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Materials Science

D-Index
49
Citations
9320
World Ranking
10499
National Ranking
2493

Chemistry

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Citations
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Yossef A. Elabd 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 Yossef A. Elabd sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 157 publications — 16th percentile

16% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Yossef A. Elabd 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 Yossef A. Elabd sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For fundamental contributions to transport phenomena in ioncontaining polymers

Overview

Yossef A. Elabd is affiliated with Texas A&M University in the United States and focuses on engineering research with a specialization in electrical and electronic engineering. Their work broadly covers renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, polymers and plastics, biomedical engineering, and automotive engineering.

Their research primarily centers around fuel cells and related materials, electrocatalysts for energy conversion, advanced battery materials and technologies, and conducting polymers and applications. Additional topics include advancements in battery materials, membrane-based ion separation techniques, and advanced battery technologies research.

Frequently collaborating with other researchers, Yossef A. Elabd has coauthored multiple papers with Rui Sun, C. Willis, Joshua Snyder, K.C. Neyerlin, and Kevin Nixon.

Their recent publications include:

  • Modifying the Electrocatalyst-Ionomer Interface via Sulfonated Poly(ionic liquid) Block Copolymers to Enable High-Performance Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells, 2020, ACS Energy Letters
  • Sulfonated pentablock terpolymers as membranes and ionomers in hydrogen fuel cells, 2021, Journal of Membrane Science
  • Lithium-Ion Transport in Poly(ionic liquid) Diblock Copolymer Electrolytes: Impact of Salt Concentration and Cation and Anion Chemistry, 2021, Macromolecules
  • Dehumidification via polymer electrolyte membrane electrolysis with sulfonated pentablock terpolymer, 2022, Journal of Membrane Science
  • Characterization of a Sulfonated Poly(Ionic Liquid) Block Copolymer as an Ionomer for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells using Rotating Disk Electrode, 2021, Journal of The Electrochemical Society

Their research is published frequently in venues such as Macromolecules, Journal of Membrane Science, Polymer, Fuel Cells, and ACS Energy Letters.

Yossef A. Elabd was recognized as a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 2016, with a citation highlighting their fundamental contributions to transport phenomena in ion-containing polymers.

Best Publications

  • Block Copolymers for Fuel Cells

    Yossef A. Elabd;Michael A. Hickner

  • Polymer electrolyte membranes for the direct methanol fuel cell: A review

    Nicholas W. DeLuca;Yossef A. Elabd

  • Relative Chemical Stability of Imidazolium-Based Alkaline Anion Exchange Polymerized Ionic Liquids

    Yuesheng Ye;Yossef A. Elabd

  • Effect of Nanoscale Morphology on the Conductivity of Polymerized Ionic Liquid Block Copolymers

    Ryan L. Weber;Yuesheng Ye;Andrew L. Schmitt;Steven M. Banik

  • Super Proton Conductive High-Purity Nafion Nanofibers

    Bin Dong;Liang Gwee;David Salas-de la Cruz;Karen I. Winey

  • Triblock copolymer ionomer membranes: Part I. Methanol and proton transport

    Yossef A. Elabd;Eugene Napadensky;James M. Sloan;Dawn M. Crawford

  • Polymerized Ionic Liquids: The Effect of Random Copolymer Composition on Ion Conduction

    Hong Chen;Jae-Hong Choi;David Salas-de la Cruz;Karen I. Winey

  • Transport Properties of Sulfonated Poly(styrene-b-isobutylene-b-styrene) Triblock Copolymers at High Ion-Exchange Capacities

    Yossef A. Elabd;Eugene Napadensky;Charles W. Walker;Karen I. Winey

  • Dielectric and Viscoelastic Responses of Imidazolium-Based Ionomers with Different Counterions and Side Chain Lengths

    U Hyeok Choi;Yuesheng Ye;David Salas de la Cruz;Wenjuan Liu

  • Ion dynamics in porous carbon electrodes in supercapacitors using in situ infrared spectroelectrochemistry.

    Francis W. Richey;Boris Dyatkin;Yury Gogotsi;Yossef A. Elabd

  • Anion exchanged polymerized ionic liquids: High free volume single ion conductors

    Yuesheng Ye;Yossef A. Elabd

  • Electrospinning and Solution Properties of Nafion and Poly(acrylic acid)

    Hong Chen;Joshua D. Snyder;Yossef A. Elabd

  • Network Structure and Strong Microphase Separation for High Ion Conductivity in Polymerized Ionic Liquid Block Copolymers

    Jae-Hong Choi;Yuesheng Ye;Yossef A. Elabd;Karen I. Winey

  • Polymerized Ionic Liquid Block and Random Copolymers: Effect of Weak Microphase Separation on Ion Transport

    Yuesheng Ye;Jae-Hong Choi;Karen I. Winey;Yossef A. Elabd

  • Alkyl‐Substituted N‐Vinylimidazolium Polymerized Ionic Liquids: Thermal Properties and Ionic Conductivities

    Matthew D. Green;David Salas-De La Cruz;Yuesheng Ye;John M. Layman

  • Triblock copolymer ionomer membranes Part II. Structure characterization and its effects on transport properties and direct methanol fuel cell performance

    Yossef A. Elabd;Charles W. Walker;Frederick L. Beyer

  • Sulfonation and Characterization of Poly(styrene-isobutylene-styrene) Triblock Copolymers at High Ion-Exchange Capacities

    Yossef A Elabd;Eugene Napadensky

  • Correlating backbone-to-backbone distance to ionic conductivity in amorphous polymerized ionic liquids

    David Salas-De La Cruz;Matthew D. Green;Yuesheng Ye;Yossef A. Elabd

  • Chemical Bath Deposition of ZnO Nanowires at Near-Neutral pH Conditions without Hexamethylenetetramine (HMTA): Understanding the Role of HMTA in ZnO Nanowire Growth

    Kevin M. McPeak;Thinh P. Le;Nathan G. Britton;Zhorro S. Nickolov

  • High Hydroxide Conductivity in Polymerized Ionic Liquid Block Copolymers

    Yuesheng Ye;Sharon Sharick;Eric M. Davis;Karen I. Winey

  • Ionic Liquids for Advanced Materials

    Timothy E Long;Sean M Ramirez;Randy Heflin;Harry W Gibson

Frequent Co-Authors

Karen I. Winey
Karen I. Winey University of Pennsylvania
Giuseppe R. Palmese
Giuseppe R. Palmese Rowan University
Frederick L. Beyer
Frederick L. Beyer United States Army Research Laboratory
Ralph H. Colby
Ralph H. Colby Pennsylvania State University
Timothy E. Long
Timothy E. Long Arizona State University
Giulio C. Sarti
Giulio C. Sarti University of Bologna
Harry W. Gibson
Harry W. Gibson Virginia Tech
James Runt
James Runt Pennsylvania State University
Yury Gogotsi
Yury Gogotsi Drexel University
Marc A. Hillmyer
Marc A. Hillmyer University of Minnesota

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