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Zhenan Bao 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 Zhenan Bao sits on this spectrum.

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 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 951 publications — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Zhenan Bao 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 Zhenan Bao sits on this spectrum.

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 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 224 D-Index — 100th percentile

100% 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

  • 2026 - Research.com Materials Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Best Scientists Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Materials Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in United States Leader Award
  • 2016 - Member of the National Academy of Engineering For synthesis, design, and application of organic semiconductors for flexible electronics.
  • 2016 - Fellow, National Academy of Inventors
  • 2014 - Fellow of the Materials Research Society
  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Chemical Society
  • 2009 - Beilby Medal and Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK)
  • 2008 - SPIE Fellow
  • 2006 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

Zhenan Bao is affiliated with Stanford University in the United States. Their research focuses on the engineering and materials science fields, with a notable emphasis on electrical and electronic engineering, biomedical engineering, polymers and plastics, automotive engineering, and cellular and molecular neuroscience.

The scientist's work spans various advanced topics, including advanced sensor and energy harvesting materials, conducting polymers and their applications, advanced battery materials and technologies, advancements in battery materials, advanced battery technologies research, organic electronics and photovoltaics, and neuroscience and neural engineering.

Recent publications by Zhenan Bao include:

  • Molecular design for electrolyte solvents enabling energy-dense and long-cycling lithium metal batteries (2020, Nature Energy)
  • Technology Roadmap for Flexible Sensors (2023, ACS Nano)
  • Rational solvent molecule tuning for high-performance lithium metal battery electrolytes (2022, Nature Energy)
  • Multifunctional materials for implantable and wearable photonic healthcare devices (2020, Nature Reviews Materials)
  • Electronic skins and machine learning for intelligent soft robots (2020, Science Robotics)

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including Yi Cui, Jeffrey B.-H. Tok, Zhiao Yu, Huaxin Gong, and Yuelang Chen.

Zhenan Bao's work has appeared in various publication venues with multiple contributions, notably:

  • Journal of the American Chemical Society (23 publications)
  • ECS Meeting Abstracts (12 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (10 publications)
  • Advanced Energy Materials (9 publications)
  • Nature Energy (8 publications)

The scientist has been recognized with multiple awards across their career, including:

  • Member of the National Academy of Engineering (2016) for synthesis, design, and application of organic semiconductors for flexible electronics
  • Fellow, National Academy of Inventors (2016)
  • Fellow of the Materials Research Society (2014)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (2012)
  • Fellow of the American Chemical Society (2011)
  • Beilby Medal and Prize, Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) (2009)
  • SPIE Fellow (2008)
  • Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (2006)

Best Publications

  • Evaluation of Solution-Processed Reduced Graphene Oxide Films as Transparent Conductors

    Héctor A. Becerril;Jie Mao;Zunfeng Liu;Randall M. Stoltenberg

  • Skin-like pressure and strain sensors based on transparent elastic films of carbon nanotubes

    Darren J. Lipomi;Michael Vosgueritchian;Benjamin C. K. Tee;Sondra L. Hellstrom

  • Highly sensitive flexible pressure sensors with microstructured rubber dielectric layers

    Stefan C. B. Mannsfeld;Benjamin C. K. Tee;Randall M. Stoltenberg;Christopher V. H. H. Chen

  • Pathways for practical high-energy long-cycling lithium metal batteries

    Jun Liu;Zhenan Bao;Yi Cui;Eric J. Dufek

  • Skin electronics from scalable fabrication of an intrinsically stretchable transistor array.

    Sihong Wang;Jie Xu;Weichen Wang;Ging-Ji Nathan Wang

  • 25th Anniversary Article: The Evolution of Electronic Skin (E-Skin): A Brief History, Design Considerations, and Recent Progress

    Mallory L. Hammock;Alex Chortos;Benjamin C.‐K. Tee;Jeffrey B.‐H. Tok

  • Pursuing prosthetic electronic skin.

    Alex Chortos;Jia Liu;Zhenan Bao

  • Soluble and processable regioregular poly(3‐hexylthiophene) for thin film field‐effect transistor applications with high mobility

    Zhenan Bao;Ananth Dodabalapur;Andrew J. Lovinger

  • Flexible polymer transistors with high pressure sensitivity for application in electronic skin and health monitoring

    Gregor Schwartz;Benjamin C.-K. Tee;Jianguo Mei;Anthony L. Appleton

  • The rise of plastic bioelectronics

    Takao Someya;Zhenan Bao;George G. Malliaras

  • An ultra-sensitive resistive pressure sensor based on hollow-sphere microstructure induced elasticity in conducting polymer film

    Lijia Pan;Alex Chortos;Guihua Yu;Yaqun Wang

  • Large-scale complementary integrated circuits based on organic transistors

    B. Crone;Ananth Dodabalapur;Y. Y. Lin;R. W. Filas

  • Electronic Skin: Recent Progress and Future Prospects for Skin‐Attachable Devices for Health Monitoring, Robotics, and Prosthetics

    Jun Chang Yang;Jaewan Mun;Se Young Kwon;Seongjun Park

  • Integrated materials design of organic semiconductors for field-effect transistors

    Jianguo Mei;Ying Diao;Anthony L. Appleton;Lei Fang

  • A highly stretchable autonomous self-healing elastomer

    Cheng-Hui Li;Chao Wang;Chao Wang;Christoph Keplinger;Jing-Lin Zuo

  • An electrically and mechanically self-healing composite with pressure- and flexion-sensitive properties for electronic skin applications

    Benjamin C. K. Tee;Chao Wang;Ranulfo Allen;Zhenan Bao

  • Stable Li-ion battery anodes by in-situ polymerization of conducting hydrogel to conformally coat silicon nanoparticles

    Hui Wu;Guihua Yu;Lijia Pan;Lijia Pan;Nian Liu

  • Ultra-high mobility transparent organic thin film transistors grown by an off-centre spin-coating method

    Yongbo Yuan;Gaurav Giri;Alexander L. Ayzner;Alexander L. Ayzner;Arjan P. Zoombelt

  • Solution-processed graphene/MnO2 nanostructured textiles for high-performance electrochemical capacitors.

    Guihua Yu;Liangbing Hu;Michael Vosgueritchian;Huiliang Wang

  • A bioinspired flexible organic artificial afferent nerve

    Yeongin Kim;Alex Chortos;Wentao Xu;Wentao Xu;Yuxin Liu

  • A review of fabrication and applications of carbon nanotube film-based flexible electronics

    Steve Park;Michael Vosguerichian;Zhenan Bao

Frequent Co-Authors

Yi Cui
Yi Cui Stanford University
Michael F. Toney
Michael F. Toney University of Colorado Boulder
Xiaodan Gu
Xiaodan Gu University of Southern Mississippi
Jeffrey B.-H. Tok
Jeffrey B.-H. Tok Stanford University
Howard E. Katz
Howard E. Katz Johns Hopkins University
Joon Hak Oh
Joon Hak Oh Seoul National University
Ting Lei
Ting Lei Peking University
John A. Rogers
John A. Rogers Northwestern University
Ananth Dodabalapur
Ananth Dodabalapur The University of Texas at Austin

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