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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Materials Science 78 2952 2850 944 939 399 23454
Chemistry 77 3981 3609 741 730 377 22757

Zi-Feng Ma publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Zi-Feng Ma between 1999 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Zi-Feng Ma published across 27 years, from 1999 to 2025, averaging 17.6 papers a year. Output peaked at 43 publications in 2021. 57 of the 475 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30 40
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 1999 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 43. Peak 43 publications in 2021. 1999: 1 publication 2000: 3 publications 2001: 3 publications 2002: 1 publication 2003: 5 publications 2004: 4 publications 2005: 3 publications 2006: 8 publications 2007: 10 publications 2008: 13 publications 2009: 11 publications 2010: 17 publications 2011: 22 publications 2012: 21 publications 2013: 25 publications 2014: 41 publications 2015: 20 publications 2016: 29 publications 2017: 26 publications 2018: 27 publications 2019: 21 publications 2020: 20 publications 2021: 43 publications 2022: 29 publications 2023: 15 publications 2024: 34 publications 2025: 23 publications
1999 2025

475 publications in total across all disciplines

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Zi-Feng Ma: publications per year, 1999 to 2025
Year Publications
1999 1
2000 3
2001 3
2002 1
2003 5
2004 4
2005 3
2006 8
2007 10
2008 13
2009 11
2010 17
2011 22
2012 21
2013 25
2014 41
2015 20
2016 29
2017 26
2018 27
2019 21
2020 20
2021 43
2022 29
2023 15
2024 34
2025 23
Total 475
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Zi-Feng Ma 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 Zi-Feng Ma 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, 390–409 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: 399 publications — 77th percentile

77% 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
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
390–409 321 399
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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Zi-Feng Ma 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 Zi-Feng Ma 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, 78–79 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: 78 D-Index — 77th percentile

77% 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
72–73 421
74–75 359
76–77 323
78–79 299 78
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

Zi-Feng Ma is affiliated with Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China. Their research primarily spans the field of Engineering, with a notable focus on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Materials Chemistry, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

The scientist's work covers several main topics including advancements in battery materials, advanced battery materials and technologies, advanced battery technologies research, supercapacitor materials and fabrication, electrocatalysts for energy conversion, and fuel cells and related materials.

Zi-Feng Ma has published extensively in various scientific journals, frequently contributing to:

  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Journal of The Electrochemical Society
  • Advanced Functional Materials
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Among their recent papers are:

  • "High temperature proton exchange membrane fuel cells: progress in advanced materials and key technologies" (2020), Chemical Society Reviews
  • "Single-crystal nickel-rich layered-oxide battery cathode materials: synthesis, electrochemistry, and intra-granular fracture" (2020), Energy storage materials
  • "A High-Rate, Durable Cathode for Sodium-Ion Batteries: Sb-Doped O3-Type Ni/Mn-Based Layered Oxides" (2022), ACS Nano
  • "Regulation of Coordination Chemistry for Ultrastable Layered Oxide Cathode Materials of Sodium-Ion Batteries" (2024), Advanced Materials
  • "Progress of Exsolved Metal Nanoparticles on Oxides as High Performance (Electro)Catalysts for the Conversion of Small Molecules" (2021), Small

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Yu-Shi He
  • Linsen Li
  • Haiying Che
  • Xiao-Zhen Liao
  • Liwei Chen

Best Publications

  • Prussian Blue Cathode Materials for Sodium-Ion Batteries and Other Ion Batteries

    Jiangfeng Qian;Chen Wu;Yuliang Cao;Zifeng Ma

  • The role of nanotechnology in the development of battery materials for electric vehicles

    Jun Lu;Zonghai Chen;Zifeng Ma;Feng Pan

  • High temperature proton exchange membrane fuel cells: progress in advanced materials and key technologies

    Rizwan Haider;Yichan Wen;Zi-Feng Ma;David P Wilkinson

  • Electrolyte design strategies and research progress for room-temperature sodium-ion batteries

    Haiying Che;Suli Chen;Yingying Xie;Yingying Xie;Hong Wang

  • Structural and mechanistic basis for the high activity of Fe–N–C catalysts toward oxygen reduction

    Jingkun Li;Shraboni Ghoshal;Wentao Liang;Moulay-Tahar Sougrati

  • A review of cathode materials and structures for rechargeable lithium–air batteries

    Zhong Ma;Xianxia Yuan;Lin Li;Zi-Feng Ma

  • Dispersing Carbon Nanotubes with Graphene Oxide in Water and Synergistic Effects between Graphene Derivatives

    Ling Qiu;Xiaowei Yang;Xiaowei Yang;Xinglong Gou;Wenrong Yang

  • Challenges of Spinel Li4Ti5O12 for Lithium‐Ion Battery Industrial Applications

    Tao Yuan;Zhuopeng Tan;Chunrong Ma;Junhe Yang

  • Ordered Gelation of Chemically Converted Graphene for Next-Generation Electroconductive Hydrogel Films

    Xiaowei Yang;Ling Qiu;Chi Cheng;Yanzhe Wu

  • In Operando XRD and TXM Study on the Metastable Structure Change of NaNi1/3Fe1/3Mn1/3O2 under Electrochemical Sodium-Ion Intercalation

    Yingying Xie;Yingying Xie;Hong Wang;Guiliang Xu;Jiajun Wang

  • Experimental Proof of the Bifunctional Mechanism for the Hydrogen Oxidation in Alkaline Media.

    Jingkun Li;Shraboni Ghoshal;Michael K. Bates;Todd E Miller

  • Challenges in Developing Electrodes, Electrolytes, and Diagnostics Tools to Understand and Advance Sodium-Ion Batteries

    Gui Liang Xu;Rachid Amine;Ali Abouimrane;Haiying Che

  • Correlating Capacity Fading and Structural Changes in Li1 + y Mn2 − y O 4 − δ Spinel Cathode Materials: A Systematic Study on the Effects of Li/Mn Ratio and Oxygen Deficiency

    Yongyao Xia;Tetsuo Sakai;Takuya Fujieda;X. Q. Yang

  • Structure optimization of Prussian blue analogue cathode materials for advanced sodium ion batteries.

    Dezhi Yang;Jing Xu;Xiao-Zhen Liao;Yu-Shi He

  • Electrochemical properties of P2-Na2/3[Ni1/3Mn2/3]O2 cathode material for sodium ion batteries when cycled in different voltage ranges

    Hong Wang;Bingjian Yang;Xiao-Zhen Liao;Jing Xu

  • Low-temperature performance of LiFePO4/C cathode in a quaternary carbonate-based electrolyte

    Xiao-Zhen Liao;Zi-Feng Ma;Qiang Gong;Yu-Shi He

  • Insight into Ca-Substitution Effects on O3-Type NaNi1/3Fe1/3Mn1/3O2 Cathode Materials for Sodium-Ion Batteries Application

    Liqi Sun;Yingying Xie;Xiao-Zhen Liao;Hong Wang

  • A High-Rate, Durable Cathode for Sodium-Ion Batteries: Sb-Doped O3-Type Ni/Mn-Based Layered Oxides.

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  • Synthesis of titania nanotubes by microwave irradiation

    Xing Wu;Qi-Zhong Jiang;Zi-Feng Ma;Min Fu

  • A Co(OH)2−graphene nanosheets composite as a high performance anode material for rechargeable lithium batteries

    Yu-Shi He;Da-Wei Bai;Xiaowei Yang;Jun Chen

  • Electrochemical Properties of P2-Na2/3[Ni1/3Mn2/3]O2 Cathode Material for Sodium Ion Batteries

    Hong Wang;Xiao-Zhen Liao;Zi-Feng Ma;Yu-Shi He

Frequent Co-Authors

Yu-Shi He
Yu-Shi He Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Xiaowei Yang
Xiaowei Yang Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Xiaoyao Tan
Xiaoyao Tan Tianjin Polytechnic University
Naitao Yang
Naitao Yang Shandong University of Technology
Junhe Yang
Junhe Yang University of Shanghai for Science and Technology
Jun Yang
Jun Yang Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Khalil Amine
Khalil Amine Argonne National Laboratory
Jiantao Zai
Jiantao Zai Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Jun Chen
Jun Chen Nankai University
Zongping Shao
Zongping Shao Curtin University

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