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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Materials Science 64 5770 5582 1752 1745 105 24111

Zhiyuan Zeng publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Zhiyuan Zeng between 2008 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Zhiyuan Zeng published across 18 years, from 2008 to 2025, averaging 11.8 papers a year. Output peaked at 37 publications in 2024. 55 of the 212 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2008 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 37. Peak 37 publications in 2024. 2008: 6 publications 2009: 2 publications 2010: 1 publication 2011: 5 publications 2012: 13 publications 2013: 15 publications 2014: 7 publications 2015: 5 publications 2016: 1 publication 2017: 2 publications 2018: 2 publications 2019: 5 publications 2020: 9 publications 2021: 25 publications 2022: 24 publications 2023: 35 publications 2024: 37 publications 2025: 18 publications
2008 2025

212 publications in total across all disciplines

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Zhiyuan Zeng: publications per year, 2008 to 2025
Year Publications
2008 6
2009 2
2010 1
2011 5
2012 13
2013 15
2014 7
2015 5
2016 1
2017 2
2018 2
2019 5
2020 9
2021 25
2022 24
2023 35
2024 37
2025 18
Total 212
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Zhiyuan Zeng 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 Zhiyuan Zeng 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, 90–109 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: 105 publications — 4th percentile

4% 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
90–109 356 105
110–129 487
130–149 723
150–169 835
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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Zhiyuan Zeng 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 Zhiyuan Zeng 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, 64–65 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: 64 D-Index — 55th percentile

55% 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 64
66–67 490
68–69 469
70–71 378
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

Zhiyuan Zeng is affiliated with the City University of Hong Kong in China. Their research is situated primarily within the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, with particular emphasis on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Other subfields include Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's research covers several main topics, including:

  • Advanced battery technologies research
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • MXene and MAX Phase Materials
  • Advancements in Battery Materials
  • Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication

Zeng has published extensively in leading scientific journals. The most frequent publication venues associated with their work are:

  • Small
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  • Advanced Materials
  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition

Frequent collaborators include Ruijie Yang, Liang Mei, Yuefeng Zhang, Jiaqian Qin, and Damien Voiry.

Notable recent papers authored by Zhiyuan Zeng encompass a range of topics relevant to energy and materials research:

  • "Strategies of regulating Zn2+ solvation structures for dendrite-free and side reaction-suppressed zinc-ion batteries," 2021, Energy & Environmental Science
  • "Recent Progress on Two-Dimensional Materials," 2021, Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica
  • "MnO2-Based Materials for Environmental Applications," 2021, Advanced Materials
  • "2D Transition Metal Dichalcogenides for Photocatalysis," 2023, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "ZnIn2S4-Based Photocatalysts for Energy and Environmental Applications," 2021, Small Methods

Best Publications

  • Metal dichalcogenide nanosheets: preparation, properties and applications

    Xiao Huang;Zhiyuan Zeng;Hua Zhang

  • Single‐Layer Semiconducting Nanosheets: High‐Yield Preparation and Device Fabrication

    Zhiyuan Zeng;Zongyou Yin;Xiao Huang;Hai Li

  • Synthesis of Few-Layer MoS2 Nanosheet-Coated TiO2 Nanobelt Heterostructures for Enhanced Photocatalytic Activities

    Weijia Zhou;Zongyou Yin;Yaping Du;Xiao Huang

  • Solution-phase epitaxial growth of noble metal nanostructures on dispersible single-layer molybdenum disulfide nanosheets

    Xiao Huang;Zhiyuan Zeng;Shuyu Bao;Mengfei Wang

  • Single-Layer MoS2-Based Nanoprobes for Homogeneous Detection of Biomolecules

    Changfeng Zhu;Zhiyuan Zeng;Hai Li;Fan Li

  • Graphene-Based Electrodes

    Xiao Huang;Zhiyuan Zeng;Zhanxi Fan;Juqing Liu

  • Fabrication of flexible MoS2 thin-film transistor arrays for practical gas-sensing applications.

    Qiyuan He;Zhiyuan Zeng;Zongyou Yin;Hai Li

  • Three-Dimensional Graphene Foam Supported Fe3O4 Lithium Battery Anodes with Long Cycle Life and High Rate Capability

    Jingshan Luo;Jilei Liu;Zhiyuan Zeng;Chin Fan Ng

  • Strategies on regulating Zn2+ solvation structure for dendrites-free and side reactions-suppressed zinc-ion batteries

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  • An Effective Method for the Fabrication of Few‐Layer‐Thick Inorganic Nanosheets

    Zhiyuan Zeng;Ting Sun;Jixin Zhu;Xiao Huang

  • One-step synthesis of Ni3S2 nanorod@Ni(OH)2nanosheet core–shell nanostructures on a three-dimensional graphene network for high-performance supercapacitors

    Weijia Zhou;Weijia Zhou;Weijia Zhou;Xiehong Cao;Zhiyuan Zeng;Wenhui Shi

  • Preparation of MoS2‐Polyvinylpyrrolidone Nanocomposites for Flexible Nonvolatile Rewritable Memory Devices with Reduced Graphene Oxide Electrodes

    Juqing Liu;Zhiyuan Zeng;Xiehong Cao;Gang Lu

  • Synthesis of Free‐Standing Metal Sulfide Nanoarrays via Anion Exchange Reaction and Their Electrochemical Energy Storage Application

    Xinhui Xia;Xinhui Xia;Changrong Zhu;Jingshan Luo;Zhiyuan Zeng

  • Electrochemically Reduced Single‐Layer MoS2 Nanosheets: Characterization, Properties, and Sensing Applications

    Shixin Wu;Zhiyuan Zeng;Qiyuan He;Zhijuan Wang

  • Recent Progress on Two-Dimensional Materials

    Cheng Chang;Wei Chen;Ye Chen;Yonghua Chen

  • A general method for the large-scale synthesis of uniform ultrathin metal sulphide nanocrystals

    Yaping Du;Zongyou Yin;Jixin Zhu;Xiao Huang

  • Visualization of Electrode–Electrolyte Interfaces in LiPF6/EC/DEC Electrolyte for Lithium Ion Batteries via in Situ TEM

    Zhiyuan Zeng;Wen I. Liang;Wen I. Liang;Hong Gang Liao;Huolin L. Xin

  • MnO2 -Based Materials for Environmental Applications.

    Ruijie Yang;Yingying Fan;Ruquan Ye;Yuxin Tang

  • Growth of noble metal nanoparticles on single-layer TiS2 and TaS2 nanosheets for hydrogen evolution reaction

    Zhiyuan Zeng;Chaoliang Tan;Xiao Huang;Shuyu Bao

  • ZnIn2S4-Based Photocatalysts for Energy and Environmental Applications

    Ruijie Yang;Liang Mei;Yingying Fan;Qingyong Zhang

  • Surface-Confined Fabrication of Ultrathin Nickel Cobalt-Layered Double Hydroxide Nanosheets for High-Performance Supercapacitors

    Juan Yang;Chang Yu;Chao Hu;Man Wang

  • A Solution‐Processed Hole Extraction Layer Made from Ultrathin MoS2 Nanosheets for Efficient Organic Solar Cells

    Xing Gu;Wei Cui;Hai Li;Zhongwei Wu

Frequent Co-Authors

Hua Zhang
Hua Zhang City University of Hong Kong
Xiao Huang
Xiao Huang Nanjing Tech University
Haimei Zheng
Haimei Zheng Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Zongyou Yin
Zongyou Yin Australian National University
Xiehong Cao
Xiehong Cao Zhejiang University of Technology
Qingyu Yan
Qingyu Yan Nanyang Technological University
Xinhui Xia
Xinhui Xia Zhejiang University
Hong Jin Fan
Hong Jin Fan Nanyang Technological University
Qiyuan He
Qiyuan He City University of Hong Kong
Zhanxi Fan
Zhanxi Fan City University of Hong Kong

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