Top Polymers and Plastics Researchers
Zhong Lin Wang ranks first, followed by Yongfang Li and Alex K.‐Y. Jen, out of 869,296 ranked researchers.
Field rank: how many more of the researcher's articles, reviews and conference papers in this field reached the world top 10% for their subfield and year than the 10% expected of anyone's. A paper in the top 10% adds 0.9 and any other takes 0.1 away, however highly cited, so many strong papers in the field outrank one famous paper, a long record of ordinary papers does not climb, and work in other fields does not count. A paper in two subfields counts half in each. A researcher with fewer papers in the Nature Index's selective journals than expected has the count lowered by the square root of that journal factor. Floor: 15 works, an institution the snapshot can resolve, and an article, review or conference paper in this field.
The ranking
- 1
Zhong Lin Wang
United States · #5 worldwide overall 292.4 of 435 papers here in the top 10%
- 2
Yongfang Li
China · #12,111 worldwide overall 141.9 of 454 papers here in the top 10%
- 3
Alex K.‐Y. Jen
United States · #3,990 worldwide overall 119.0 of 229 papers here in the top 10%
- 4
Jianhui Hou
China · #751 worldwide overall 118.1 of 256 papers here in the top 10%
- 5
Alan J. Heeger
United States · #2,461 worldwide overall 114.2 of 247 papers here in the top 10%
- 6
Iain A. McCulloch
United Kingdom · #1,504 worldwide overall 95.9 of 212 papers here in the top 10%
- 7
Zhanhu Guo
United States · #168 worldwide overall 91.7 of 180 papers here in the top 10%
- 8
Yuan Z. Hu
China · #69,691 worldwide overall 137.2 of 478 papers here in the top 10%
- 9
Zhenan Bao
United States · #77 worldwide overall 85.5 of 158 papers here in the top 10%
- 10
Yu‐Zhong Wang
China · #16,624 worldwide overall 95.0 of 278 papers here in the top 10%
- 11
Pingan Song
Australia · #176 worldwide overall 78.7 of 123 papers here in the top 10%
- 12
Michaël Grätzel
Switzerland · #935 worldwide overall 82.3 of 160 papers here in the top 10%
- 13
Richard Henry Friend
United Kingdom · #4,199 worldwide overall 88.4 of 255 papers here in the top 10%
- 14
Xinhui Lu
China · #4,060 worldwide overall 82.0 of 199 papers here in the top 10%
- 15
Wei Ma
China · #10,339 worldwide overall 83.1 of 212 papers here in the top 10%
- 16
He Yan
China · #3,039 worldwide overall 77.0 of 152 papers here in the top 10%
- 17
Feng Liu
China · #45,712 worldwide overall 81.4 of 203 papers here in the top 10%
- 18
Fei Huang
China · #29,805 worldwide overall 85.8 of 249 papers here in the top 10%
- 19
Christoph Josef Brabec
Germany · #12,553 worldwide overall 79.5 of 203 papers here in the top 10%
- 20
Lei Song
China · #44,330 worldwide overall 94.3 of 296 papers here in the top 10%
- 21
Yang Yang
United States · #2,112 worldwide overall 70.7 of 137 papers here in the top 10%
- 22
Jean M. J. Fréchet
United States · #3,746 worldwide overall 68.7 of 131 papers here in the top 10%
- 23
Hin‐Lap Yip
China · #890 worldwide overall 63.7 of 115 papers here in the top 10%
- 24
Harald W. Ade
United States · #24,979 worldwide overall 67.8 of 168 papers here in the top 10%
- 25
Gang Li
China · #7,735 worldwide overall 63.6 of 138 papers here in the top 10%
- 26
Han Young Woo
South Korea · #28,941 worldwide overall 71.7 of 234 papers here in the top 10%
- 27
A. Keller
United Kingdom · #28,884 worldwide overall 63.3 of 154 papers here in the top 10%
- 28
Shengzhong Frank Liu
China · #2,234 worldwide overall 61.1 of 133 papers here in the top 10%
- 29
Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin
Switzerland · #2,117 worldwide overall 60.6 of 156 papers here in the top 10%
- 30
René A. J. Janssen
Netherlands · #18,428 worldwide overall 62.1 of 178 papers here in the top 10%
- 31
Olle Inganäs
Sweden · #21,323 worldwide overall 62.9 of 189 papers here in the top 10%
- 32
John R. Reynolds
United States · #31,056 worldwide overall 66.3 of 224 papers here in the top 10%
- 33
Long Ye
China · #8,029 worldwide overall 56.2 of 124 papers here in the top 10%
- 34
Shaoqing Zhang
China · #23,415 worldwide overall 54.1 of 104 papers here in the top 10%
- 35
Yong Hui Cao
China · #51,315 worldwide overall 76.0 of 330 papers here in the top 10%
- 36
Guillermo Carlos Bazan
United States · #15,608 worldwide overall 57.7 of 149 papers here in the top 10%
- 37
Jean‐Luc Brédas
United States · #9,991 worldwide overall 62.0 of 197 papers here in the top 10%
- 38
Antonio F. Facchetti
United States · #5,205 worldwide overall 56.3 of 143 papers here in the top 10%
- 39
James Robert Durrant
United Kingdom · #1,934 worldwide overall 53.0 of 110 papers here in the top 10%
- 40
Alan Graham MacDiarmid
United States · #19,515 worldwide overall 54.3 of 125 papers here in the top 10%
- 41
Zhixiang Wei
China · #12,361 worldwide overall 55.7 of 154 papers here in the top 10%
- 42
Wei Huang
China · #22,470 worldwide overall 79.8 of 400 papers here in the top 10%
- 43
Tobin Jay Marks
United States · #10,718 worldwide overall 54.8 of 157 papers here in the top 10%
- 44
Yanming Sun
China · #6,765 worldwide overall 48.3 of 95 papers here in the top 10%
- 45
Henry James Snaith
United Kingdom · #345 worldwide overall 47.7 of 89 papers here in the top 10%
- 46
Thomas P. Russell
United States · #23,839 worldwide overall 55.3 of 167 papers here in the top 10%
- 47
Jianqi Zhang
China · #28,386 worldwide overall 53.0 of 148 papers here in the top 10%
- 48
Xiaowei Zhan
China · #26,061 worldwide overall 52.7 of 150 papers here in the top 10%
- 49
Anders Hagfeldt
Sweden · #2,788 worldwide overall 47.5 of 103 papers here in the top 10%
- 50
Donald R. Paul
United States · #9,924 worldwide overall 49.7 of 127 papers here in the top 10%
- 51
Michael David McGehee
United States · #736 worldwide overall 44.2 of 75 papers here in the top 10%
- 52
Yiwang Chen
China · #39,382 worldwide overall 58.1 of 220 papers here in the top 10%
- 53
Donal D. C. Bradley
United Kingdom · #21,037 worldwide overall 50.6 of 146 papers here in the top 10%
- 54
Feng wei Gao
Sweden · #47,761 worldwide overall 44.7 of 92 papers here in the top 10%
- 55
Yongsheng Chen
China · #16,086 worldwide overall 49.6 of 149 papers here in the top 10%
- 56
De‐Yi Wang
Spain · #124,174 worldwide overall 62.8 of 180 papers here in the top 10%
- 57
Martin Heeney
United Kingdom · #24,803 worldwide overall 46.4 of 130 papers here in the top 10%
- 58
Jie Min
China · #44,396 worldwide overall 44.3 of 109 papers here in the top 10%
- 59
Samson A. Jenekhe
United States · #14,015 worldwide overall 45.8 of 128 papers here in the top 10%
- 60
Thuc‐Quyen Nguyen
United States · #14,990 worldwide overall 45.0 of 121 papers here in the top 10%
- 61
Chuntai Liu
China · #3,818 worldwide overall 50.2 of 178 papers here in the top 10%
- 62
Ruijie Ma
China · #6,888 worldwide overall 39.8 of 76 papers here in the top 10%
- 63
Xugang Guo
China · #16,266 worldwide overall 43.2 of 111 papers here in the top 10%
- 64
Alberto Salleo
United States · #10,986 worldwide overall 41.7 of 97 papers here in the top 10%
- 65
Craig J. Hawker
United States · #8,558 worldwide overall 44.2 of 124 papers here in the top 10%
- 66
Krzysztof Matyjaszewski
United States · #6,600 worldwide overall 46.9 of 152 papers here in the top 10%
- 67
Liqun Zhang
China · #151,608 worldwide overall 74.8 of 431 papers here in the top 10%
- 68
Mario Leclerc
Canada · #15,031 worldwide overall 41.3 of 97 papers here in the top 10%
- 69
Xiaotao Hao
China · #35,859 worldwide overall 43.2 of 121 papers here in the top 10%
- 70
Nam‐Gyu Park
South Korea · #89,677 worldwide overall 41.1 of 101 papers here in the top 10%
- 71
Hongzheng Chen
China · #36,550 worldwide overall 48.5 of 174 papers here in the top 10%
- 72
Stephen R. Forrest
United States · #37,458 worldwide overall 41.8 of 108 papers here in the top 10%
- 73
Jenny Nelson
United Kingdom · #10,841 worldwide overall 40.0 of 91 papers here in the top 10%
- 74
Zheng Tang
China · #16,309 worldwide overall 40.3 of 95 papers here in the top 10%
- 75
George G. Malliaras
United Kingdom · #9,508 worldwide overall 41.2 of 104 papers here in the top 10%
- 76
Jun Chen
United States · #14,847 worldwide overall 35.3 of 50 papers here in the top 10%
- 77
Dieter Neher
Germany · #12,001 worldwide overall 40.9 of 109 papers here in the top 10%
- 78
Fujun Zhang
China · #39,802 worldwide overall 40.5 of 106 papers here in the top 10%
- 79
Magnus Berggren
Sweden · #35,200 worldwide overall 41.2 of 117 papers here in the top 10%
- 80
Shaik Mohammed Zakeeruddin
Switzerland · #1,430 worldwide overall 36.3 of 72 papers here in the top 10%
- 81
Pooi See Lee
Singapore · #10,440 worldwide overall 37.2 of 83 papers here in the top 10%
- 82
Zonglong Zhu
China · #704 worldwide overall 33.9 of 51 papers here in the top 10%
- 83
Liming Ding
China · #31,279 worldwide overall 43.7 of 151 papers here in the top 10%
- 84
Jinsong Huang
United States · #1,950 worldwide overall 34.2 of 60 papers here in the top 10%
- 85
Chul B. Park
Canada · #124,340 worldwide overall 55.8 of 213 papers here in the top 10%
- 86
Zhiguo Zhang
China · #61,402 worldwide overall 40.3 of 124 papers here in the top 10%
- 87
Hao Wang
Australia · #18,228 worldwide overall 36.0 of 83 papers here in the top 10%
- 88
Benjamin S. Hsiao
United States · #39,550 worldwide overall 47.4 of 197 papers here in the top 10%
- 89
Kläus Müllen
Germany · #18,689 worldwide overall 48.1 of 204 papers here in the top 10%
- 90
Feng Yun Yan
China · #57,542 worldwide overall 36.0 of 83 papers here in the top 10%
- 91
Bernhard Wunderlich
United States · #113,577 worldwide overall 42.1 of 139 papers here in the top 10%
- 92
William J. Koros
United States · #3,501 worldwide overall 34.2 of 68 papers here in the top 10%
- 93
Hengyu Guo
China · #1,080 worldwide overall 32.6 of 52 papers here in the top 10%
- 94
Xiangjian Wan
China · #25,016 worldwide overall 38.7 of 113 papers here in the top 10%
- 95
Siqi Huo
Australia · #24,633 worldwide overall 38.9 of 72 papers here in the top 10%
- 96
Jin Zhu
China · #50,235 worldwide overall 37.2 of 100 papers here in the top 10%
- 97
Tianxi X. Liu
China · #3,601 worldwide overall 38.0 of 114 papers here in the top 10%
- 98
Hatsuo Ishida
United States · #46,411 worldwide overall 40.8 of 143 papers here in the top 10%
- 99
Virgil Percec
United States · #77,556 worldwide overall 41.5 of 151 papers here in the top 10%
- 100
Henning Sirringhaus
United Kingdom · #12,712 worldwide overall 34.7 of 85 papers here in the top 10%
ranked researchers with an article, review or conference paper in Polymers and Plastics. Author identities come from OpenAlex disambiguation and inherit its errors: a merged record can put one name over two people’s work, and a split one can halve a career. Every row links out to the OpenAlex record so the underlying claim is checkable, and anything that looks wrong can be reported from the row. That report files a correction against the bibliographic record for a human to review, but it is not a removal or delisting request, and no such route exists yet.