2026 Zhi-Yun Li: Physics Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Physics	88	2418	2298	1216	1133	372	22622

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Overview

Zhi-Yun Li is a researcher affiliated with the University of Virginia in the United States. Their primary field of study is Physics and Astronomy, with a specialized focus on several subfields including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Spectroscopy, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atmospheric Science, and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.

Their published work spans topics such as Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies, Astro and Planetary Science, Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Molecular Spectroscopy and Structure, Atmospheric Ozone and Climate, Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics, and Advanced Chemical Physics Studies.

Zhi-Yun Li has contributed frequently to several academic venues, notably:

The Astrophysical Journal
arXiv (Cornell University)
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Astronomy and Astrophysics

Among their recent publications are:

"Early Planet Formation in Embedded Disks (eDisk). I. Overview of the Program and First Results" (2023), The Astrophysical Journal
"An Efficiency of 16.46% and a T₈₀ Lifetime of Over 4000 h for the PM6:Y6 Inverted Organic Solar Cells Enabled by Surface Acid Treatment of the Zinc Oxide Electron Transporting Layer" (2021), ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
"12.42% Monolithic 25.42 cm² Flexible Organic Solar Cells Enabled by an Amorphous ITO-Modified Metal Grid Electrode" (2022), Advanced Materials
"The Central 1000 au of a Prestellar Core Revealed with ALMA. II. Almost Complete Freeze-out" (2022), The Astrophysical Journal
"Early Planet Formation in Embedded Disks (eDisk). II. Limited Dust Settling and Prominent Snow Surfaces in the Edge-on Class I Disk IRAS 04302+2247" (2023), The Astrophysical Journal

Zhi-Yun Li has collaborated extensively with several researchers, including:

Leslie W. Looney (73 joint works)
Zhe-Yu Daniel Lin (54 joint works)
John Tobin (51 joint works)
Woojin Kwon (45 joint works)
S. Lai (41 joint works)

Best Publications

Wind Interaction Models for Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglows: The Case for Two Types of Progenitors

Roger A. Chevalier;Zhi-Yun Li

738
Citations
Gamma-Ray Burst Environments and Progenitors

Roger A. Chevalier;Zhi-Yun Li

486
Citations
Outflow Feedback Regulated Massive Star Formation in Parsec-Scale Cluster-Forming Clumps

Peng Wang;Zhi-Yun Li;Tom Abel;Fumitaka Nakamura;Fumitaka Nakamura

444
Citations
Nonideal MHD Effects and Magnetic Braking Catastrophe in Protostellar Disk Formation

Zhi-Yun Li;Ruben Krasnopolsky;Hsien Shang

349
Citations
Magnetic Braking and Protostellar Disk Formation: The Ideal MHD Limit

Richard R. Mellon;Zhi-Yun Li

323
Citations
Magnetically Regulated Star Formation in 3D: The Case of Taurus Molecular Cloud Complex

Fumitaka Nakamura;Zhi-Yun Li

317
Citations
Collapse of Magnetized Singular Isothermal Toroids. II. Rotation and Magnetic Braking

Anthony Allen;Zhi-Yun Li;Frank H. Shu

312
Citations
X-Winds Theory and Observations

F. H. Shu;J. R. Najita;H. Shang;Z. Y. Li

296
Citations
Protostellar Turbulence Driven by Collimated Outflows

Fumitaka Nakamura;Zhi-Yun Li

283
Citations
Locating the Launching Region of T Tauri Winds: The Case of DG Tau

Jeffrey M. Anderson;Zhi-Yun Li;Ruben Krasnopolsky;Roger Blandford

274
Citations
Electromagnetically Driven Relativistic Jets: A Class of Self-similar Solutions

Zhi-Yun Li;Tzihong Chiueh;Mitchell C. Begelman

273
Citations
Magnetized Singular Isothermal Toroids

Zhi-Yun Li;Frank H. Shu

272
Citations
Magnetic Braking and Protostellar Disk Formation: Ambipolar Diffusion

Richard R. Mellon;Zhi-Yun Li

267
Citations
NON-IDEAL MHD EFFECTS AND MAGNETIC BRAKING CATASTROPHE IN PROTOSTELLAR DISK FORMATION

Zhi-Yun Li;Zhi-Yun Li;Ruben Krasnopolsky;Ruben Krasnopolsky;Hsien Shang;Hsien Shang

257
Citations
Magnetic Fields and Massive Star Formation

Qizhou Zhang;Keping Qiu;Josep M. Girart;Hauyu

252
Citations
Cluster Formation in Protostellar Outflow-driven Turbulence

Zhi-Yun Li;Fumitaka Nakamura

247
Citations
A triple protostar system formed via fragmentation of a gravitationally unstable disk

John J. Tobin;John J. Tobin;Kaitlin M. Kratter;Magnus V. Persson;Magnus V. Persson;Leslie W. Looney

243
Citations
Magnetocentrifugal Launching of Jets from Accretion Disks. I. Cold Axisymmetric Flows

Ruben Krasnopolsky;Zhi-Yun Li;Roger Blandford

237
Citations
Magnetically Regulated Star Formation in Three Dimensions: The Case of the Taurus Molecular Cloud Complex

Fumitaka Nakamura;Zhi-Yun Li

233
Citations
Magneto-Centrifugal Launching of Jets from Accretion Disks. I: Cold Axisymmetric Flows

R. Krasnopolsky;Z. Y. Li;R. D. Blandford

225
Citations