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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Materials Science 53 9268 8949 2639 2628 251 9578
Chemistry 54 12670 11402 1986 1969 260 9709

Yu Fang publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Yu Fang between 1999 and 2026, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Yu Fang published across 28 years, from 1999 to 2026, averaging 16.7 papers a year. Output peaked at 68 publications in 2025. 69 of the 468 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
20 40 60
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1999 to 2026. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 68. Peak 68 publications in 2025. 1999: 1 publication 2000: 2 publications 2001: 3 publications 2002: 1 publication 2003: 1 publication 2004: 5 publications 2005: 4 publications 2006: 8 publications 2007: 4 publications 2008: 5 publications 2009: 2 publications 2010: 3 publications 2011: 14 publications 2012: 6 publications 2013: 15 publications 2014: 15 publications 2015: 14 publications 2016: 20 publications 2017: 21 publications 2018: 17 publications 2019: 21 publications 2020: 13 publications 2021: 29 publications 2022: 52 publications 2023: 57 publications 2024: 66 publications 2025: 68 publications 2026: 1 publication
1999 2026

468 publications in total across all disciplines

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Yu Fang: publications per year, 1999 to 2026
Year Publications
1999 1
2000 2
2001 3
2002 1
2003 1
2004 5
2005 4
2006 8
2007 4
2008 5
2009 2
2010 3
2011 14
2012 6
2013 15
2014 15
2015 14
2016 20
2017 21
2018 17
2019 21
2020 13
2021 29
2022 52
2023 57
2024 66
2025 68
2026 1
Total 468
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Yu Fang 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 Yu Fang sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600 800
Bar chart with 57 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 50–69 to 1,163+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 891. Most scientists, 891, have 190–209 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 250–269 publications, is where this scientist sits. 50–69 publications: 28 scientists 70–89 publications: 152 scientists 90–109 publications: 356 scientists 110–129 publications: 487 scientists 130–149 publications: 723 scientists 150–169 publications: 835 scientists 170–189 publications: 850 scientists 190–209 publications: 891 scientists 210–229 publications: 862 scientists 230–249 publications: 766 scientists 250–269 publications: 726 scientists 270–289 publications: 665 scientists 290–309 publications: 593 scientists 310–329 publications: 537 scientists 330–349 publications: 477 scientists 350–369 publications: 440 scientists 370–389 publications: 356 scientists 390–409 publications: 321 scientists 410–429 publications: 256 scientists 430–449 publications: 246 scientists 450–469 publications: 216 scientists 470–489 publications: 212 scientists 490–509 publications: 174 scientists 510–529 publications: 194 scientists 530–549 publications: 162 scientists 550–569 publications: 131 scientists 570–589 publications: 111 scientists 590–609 publications: 103 scientists 610–629 publications: 99 scientists 630–649 publications: 77 scientists 650–669 publications: 92 scientists 670–689 publications: 56 scientists 690–709 publications: 53 scientists 710–729 publications: 53 scientists 730–749 publications: 38 scientists 750–769 publications: 52 scientists 770–789 publications: 43 scientists 790–809 publications: 38 scientists 810–829 publications: 34 scientists 830–849 publications: 25 scientists 850–869 publications: 18 scientists 870–889 publications: 20 scientists 890–909 publications: 24 scientists 910–929 publications: 27 scientists 930–949 publications: 20 scientists 950–969 publications: 17 scientists 970–989 publications: 10 scientists 990–1,009 publications: 16 scientists 1,010–1,029 publications: 13 scientists 1,030–1,049 publications: 12 scientists 1,050–1,069 publications: 9 scientists 1,070–1,089 publications: 8 scientists 1,090–1,109 publications: 7 scientists 1,110–1,129 publications: 9 scientists 1,130–1,149 publications: 2 scientists 1,150–1,162 publications: 5 scientists 1,163+ publications: 100 scientists
50–69 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 251 publications — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Materials Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 12,847 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
50–69 28
70–89 152
90–109 356
110–129 487
130–149 723
150–169 835
170–189 850
190–209 891
210–229 862
230–249 766
250–269 726 251
270–289 665
290–309 593
310–329 537
330–349 477
350–369 440
370–389 356
390–409 321
410–429 256
430–449 246
450–469 216
470–489 212
490–509 174
510–529 194
530–549 162
550–569 131
570–589 111
590–609 103
610–629 99
630–649 77
650–669 92
670–689 56
690–709 53
710–729 53
730–749 38
750–769 52
770–789 43
790–809 38
810–829 34
830–849 25
850–869 18
870–889 20
890–909 24
910–929 27
930–949 20
950–969 17
970–989 10
990–1,009 16
1,010–1,029 13
1,030–1,049 12
1,050–1,069 9
1,070–1,089 8
1,090–1,109 7
1,110–1,129 9
1,130–1,149 2
1,150–1,162 5
1,163+ 100
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Yu Fang 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 Yu Fang sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 64 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 165+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 667. Most scientists, 667, have 52–53 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 52–53 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 40–41 D-Index: 211 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 450 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 612 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 612 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 598 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 657 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 667 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 621 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 597 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 610 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 587 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 606 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 533 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 490 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 469 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 378 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 421 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 359 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 323 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 299 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 230 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 210 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 195 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 203 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 175 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 175 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 142 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 121 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 117 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 107 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 88 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 85 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 68 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 62 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 57 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 45 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 49 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 50 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 34 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 38 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 29 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 28 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 24 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 33 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 28 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 21 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 20 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 23 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 17 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 12 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 17 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 21 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 13 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 11 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 13 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 4 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 4 scientists 164 D-Index: 3 scientists 165+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40–41 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 30th percentile

30% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Materials Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 12,847 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 211
42–43 450
44–45 612
46–47 612
48–49 598
50–51 657
52–53 667 53
54–55 621
56–57 597
58–59 610
60–61 587
62–63 606
64–65 533
66–67 490
68–69 469
70–71 378
72–73 421
74–75 359
76–77 323
78–79 299
80–81 230
82–83 210
84–85 195
86–87 203
88–89 175
90–91 175
92–93 142
94–95 121
96–97 117
98–99 107
100–101 88
102–103 85
104–105 68
106–107 62
108–109 57
110–111 45
112–113 49
114–115 50
116–117 34
118–119 38
120–121 37
122–123 29
124–125 28
126–127 24
128–129 33
130–131 28
132–133 21
134–135 20
136–137 23
138–139 17
140–141 12
142–143 17
144–145 21
146–147 13
148–149 11
150–151 14
152–153 13
154–155 9
156–157 10
158–159 7
160–161 4
162–163 4
164 3
165+ 98
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Overview

Yu Fang is affiliated with Shaanxi Normal University in China. Their research spans multiple facets of materials science and engineering, with a focus on materials chemistry, electrical and electronic engineering, spectroscopy, biomedical engineering, and renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment.

The body of their work includes 290 publications in materials science and 215 in engineering, with significant subfield contributions in materials chemistry (243 publications), electrical and electronic engineering (100), spectroscopy (66), biomedical engineering (58), and renewable energy, sustainability and the environment (55).

The scientist's research topics cover luminescence and fluorescent materials, molecular sensors and ion detection, crystallization and solubility studies, X-ray diffraction in crystallography, electrocatalysts for energy conversion, advanced battery technologies research, and analytical chemistry and sensors.

  • Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials
  • Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection
  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Advanced Battery Technologies Research
  • Analytical Chemistry and Sensors

Yu Fang has published extensively in several frequent venues, including The Cambridge Structural Database (25 publications), ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (19), Angewandte Chemie International Edition (15), Angewandte Chemie (14), and The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters (13).

Frequent co-authors in their work include Taihong Liu, Liping Ding, Haonan Peng, Ke Liu, and Rongrong Huang, who have contributed significantly to joint research efforts.

Their recent papers reflect a continuing engagement with catalytic materials and membrane science across prestigious journals. Notable recent papers include:

  • "Engineering Multilevel Collaborative Catalytic Interfaces with Multifunctional Iron Sites Enabling High-Performance Real Seawater Splitting," 2023, ACS Nano
  • "Antifouling and antibacterial behavior of membranes containing quaternary ammonium and zwitterionic polymers," 2020, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
  • "In Situ Regulating Cobalt/Iron Oxide-Oxyhydroxide Exchange by Dynamic Iron Incorporation for Robust Oxygen Evolution at Large Current Density," 2023, Advanced Materials
  • "Innovative strategies in design of transition metal-based catalysts for large-current-density alkaline water/seawater electrolysis," 2022, Materials Today Physics
  • "Color-Tunable and ESIPT-Inspired Solid Fluorophores Based on Benzothiazole Derivatives: Aggregation-Induced Emission, Strong Solvatochromic Effect, and White Light Emission," 2020, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Best Publications

  • Construction of g-C3N4/PDI@MOF heterojunctions for the highly efficient visible light-driven degradation of pharmaceutical and phenolic micropollutants

    Yuanyuan Li;Yu Fang;Zhenlei Cao;Najun Li

  • Prebiotics-Encapsulated Probiotic Spores Regulate Gut Microbiota and Suppress Colon Cancer.

    Di-Wei Zheng;Run-Qing Li;Run-Qing Li;Jia-Xin An;Tian-Qiu Xie

  • TiO2 Nanoparticles Anchored onto the Metal–Organic Framework NH2-MIL-88B(Fe) as an Adsorptive Photocatalyst with Enhanced Fenton-like Degradation of Organic Pollutants under Visible Light Irradiation

    Yuanyuan Li;Jun Jiang;Yu Fang;Zhenlei Cao

  • Pyrene-Containing Conjugated Polymer-Based Fluorescent Films for Highly Sensitive and Selective Sensing of TNT in Aqueous Medium

    Gang He;Ni Yan;Jiayu Yang;Hongyue Wang

  • Preparation and properties of chitosan-poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) full-IPN hydrogels

    Mingzhen Wang;Yu Fang;Daodao Hu

  • How do liquid mixtures solubilize insoluble gelators? Self-assembly properties of pyrenyl-linker-glucono gelators in tetrahydrofuran-water mixtures

    Ni Yan;Zhiyan Xu;Kevin K Diehn;Srinivasa R Raghavan

  • Non-contact identification and differentiation of illicit drugs using fluorescent films.

    Ke Liu;Congdi Shang;Zhaolong Wang;Yanyu Qi

  • Coordination-Driven Self-Assembled Metallacycles Incorporating Pyrene: Fluorescence Mutability, Tunability, and Aromatic Amine Sensing

    Xingmao Chang;Zhixuan Zhou;Congdi Shang;Gang Wang

  • Fluorescent Sensors for Nitroaromatic Compounds Based on Monolayer Assembly of Polycyclic Aromatics

    Shujuan Zhang;Fengting Lü;Lining Gao;Liping Ding

  • Micelle-Induced Versatile Sensing Behavior of Bispyrene-Based Fluorescent Molecular Sensor for Picric Acid and PYX Explosives

    Liping Ding;Yumei Bai;Yuan Cao;Guijia Ren

  • Pyrenyl-Linker-Glucono Gelators. Correlations of Gel Properties with Gelator Structures and Characterization of Solvent Effects

    Ni Yan;Ni Yan;Zhiyan Xu;Kevin K. Diehn;Srinivasa R. Raghavan

  • Color-Tunable and ESIPT-Inspired Solid Fluorophores Based on Benzothiazole Derivatives: Aggregation-Induced Emission, Strong Solvatochromic Effect, and White Light Emission.

    Yahui Chen;Yu Fang;Hao Gu;Jian Qiang

  • Surface-enhanced molecular spectroscopy (SEMS) based on perfect-absorber metamaterials in the mid-infrared

    Yongqian Li;Lei Su;Chen Shou;Chunmeng Yu

  • Functionality-Oriented Derivatization of Naphthalene Diimide: A Molecular Gel Strategy-Based Fluorescent Film for Aniline Vapor Detection

    Jiayun Fan;Xingmao Chang;Meixia He;Congdi Shang

  • Simple design but marvelous performances: molecular gels of superior strength and self-healing properties

    Zhiyan Xu;Junxia Peng;Ni Yan;Hang Yu

  • Bispyrene/surfactant assemblies as fluorescent sensor platform: detection and identification of Cu2+ and Co2+ in aqueous solution

    Liping Ding;Shihuai Wang;Yuan Liu;Jianhua Cao

  • N-Acetylglucosamine-based efficient, phase-selective organogelators for oil spill remediation

    Somnath Mukherjee;Congdi Shang;Xiangli Chen;Xingmao Chang

  • Monomolecular layers of pyrene as a sensor to dicarboxylic acids

    Lining Gao;Yu Fang;Xiangpeng Wen;Yuangang Li

  • Fluorescent Film Sensor for Vapor-Phase Nitroaromatic Explosives via Monolayer Assembly of Oligo(diphenylsilane) on Glass Plate Surfaces

    Gang He;Guofang Zhang;Fengting Lü;Yu Fang

  • Ultra-low density porous polystyrene monolith: facile preparation and superior application

    Ping Jing;Xiaohua Fang;Junlin Yan;Jie Guo

Frequent Co-Authors

Kevin D. Belfield
Kevin D. Belfield New Jersey Institute of Technology
Chuan Zhao
Chuan Zhao University of New South Wales
Renhao Dong
Renhao Dong TU Dresden
Jingcheng Hao
Jingcheng Hao Shandong University
Pi-Tai Chou
Pi-Tai Chou National Taiwan University
Hongmin Ma
Hongmin Ma Shandong University
Yunlong Guo
Yunlong Guo University of Tokyo
Gui Yu
Gui Yu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yunqi Liu
Yunqi Liu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Srinivasa R. Raghavan
Srinivasa R. Raghavan University of Maryland, College Park

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