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Zhong-Ning Chen

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Chemistry

D-Index
66
Citations
12355
World Ranking
7480
National Ranking
1331

Zhong-Ning Chen publication distribution in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Chemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Zhong-Ning Chen sits on this spectrum.

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61 publications 1,295+

This scientist: 289 publications — 60th percentile

60% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,295 publications or more.

Zhong-Ning Chen D-index placement in Chemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Chemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Zhong-Ning Chen sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 289 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 612 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 808 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 776 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 835 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 861 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 872 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 933 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,051 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 930 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 882 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 834 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 731 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 775 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 683 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 646 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 561 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 501 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 437 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 388 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 354 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 292 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 275 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 254 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 235 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 185 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 192 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 155 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 163 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 125 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 105 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 105 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 112 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 88 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 68 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 69 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 65 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 79 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 61 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 44 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 37 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 40 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 33 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 26 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 34 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 35 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 25 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 27 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 17 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 16 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 20 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 20 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 15 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 9 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 9 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 16 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 11 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 9 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 3 scientists 158 D-Index: 3 scientists 159+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 159+

This scientist: 66 D-Index — 60th percentile

60% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 159 D-Index or more.

Overview

Zhong-Ning Chen is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China. Their research focuses primarily on materials science and engineering, with significant contributions to materials chemistry, electrical and electronic engineering, and organic chemistry. The scientist's work spans areas such as electronic, optical, and magnetic materials as well as atomic and molecular physics and optics.

Their research topics include:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research
  • Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures
  • Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications

Frequent publication venues for Zhong-Ning Chen include:

  • The Cambridge Structural Database
  • Molecules
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Science China Chemistry

The scientist has collaborated extensively with peers such as Jin-Yun Wang, Liang-Jin Xu, Lin-Xi Shi, and Qian-Chong Zhang.

Selected recent papers by Zhong-Ning Chen are:

  • Highly Efficient Light-Emitting Diodes Based on an Organic Antimony(III) Halide Hybrid, 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Reversible Luminescent Vapochromism of a Zero-Dimensional Sb3+-Doped Organic-Inorganic Hybrid, 2021, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • Artificial Intelligence, Wearables and Remote Monitoring for Heart Failure: Current and Future Applications, 2022, Diagnostics
  • Efficient Red-Emissive Circularly Polarized Electroluminescence Enabled by Quasi-2D Perovskite with Chiral Spacer Cation, 2023, ACS Nano
  • Methanol-induced luminescence vapochromism based on a Sb3+-doped organic indium halide hybrid, 2022, Science China Materials

This body of work illustrates a research profile that integrates advanced study in the chemical and physical properties of novel materials, with particular emphasis on light-emitting devices and luminescent properties of hybrid compounds.

Best Publications

  • Highly Efficient Red-Light Emission in An Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Ferroelectric: (Pyrrolidinium)MnCl₃.

    Yi Zhang;Wei-Qiang Liao;Da-Wei Fu;Heng-Yun Ye

  • The First Organic–Inorganic Hybrid Luminescent Multiferroic: (Pyrrolidinium)MnBr3

    Yi Zhang;Wei-Qiang Liao;Da-Wei Fu;Heng-Yun Ye

  • Green-Light-Emitting Diodes based on Tetrabromide Manganese(II) Complex through Solution Process.

    Liang-Jin Xu;Cheng-Zhe Sun;Hui Xiao;Yue Wu

  • High-Temperature Ferroelectricity and Photoluminescence in a Hybrid Organic–Inorganic Compound: (3-Pyrrolinium)MnCl3

    Heng-Yun Ye;QiongHua Zhou;XiangHong Niu;Wei-Qiang Liao

  • Selective Ethane/Ethylene Separation in a Robust Microporous Hydrogen-Bonded Organic Framework.

    Xu Zhang;Xu Zhang;Libo Li;Libo Li;Jia-Xin Wang;Hui-Min Wen

  • Vapochromic and mechanochromic phosphorescence materials based on a platinum(II) complex with 4-trifluoromethylphenylacetylide.

    Xu Zhang;Jin-Yun Wang;Jun Ni;Li-Yi Zhang

  • Luminescence vapochromism in solid materials based on metal complexes for detection of volatile organic compounds (VOCs)

    Xu Zhang;Bin Li;Zhong Hui Chen;Zhong Ning Chen

  • Recent advances in lanthanide luminescence with metal-organic chromophores as sensitizers

    Liang-Jin Xu;Guang-Tao Xu;Zhong-Ning Chen

  • Luminescent groups 10 and 11 heteropolynuclear complexes based on thiolate or alkynyl ligands

    Zhong-Ning Chen;Na Zhao;Yang Fan;Jun Ni

  • Diplatinum alkynyl chromophores as sensitisers for lanthanide luminescence in Pt2Ln2 and Pt2Ln4 (Ln = Eu, Nd, Yb) arrays with acetylide-functionalized bipyridine/phenanthroline

    Hai-Bing Xu;Lin-Xi Shi;En Ma;Li-Yi Zhang

  • Luminescent heteronuclear Au(I)5Ag(I)8 complexes of [1,2,3-C6(C6H4R-4)3]3- (R = H, CH3, But) by cyclotrimerization of arylacetylides

    Qiao-Hua Wei;Li-Yi Zhang;Gang-Qiang Yin;Lin-Xi Shi

  • Construction of a supported Ru complex on bifunctional MOF-253 for photocatalytic CO2 reduction under visible light

    Dengrong Sun;Yanhong Gao;Jinlong Fu;Xianchong Zeng

  • Vapor‐ and Mechanical‐Grinding‐Triggered Color and Luminescence Switches for Bis(σ‐fluorophenylacetylide) Platinum(II) Complexes

    Jun Ni;Xu Zhang;Yu-Hui Wu;Li-Yi Zhang

  • Mechanochromic Luminescence Switch of Platinum(II) Complexes with 5-Trimethylsilylethynyl-2,2 '-bipyridine

    Jun Ni;Jun Ni;Xu Zhang;Nan Qiu;Yu-Hui Wu

  • Assembly of a Supramolecular Cube, [(Cp*WS3Cu3)8Cl8(CN)12Li4] from a Preformed Incomplete Cubane-like Compound [PPh4][Cp*WS3(CuCN)3]

    Jian-Ping Lang;Qing-Feng Xu;Zhong-Ning Chen;Brendan F. Abrahams

  • Synthesis, Characterization, and Photophysical Properties of Heteroleptic Copper(I) Complexes with Functionalized 3-(2′-Pyridyl)-1,2,4-triazole Chelating Ligands

    Jing-Lin Chen;Jing-Lin Chen;Xing-Fu Cao;Jin-Yun Wang;Li-Hua He

  • An iridium(iii) complex of oximated 2,2'-bipyridine as a sensitive phosphorescent sensor for hypochlorite

    Na Zhao;Yu-Hui Wu;Rui-Min Wang;Lin-Xi Shi

  • Fluoride-enhanced lanthanide luminescence and white-light emitting in multifunctional Al3Ln2 (Ln = Nd, Eu, Yb) heteropentanuclear complexes.

    Hai-Bing Xu;Hai-Bing Xu;Xiao-Ming Chen;Qi-Sheng Zhang;Li-Yi Zhang

  • Luminescent oligonuclear metal complexes and the use in organic light-emitting diodes

    Qian-Chong Zhang;Hui Xiao;Xu Zhang;Liang-Jin Xu

  • Effective visible-light driven CO2 photoreduction via a promising bifunctional iridium coordination polymer

    Lina Li;Shuquan Zhang;Liangjin Xu;Jinyun Wang

  • Luminescence Vapochromism of a Platinum(II) Complex for Detection of Low Molecular Weight Halohydrocarbon

    Jun Ni;Yu Hui Wu;Xu Zhang;Bin Li

Frequent Co-Authors

Cheng-Yong Su
Cheng-Yong Su Sun Yat-sen University
Peng-Fei Li
Peng-Fei Li Nanchang University
Zhongyuan Zhou
Zhongyuan Zhou Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Yun Chi
Yun Chi National Tsing Hua University
Thomas C. W. Mak
Thomas C. W. Mak Chinese University of Hong Kong
Jian-Ping Lang
Jian-Ping Lang Soochow University
Yexiang Tong
Yexiang Tong Sun Yat-sen University
Maochun Hong
Maochun Hong Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yi Zhang
Yi Zhang Southeast University
Qingfeng Xu
Qingfeng Xu Soochow University

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