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Discipline name D-Index World Ranking Current World Ranking National Ranking Current National Ranking Publications Citations
Materials Science 69 4715 4562 1456 1450 167 14728
Rising Stars 69 77 77 28 28 146 12283

Zongkui Kou publications per year

The chart shows the history of publications by Zongkui Kou between 2014 and 2025, highlighting the no. of papers published in each year and offering an overview of the publication velocity of this scholar. Zongkui Kou published across 12 years, from 2014 to 2025, averaging 15.2 papers a year. Output peaked at 34 publications in 2020. 31 of the 182 publications appeared in the last two years.

No. of publications
10 20 30
Bar chart. Horizontal axis: year, 2014 to 2025. Vertical axis: number of publications, 0 to 34. Peak 34 publications in 2020. 2014: 1 publication 2015: 5 publications 2016: 7 publications 2017: 14 publications 2018: 10 publications 2019: 21 publications 2020: 34 publications 2021: 20 publications 2022: 23 publications 2023: 16 publications 2024: 18 publications 2025: 13 publications
2014 2025

182 publications in total across all disciplines

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Zongkui Kou: publications per year, 2014 to 2025
Year Publications
2014 1
2015 5
2016 7
2017 14
2018 10
2019 21
2020 34
2021 20
2022 23
2023 16
2024 18
2025 13
Total 182
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Zongkui Kou publications per year - data summary

  • Zongkui Kou, a Materials Science scholar from Wuhan University of Technology, has 182 publications recorded across 12 years, from 2014 to 2025.
  • The oldest publication on record dates to 2014 and the most recent to 2025.
  • The most productive year is 2020, with 34 publications.
  • The least productive year with any output is 2014, with 1 publication.
  • The rate of publication averages 15.2 papers per year over the whole span, or 15.2 per year counting only the 12 years with at least one publication.
  • The last 5 years on the chart (2021-2025) hold 90 publications, 49% of the career total.
  • Split into equal eras - 2014-2017: 27 publications (6.8 per year); 2018-2021: 85 publications (21.3 per year); 2022-2025: 70 publications (17.5 per year).
  • Comparing the opening and closing eras, the overall trend of publication is rising.

Zongkui Kou 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 Zongkui Kou 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: 167 publications — 19th percentile

19% 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
150–169 835 167
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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Zongkui Kou publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the publication count of all 12,847 Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 57 ranges running from 50–69 to 1,163+ publications.
  • Zongkui Kou, a Materials Science scholar from Wuhan University of Technology, records 167 publications - the 19th percentile of the discipline.
  • 19% of ranked Materials Science scientists score the same or lower than Zongkui Kou, and about 81% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 250–269 publications range, and Zongkui Kou ranks below the median.
  • The most crowded range is 190–209 publications, holding 891 scientists (7% of the field).
  • 70% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 330–349 publications), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more, 100 scientists in all (<1% of the field).

Zongkui Kou 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 Zongkui Kou 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, 68–69 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: 69 D-Index — 65th percentile

65% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

View D-Index distribution as a table
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 69
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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Zongkui Kou D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026 - data summary

  • The chart plots the discipline H-index (D-index) of all 12,847 Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026, grouped into 64 ranges running from 40–41 to 165+ D-Index.
  • Zongkui Kou, a Materials Science scholar from Wuhan University of Technology, records 69 D-Index - the 65th percentile of the discipline.
  • 65% of ranked Materials Science scientists score the same or lower than Zongkui Kou, and about 35% score higher.
  • The median of the discipline falls in the 62–63 D-Index range, and Zongkui Kou ranks above the median.
  • The most crowded range is 52–53 D-Index, holding 667 scientists (5% of the field).
  • 68% of the field sits in the lowest quarter of the value range (up to 70–71 D-Index), so the distribution is heavily right-skewed and high scores are rare.
  • The final bar has no upper bound: it groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more, 98 scientists in all (<1% of the field).

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Rising Stars Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Rising Stars Award

Overview

Zongkui Kou is affiliated with Wuhan University of Technology in China, focusing on research primarily within engineering, energy, and materials science. Their work encompasses various subfields, including renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, electrical and electronic engineering, materials chemistry, electronic, optical and magnetic materials, and inorganic chemistry.

The scientist's research topics include electrocatalysts for energy conversion, advanced battery technologies, advanced photocatalysis techniques, fuel cells and related materials, catalytic processes in materials science, supercapacitor materials and fabrication, and advancements in battery materials.

Notable recent papers authored or coauthored by Zongkui Kou include:

  • "Fundamentals, advances and challenges of transition metal compounds-based supercapacitors" (2021, Chemical Engineering Journal)
  • "Efficient Hydrogen Evolution of Oxidized Ni-N3 Defective Sites for Alkaline Freshwater and Seawater Electrolysis" (2020, Advanced Materials)
  • "Synergizing Mo Single Atoms and Mo2C Nanoparticles on CNTs Synchronizes Selectivity and Activity of Electrocatalytic N2 Reduction to Ammonia" (2020, Advanced Materials)
  • "Potential-Dependent Phase Transition and Mo-Enriched Surface Reconstruction of γ-CoOOH in a Heterostructured Co-Mo2C Precatalyst Enable Water Oxidation" (2020, ACS Catalysis)
  • "Nanoframes of Co3O4-Mo2N Heterointerfaces Enable High-Performance Bifunctionality toward Both Electrocatalytic HER and OER" (2021, Advanced Functional Materials)

The frequent collaborators in Zongkui Kou's work include:

  • John Wang
  • Francis Verpoort
  • Wenjie Zang
  • Shichun Mu
  • Xingchuan Li

Zongkui Kou has published extensively in high-impact journals with frequent contributions to venues such as:

  • Nano Research
  • Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Advanced Materials

Best Publications

  • RuP2 -Based Catalysts with Platinum-like Activity and Higher Durability for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction at All pH Values.

    Zonghua Pu;Ibrahim Saana Amiinu;Zongkui Kou;Wenqiang Li

  • 2D Dual‐Metal Zeolitic‐Imidazolate‐Framework‐(ZIF)‐Derived Bifunctional Air Electrodes with Ultrahigh Electrochemical Properties for Rechargeable Zinc–Air Batteries

    Tingting Wang;Zongkui Kou;Shichun Mu;Jingping Liu

  • Fundamentals, advances and challenges of transition metal compounds-based supercapacitors

    Rong Liu;Ao Zhou;Xiaorong Zhang;Jingbo Mu

  • Copper Single Atoms Anchored in Porous Nitrogen-Doped Carbon as Efficient pH-Universal Catalysts for the Nitrogen Reduction Reaction

    Wenjie Zang;Tong Yang;Haiyuan Zou;Shibo Xi

  • Significant Role of Al in Ternary Layered Double Hydroxides for Enhancing Electrochemical Performance of Flexible Asymmetric Supercapacitor

    Xiaorui Gao;Xiaorui Gao;Ximeng Liu;Dajun Wu;Bin Qian

  • Efficient Hydrogen Evolution of Oxidized Ni-N 3 Defective Sites for Alkaline Freshwater and Seawater Electrolysis

    Wenjie Zang;Tao Sun;Tong Yang;Shibo Xi

  • N-P-O co-doped high performance 3D graphene prepared through red phosphorous-assisted “cutting-thin” technique: A universal synthesis and multifunctional applications

    Yufeng Zhao;Shifei Huang;Meirong Xia;Sarish Rehman

  • Hierarchical Micro-Nano Sheet Arrays of Nickel-Cobalt Double Hydroxides for High-Rate Ni-Zn Batteries.

    Hao Chen;Hao Chen;Zhehong Shen;Zhenghui Pan;Zongkui Kou

  • Nanoframes of Co3O4–Mo2N Heterointerfaces Enable High-Performance Bifunctionality toward Both Electrocatalytic HER and OER

    Tingting Wang;Pengyan Wang;Wenjie Zang;Xin Li

  • Synergizing Mo Single Atoms and Mo 2 C Nanoparticles on CNTs Synchronizes Selectivity and Activity of Electrocatalytic N 2 Reduction to Ammonia

    Yuanyuan Ma;Yuanyuan Ma;Tong Yang;Haiyuan Zou;Wenjie Zang

  • All-Solid-State Fiber Supercapacitors with Ultrahigh Volumetric Energy Density and Outstanding Flexibility

    Zhenghui Pan;Zhenghui Pan;Jie Yang;Qichong Zhang;Meinan Liu

  • Stitching of Zn3(OH)2V2O7·2H2O 2D Nanosheets by 1D Carbon Nanotubes Boosts Ultrahigh Rate for Wearable Quasi-Solid-State Zinc-Ion Batteries.

    Zhenghui Pan;Jie Yang;Jin Yang;Qichong Zhang

  • Potential-Dependent Phase Transition and Mo-Enriched Surface Reconstruction of γ-CoOOH in a Heterostructured Co-Mo2C Precatalyst Enable Water Oxidation

    Zongkui Kou;Yong Yu;Yong Yu;Ximeng Liu;Xiaorui Gao;Xiaorui Gao

  • Rational Design of Holey 2D Nonlayered Transition Metal Carbide/Nitride Heterostructure Nanosheets for Highly Efficient Water Oxidation

    Zongkui Kou;Tingting Wang;Qilin Gu;Mo Xiong

  • 3D-Printed MOF-Derived Hierarchically Porous Frameworks for Practical High-Energy Density Li–O2 Batteries

    Zhiyang Lyu;Gwendolyn J. H. Lim;Rui Guo;Zongkui Kou

  • Iron-Doped Nickel Phosphide Nanosheet Arrays: An Efficient Bifunctional Electrocatalyst for Water Splitting.

    Pengyan Wang;Zonghua Pu;Yanhui Li;Lin Wu

  • Phytic acid-derivative transition metal phosphides encapsulated in N,P-codoped carbon: an efficient and durable hydrogen evolution electrocatalyst in a wide pH range

    Zonghua Pu;Ibrahim Saana Amiinu;Chengtian Zhang;Min Wang

  • Heterojunction engineering of MoSe2/MoS2 with electronic modulation towards synergetic hydrogen evolution reaction and supercapacitance performance

    Songzhan Li;Wenjie Zang;Ximeng Liu;Stephen J. Pennycook

  • Defect and pyridinic nitrogen engineering of carbon-based metal-free nanomaterial toward oxygen reduction

    Jian Zhang;Jian Zhang;Yuanmiao Sun;Jiawei Zhu;Zongkui Kou

  • Zn2+ Pre-Intercalation Stabilizes the Tunnel Structure of MnO2 Nanowires and Enables Zinc-Ion Hybrid Supercapacitor of Battery-Level Energy Density.

    Qiang Chen;Qiang Chen;Jialun Jin;Zongkui Kou;Cong Liao

Frequent Co-Authors

John Wang
John Wang National University of Singapore
Shichun Mu
Shichun Mu Wuhan University of Technology
Zhenghui Pan
Zhenghui Pan Tongji University
Stephen J. Pennycook
Stephen J. Pennycook University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Zonghua Pu
Zonghua Pu Wuhan University of Technology
Daping He
Daping He Wuhan University of Technology
Cao Guan
Cao Guan Northwestern Polytechnical University
Liqiang Mai
Liqiang Mai Wuhan University of Technology
Lirong Zheng
Lirong Zheng Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yifu Zhang
Yifu Zhang Dalian University of Technology

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