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Yi Xie 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 Yi Xie sits on this spectrum.

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 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 716 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Yi Xie 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 Yi Xie 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: 173 D-Index — 100th percentile

100% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Chemistry in China Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Materials Science in China Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in China Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Materials Science in China Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in China Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in China Leader Award
  • 2015 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences

Overview

Yi Xie is affiliated with the University of Science and Technology of China. Their research primarily revolves around materials science and engineering, with a strong focus on topics related to nuclear materials and radiation effects.

The main fields of study for Yi Xie include:

  • Materials Science
  • Engineering

Within these fields, their work spans several subfields of study, including:

  • Materials Chemistry
  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Ceramics and Composites
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Mechanical Engineering

The central research topics covered by Yi Xie are:

  • Nuclear materials and radiation effects
  • Nuclear Materials and Properties
  • Nuclear reactor physics and engineering
  • Fusion materials and technologies
  • Radioactive element chemistry and processing
  • Recycling and utilization of industrial and municipal waste in materials production
  • Glass properties and applications

Yi Xie has published extensively in several prominent venues, with frequent publications in:

  • Journal of Nuclear Materials
  • Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry
  • Journal of Physics Conference Series
  • Journal of the American Ceramic Society
  • Ceramics International

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Yi Xie include:

  • "Revealing 3D Morphological and Chemical Evolution Mechanisms of Metals in Molten Salt by Multimodal Microscopy," 2020, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • "Mechanical and leaching properties of neodymium-contaminated soil glass-ceramics," 2021, Journal of the American Ceramic Society
  • "Out-of-pile and postirradiated examination of lanthanide and lanthanide-palladium interactions for metallic fuel," 2020, Journal of Nuclear Materials
  • "Achieving high energy storage performance by LaMg0.5Ti0.5O3 modification of multiphase engineered Bi0.5Na0.5TiO3-based ceramics," 2023, Ceramics International
  • "XRD and SEM/EDS characterization of two quaternary fuel alloys (U-2.5Mo-2.5Ti-5.0Zr and U-1.5Mo-1.5Ti-7.0Zr in wt. %) for fast reactors," 2020, Materials Characterization

Frequent collaborators in Yi Xie's research include:

  • Xirui Lu
  • Guilin Wei
  • Michael Benson
  • Fen Luo
  • Zhentao Zhang

Yi Xie was awarded the title of Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences in 2015.

Best Publications

  • Defect-rich MoS2 ultrathin nanosheets with additional active edge sites for enhanced electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution

    Junfeng Xie;Hao Zhang;Shuang Li;Ruoxing Wang

  • Controllable Disorder Engineering in Oxygen-Incorporated MoS2 Ultrathin Nanosheets for Efficient Hydrogen Evolution

    Junfeng Xie;Jiajia Zhang;Shuang Li;Fabian Grote

  • Mixed transition-metal oxides: design, synthesis, and energy-related applications.

    Changzhou Yuan;Hao Bin Wu;Yi Xie;Xiong Wen David Lou

  • Enhanced Photoresponsive Ultrathin Graphitic-Phase C3N4 Nanosheets for Bioimaging

    Xiaodong Zhang;Xiao Xie;Hui Wang;Jiajia Zhang

  • Partially oxidized atomic cobalt layers for carbon dioxide electroreduction to liquid fuel

    Shan Gao;Yue Lin;Xingchen Jiao;Yongfu Sun

  • Ultrathin Spinel-Structured Nanosheets Rich in Oxygen Deficiencies for Enhanced Electrocatalytic Water Oxidation

    Jian Bao;Xiaodong Zhang;Bo Fan;Jiajia Zhang

  • Selective visible-light-driven photocatalytic CO 2 reduction to CH 4 mediated by atomically thin CuIn 5 S 8 layers

    Xiaodong Li;Yongfu Sun;Jiaqi Xu;Yanjie Shao

  • Single-Atom Pt as Co-Catalyst for Enhanced Photocatalytic H2 Evolution.

    Xiaogang Li;Wentuan Bi;Lei Zhang;Shi Tao

  • Oxygen vacancies confined in ultrathin indium oxide porous sheets for promoted visible-light water splitting.

    Fengcai Lei;Yongfu Sun;Katong Liu;Shan Gao

  • Vacancy associates promoting solar-driven photocatalytic activity of ultrathin bismuth oxychloride nanosheets

    Meili Guan;Chong Xiao;Jie Zhang;Shaojuan Fan

  • Metallic Few-Layered VS2 Ultrathin Nanosheets: High Two-Dimensional Conductivity for In-Plane Supercapacitors

    Jun Feng;Xu Sun;Changzheng Wu;Lele Peng

  • Two dimensional nanomaterials for flexible supercapacitors.

    Xu Peng;Lele Peng;Changzheng Wu;Yi Xie

  • Metallic nickel nitride nanosheets realizing enhanced electrochemical water oxidation.

    Kun Xu;Pengzuo Chen;Xiuling Li;Yun Tong

  • Low Overpotential in Vacancy-Rich Ultrathin CoSe2 Nanosheets for Water Oxidation

    Youwen Liu;Hao Cheng;Mengjie Lyu;Shaojuan Fan

  • Atomically Dispersed Iron–Nitrogen Species as Electrocatalysts for Bifunctional Oxygen Evolution and Reduction Reactions

    Pengzuo Chen;Tianpei Zhou;Lili Xing;Kun Xu

  • Ultrathin Black Phosphorus Nanosheets for Efficient Singlet Oxygen Generation

    Hui Wang;Xianzhu Yang;Wei Shao;Shichuan Chen

  • Atomically-thin two-dimensional sheets for understanding active sites in catalysis

    Yongfu Sun;Shan Gao;Fengcai Lei;Yi Xie

  • Defect-Mediated Electron–Hole Separation in One-Unit-Cell ZnIn2S4 Layers for Boosted Solar-Driven CO2 Reduction

    Xingchen Jiao;Zongwei Chen;Xiaodong Li;Yongfu Sun

  • High-Performance Flexible Broadband Photodetector Based on Organolead Halide Perovskite

    Xin Hu;Xiaodong Zhang;Lin Liang;Jian Bao

  • Ultrathin Two-Dimensional MnO2/Graphene Hybrid Nanostructures for High-Performance, Flexible Planar Supercapacitors

    Lele Peng;Xu Peng;Borui Liu;Changzheng Wu

  • Metallic Co4N Porous Nanowire Arrays Activated by Surface Oxidation as Electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Evolution Reaction

    Pengzuo Chen;Kun Xu;Zhiwei Fang;Yun Tong

Frequent Co-Authors

Changzheng Wu
Changzheng Wu University of Science and Technology of China
Yitai Qian
Yitai Qian University of Science and Technology of China
Yongfu Sun
Yongfu Sun University of Science and Technology of China
Junfeng Xie
Junfeng Xie Shandong Normal University
Shiqiang Wei
Shiqiang Wei University of Science and Technology of China
Bicai Pan
Bicai Pan University of Science and Technology of China
Wensheng Yan
Wensheng Yan University of Science and Technology of China
Jinlong Yang
Jinlong Yang University of Science and Technology of China
Yujie Xiong
Yujie Xiong University of Science and Technology of China
Wangsheng Chu
Wangsheng Chu University of Science and Technology of China

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