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Yuliang Cao

Yuliang Cao

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Materials Science 119 511 487 153 151 320 46780

Yuliang Cao publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Yuliang Cao between 2003 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Yuliang Cao published across 23 years, from 2003 to 2025, averaging 18.9 papers a year. Output peaked at 55 publications in 2025. 96 of the 435 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30 40 50
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2003 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 55. Peak 55 publications in 2025. 2003: 2 publications 2004: 4 publications 2005: 4 publications 2006: 3 publications 2007: 3 publications 2008: 10 publications 2009: 8 publications 2010: 5 publications 2011: 5 publications 2012: 20 publications 2013: 26 publications 2014: 16 publications 2015: 20 publications 2016: 24 publications 2017: 16 publications 2018: 28 publications 2019: 34 publications 2020: 23 publications 2021: 27 publications 2022: 30 publications 2023: 31 publications 2024: 41 publications 2025: 55 publications
2003 2025

435 publications in total across all disciplines

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Yuliang Cao: publications per year, 2003 to 2025
Year Publications
2003 2
2004 4
2005 4
2006 3
2007 3
2008 10
2009 8
2010 5
2011 5
2012 20
2013 26
2014 16
2015 20
2016 24
2017 16
2018 28
2019 34
2020 23
2021 27
2022 30
2023 31
2024 41
2025 55
Total 435
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Yuliang Cao 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 Yuliang Cao 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, 310–329 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: 320 publications — 64th percentile

64% 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
270–289 665
290–309 593
310–329 537 320
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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Yuliang Cao 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 Yuliang Cao 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, 118–119 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: 119 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% 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
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 38 119
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

Yuliang Cao is affiliated with Wuhan University in China and works primarily in the field of Engineering with a strong focus on Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Their research career encompasses a range of subfields including Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Automotive Engineering, Materials Chemistry, and Mechanical Engineering.

Their main research topics involve Advancements in Battery Materials, Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies, and Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication. Additional areas of interest include Advanced Battery Technologies Research, Extraction and Separation Processes, and MXene and MAX Phase Materials.

Yuliang Cao has published extensively in several prominent academic journals, with frequent contributions to:

  • Advanced Energy Materials
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • Angewandte Chemie

Some of their recent papers include:

  • Understanding and Calibration of Charge Storage Mechanism in Cyclic Voltammetry Curves, 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • An Overall Understanding of Sodium Storage Behaviors in Hard Carbons by an "Adsorption-Intercalation/Filling" Hybrid Mechanism, 2022, Advanced Energy Materials
  • Understanding of the sodium storage mechanism in hard carbon anodes, 2022, Carbon Energy
  • Effect of Eliminating Water in Prussian Blue Cathode for Sodium-Ion Batteries, 2022, Advanced Functional Materials
  • Filling carbon: a microstructure-engineered hard carbon for efficient alkali metal ion storage, 2023, Energy & Environmental Science

Frequent collaborators of Yuliang Cao include:

  • Xinping Ai
  • Yongjin Fang
  • Zhongxue Chen
  • Hanxi Yang
  • Kean Chen

Best Publications

  • Sodium ion insertion in hollow carbon nanowires for battery applications.

    Yuliang Cao;Lifen Xiao;Lifen Xiao;Maria L. Sushko;Wei Wang

  • A Soft Approach to Encapsulate Sulfur: Polyaniline Nanotubes for Lithium‐Sulfur Batteries with Long Cycle Life

    Lifen Xiao;Yuliang Cao;Yuliang Cao;Jie Xiao;Birgit Schwenzer

  • Manipulating Adsorption–Insertion Mechanisms in Nanostructured Carbon Materials for High‐Efficiency Sodium Ion Storage

    Shen Qiu;Lifen Xiao;Lifen Xiao;Maria L. Sushko;Kee Sung Han

  • High capacity and rate capability of amorphous phosphorus for sodium ion batteries.

    Jiangfeng Qian;Xianyong Wu;Yuliang Cao;Xinping Ai

  • Prussian Blue Cathode Materials for Sodium-Ion Batteries and Other Ion Batteries

    Jiangfeng Qian;Chen Wu;Yuliang Cao;Zifeng Ma

  • Understanding and Calibration of Charge Storage Mechanism in Cyclic Voltammetry Curves

    Xiangjun Pu;Dong Zhao;Chenglong Fu;Zhongxue Chen

  • Reversible Sodium Ion Insertion in Single Crystalline Manganese Oxide Nanowires with Long Cycle Life

    Yuliang Cao;Lifen Xiao;Wei Wang;Daiwon Choi

  • High capacity Na-storage and superior cyclability of nanocomposite Sb/C anode for Na-ion batteries.

    Jiangfeng Qian;Yao Chen;Lin Wu;Yuliang Cao

  • Non-flammable electrolytes with high salt-to-solvent ratios for Li-ion and Li-metal batteries

    Ziqi Zeng;Vijayakumar Murugesan;Kee Sung Han;Xiaoyu Jiang

  • High capacity, reversible alloying reactions in SnSb/C nanocomposites for Na-ion battery applications

    Lifen Xiao;Lifen Xiao;Yuliang Cao;Yuliang Cao;Jie Xiao;Wei Wang

  • Sb–C nanofibers with long cycle life as an anode material for high-performance sodium-ion batteries

    Lin Wu;Xiaohong Hu;Jiangfeng Qian;Feng Pei

  • Low-Defect and Low-Porosity Hard Carbon with High Coulombic Efficiency and High Capacity for Practical Sodium Ion Battery Anode

    Lifen Xiao;Haiyan Lu;Yongjin Fang;Maria L. Sushko

  • Extended “Adsorption–Insertion” Model: A New Insight into the Sodium Storage Mechanism of Hard Carbons

    Ning Sun;Zhaoruxin Guan;Yuwen Liu;Yuliang Cao

  • Routes to High Energy Cathodes of Sodium-Ion Batteries

    Chun Fang;Yunhui Huang;Yunhui Huang;Wuxing Zhang;Jiantao Han

  • TiO2‐Coated Multilayered SnO2 Hollow Microspheres for Dye‐Sensitized Solar Cells

    Jiangfeng Qian;Ping Liu;Yang Xiao;Yan Jiang

  • Bridging the academic and industrial metrics for next-generation practical batteries.

    Yuliang Cao;Matthew Li;Matthew Li;Jun Lu;Jun Liu

  • An Overall Understanding of Sodium Storage Behaviors in Hard Carbons by an “Adsorption‐Intercalation/Filling” Hybrid Mechanism

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  • Hierarchical Carbon Framework Wrapped Na3V2(PO4)3 as a Superior High‐Rate and Extended Lifespan Cathode for Sodium‐Ion Batteries

    Yongjin Fang;Lifen Xiao;Xinping Ai;Yuliang Cao

  • Optimization of mesoporous carbon structures for lithium–sulfur battery applications

    Xiaolin Li;Yuliang Cao;Yuliang Cao;Wen N. Qi;Wen N. Qi;Laxmikant V. Saraf

  • Highly Crystallized Na2CoFe(CN)6 with Suppressed Lattice Defects as Superior Cathode Material for Sodium-Ion Batteries

    Xianyong Wu;Chenghao Wu;Congxiao Wei;Ling Hu

  • Synergistic Na-storage reactions in Sn4P3 as a high-capacity, cycle-stable anode of Na-ion batteries.

    Jiangfeng Qian;Ya Xiong;Yuliang Cao;Xinping Ai

  • The mechanism of oxygen reduction on MnO2-catalyzed air cathode in alkaline solution

    Y.L. Cao;H.X. Yang;X.P. Ai;L.F. Xiao

Frequent Co-Authors

Hanxi Yang
Hanxi Yang Wuhan University
Xinping Ai
Xinping Ai Wuhan University
Jiangfeng Qian
Jiangfeng Qian Wuhan University
Lifen Xiao
Lifen Xiao Trinity College Dublin
Jun Liu
Jun Liu Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Weihua Chen
Weihua Chen Zhengzhou University
Zimin Nie
Zimin Nie Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Yunhui Huang
Yunhui Huang Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Yonghong Deng
Yonghong Deng Southern University of Science and Technology
Jie Xiao
Jie Xiao Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

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