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Zhihong Nie

Zhihong Nie

D-Index & Metrics

Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Materials Science 71 4177 4044 1320 1314 168 23689

Zhihong Nie publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Zhihong Nie between 2004 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Zhihong Nie published across 22 years, from 2004 to 2025, averaging 11.8 papers a year. Output peaked at 38 publications in 2025. 68 of the 260 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2004 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 38. Peak 38 publications in 2025. 2004: 1 publication 2005: 8 publications 2006: 3 publications 2007: 2 publications 2008: 9 publications 2009: 5 publications 2010: 10 publications 2011: 8 publications 2012: 10 publications 2013: 17 publications 2014: 9 publications 2015: 10 publications 2016: 12 publications 2017: 9 publications 2018: 9 publications 2019: 17 publications 2020: 14 publications 2021: 10 publications 2022: 19 publications 2023: 10 publications 2024: 30 publications 2025: 38 publications
2004 2025

260 publications in total across all disciplines

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Zhihong Nie: publications per year, 2004 to 2025
Year Publications
2004 1
2005 8
2006 3
2007 2
2008 9
2009 5
2010 10
2011 8
2012 10
2013 17
2014 9
2015 10
2016 12
2017 9
2018 9
2019 17
2020 14
2021 10
2022 19
2023 10
2024 30
2025 38
Total 260
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Zhihong Nie 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 Zhihong Nie sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600 800
Bar chart with 57 bars. Horizontal axis: publications, 50–69 to 1,163+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 891. Most scientists, 891, have 190–209 publications. The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more. The highlighted bar, 150–169 publications, is where this scientist sits. 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
50–69 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 168 publications — 20th percentile

20% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Materials Science scientists by publication count, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 12,847 ranked scientists.
Publications Scientists This scientist
50–69 28
70–89 152
90–109 356
110–129 487
130–149 723
150–169 835 168
170–189 850
190–209 891
210–229 862
230–249 766
250–269 726
270–289 665
290–309 593
310–329 537
330–349 477
350–369 440
370–389 356
390–409 321
410–429 256
430–449 246
450–469 216
470–489 212
490–509 174
510–529 194
530–549 162
550–569 131
570–589 111
590–609 103
610–629 99
630–649 77
650–669 92
670–689 56
690–709 53
710–729 53
730–749 38
750–769 52
770–789 43
790–809 38
810–829 34
830–849 25
850–869 18
870–889 20
890–909 24
910–929 27
930–949 20
950–969 17
970–989 10
990–1,009 16
1,010–1,029 13
1,030–1,049 12
1,050–1,069 9
1,070–1,089 8
1,090–1,109 7
1,110–1,129 9
1,130–1,149 2
1,150–1,162 5
1,163+ 100
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Zhihong Nie 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 Zhihong Nie sits on this spectrum.

No. of scientists
200 400 600
Bar chart with 64 bars. Horizontal axis: D-Index, 40–41 to 165+. Vertical axis: number of scientists, 0 to 667. Most scientists, 667, have 52–53 D-Index. The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more. The highlighted bar, 70–71 D-Index, is where this scientist sits. 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
40–41 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 71 D-Index — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

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Number of Materials Science scientists by D-index, Research.com 2026 ranking edition. Based on 12,847 ranked scientists.
D-Index Scientists This scientist
40–41 211
42–43 450
44–45 612
46–47 612
48–49 598
50–51 657
52–53 667
54–55 621
56–57 597
58–59 610
60–61 587
62–63 606
64–65 533
66–67 490
68–69 469
70–71 378 71
72–73 421
74–75 359
76–77 323
78–79 299
80–81 230
82–83 210
84–85 195
86–87 203
88–89 175
90–91 175
92–93 142
94–95 121
96–97 117
98–99 107
100–101 88
102–103 85
104–105 68
106–107 62
108–109 57
110–111 45
112–113 49
114–115 50
116–117 34
118–119 38
120–121 37
122–123 29
124–125 28
126–127 24
128–129 33
130–131 28
132–133 21
134–135 20
136–137 23
138–139 17
140–141 12
142–143 17
144–145 21
146–147 13
148–149 11
150–151 14
152–153 13
154–155 9
156–157 10
158–159 7
160–161 4
162–163 4
164 3
165+ 98
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Overview

Zhihong Nie is affiliated with Fudan University in China and has made significant contributions to the fields of materials science and engineering. Their research primarily focuses on materials chemistry, biomedical engineering, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, organic chemistry, and biomaterials.

Nie's research topics include:

  • Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications
  • Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization
  • Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization
  • Advanced Materials and Mechanics
  • Surfactants and Colloidal Systems
  • Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research
  • Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials

Recent papers published by Nie include:

  • Self-limiting directional nanoparticle bonding governed by reaction stoichiometry, 2020, Science
  • Transformable Honeycomb-Like Nanoassemblies of Carbon Dots for Regulated Multisite Delivery and Enhanced Antitumor Chemoimmunotherapy, 2020, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Polyprodrug Nanomedicines: An Emerging Paradigm for Cancer Therapy, 2021, Advanced Materials
  • Polymers and inorganic nanoparticles: A winning combination towards assembled nanostructures for cancer imaging and therapy, 2020, Nano Today
  • Macroscopic two-dimensional monolayer films of gold nanoparticles: fabrication strategies, surface engineering and functional applications, 2020, Nanoscale

Nie frequently publishes in several venues including:

  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • ACS Nano
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Advanced Materials

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Nie are:

  • Yutao Sang (25 publications)
  • Huibin He (16 publications)
  • Chenglin Yi (15 publications)
  • Wenhao Dong (15 publications)
  • Di Zheng (11 publications)

Nie has also contributed to book publications primarily with World Scientific. The major work involves a reference on plasmonic nanomaterials published in 2021, which contains multiple editions with varying citation counts.

Best Publications

  • Properties and emerging applications of self-assembled structures made from inorganic nanoparticles

    Zhihong Nie;Alla Petukhova;Eugenia Kumacheva

  • Generation of Monodisperse Particles by Using Microfluidics: Control over Size, Shape, and Composition

    Shengqing Xu;Zhihong Nie;Minseok Seo;Patrick Lewis

  • Patterning surfaces with functional polymers

    Zhihong Nie;Eugenia Kumacheva

  • Electrochemical sensing in paper-based microfluidic devices

    Zhihong Nie;Christian A. Nijhuis;Jinlong Gong;Xin Chen

  • Self-assembly of metal--polymer analogues of amphiphilic triblock copolymers

    Zhihong Nie;Daniele Fava;Eugenia Kumacheva;Shan Zou

  • Janus and Ternary Particles Generated by Microfluidic Synthesis: Design, Synthesis, and Self-Assembly

    Zhihong Nie;Wei Li;Minseok Seo;Shengqing Xu

  • Biodegradable Gold Nanovesicles with an Ultrastrong Plasmonic Coupling Effect for Photoacoustic Imaging and Photothermal Therapy

    Peng Huang;Jing Lin;Wanwan Li;Pengfei Rong

  • Photosensitizer-Loaded Gold Vesicles with Strong Plasmonic Coupling Effect for Imaging-Guided Photothermal/Photodynamic Therapy

    Jing Lin;Shouju Wang;Shouju Wang;Peng Huang;Peng Huang;Zhe Wang;Zhe Wang

  • Polymer Particles with Various Shapes and Morphologies Produced in Continuous Microfluidic Reactors

    Zhihong Nie;Shengqing Xu;Minseok Seo;Patrick C. Lewis

  • Three-dimensional shape transformations of hydrogel sheets induced by small-scale modulation of internal stresses

    Zi Liang Wu;Michael Moshe;Jesse Greener;Heloise Therien-Aubin

  • Integration of paper-based microfluidic devices with commercial electrochemical readers

    Zhihong Nie;Frédérique Deiss;Xinyu Liu;Ozge Akbulut

  • Step-growth polymerization of inorganic nanoparticles.

    Kun Liu;Zhihong Nie;Nana Zhao;Wei Li

  • Emulsification in a microfluidic flow-focusing device: effect of the viscosities of the liquids

    Zhihong Nie;MinsSeok Seo;Shengqing Xu;Patrick C. Lewis

  • Programmable diagnostic devices made from paper and tape

    Andres W. Martinez;Scott T. Phillips;Zhihong Nie;Chao-Min Cheng

  • Microfluidic Production of Biopolymer Microcapsules with Controlled Morphology

    Hong Zhang;Ethan Tumarkin;Raheem Peerani;Zhihong Nie

  • Supramolecular nanofibrillar hydrogels as highly stretchable, elastic and sensitive ionic sensors

    Xiaohui Zhang;Nannan Sheng;Linan Wang;Yeqiang Tan

  • Multiple Shape Transformations of Composite Hydrogel Sheets

    Héloïse Thérien-Aubin;Zi Liang Wu;Zhihong Nie;Eugenia Kumacheva

  • Continuous microfluidic reactors for polymer particles.

    Minseok Seo;Zhihong Nie;Shengqing Xu;Michelle Mok

  • Self-Assembly of Inorganic Nanoparticle Vesicles and Tubules Driven by Tethered Linear Block Copolymers

    Jie He;Yijing Liu;Taarika Babu;Zengjiang Wei

  • Microfluidic consecutive flow-focusing droplet generators.

    Minseok Seo;Chantal Paquet;Zhihong Nie;Shengqing Xu

Frequent Co-Authors

Eugenia Kumacheva
Eugenia Kumacheva University of Toronto
Yijing Liu
Yijing Liu Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Jie He
Jie He University of Connecticut
George M. Whitesides
George M. Whitesides Harvard University
Xiaoyuan Chen
Xiaoyuan Chen National University of Singapore
Jinlong Gong
Jinlong Gong Tianjin Normal University
Niveen M. Khashab
Niveen M. Khashab King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Youju Huang
Youju Huang Hangzhou Normal University
Howard A. Stone
Howard A. Stone Princeton University
Jintao Zhu
Jintao Zhu Huazhong University of Science and Technology

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