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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Chemistry 59 10199 9221 69 64 332 11677

Yongxin Li publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Yongxin Li between 1992 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Yongxin Li published across 34 years, from 1992 to 2025, averaging 10.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 39 publications in 2018. 19 of the 358 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1992 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 39. Peak 39 publications in 2018. 1992: 1 publication 1993: 0 publications 1994: 0 publications 1995: 0 publications 1996: 0 publications 1997: 0 publications 1998: 1 publication 1999: 2 publications 2000: 0 publications 2001: 0 publications 2002: 0 publications 2003: 2 publications 2004: 0 publications 2005: 2 publications 2006: 5 publications 2007: 5 publications 2008: 11 publications 2009: 19 publications 2010: 14 publications 2011: 9 publications 2012: 20 publications 2013: 26 publications 2014: 24 publications 2015: 27 publications 2016: 29 publications 2017: 31 publications 2018: 39 publications 2019: 15 publications 2020: 24 publications 2021: 20 publications 2022: 8 publications 2023: 5 publications 2024: 8 publications 2025: 11 publications
1992 2025

358 publications in total across all disciplines

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Yongxin Li: publications per year, 1992 to 2025
Year Publications
1992 1
1993 0
1994 0
1995 0
1996 0
1997 0
1998 1
1999 2
2000 0
2001 0
2002 0
2003 2
2004 0
2005 2
2006 5
2007 5
2008 11
2009 19
2010 14
2011 9
2012 20
2013 26
2014 24
2015 27
2016 29
2017 31
2018 39
2019 15
2020 24
2021 20
2022 8
2023 5
2024 8
2025 11
Total 358
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Yongxin Li 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 Yongxin Li 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, 321–340 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: 332 publications — 70th percentile

70% 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
321–340 643 332
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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Yongxin Li 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 Yongxin Li 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, 58–59 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: 59 D-Index — 44th percentile

44% 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 59
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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Overview

Yongxin Li is affiliated with Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. Their research spans primarily the fields of Chemistry and Materials Science, with a substantial focus on Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry, and Inorganic Chemistry. Additional research activities include Electrical and Electronic Engineering as well as Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

Their scholarly output covers several key topics, including:

  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications
  • Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis
  • 2D Materials and Applications
  • Synthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds
  • Covalent Organic Framework Applications
  • Crystallography and Molecular Interactions

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Yongxin Li are:

  • Metastable 1T'-phase group VIB transition metal dichalcogenide crystals, 2021, Nature Materials
  • Ferroelastic-switching-driven large shear strain and piezoelectricity in a hybrid ferroelectric, 2021, Nature Materials
  • Ultrastable Thorium Metal-Organic Frameworks for Efficient Iodine Adsorption, 2020, Inorganic Chemistry
  • Modulated synthesis and isoreticular expansion of Th-MOFs with record high pore volume and surface area for iodine adsorption, 2020, Chemical Communications
  • Boosting the Iodine Adsorption and Radioresistance of Th-UiO-66 MOFs via Aromatic Substitution, 2020, Chemistry - A European Journal

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Yongxin Li include:

  • Sumod A. Pullarkat
  • Pak-Hing Leung
  • Benny Febriansyah
  • Shingo Ito
  • Nripan Mathews

Publication venues that frequently feature their work include:

  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Chemistry - A European Journal
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Organometallics

Best Publications

  • Controlling Supramolecular Chirality of Two-Component Hydrogels by J- and H-Aggregation of Building Blocks.

    Guofeng Liu;Jianhui Sheng;Jianhui Sheng;Hongwei Wu;Chaolong Yang

  • Metastable 1T'-phase group VIB transition metal dichalcogenide crystals.

    Zhuangchai Lai;Zhuangchai Lai;Qiyuan He;Thu Ha Tran;D. V. Maheswar Repaka

  • Well-Defined N-Heterocyclic Carbene Based Ruthenium Catalysts for Direct Amide Synthesis from Alcohols and Amines

    Yao Zhang;Cheng Chen;Subhash Chandra Ghosh;Yongxin Li

  • A Rationally Designed Nitrogen-Rich Metal-Organic Framework and Its Exceptionally High CO 2 and H 2 Uptake Capability

    Xiao-Jun Wang;Pei-Zhou Li;Yifei Chen;Quan Zhang

  • Halogen-Assisted Piezochromic Supramolecular Assemblies for Versatile Haptic Memory.

    Linyi Bai;Purnandhu Bose;Qiang Gao;Yongxin Li

  • Ferroelastic-switching-driven colossal shear strain and piezoelectricity in a hybrid ferroelectric

    Yuzhong Hu;Lu You;Bin Xu;Tao Li

  • Organocatalytic asymmetric tandem Michael-Henry reactions: a highly stereoselective synthesis of multifunctionalized cyclohexanes with two quaternary stereocenters.

    Bin Tan;Pei Juan Chua;Yongxin Li;Guofu Zhong

  • Palladium(II)-catalyzed asymmetric hydrophosphination of enones: efficient access to chiral tertiary phosphines

    Yinhua Huang;Sumod A. Pullarkat;Yongxin Li;Pak-Hing Leung

  • Isolation of a Bis(oxazol-2-ylidene)–Phenylborylene Adduct and its Reactivity as a Boron-Centered Nucleophile†

    Ling Bing Kong;Yongxin Li;Rakesh Ganguly;Dragoslav Vidović

  • Highly Effective Carbon Fixation via Catalytic Conversion of CO2 by an Acylamide-Containing Metal–Organic Framework

    Pei-Zhou Li;Xiao-Jun Wang;Jia Liu;Hui Shi Phang

  • Ultrastable Thorium Metal-Organic Frameworks for Efficient Iodine Adsorption.

    Zi-Jian Li;Zenghui Yue;Yu Ju;Xiaoling Wu

  • Asymmetric Synthesis of P-Stereogenic Diarylphosphinites by Palladium-Catalyzed Enantioselective Addition of Diarylphosphines to Benzoquinones

    Yinhua Huang;Yongxin Li;Pak-Hing Leung;Tamio Hayashi;Tamio Hayashi

  • Isolation of 1,2,4,3-Triazaborol-3-yl-metal (Li, Mg, Al, Au, Zn, Sb, Bi) Derivatives and Reactivity toward CO and Isonitriles

    Wei Lu;Haitao Hu;Yongxin Li;Rakesh Ganguly

  • Control on Dimensions and Supramolecular Chirality of Self-Assemblies through Light and Metal Ions

    Guofeng Liu;Jianhui Sheng;Wei Liang Teo;Guangbao Yang

  • Direct Synthesis of Chiral Tertiary Diphosphines via Pd(II)-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrophosphination of Dienones

    Yinhua Huang;Renta Jonathan Chew;Yongxin Li;Sumod A. Pullarkat

  • Intermolecular Mizoroki-Heck reaction of aliphatic olefins with high selectivity for substitution at the internal position.

    Liena Qin;Xinfeng Ren;Yunpeng Lu;Yongxin Li

  • A surfactant-thermal method to prepare four new three-dimensional heterometal-organic frameworks.

    Junkuo Gao;Mi He;Zhi Yi Lee;Wenfang Cao

  • A large pyrene-fused N-heteroacene: fifteen aromatic six-membered rings annulated in one row

    Zilong Wang;Peiyang Gu;Guangfeng Liu;Huiying Yao

  • Significant gas uptake enhancement by post-exchange of zinc(II) with copper(II) within a metal–organic framework

    Xiao-Jun Wang;Pei-Zhou Li;Lei Liu;Quan Zhang

  • Modulated synthesis and isoreticular expansion of Th-MOFs with record high pore volume and surface area for iodine adsorption

    Zi-Jian Li;Yu Ju;Bowen Yu;Xiaoling Wu

  • Palladacycle-Catalyzed Asymmetric Hydrophosphination of Enones for Synthesis of C*- and P*-Chiral Tertiary Phosphines

    Yinhua Huang;Sumod A. Pullarkat;Yongxin Li;Pak-Hing Leung

  • Palladium‐Catalyzed Asymmetric Intermolecular Cyclization

    Jian Hu;Hajime Hirao;Yongxin Li;Jianrong Steve Zhou

Frequent Co-Authors

Rakesh Ganguly
Rakesh Ganguly Nanyang Technological University
Qichun Zhang
Qichun Zhang City University of Hong Kong
Hajime Hirao
Hajime Hirao City University of Hong Kong
Denis Fichou
Denis Fichou Sorbonne University
Yanli Zhao
Yanli Zhao Nanyang Technological University
Yi Ding
Yi Ding Zhejiang University
Nguan Soon Tan
Nguan Soon Tan Nanyang Technological University
Ling Bing Kong
Ling Bing Kong Nanyang Technological University
Wenping Hu
Wenping Hu Tianjin University
Christian Kloc
Christian Kloc Nanyang Technological University

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