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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Chemistry 61 9200 8339 217 210 287 14043

Yunfei Xi publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Yunfei Xi between 2004 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Yunfei Xi published across 22 years, from 2004 to 2025, averaging 13.9 papers a year. Output peaked at 58 publications in 2013. 7 of the 305 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
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Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2004 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 58. Peak 58 publications in 2013. 2004: 6 publications 2005: 6 publications 2006: 4 publications 2007: 11 publications 2008: 5 publications 2009: 1 publication 2010: 8 publications 2011: 20 publications 2012: 38 publications 2013: 58 publications 2014: 49 publications 2015: 14 publications 2016: 17 publications 2017: 9 publications 2018: 11 publications 2019: 16 publications 2020: 4 publications 2021: 7 publications 2022: 8 publications 2023: 6 publications 2024: 4 publications 2025: 3 publications
2004 2025

305 publications in total across all disciplines

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Yunfei Xi: publications per year, 2004 to 2025
Year Publications
2004 6
2005 6
2006 4
2007 11
2008 5
2009 1
2010 8
2011 20
2012 38
2013 58
2014 49
2015 14
2016 17
2017 9
2018 11
2019 16
2020 4
2021 7
2022 8
2023 6
2024 4
2025 3
Total 305
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Yunfei Xi 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 Yunfei Xi 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, 281–300 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: 287 publications — 60th percentile

60% 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
281–300 939 287
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
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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Yunfei Xi 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 Yunfei Xi 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, 60–61 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: 61 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% 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 61
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

Yunfei Xi is affiliated with the Queensland University of Technology in Australia. Their research focuses primarily on Materials Science and Engineering, with notable contributions to subfields such as Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Biomaterials, Building and Construction, and Water Science and Technology.

The scientist's scholarly output includes work on several key topics, including:

  • Clay minerals and soil interactions
  • Recycling and utilization of industrial and municipal waste in materials production
  • Iron oxide chemistry and applications
  • Catalytic processes in materials science
  • Glass properties and applications
  • Building materials and conservation
  • Advanced photocatalysis techniques

Yunfei Xi's recent papers cover a range of environmental and materials science challenges. These include:

  • "CNTs/ferrihydrite as a highly efficient heterogeneous Fenton catalyst for the degradation of bisphenol A: The important role of CNTs in accelerating Fe(III)/Fe(II) cycling," 2020, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
  • "Thermal behaviors of clay minerals as key components and additives for fired brick properties: A review," 2022, Journal of Building Engineering
  • "Carbon-based adsorbents for fluoroquinolone removal from water and wastewater: A critical review," 2021, Environmental Research
  • "Facile surface improvement of LaCoO3 perovskite with high activity and water resistance towards toluene oxidation: Ca substitution and citric acid etching," 2020, Catalysis Science & Technology
  • "Thermal behaviours of clay mixtures during brick firing: A combined study of in-situ XRD, TGA and thermal dilatometry," 2021, Construction and Building Materials

Frequent co-authors in Yunfei Xi's collaborative work include:

  • Jianxi Zhu
  • Sen Wang
  • Hongping He
  • Runliang Zhu
  • Ian D.R. Mackinnon

The scientist regularly publishes in various venues, with multiple contributions to:

  • Applied Clay Science
  • Construction and Building Materials
  • Chemosphere
  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • The Science of The Total Environment

Best Publications

  • Strategies for Enhancing the Heterogeneous Fenton Catalytic Reactivity: A review

    Yanping Zhu;Yanping Zhu;Runliang Zhu;Yunfei Xi;Jianxi Zhu

  • Adsorbents based on montmorillonite for contaminant removal from water: A review

    Runliang Zhu;Qingze Chen;Qing Zhou;Yunfei Xi

  • Structure of organoclays—an X-ray diffraction and thermogravimetric analysis study

    Yunfei Xi;Zhe Ding;Hongping He;Ray L Frost

  • Changes in the morphology of organoclays with HDTMA+ surfactant loading

    Hongping He;Hongping He;Ray L. Frost;Thor Bostrom;Peng Yuan

  • Modification of the surfaces of Wyoming montmorillonite by the cationic surfactants alkyl trimethyl, dialkyl dimethyl, and trialkyl methyl ammonium bromides.

    Yunfei Xi;Raymond Frost;Hongping He

  • Adsorption of hydrocarbons on organo-clays - implications for oil spill remediation

    Onuma Carmody;Raymond Frost;Yunfei Xi;Serge Kokot

  • Adsorption of ammonium by different natural clay minerals: Characterization, kinetics and adsorption isotherms

    Aref Alshameri;Hongping He;Jianxi Zhu;Yunfei Xi

  • Clay-supported nanoscale zero-valent iron composite materials for the remediation of contaminated aqueous solutions: A review

    Naeim Ezzatahmadi;Godwin A. Ayoko;Graeme J. Millar;Robert Speight

  • Modification of Wyoming Montmorillonite Surfaces Using a Cationic Surfactant

    Yunfei Xi;Ray L. Frost;Hongping He;J. Theo Kloprogge

  • Preparation, characterization of surfactants modified clay minerals and nitrate adsorption

    Yunfei Xi;Megharaj Mallavarapu;Ravendra Naidu

  • Structural evolution in a hydrothermal reaction between Nb2O5 and NaOH solution: from Nb2O5 grains to microporous Na2Nb2O6.2/3H2O fibers and NaNbO3 cubes.

    Huaiyong Zhu;Zhanfeng Zheng;Xueping Gao;Yining Huang

  • Reduction and adsorption of Pb2+ in aqueous solution by nano-zero-valent iron—A SEM, TEM and XPS study

    Yunfei Xi;Megharaj Mallavarapu;Ravendra Naidu

  • Thermal characterization of surfactant-modified montmorillonites

    Hongping He;Hongping He;Zhe Ding;Zhe Ding;Jianxi Zhu;Pen Yuan

  • CNTs/ferrihydrite as a highly efficient heterogeneous Fenton catalyst for the degradation of bisphenol A:The important role of CNTs in accelerating Fe(III)/Fe(II) cycling

    Runliang Zhu;Yanping Zhu;Yanping Zhu;Haiyang Xian;Lixia Yan

  • Synthesis, characterization of palygorskite supported zero-valent iron and its application for methylene blue adsorption

    Ray L. Frost;Yunfei Xi;Yunfei Xi;Hongping He;Hongping He

  • MICROSTRUCTURE OF HDTMA+-MODIFIED MONTMORILLONITE AND ITS INFLUENCE ON SORPTION CHARACTERISTICS

    Hongping He;Hongping He;Qin Zhou;Wayde N. Martens;Theo J. Kloprogge

  • Infrared spectroscopy of organoclays synthesized with the surfactant octadecyltrimethylammonium bromide

    Yunfei Xi;Zhe Ding;Hongping He;Raymond Frost

  • Heterogeneous photo-Fenton degradation of bisphenol A over Ag/AgCl/ferrihydrite catalysts under visible light

    Yanping Zhu;Runliang Zhu;Yunfei Xi;Tianyuan Xu

  • Thermogravimetric analysis of organoclays intercalated with the surfactant octadecyltrimethylammonium bromide

    Yunfei Xi;Wayde Martens;Hongping He;Raymond Frost

  • Remediation of hexavalent chromium through adsorption by bentonite based Arquad® 2HT-75 organoclays

    Binoy Sarkar;Binoy Sarkar;Yunfei Xi;Yunfei Xi;Mallavarapu Megharaj;Mallavarapu Megharaj;Gummuluru S.R. Krishnamurti;Gummuluru S.R. Krishnamurti

Frequent Co-Authors

Ray L. Frost
Ray L. Frost Queensland University of Technology
Hongping He
Hongping He Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jianxi Zhu
Jianxi Zhu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Runliang Zhu
Runliang Zhu Chinese Academy of Sciences
Godwin A. Ayoko
Godwin A. Ayoko Queensland University of Technology
Mallavarapu Megharaj
Mallavarapu Megharaj University of Newcastle Australia
Binoy Sarkar
Binoy Sarkar University of Adelaide
Ravi Naidu
Ravi Naidu University of Newcastle Australia
Jiří Čejka
Jiří Čejka Charles University
Cristiano Lana
Cristiano Lana Stellenbosch University

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