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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Chemistry 108 866 765 344 274 648 51172

Yong Wang publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Yong Wang between 1987 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Yong Wang published across 40 years, from 1987 to 2026, averaging 28.7 papers a year. Output peaked at 97 publications in 2021. 44 of the 1,149 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
20 40 60 80
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1987 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 97. Peak 97 publications in 2021. 1987: 2 publications 1988: 1 publication 1989: 0 publications 1990: 1 publication 1991: 0 publications 1992: 0 publications 1993: 1 publication 1994: 0 publications 1995: 7 publications 1996: 1 publication 1997: 2 publications 1998: 2 publications 1999: 12 publications 2000: 24 publications 2001: 12 publications 2002: 33 publications 2003: 25 publications 2004: 33 publications 2005: 38 publications 2006: 27 publications 2007: 33 publications 2008: 26 publications 2009: 27 publications 2010: 22 publications 2011: 30 publications 2012: 41 publications 2013: 43 publications 2014: 42 publications 2015: 50 publications 2016: 72 publications 2017: 52 publications 2018: 63 publications 2019: 78 publications 2020: 93 publications 2021: 97 publications 2022: 33 publications 2023: 35 publications 2024: 47 publications 2025: 41 publications 2026: 3 publications
1987 2026

1,149 publications in total across all disciplines

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Yong Wang: publications per year, 1987 to 2026
Year Publications
1987 2
1988 1
1989 0
1990 1
1991 0
1992 0
1993 1
1994 0
1995 7
1996 1
1997 2
1998 2
1999 12
2000 24
2001 12
2002 33
2003 25
2004 33
2005 38
2006 27
2007 33
2008 26
2009 27
2010 22
2011 30
2012 41
2013 43
2014 42
2015 50
2016 72
2017 52
2018 63
2019 78
2020 93
2021 97
2022 33
2023 35
2024 47
2025 41
2026 3
Total 1,149
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Yong Wang publications per year - data summary

  • Yong Wang, a Chemistry scholar from Washington State University, has 1,149 publications recorded across 40 years, from 1987 to 2026.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 1987 and the most recent to 2026.
  • The most productive year is 2021, with 97 publications.
  • The least productive years with any output are 1988, 1990, 1993 and 1996, with 1 publication each.
  • 4 of the 40 years in the span carry no publications at all (1989, 1991, 1992 and 1994).
  • The rate of publication averages 28.7 papers per year over the whole span, or 31.9 per year counting only the 36 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2022-2026) hold 159 publications, 14% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 1987-2000: 53 publications (3.8 per year); 2001-2014: 432 publications (30.9 per year); 2015-2026: 664 publications (55.3 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Yong Wang 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 Yong Wang 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, 641–660 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: 648 publications — 94th percentile

94% 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
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 91 648
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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Yong Wang 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.
  • Yong Wang, a Chemistry scholar from Washington State University, records 648 publications - the 94th percentile of the discipline.
  • 94% of ranked Chemistry scientists score the same or lower than Yong Wang, and about 6% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 241–260 publications range, and Yong Wang ranks above 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).

Yong Wang 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 Yong Wang 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, 108–109 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: 108 D-Index — 95th percentile

95% 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
96–97 163
98–99 125
100–101 105
102–103 105
104–105 112
106–107 88
108–109 68 108
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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Yong Wang 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.
  • Yong Wang, a Chemistry scholar from Washington State University, records 108 D-Index - the 95th percentile of the discipline.
  • 95% of ranked Chemistry scientists score the same or lower than Yong Wang, and about 5% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 62–63 D-Index range, and Yong Wang ranks above 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

Yong Wang is affiliated with Washington State University in the United States, focusing predominantly on research in engineering, materials science, and energy. Their scholarly interests include renewable energy, sustainability, materials chemistry, and electrical and electronic engineering, with notable work also in organic chemistry and biomedical engineering.

The scientist's research centers on topics such as electrocatalysts for energy conversion, advanced photocatalysis techniques, and advanced battery technologies. Additional areas of study include catalytic processes in materials science, nanomaterials for catalytic reactions, catalysis and hydrodesulfurization studies, and ammonia synthesis and nitrogen reduction.

Frequent publication venues for Yong Wang include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • ACS Catalysis
  • Angewandte Chemie

Yong Wang has coauthored extensively with several researchers, with collaborators including Shanjun Mao, Xiaozhong Zheng, Minkai Qin, Bing Lü, and Menghui Qi.

Key recent papers from this scientist include:

  • Reversible hydrogen spillover in Ru-WO3-x enhances hydrogen evolution activity in neutral pH water splitting, 2022, Nature Communications
  • A Janus Fe-SnO2 Catalyst that Enables Bifunctional Electrochemical Nitrogen Fixation, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Tailoring a local acid-like microenvironment for efficient neutral hydrogen evolution, 2023, Nature Communications
  • Strong Oxide-Support Interaction over IrO2/V2O5 for Efficient pH-Universal Water Splitting, 2022, Advanced Science
  • Sequential Superassembly of Nanofiber Arrays to Carbonaceous Ordered Mesoporous Nanowires and Their Heterostructure Membranes for Osmotic Energy Conversion, 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society

Best Publications

  • An overview of hydrogen production technologies

    Jamie D. Holladay;Jianli Hu;David L. King;Yong Wang

  • Thermally stable single-atom platinum-on-ceria catalysts via atom trapping

    John Jones;Haifeng Xiong;Andrew T. DeLaRiva;Eric J. Peterson

  • Activation of surface lattice oxygen in single-atom Pt/CeO2 for low-temperature CO oxidation

    Lei Nie;Donghai Mei;Haifeng Xiong;Bo Peng

  • Nitrogen-doped graphene and its electrochemical applications

    Yuyan Shao;Sheng Zhang;Mark H. Engelhard;Guosheng Li

  • Catalytic fast pyrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass

    Changjun Liu;Huamin Wang;Ayman M. Karim;Junming Sun

  • Production of levulinic acid and use as a platform chemical for derived products

    Joseph J Bozell;L Moens;D.C Elliott;Y Wang

  • Nanostructured carbon for energy storage and conversion

    Stephanie L. Candelaria;Yuyan Shao;Wei Zhou;Xiaolin Li

  • Novel catalyst support materials for PEM fuel cells : current status and future prospects

    Yuyan Shao;Jun Liu;Yong Wang;Yuehe Lin

  • Enhanced activity and stability of Pt catalysts on functionalized graphene sheets for electrocatalytic oxygen reduction

    Rong Kou;Yuyan Shao;Donghai Wang;Mark H. Engelhard

  • Recent Advances in Hydrotreating of Pyrolysis Bio-Oil and Its Oxygen-Containing Model Compounds

    Huamin Wang;Jonathan L. Male;Yong Wang;Yong Wang

  • Recent Advances in Catalytic Conversion of Ethanol to Chemicals

    Junming Sun;Yong Wang

  • Oxygen Electrocatalysts for Water Electrolyzers and Reversible Fuel Cells: Status and Perspective

    Seh Kyu Park;Yuyan Shao;Jun Liu;Yong Wang;Yong Wang

  • Making Li‐Air Batteries Rechargeable: Material Challenges

    Yuyan Shao;Fei Ding;Jie Xiao;Jian Zhang

  • Electrocatalysts for Nonaqueous Lithium–Air Batteries: Status, Challenges, and Perspective

    Yuyan Shao;Seh Kyu Park;Jie Xiao;Jiguang Zhang

  • Stabilization of Electrocatalytic Metal Nanoparticles at Metal−Metal Oxide−Graphene Triple Junction Points

    Rong Kou;Yuyan Shao;Donghai Mei;Zimin Nie

  • Review of developments in portable hydrogen production using microreactor technology.

    Jamelyn D. Holladay;Yong Wang;Evan Jones

  • Carbon-supported bimetallic Pd–Fe catalysts for vapor-phase hydrodeoxygenation of guaiacol

    Junming Sun;Ayman M. Karim;He Zhang;Libor Kovarik

  • Highly durable graphene nanoplatelets supported Pt nanocatalysts for oxygen reduction

    Yuyan Shao;Sheng Zhang;Chongmin Wang;Zimin Nie

  • Tuning Pt-CeO2 interactions by high-temperature vapor-phase synthesis for improved reducibility of lattice oxygen.

    Xavier Isidro Pereira-Hernández;Andrew DeLaRiva;Valery Muravev;Deepak Kunwar

  • Ammonia-Treated Ordered Mesoporous Carbons as Catalytic Materials for Oxygen Reduction Reaction

    Xiqing Wang;Je Seung Lee;Qing Zhu;Jun Liu

Frequent Co-Authors

Jun Liu
Jun Liu Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Charles H. F. Peden
Charles H. F. Peden Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Yuyan Shao
Yuyan Shao Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Libor Kovarik
Libor Kovarik Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Feng Gao
Feng Gao Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Donghai Mei
Donghai Mei Tianjin Polytechnic University
Mark H. Engelhard
Mark H. Engelhard Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Abhaya K. Datye
Abhaya K. Datye University of New Mexico
Jian Zhi Hu
Jian Zhi Hu Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

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