2026 Yanming Ma: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	92	1497	1436	472	468	428	39089

Yanming Ma 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 Yanming Ma sits on this spectrum.

50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 428 publications — 80th percentile

80% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

Yanming Ma 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 Yanming Ma sits on this spectrum.

40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 92 D-Index — 88th percentile

88% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Yanming Ma is affiliated with Jilin University in China and has a research focus predominantly in Materials Science. Their work spans multiple subfields including Materials Chemistry, Geophysics, Condensed Matter Physics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Electronic, Optical, and Magnetic Materials.

The scientist's recent publications cover a range of topics associated with advanced materials research and high-pressure physics. Selected papers include:

"Metastable 1T'-phase group VIB transition metal dichalcogenide crystals" (2021, Nature Materials)
"High-pressure strengthening in ultrafine-grained metals" (2020, Nature)
"Stoichiometric Ternary Superhydride LaBeH₈ as a New Template for High-Temperature Superconductivity at 110 K under 80 GPa" (2023, Physical Review Letters)
"A symmetry-orientated divide-and-conquer method for crystal structure prediction" (2022, The Journal of Chemical Physics)
"Ferromagnetic quasi-atomic electrons in two-dimensional electride" (2020, Nature Communications)

Yanming Ma frequently collaborates with several researchers, among them:

Yanchao Wang
Hanyu Liu
Feng Peng
Chris J. Pickard
R. J. Needs

Their publishing venues reflect a broad engagement in structural databases, preprint archives, and prominent physics journals, including:

The Cambridge Structural Database
arXiv (Cornell University)
Physical Review B
Physical Review Letters
Nature Communications

The main research topics explored in Yanming Ma's work involve:

High-pressure geophysics and materials
X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
Crystallization and Solubility Studies
Rare-earth and actinide compounds
Machine Learning in Materials Science
Advanced Chemical Physics Studies
Hydrogen Storage and Materials

Best Publications

Crystal structure prediction via particle-swarm optimization

Yanchao Wang;Jian Lv;Li Zhu;Yanming Ma

2798
Citations
CALYPSO: A method for crystal structure prediction

Yanchao Wang;Jian Lv;Li Zhu;Yanming Ma

2750
Citations
Ionic high-pressure form of elemental boron

Artem R. Oganov;Artem R. Oganov;Artem R. Oganov;Jiuhua Chen;Jiuhua Chen;Carlo Gatti;Yanzhang Ma

1028
Citations
Transparent dense sodium.

Yanming Ma;Yanming Ma;Mikhail Eremets;Artem R. Oganov;Artem R. Oganov;Artem R. Oganov;Yu Xie

941
Citations
Superconductive sodalite-like clathrate calcium hydride at high pressures

Hui Wang;John S. Tse;Kaori Tanaka;Toshiaki Iitaka

892
Citations
Hydrogen Clathrate Structures in Rare Earth Hydrides at High Pressures: Possible Route to Room-Temperature Superconductivity.

Feng Peng;Ying Sun;Chris J. Pickard;Richard J. Needs

886
Citations
Nanotwinned diamond with unprecedented hardness and stability

Quan Huang;Dongli Yu;Bo Xu;Wentao Hu

874
Citations
Ultrahard nanotwinned cubic boron nitride.

Yongjun Tian;Bo Xu;Dongli Yu;Yanming Ma

864
Citations
The metallization and superconductivity of dense hydrogen sulfide.

Yinwei Li;Jian Hao;Hanyu Liu;Yanling Li

714
Citations
Materials discovery at high pressures

Lijun Zhang;Yanchao Wang;Jian Lv;Yanming Ma

683
Citations
Superhard Monoclinic Polymorph of Carbon

Quan Li;Yanming Ma;Artem R. Oganov;Artem R. Oganov;Hongbo Wang

658
Citations
Report on the sixth blind test of organic crystal-structure prediction methods

Anthony M. Reilly;Richard I. Cooper;Claire S. Adjiman;Saswata Bhattacharya

644
Citations
Predicted novel high-pressure phases of lithium.

Jian Lv;Yanchao Wang;Li Zhu;Yanming Ma

596
Citations
Particle-swarm structure prediction on clusters.

Jian Lv;Yanchao Wang;Li Zhu;Yanming Ma

584
Citations
The metallization and superconductivity of dense hydrogen sulfide

Yinwei Li;Jian Hao;Yanling Li;Yanming Ma

583
Citations
High-pressure hydrogen sulfide from first principles: a strongly anharmonic phonon-mediated superconductor.

Ion Errea;Ion Errea;Matteo Calandra;Christopher Pickard;Joseph Nelson

532
Citations
Substitutional alloy of Bi and Te at high pressure.

Li Zhu;Hui Wang;Yanchao Wang;Jian Lv

445
Citations
Reactions of xenon with iron and nickel are predicted in the Earth's inner core

Li Zhu;Hanyu Liu;Chris J. Pickard;Guangtian Zou

437
Citations
Route to a Superconducting Phase above Room Temperature in Electron-Doped Hydride Compounds under High Pressure

Ying Sun;Jian Lv;Yu Xie;Hanyu Liu

431
Citations
Pressure-stabilized superconductive yttrium hydrides.

Yinwei Li;Jian Hao;Hanyu Liu;John S. Tse

380
Citations