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D-Index
54
Citations
10052
World Ranking
12644
National Ranking
1982

Zhen Shen 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 Zhen Shen sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 164 publications — 19th percentile

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

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Zhen Shen 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 Zhen Shen sits on this spectrum.

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 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 54 D-Index — 31st percentile

31% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Overview

Zhen Shen is affiliated with Nanjing University in China, focusing research primarily in Materials Science, Engineering, and Chemistry. Their work spans multiple subfields including Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, and Biomedical Engineering, with additional involvement in Electrical and Electronic Engineering as well as Electronic, Optical, and Magnetic Materials.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials
  • Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry
  • Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics
  • Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection
  • Magnetism in coordination complexes
  • Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry
  • Synthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds

Recent scholarly contributions feature studies published in prestigious journals, illustrating a range of interests and findings:

  • Tuning the Coherent Propagation of Organic Exciton-Polaritons through Dark State Delocalization (2022, Advanced Science)
  • Mechanisms of blueshifts in organic polariton condensates (2020, Communications Physics)
  • Highly Stable Neutral Corrole Radical: Amphoteric Aromatic-Antiaromatic Switching and Efficient Photothermal Conversion (2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society)
  • A ratiometric fluorescent probe for real-time monitoring of intracellular glutathione fluctuations in response to cisplatin (2020, Chemical Science)
  • Scalable, strong and water-stable wood-derived bioplastic (2022, Chemical Engineering Journal)

Zhen Shen has frequently collaborated with several coauthors, reflecting ongoing partnerships in their research projects. Frequent coauthors include Fan Wu, Yue Zhao, Hu Gao, and Sisi Wang, among others.

Academic publications have appeared regularly in a set of noted venues, attesting to the scientist's engagement with diverse research communities:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines
  • Angewandte Chemie

In addition to journal articles, Zhen Shen has contributed to the academic literature with book chapters, including a publication with Frontiers Media titled BODIPYs and Their Derivatives: The Past, Present and Future (2020).

Best Publications

  • Structural modification strategies for the rational design of red/NIR region BODIPYs

    Hua Lu;Hua Lu;John Mack;Yongchao Yang;Zhen Shen

  • Cell-Specific and pH-Activatable Rubyrin-Loaded Nanoparticles for Highly Selective Near-Infrared Photodynamic Therapy against Cancer

    Jiangwei Tian;Lin Ding;Hai-Jun Xu;Zhen Shen

  • A General Strategy for Biocompatible, High-Effective Upconversion Nanocapsules Based on Triplet–Triplet Annihilation

    Qian Liu;Baoru Yin;Tianshe Yang;Yongchao Yang

  • A colorimetric and fluorescent turn-on chemosensor for Al3+ and its application in bioimaging

    Yan Wei Wang;Meng Xiao Yu;Yan Hong Yu;Zhi Ping Bai

  • Boron-diindomethene (BDI) dyes and their tetrahydrobicyclo precursors--en route to a new class of highly emissive fluorophores for the red spectral range.

    Zhen Shen;Holger Röhr;Holger Röhr;Knut Rurack;Hidemitsu Uno

  • Enhancing the Stokes' shift of BODIPY dyes via through-bond energy transfer and its application for Fe(3+)-detection in live cell imaging.

    Xingyu Qu;Quan Liu;Xiaoning Ji;Huachao Chen

  • Thienopyrrole-expanded BODIPY as a potential NIR photosensitizer for photodynamic therapy

    Yongchao Yang;Qiuli Guo;Huachao Chen;Zhikuan Zhou

  • Structures and properties of porous coordination polymers based on lanthanide carboxylate building units.

    Yinfeng Han;Xiaoyan Li;Liqing Li;Chunlin Ma

  • A pH-activatable and aniline-substituted photosensitizer for near-infrared cancer theranostics

    Jiangwei Tian;Jinfeng Zhou;Zhen Shen;Lin Ding

  • A Multifunctional Nanomicelle for Real‐Time Targeted Imaging and Precise Near‐Infrared Cancer Therapy

    Jiangwei Tian;Lin Ding;Huangxian Ju;Yongchao Yang

  • Phenanthrene-Fused Boron−Dipyrromethenes as Bright Long-Wavelength Fluorophores

    Ana B Descalzo;Hai-Jun Xu;Zhao-Li Xue;Katrin Hoffmann

  • Ratiometric fluorescence chemodosimeters for fluoride anion based on pyrene excimer/monomer transformation

    Lizhi Gai;Huachao Chen;Bin Zou;Hua Lu

  • Mono- and di(dimethylamino)styryl-substituted borondipyrromethene and borondiindomethene dyes with intense near-infrared fluorescence.

    Yan-Hong Yu;Ana B. Descalzo;Zhen Shen;Holger Röhr;Holger Röhr

  • Optically active BODIPYs

    Hua Lu;John Mack;Tebello Nyokong;Nagao Kobayashi

  • Tuning the solid-state luminescence of BODIPY derivatives with bulky arylsilyl groups: synthesis and spectroscopic properties.

    Hua Lu;Hua Lu;Qiuhong Wang;Lizhi Gai;Zhifang Li

  • A core-modified rubyrin with meso-aryl substituents and phenanthrene-fused pyrrole rings: a highly conjugated near-infrared dye and Hg2+ probe.

    Di Wu;Ana B. Descalzo;Fritz Weik;Franziska Emmerling

  • Synthesis and spectroscopic properties of fused-ring-expanded aza-boradiazaindacenes.

    Hua Lu;Soji Shimizu;John Mack;Zhen Shen

  • A facile one-pot synthesis of meso-aryl-substituted [14]triphyrin(2.1.1).

    Zhao-Li Xue;Zhen Shen;John Mack;Daiki Kuzuhara

  • Experimentation and theoretic calculation of a BODIPY sensor based on photoinduced electron transfer for ions detection

    Hua Lu;Shu Shu Zhang;Han Zhuang Liu;Yan Wei Wang

  • Ferromagnetic Ordering in a Two‐Dimensional Copper Complex with Dual End‐to‐End and End‐On Azide Bridges

    Zhen Shen;Jing-Lin Zuo;Song Gao;You Song

  • Dihydronaphthalene-Fused Boron-Dipyrromethene (BODIPY) Dyes: Insight into the Electronic and Conformational Tuning Modes of BODIPY Fluorophores

    Yan-Wei Wang;Ana B. Descalzo;Zhen Shen;Xiao-Zeng You

Frequent Co-Authors

John Mack
John Mack Rhodes University
Xiao-Zeng You
Xiao-Zeng You Nanjing University
Nagao Kobayashi
Nagao Kobayashi Tokyo Institute of Technology
Jing-Lin Zuo
Jing-Lin Zuo Nanjing University
Knut Rurack
Knut Rurack Federal Institute For Materials Research and Testing
Tebello Nyokong
Tebello Nyokong Rhodes University
Yue Zhao
Yue Zhao Nanjing University
Hoong-Kun Fun
Hoong-Kun Fun Universiti Sains Malaysia
You Song
You Song Nanjing University
Hiroko Yamada
Hiroko Yamada Nara Institute of Science and Technology

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