: 14 scientists 1,201–1,220 publications: 7 scientists 1,221–1,240 publications: 2 scientists 1,241–1,260 publications: 6 scientists 1,261–1,280 publications: 4 scientists 1,281–1,294 publications: 6 scientists 1,295+ publications: 100 scientists
61–80 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.

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Number of Chemistry scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 17,934 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
61–80 66
81–100 302
101–120 623
121–140 918
141–160 1,218
161–180 1,350
181–200 1,344
201–220 1,281
221–240 1,216
241–260 1,100
261–280 979
281–300 939
301–320 764 307
321–340 643
341–360 628
361–380 522
381–400 459
401–420 397
421–440 327
441–460 270
461–480 265
481–500 252
501–520 201
521–540 185
541–560 148
561–580 148
581–600 132
601–620 114
621–640 104
641–660 91
661–680 92
681–700 73
701–720 57
721–740 54
741–760 67
761–780 45
781–800 46
801–820 39
821–840 32
841–860 36
861–880 29
881–900 26
901–920 24
921–940 14
941–960 23
961–980 28
981–1,000 15
1,001–1,020 29
1,021–1,040 12
1,041–1,060 19
1,061–1,080 12
1,081–1,100 6
1,101–1,120 8
1,121–1,140 12
1,141–1,160 5
1,161–1,180 6
1,181–1,200 14
1,201–1,220 7
1,221–1,240 2
1,241–1,260 6
1,261–1,280 4
1,281–1,294 6
1,295+ 100
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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.

No. of scientists
250 500 750 1,000
Bar chart with 61 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 159+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 1,051. Most scientists, 1,051, have 56–57 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 94–95 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 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
40–41 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.

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Number of Chemistry scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 17,934 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 289
42–43 612
44–45 808
46–47 776
48–49 835
50–51 861
52–53 872
54–55 933
56–57 1,051
58–59 930
60–61 882
62–63 834
64–65 731
66–67 775
68–69 683
70–71 646
72–73 561
74–75 501
76–77 437
78–79 388
80–81 354
82–83 292
84–85 275
86–87 254
88–89 235
90–91 185
92–93 192
94–95 155 94
96–97 163
98–99 125
100–101 105
102–103 105
104–105 112
106–107 88
108–109 68
110–111 69
112–113 65
114–115 79
116–117 61
118–119 44
120–121 37
122–123 40
124–125 33
126–127 26
128–129 34
130–131 35
132–133 25
134–135 27
136–137 17
138–139 16
140–141 20
142–143 20
144–145 15
146–147 9
148–149 9
150–151 16
152–153 11
154–155 9
156–157 3
158 3
159+ 98
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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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