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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Chemistry 43 17200 15549 4226 3476 86 7068

Yilei Wu publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Yilei Wu between 1995 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Yilei Wu published across 31 years, from 1995 to 2025, averaging 5 papers a year. Output peaked at 23 publications in 2016. 17 of the 155 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1995 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 23. Peak 23 publications in 2016. 1995: 1 publication 1996: 0 publications 1997: 0 publications 1998: 0 publications 1999: 0 publications 2000: 0 publications 2001: 0 publications 2002: 0 publications 2003: 0 publications 2004: 0 publications 2005: 0 publications 2006: 0 publications 2007: 0 publications 2008: 0 publications 2009: 0 publications 2010: 0 publications 2011: 1 publication 2012: 2 publications 2013: 13 publications 2014: 5 publications 2015: 20 publications 2016: 23 publications 2017: 15 publications 2018: 14 publications 2019: 8 publications 2020: 9 publications 2021: 7 publications 2022: 13 publications 2023: 7 publications 2024: 10 publications 2025: 7 publications
1995 2025

155 publications in total across all disciplines

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Yilei Wu: publications per year, 1995 to 2025
Year Publications
1995 1
1996 0
1997 0
1998 0
1999 0
2000 0
2001 0
2002 0
2003 0
2004 0
2005 0
2006 0
2007 0
2008 0
2009 0
2010 0
2011 1
2012 2
2013 13
2014 5
2015 20
2016 23
2017 15
2018 14
2019 8
2020 9
2021 7
2022 13
2023 7
2024 10
2025 7
Total 155
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Yilei Wu publications per year - data summary

  • Yilei Wu, a Chemistry scholar from Stanford University, has 155 publications recorded across 31 years, from 1995 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1995 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive year is 2016, with 23 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1995 and 2011, with 1 publication each.
  • 15 of the 31 years in the span carry no publications at all (1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 and others).
  • The rate of publication averages 5.0 papers per year over the whole span, or 9.7 per year counting only the 16 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 44 publications, 28% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1995-2005: 1 publication (0.1 per year); 2006-2016: 64 publications (5.8 per year); 2017-2025: 90 publications (10.0 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Yilei Wu 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 Yilei Wu 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, 81–100 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: 86 publications — 1st percentile

1% 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 86
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
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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Yilei Wu publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 17,934 Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 63 ranges running from 61–80 to 1,295+ publications.
  • Yilei Wu, a Chemistry scholar from Stanford University, records 86 publications - the 1st percentile of the discipline.
  • 1% of ranked Chemistry scientists score the same or lower than Yilei Wu, and about 99% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 241–260 publications range, and Yilei Wu ranks below the median.
  • The most crowded range is 161–180 publications, holding 1,350 scientists (8% of the field).
  • 77% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 361–380 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (<1% of the field).

Yilei Wu 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 Yilei Wu 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, 42–43 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: 43 D-Index — 5th percentile

5% 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 43
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
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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Yilei Wu D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 17,934 Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 61 ranges running from 40–41 to 159+ D-Index.
  • Yilei Wu, a Chemistry scholar from Stanford University, records 43 D-Index - the 5th percentile of the discipline.
  • 5% of ranked Chemistry scientists score the same or lower than Yilei Wu, and about 95% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 62–63 D-Index range, and Yilei Wu ranks below the median.
  • The most crowded range is 56–57 D-Index, holding 1,051 scientists (6% of the field).
  • 70% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 70–71 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more, 98 scientists in all (<1% of the field).

Overview

Yilei Wu is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States, with a research focus primarily in the fields of Engineering and Materials Science. Their work involves multiple subfields such as Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Polymers and Plastics, Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist has published extensively on topics including Conducting Polymers and Applications, Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics, Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials, Perovskite Materials and Applications, Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry, Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials, and Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures.

Among their recent publications are:

  • Topological supramolecular network enabled high-conductivity, stretchable organic bioelectronics (2022, Science)
  • High-brightness all-polymer stretchable LED with charge-trapping dilution (2022, Nature)
  • Perovskite superlattices with efficient carrier dynamics (2022, Nature)
  • A Design Strategy for Intrinsically Stretchable High-Performance Polymer Semiconductors: Incorporating Conjugated Rigid Fused-Rings with Bulky Side Groups (2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society)
  • F4-TCNQ as an Additive to Impart Stretchable Semiconductors with High Mobility and Stability (2020, Advanced Electronic Materials)

The frequent coauthors in their collaborative works include Zhenan Bao, Jeffrey B.-H. Tok, Yongfang Li, Donglai Zhong, and Yu Zheng.

The venues where Yilei Wu has published most frequently comprise:

  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • Solar RRL
  • Nature
  • Advanced Electronic Materials

Best Publications

  • Hybrid Dion–Jacobson 2D Lead Iodide Perovskites

    Lingling Mao;Weijun Ke;Laurent Pedesseau;Yilei Wu

  • White-Light Emission and Structural Distortion in New Corrugated Two-Dimensional Lead Bromide Perovskites

    Lingling Mao;Yilei Wu;Constantinos C. Stoumpos;Michael R. Wasielewski

  • Tunable White-Light Emission in Single-Cation-Templated Three-Layered 2D Perovskites (CH3CH2NH3)4Pb3Br10-xClx

    Lingling Mao;Yilei Wu;Constantinos C. Stoumpos;Boubacar Traore

  • Enabling singlet fission by controlling intramolecular charge transfer in π -stacked covalent terrylenediimide dimers

    Eric A. Margulies;Claire E. Miller;Yilei Wu;Lin Ma

  • Molecular rheometry: direct determination of viscosity in Lo and Ld lipid phases via fluorescence lifetime imaging

    Yilei Wu;Martin Štefl;Martin Štefl;Agnieszka Olzyńska;Martin Hof

  • Ultrafast Photoinduced Symmetry-Breaking Charge Separation and Electron Sharing in Perylenediimide Molecular Triangles.

    Yilei Wu;Ryan M. Young;Marco Frasconi;Severin T. Schneebeli

  • Complexation of polyoxometalates with cyclodextrins

    Yilei Wu;Rufei Shi;Rufei Shi;Yi Lin Wu;James M. Holcroft

  • Electron Sharing and Anion–π Recognition in Molecular Triangular Prisms

    Severin T. Schneebeli;Marco Frasconi;Zhichang Liu;Yilei Wu

  • Perovskite superlattices with efficient carrier dynamics

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  • Ring-fusion as a perylenediimide dimer design concept for high-performance non-fullerene organic photovoltaic acceptors

    Patrick E. Hartnett;H. S.S. Ramakrishna Matte;Nicholas D. Eastham;Nicholas E. Jackson

  • Mapping microbubble viscosity using fluorescence lifetime imaging of molecular rotors

    Neveen A. Hosny;Graciela Mohamedi;Paul Rademeyer;Joshua Owen

  • Dopant-Free Hole Transporting Polymers for High Efficiency, Environmentally Stable Perovskite Solar Cells

    Hsueh Chung Liao;Teck Lip Dexter Tam;Teck Lip Dexter Tam;Peijun Guo;Yilei Wu

  • Fine-Tuning Semiconducting Polymer Self-Aggregation and Crystallinity Enables Optimal Morphology and High-Performance Printed All-Polymer Solar Cells

    Yilei Wu;Sebastian Schneider;Christopher Walter;Ashraful Haider Chowdhury

  • Effects of Crystal Morphology on Singlet Exciton Fission in Diketopyrrolopyrrole Thin Films

    Patrick E. Hartnett;Eric A. Margulies;Catherine M. Mauck;Stephen A. Miller

  • Electron delocalization in a rigid cofacial naphthalene-1,8:4,5-bis(dicarboximide) dimer.

    Yilei Wu;Marco Frasconi;Daniel M. Gardner;Paul R. McGonigal

  • Photoexpulsion of surface-grafted ruthenium complexes and subsequent release of cytotoxic cargos to cancer cells from mesoporous silica nanoparticles.

    Marco Frasconi;Zhichang Liu;Juying Lei;Yilei Wu

  • Exploring viscosity, polarity and temperature sensitivity of BODIPY-based molecular rotors

    Aurimas Vyšniauskas;Ismael López-Duarte;Nicolas Duchemin;Thanh-Truc Vu

  • Correction to "A Design Strategy for Intrinsically Stretchable High-Performance Polymer Semiconductors: Incorporating Conjugated Rigid Fused-Rings with Bulky Side Groups"

    Deyu Liu;Jaewan Mun;Gan Chen;Nathaniel J. Schuster

  • ExTzBox: A Glowing Cyclophane for Live-Cell Imaging

    Indranil Roy;Sharan Bobbala;Jiawang Zhou;Minh T. Nguyen

  • Assembly of Supramolecular Nanotubes from Molecular Triangles and 1,2-Dihalohydrocarbons

    Zhichang Liu;Guoliang Liu;Yilei Wu;Dennis Cao

  • An Electrochromic Tristable Molecular Switch.

    Junling Sun;Yilei Wu;Yuping Wang;Zhichang Liu

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael R. Wasielewski
Michael R. Wasielewski Northwestern University
J. Fraser Stoddart
J. Fraser Stoddart Northwestern University
Marco Frasconi
Marco Frasconi University of Padua
William A. Goddard
William A. Goddard California Institute of Technology
Ryan M. Young
Ryan M. Young Northwestern University
Marina K. Kuimova
Marina K. Kuimova Imperial College London
Mercouri G. Kanatzidis
Mercouri G. Kanatzidis Northwestern University
Hai Xiao
Hai Xiao Tsinghua University
Tobin J. Marks
Tobin J. Marks Northwestern University
Lin X. Chen
Lin X. Chen Northwestern University

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