Bowen Gan

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
9 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Bowen Gan is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Bowen Gan has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 6 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 6 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in Bowen Gan's work include Membrane Separation Technologies (6 papers), Membrane Separation and Gas Transport (5 papers) and Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques (5 papers). Bowen Gan is often cited by papers focused on Membrane Separation Technologies (6 papers), Membrane Separation and Gas Transport (5 papers) and Membrane-based Ion Separation Techniques (5 papers). Bowen Gan collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and Australia. Bowen Gan's co-authors include Chuyang Y. Tang, Xiaoxiao Song, Zhe Yang, Congjie Gao, Li Wang, Pengfei Sun, Xianhui Li, Hee‐Deung Park, Hao Guo and Saren Qi and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Environmental Science & Technology and Journal of Membrane Science.

In The Last Decade

Bowen Gan

9 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

A Critical Review on Thin-Film Nanocomposite Membranes wi... 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 100 200 300 400
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. A Critical Review on Thin-Film Nanocomposite Membranes with Interlayered Structure: Mechanisms, Recent Developments, and Environmental Applications
    2020 452 citations Zhe Yang, Pengfei Sun et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Bowen Gan China 8 900 828 384 219 126 9 1.1k
Ali Behboudi Iran 12 491 0.5× 468 0.6× 164 0.4× 116 0.5× 115 0.9× 23 775
Xiao‐Dan Weng China 10 1.0k 1.1× 849 1.0× 335 0.9× 259 1.2× 176 1.4× 12 1.2k
Xing Wu Australia 17 696 0.8× 516 0.6× 174 0.5× 210 1.0× 291 2.3× 43 920
Ching‐Jung Chuang Taiwan 11 559 0.6× 455 0.5× 177 0.5× 199 0.9× 50 0.4× 29 702
N.M. Srivatsa Bettahalli Saudi Arabia 14 294 0.3× 236 0.3× 379 1.0× 133 0.6× 237 1.9× 15 795
You-In Park South Korea 9 536 0.6× 416 0.5× 216 0.6× 183 0.8× 92 0.7× 10 623
Sahadevan Rajesh United States 15 432 0.5× 412 0.5× 89 0.2× 165 0.8× 96 0.8× 15 699
Jason T. Arena United States 15 1.1k 1.2× 998 1.2× 150 0.4× 365 1.7× 63 0.5× 18 1.3k
Sung Il Jeon South Korea 12 446 0.5× 344 0.4× 185 0.5× 211 1.0× 142 1.1× 32 755
Zafarullah Khan Saudi Arabia 16 547 0.6× 474 0.6× 98 0.3× 201 0.9× 148 1.2× 31 791

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Fields of papers citing papers by Bowen Gan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bowen Gan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Bowen Gan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Bowen Gan based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Bowen Gan. Bowen Gan is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

9 of 9 papers shown
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Gan, Bowen, Lixia Yang, Liangjiu Bai, et al.. (2025). A solar-driven dual-function system based on a Z-scheme CoPx/TiO2 heterojunction for water evaporation and hydrogen production. Separation and Purification Technology. 383. 136209–136209. 1 indexed citations
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Gan, Bowen, Lu Elfa Peng, Wenyu Liu, et al.. (2024). Ultra-permeable silk-based polymeric membranes for vacuum-driven nanofiltration. Nature Communications. 15(1). 8656–8656. 35 indexed citations
3.
Zhou, Shenghua, Li Long, Zhe Yang, et al.. (2022). Unveiling the Growth of Polyamide Nanofilms at Water/Organic Free Interfaces: Toward Enhanced Water/Salt Selectivity. Environmental Science & Technology. 56(14). 10279–10288. 55 indexed citations
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Yang, Shenglai, Bowen Gan, Wei Zhou, et al.. (2021). Pore Structure and Movable Fluid Characteristics of Typical Sedimentary Lithofacies in a Tight Conglomerate Reservoir, Mahu Depression, Northwest China. ACS Omega. 6(36). 23243–23261. 10 indexed citations
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Yang, Zhe, Pengfei Sun, Xianhui Li, et al.. (2020). A Critical Review on Thin-Film Nanocomposite Membranes with Interlayered Structure: Mechanisms, Recent Developments, and Environmental Applications. Environmental Science & Technology. 54(24). 15563–15583. 452 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gan, Bowen, Saren Qi, Xiaoxiao Song, et al.. (2020). Ultrathin polyamide nanofilm with an asymmetrical structure: A novel strategy to boost the permeance of reverse osmosis membranes. Journal of Membrane Science. 612. 118402–118402. 22 indexed citations
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Song, Xiaoxiao, Bowen Gan, Saren Qi, et al.. (2020). Intrinsic Nanoscale Structure of Thin Film Composite Polyamide Membranes: Connectivity, Defects, and Structure–Property Correlation. Environmental Science & Technology. 54(6). 3559–3569. 212 indexed citations
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Song, Xiaoxiao, Bowen Gan, Zhe Yang, Chuyang Y. Tang, & Congjie Gao. (2019). Confined nanobubbles shape the surface roughness structures of thin film composite polyamide desalination membranes. Journal of Membrane Science. 582. 342–349. 180 indexed citations
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Wang, Xueying, Zi‐He Jin, Bowen Gan, et al.. (2014). Engineering interconnected 3D vascular networks in hydrogels using molded sodium alginate lattice as the sacrificial template. Lab on a Chip. 14(15). 2709–2716. 138 indexed citations

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