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D-Index
43
Citations
9181
World Ranking
12234
National Ranking
2815

Yong Chen 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 Yong Chen sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 118 publications — 6th percentile

6% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Yong Chen 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 Yong Chen sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

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 165 D-Index or more.

Overview

Yong Chen is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States and specializes in the field of Engineering. Their research spans several subfields, including Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, and Civil and Structural Engineering.

Their work prominently covers topics such as Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies, Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials, Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging, Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Technologies, Advanced Battery Technologies Research, Perovskite Materials and Applications, and Conducting polymers and applications.

Recent publications by Yong Chen include:

  • Hollow core optical fibres with comparable attenuation to silica fibres between 600 and 1100 nm (2020) in Nature Communications
  • Smart factory in Industry 4.0 (2020) in Systems Research and Behavioral Science
  • 3D Printing of Functional Magnetic Materials: From Design to Applications (2021) in Advanced Functional Materials
  • Stretchable Nanolayered Thermoelectric Energy Harvester on Complex and Dynamic Surfaces (2020) in Nano Letters
  • 0.174 dB/km Hollow Core Double Nested Antiresonant Nodeless Fiber (DNANF) (2022) in Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC) 2022

Co-authors who have frequently collaborated with Yong Chen include:

  • Xiangjia Li
  • Yang Xu
  • Laiming Jiang
  • Francesco Poletti
  • Qifa Zhou

Their research has been published in various venues, notably:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • Small
  • Nature Communications

Yong Chen has contributed to book publications with Springer Nature and World Scientific. Titles include "New Energy Vehicle Powertrain Technologies and Applications" (2023) and "Manufacturing in the Era of 4th Industrial Revolution" (2020), respectively.

Best Publications

  • Sequence-Specific Label-Free DNA Sensors Based on Silicon Nanowires

    Z. Li;Y. Chen;X. Li;T. I. Kamins

  • Nanoscale molecular-switch crossbar circuits

    Yong Chen;Gun Young Jung;Douglas A A Ohlberg;Xuema Li

  • Structural Transition in Large-Lattice-Mismatch Heteroepitaxy

    Y. Chen;J. Washburn

  • Nanoscale molecular-switch devices fabricated by imprint lithography

    Yong Chen;Douglas A. A. Ohlberg;Xuema Li;Duncan R. Stewart

  • Formation Mechanism of Nanotubes in GaN

    Z. Liliental-Weber;Y. Chen;S. Ruvimov;J. Washburn

  • Vapor-phase self-assembled monolayer for improved mold release in nanoimprint lithography

    † Gun-Young Jung;Zhiyong Li;Wei Wu;Yong Chen

  • Ionic/electronic hybrid materials integrated in a synaptic transistor with signal processing and learning functions

    Qianxi Lai;Lei Zhang;Zhiyong Li;William F. Stickle

  • Self-assembled growth of epitaxial erbium disilicide nanowires on silicon (001)

    Yong Chen;Douglas A. A. Ohlberg;Gilberto Medeiros-Ribeiro;Y. Austin Chang

  • Pit formation in GaInN quantum wells

    Y. Chen;T. Takeuchi;H. Amano;I. Akasaki

  • A Carbon Nanotube Synapse with Dynamic Logic and Learning

    Kyunghyun Kim;Chia-Ling Chen;Quyen Truong;Alex M. Shen

  • Nanowires of four epitaxial hexagonal silicides grown on Si(001)

    Yong Chen;Douglas A. A. Ohlberg;R. Stanley Williams

  • Polymer solution for nanoimprint lithography to reduce imprint temperature and pressure

    Gun Young Jung;Sivapackia Ganapathiappan;Yong Chen;R. Stanley Williams

  • Chemical vapor deposition of Si nanowires nucleated by TiSi2 islands on Si

    T. I. Kamins;R. Stanley Williams;Y. Chen;Y.-L. Chang

  • Positioning Multiple Proteins at the Nanoscale with Electron Beam Cross-Linked Functional Polymers

    Karen L. Christman;Eric Schopf;Rebecca M. Broyer;Ronald C. Li

  • Configurable nanoscale crossbar electronic circuits made by electrochemical reaction

    Yong Chen;R. Stanley Williams

  • Dislocation reduction in GaN thin films via lateral overgrowth from trenches

    Y. Chen;R. Schneider;S. Y. Wang;R. S. Kern

  • Nanoscale growth factor patterns by immobilization on a heparin-mimicking polymer.

    Karen L. Christman;Vimary Vázquez-Dorbatt;Eric Schopf;Christopher M. Kolodziej

  • Incorporation of active DNA/cationic polymer polyplexes into hydrogel scaffolds.

    Yuguo Lei;Suxian Huang;Pooria Sharif-Kashani;Yong Chen

  • Organic resistive nonvolatile memory materials

    Takhee Lee;Yong Chen

  • Patterning and Templating for Nanoelectronics

    Kosmas Galatsis;Kang L. Wang;Mihri Ozkan;Cengiz S. Ozkan

  • Structural characterization of bulk GaN crystals grown under high hydrostatic pressure

    Zuzanna Liliental-Weber;C. Kisielowski;S. Ruvimov;Y. Chen

Frequent Co-Authors

R. Stanley Williams
R. Stanley Williams Texas A&M University
Theodore I. Kamins
Theodore I. Kamins Stanford University
Y. A. Chang
Y. A. Chang University of Wisconsin–Madison
Zhiyong Li
Zhiyong Li Chinese Academy of Sciences
Charles S. Fadley
Charles S. Fadley University of California, Davis
Gun Young Jung
Gun Young Jung Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology
Philip J. Kuekes
Philip J. Kuekes Hewlett-Packard (United States)
Heather D. Maynard
Heather D. Maynard University of California, Los Angeles
Zuzanna Liliental-Weber
Zuzanna Liliental-Weber Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Jan O. Jeppesen
Jan O. Jeppesen University of Southern Denmark

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