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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Materials Science 49 10526 10167 2499 2320 203 9009
Chemistry 48 15169 13667 3852 3156 212 9052

Zihua Zhu publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Zihua Zhu between 2000 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Zihua Zhu published across 26 years, from 2000 to 2025, averaging 11.5 papers a year. Output peaked at 28 publications in 2025. 52 of the 300 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
5 10 15 20 25
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2000 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 28. Peak 28 publications in 2025. 2000: 1 publication 2001: 0 publications 2002: 0 publications 2003: 0 publications 2004: 1 publication 2005: 1 publication 2006: 2 publications 2007: 1 publication 2008: 4 publications 2009: 7 publications 2010: 11 publications 2011: 17 publications 2012: 11 publications 2013: 9 publications 2014: 14 publications 2015: 23 publications 2016: 23 publications 2017: 20 publications 2018: 15 publications 2019: 19 publications 2020: 24 publications 2021: 15 publications 2022: 17 publications 2023: 13 publications 2024: 24 publications 2025: 28 publications
2000 2025

300 publications in total across all disciplines

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Zihua Zhu: publications per year, 2000 to 2025
Year Publications
2000 1
2001 0
2002 0
2003 0
2004 1
2005 1
2006 2
2007 1
2008 4
2009 7
2010 11
2011 17
2012 11
2013 9
2014 14
2015 23
2016 23
2017 20
2018 15
2019 19
2020 24
2021 15
2022 17
2023 13
2024 24
2025 28
Total 300
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Zihua Zhu 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 Zihua Zhu 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, 190–209 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: 203 publications — 31st percentile

31% 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
190–209 891 203
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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Zihua Zhu 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 Zihua Zhu 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, 48–49 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: 49 D-Index — 19th percentile

19% 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 49
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
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

Zihua Zhu is affiliated with the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines within engineering and materials science, with significant focus on materials chemistry and electrical and electronic engineering. Their work addresses advances in battery materials and technologies, the electronic and structural properties of oxides, and ion-surface interactions and analysis.

The scientist's research output encompasses key topics including:

  • Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides
  • Ion-surface interactions and analysis
  • Advancements in Battery Materials
  • Radioactive element chemistry and processing
  • Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies
  • Nuclear materials and radiation effects
  • Nuclear Materials and Properties

Zihua Zhu has contributed to a wide range of publication venues, notably:

  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Microscopy and Microanalysis
  • Advanced Materials Interfaces

Frequent collaborators include Mark Bowden, Yadong Zhou, Yingge Du, Mark Engelhard, and Xiao-Ying Yu.

Among the scientist's recent papers are:

  • Real-time mass spectrometric characterization of the solid-electrolyte interphase of a lithium-ion battery, 2020, Nature Nanotechnology
  • Electrochemically induced amorphous-to-rock-salt phase transformation in niobium oxide electrode for Li-ion batteries, 2022, Nature Materials
  • Controlling Surface Phase Transition and Chemical Reactivity of O3-Layered Metal Oxide Cathodes for High-Performance Na-Ion Batteries, 2020, ACS Energy Letters
  • Environment of Metal-O-Fe Bonds Enabling High Activity in CO2 Reduction on Single Metal Atoms and on Supported Nanoparticles, 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Dynamic Lattice Oxygen Participation on Perovskite LaNiO3 during Oxygen Evolution Reaction, 2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Their research primarily explores the interplay between materials chemistry and energy applications, particularly focusing on battery technologies and catalytic reactions involving metal oxides and related compounds.

Best Publications

  • Enabling High-Voltage Lithium-Metal Batteries under Practical Conditions

    Xiaodi Ren;Lianfeng Zou;Xia Cao;Mark H. Engelhard

  • Real-time mass spectrometric characterization of the solid-electrolyte interphase of a lithium-ion battery.

    Yufan Zhou;Yufan Zhou;Mao Su;Mao Su;Xiaofei Yu;Xiaofei Yu;Yanyan Zhang

  • Mitigating Voltage Fade in Cathode Materials by Improving the Atomic Level Uniformity of Elemental Distribution

    Jianming Zheng;Meng Gu;Arda Genc;Jie Xiao

  • Instability, intermixing and electronic structure at the epitaxial LaAlO3/SrTiO3(001) heterojunction

    Scott A. Chambers;Mark H. Engelhard;V. Shutthanandan;Zihua Zhu

  • Polyvinylpyrrolidone-induced anisotropic growth of gold nanoprisms in plasmon-driven synthesis

    Yueming Zhai;Joseph S. DuChene;Yi-Chung Wang;Yi-Chung Wang;Jingjing Qiu

  • Nanopatterned Assembling of Colloidal Gold Nanoparticles on Silicon

    Jiwen Zheng;Zihua Zhu;and Haifeng Chen;Zhongfan Liu

  • Electrochemically induced amorphous-to-rock-salt phase transformation in niobium oxide electrode for Li-ion batteries

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  • Raman scattering enhancement contributed from individual gold nanoparticles and interparticle coupling

    Zihua Zhu;Tao Zhu;Zhongfan Liu

  • The fate of silicon during glass corrosion under alkaline conditions: A mechanistic and kinetic study with the International Simple Glass

    Stéphane Gin;Patrick Jollivet;Maxime Fournier;Claude Berthon

  • Atomic origins of water-vapour-promoted alloy oxidation.

    Langli Luo;Mao Su;Mao Su;Pengfei Yan;Lianfeng Zou

  • Grain Growth and Phase Stability of Nanocrystalline Cubic Zirconia under Ion Irradiation

    Yanwen Zhang;Weilin Jiang;Chongmin Wang;Fereydoon Namavar

  • Epitaxial growth, structure, and intermixing at the LaAlO 3 / SrTiO 3 interface as the film stoichiometry is varied

    Liang Qiao;Timothy C. Droubay;Tamas Varga;Mark E. Bowden

  • Thermodynamic instability at the stoichiometric LaAlO3/SrTiO3(001) interface.

    Liang Qiao;Timothy C. Droubay;V. Shutthanandan;Zihua Zhu

  • Cold crucible induction melter studies for making glass ceramic waste forms: A feasibility assessment

    Jarrod V. Crum;Vincent Maio;John S. McCloy;Clark Scott

  • Nanometer-Scale Chemistry of a Calcite Biomineralization Template: Implications for Skeletal Composition and Nucleation

    Oscar Branson;Elisa A. Bonnin;Daniel E. Perea;Howard J. Spero

  • In Situ Molecular Imaging of the Biofilm and Its Matrix

    Yuanzhao Ding;Yuanzhao Ding;Yufan Zhou;Juan Yao;Craig Szymanski

  • Damage profile and ion distribution of slow heavy ions in compounds

    Yanwen Zhang;In-Tae Bae;Kai Sun;Chongmin Wang

  • Direct Probes of 4 nm Diameter Gold Nanoparticles Interacting with Supported Lipid Bilayers

    Julianne M. Troiano;Laura L. Olenick;Thomas R. Kuech;Eric S. Melby

  • Response of Strontium Titanate to Ion and Electron Irradiation

    Yanwen Zhang;Jie Lian;Zihua Zhu;Wendy D. Bennett

  • Controlling Surface Phase Transition and Chemical Reactivity of O3-Layered Metal Oxide Cathodes for High-Performance Na-Ion Batteries

    Junhua Song;Junhua Song;Kuan Wang;Jianming Zheng;Mark H. Engelhard

  • Probing liquid surfaces under vacuum using SEM and ToF-SIMS.

    Li Yang;Xiao-Ying Yu;Zihua Zhu;Martin J. Iedema

  • In Situ Mass Spectrometric Determination of Molecular Structural Evolution at the Solid Electrolyte Interphase in Lithium-Ion Batteries

    Zihua Zhu;Yufan Zhou;Pengfei Yan;Rama Sesha Vemuri

Frequent Co-Authors

William J. Weber
William J. Weber University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Yanwen Zhang
Yanwen Zhang Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Mark H. Engelhard
Mark H. Engelhard Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Chongmin Wang
Chongmin Wang Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Scott A. Chambers
Scott A. Chambers Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Mark E. Bowden
Mark E. Bowden Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Hailiang Dong
Hailiang Dong China University of Geosciences
Libor Kovarik
Libor Kovarik Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Donald R. Baer
Donald R. Baer Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Peter V. Sushko
Peter V. Sushko Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

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