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D-Index
54
Citations
16626
World Ranking
8765
National Ranking
2142

Zheng Yan 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 Zheng Yan sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 90 publications — 2nd percentile

2% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Zheng Yan 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 Zheng Yan sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 54 D-Index — 32nd percentile

32% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Zheng Yan is a researcher affiliated with the University of Missouri in the United States, specializing in engineering with a primary focus on biomedical engineering, electrical and electronic engineering, mechanical engineering, materials chemistry, and polymers and plastics. Their work encompasses multiple subfields, combining interdisciplinary approaches within these domains.

Their publication record demonstrates an emphasis on advanced materials and their applications, particularly in sensor development, energy harvesting, and biomedical technologies. Main topics covered in their research include:

  • Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
  • Advanced Materials and Mechanics
  • Conducting Polymers and Applications
  • Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications
  • Neuroscience and Neural Engineering
  • Gas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors
  • Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication

Zheng Yan has a notable record of frequent collaborations with several co-authors, including:

  • Ganggang Zhao
  • Jingwei Xie
  • Yadong Xu
  • Yun Ling
  • Xin Ke

Their work has been published extensively in journals such as:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Science Advances
  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Zheng Yan are the following publications:

  • Laser reprogramming magnetic anisotropy in soft composites for reconfigurable 3D shaping, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Technology development and application prospects of organic-based phase change materials: An overview, 2022, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
  • Laser-Induced Graphene for Electrothermally Controlled, Mechanically Guided, 3D Assembly and Human-Soft Actuators Interaction, 2020, Advanced Materials
  • Pencil-paper on-skin electronics, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Fertilizer management for global ammonia emission reduction, 2024, Nature

Best Publications

  • Growth of graphene from solid carbon sources

    Zhengzong Sun;Zheng Yan;Jun Yao;Elvira Beitler

  • Assembly of micro/nanomaterials into complex, three-dimensional architectures by compressive buckling

    Sheng Xu;Zheng Yan;Kyung In Jang;Wen Huang

  • Coal as an abundant source of graphene quantum dots

    Ruquan Ye;Changsheng Xiang;Jian Lin;Zhiwei Peng

  • 3-Dimensional graphene carbon nanotube carpet-based microsupercapacitors with high electrochemical performance.

    Jian Lin;Chenguang Zhang;Zheng Yan;Yu Zhu

  • Toward the synthesis of wafer-scale single-crystal graphene on copper foils.

    Zheng Yan;Jian Lin;Zhiwei Peng;Zhengzong Sun

  • Printing, folding and assembly methods for forming 3D mesostructures in advanced materials

    Yihui Zhang;Fan Zhang;Zheng Yan;Qiang Ma

  • A seamless three-dimensional carbon nanotube graphene hybrid material

    Yu Zhu;Lei Li;Chenguang Zhang;Chenguang Zhang;Gilberto Casillas

  • A mechanically driven form of Kirigami as a route to 3D mesostructures in micro/nanomembranes.

    Yihui Zhang;Zheng Yan;Kewang Nan;Dongqing Xiao

  • Graphene nanoribbon and nanostructured SnO2 composite anodes for lithium ion batteries.

    Jian Lin;Zhiwei Peng;Changsheng Xiang;Gedeng Ruan

  • Three-dimensional piezoelectric polymer microsystems for vibrational energy harvesting, robotic interfaces and biomedical implants

    Mengdi Han;Heling Wang;Yiyuan Yang;Cunman Liang;Cunman Liang

  • Morphable 3D mesostructures and microelectronic devices by multistable buckling mechanics

    Haoran Fu;Kewang Nan;Wubin Bai;Wen Huang

  • Gas-Permeable, Multifunctional On-Skin Electronics Based on Laser-Induced Porous Graphene and Sugar-Templated Elastomer Sponges

    Bohan Sun;Richard N. McCay;Shivam Goswami;Yadong Xu

  • Rational design of hybrid graphene films for high-performance transparent electrodes.

    Yu Zhu;Zhengzong Sun;Zheng Yan;Zhong Jin

  • Growth of bilayer graphene on insulating substrates.

    Zheng Yan;Zhiwei Peng;Zhengzong Sun;Jun Yao

  • Direct growth of bilayer graphene on SiO₂ substrates by carbon diffusion through nickel.

    Zhiwei Peng;Zheng Yan;Zhengzong Sun;James M. Tour

  • Terahertz and Infrared Spectroscopy of Gated Large-Area Graphene

    Lei Ren;Qi Zhang;Jun Yao;Zhengzong Sun

  • Controlled Mechanical Buckling for Origami-Inspired Construction of 3D Microstructures in Advanced Materials

    Zheng Yan;Fan Zhang;Jiechen Wang;Fei Liu

  • High thermal conductivity of suspended few-layer hexagonal boron nitride sheets

    Haiqing Zhou;Haiqing Zhou;Jixin Zhu;Jixin Zhu;Zheng Liu;Zheng Yan

  • Chemical vapor deposition of graphene single crystals.

    Zheng Yan;Zhiwei Peng;James M Tour

  • Two-dimensional materials in functional three-dimensional architectures with applications in photodetection and imaging.

    Wonho Lee;Yuan Liu;Yongjun Lee;Bhupendra K. Sharma

  • Mechanical assembly of complex, 3D mesostructures from releasable multilayers of advanced materials

    Zheng Yan;Fan Zhang;Fei Liu;Mengdi Han

Frequent Co-Authors

James M. Tour
James M. Tour Rice University
John A. Rogers
John A. Rogers Northwestern University
Zhengzong Sun
Zhengzong Sun Fudan University
Yihui Zhang
Yihui Zhang Tsinghua University
Zhiwei Peng
Zhiwei Peng City University of Hong Kong
Yonggang Huang
Yonggang Huang Northwestern University
Mengdi Han
Mengdi Han Peking University
Yu Zhu
Yu Zhu University of Akron
Zhong Jin
Zhong Jin Nanjing University
Haiwen Luan
Haiwen Luan University of California, San Diego

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