Cheng Yang

9.4k total citations · 2 hit papers
264 papers, 7.8k citations indexed

About

Cheng Yang is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Cheng Yang has authored 264 papers receiving a total of 7.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 126 papers in Organic Chemistry, 106 papers in Materials Chemistry and 95 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Cheng Yang's work include Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes (73 papers), Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection (59 papers) and Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry (48 papers). Cheng Yang is often cited by papers focused on Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes (73 papers), Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection (59 papers) and Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry (48 papers). Cheng Yang collaborates with scholars based in China, Japan and United States. Cheng Yang's co-authors include Wanhua Wu, Yoshihisa Inoue, Tadashi Mori, Wenting Liang, Jason J. Chruma, Gaku Fukuhara, Da‐Yang Zhou, Kimoon Kim, Young Ho Ko and Chunying Fan and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Cheng Yang

251 papers receiving 7.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

A synthetic host-guest system achieves avidin-biotin affinity by overcoming enthalpy–entropy compensation

2007 502 citations Cheng Yang et al. profile →
Therapeutic Effects of Fucoidan: A Review on Recent Studies

2019 268 citations Cheng Yang et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Cheng Yang China	48	3.8k	3.1k	2.7k	1.2k	962	264	7.8k
Pedro Cintas Spain	38	3.6k 0.9×	1.6k 0.5×	894 0.3×	1.5k 1.3×	566 0.6×	227	7.0k
Thomas R. Hoye United States	55	6.4k 1.7×	703 0.2×	805 0.3×	2.5k 2.2×	1.1k 1.1×	282	10.5k
Grzegorz Schroeder Poland	31	1.4k 0.4×	783 0.3×	949 0.3×	479 0.4×	371 0.4×	362	4.6k
Pierandrea Lo Nostro Italy	40	1.9k 0.5×	1.6k 0.5×	908 0.3×	1.2k 1.1×	803 0.8×	148	6.7k
João Carlos Lima Portugal	43	1.9k 0.5×	2.5k 0.8×	1.0k 0.4×	847 0.7×	313 0.3×	216	5.7k
Maria G. Miguel Portugal	51	3.1k 0.8×	1.5k 0.5×	688 0.3×	2.7k 2.4×	1.2k 1.3×	193	7.4k
Hugo E. Gottlieb Israel	39	5.4k 1.4×	2.1k 0.7×	984 0.4×	3.2k 2.8×	507 0.5×	246	13.2k
Б. А. Трофимов Russia	40	8.7k 2.3×	2.0k 0.6×	901 0.3×	1.1k 0.9×	125 0.1×	1.3k	11.3k
Gerhard Wenz Germany	42	3.6k 0.9×	2.1k 0.7×	2.0k 0.7×	1.6k 1.4×	1.4k 1.5×	136	7.5k
Abraham Nudelman Israel	34	4.5k 1.2×	1.5k 0.5×	727 0.3×	3.2k 2.7×	451 0.5×	147	10.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Cheng Yang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Cheng Yang

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Cheng Yang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Cheng Yang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Cheng Yang 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 Cheng Yang. Cheng Yang is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Zhou, Jianli, Zihan Xu, Dandan Liu, et al.. (2025). Spatiotemporal evolution of decommissioned photovoltaic distribution and integrated energy-economic-environmental-social sustainable benefit assessment in China. Applied Energy. 384. 125459–125459. 5 indexed citations

Yang, Cheng, et al.. (2025). Amino-functionalized Fe₃O₄-based covalent organic framework for efficient magnetic solid-phase extraction of three illegally added phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitors in functional food. Food Bioscience. 65. 106070–106070. 1 indexed citations

Mao, Yulin, Jingyu Ma, Jiecheng Ji, et al.. (2024). Crown aldoxime ethers: Their synthesis, structure, acid-catalyzed/photo-induced isomerization and adjustable guest binding. Chinese Chemical Letters. 35(11). 109927–109927. 5 indexed citations

Liu, Chunhong, Xin Chen, Yanling Shen, et al.. (2024). Versatile chiroptical induction/manipulation through specific solvation of ion pairs by alcohols. Science China Chemistry. 68(2). 610–621. 4 indexed citations

Xu, Wei, Li Du, Zhengkun Du, et al.. (2024). Enhanced Photovoltaic Performance of Asymmetrical Benzo Dithiophene Homopolymer Donor Materials in Nonfullerene Acceptor-Based Organic Photovoltaics. Molecules. 29(6). 1332–1332.

Zhang, Dongyang, et al.. (2024). Laser ablation behavior and mechanisms of 3D carbon fiber reinforced ZrB2-SiC composite. Corrosion Science. 236. 112263–112263. 4 indexed citations

Yang, Cheng, et al.. (2024). Counting spanning trees of multiple complete split-like graph containing a given spanning forest. Discrete Mathematics. 348(2). 114300–114300. 2 indexed citations

Chen, Wenzhuo, A Lusi, Baoxia Li, et al.. (2024). CB-YOLO: Dense Object Detection of YOLO for Crowded Wheat Head Identification and Localization. Journal of Circuits Systems and Computers. 34(3). 2 indexed citations

Yang, Cheng, Hongdi Liu, Lixue Kuang, et al.. (2023). Preparation and evaluation of molecularly imprinted polymers based on magnetic graphene oxide for selective extraction and determination of quercetin in red wine. Microchemical Journal. 190. 108716–108716. 21 indexed citations

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Duan, Qunpeng, Ran Chen, Su Deng, et al.. (2023). Cucurbit[n]uril-based fluorescent indicator-displacement assays for sensing organic compounds. Frontiers in Chemistry. 11. 1124705–1124705. 13 indexed citations

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Zhao, Ting, Chunhong Liu, Xiaotong Liang, et al.. (2023). “First Come, First Served” and Threshold Effects in a Central‐to‐Planar‐to‐Helical Hierarchical Chiral Induction. Angewandte Chemie. 135(22). 5 indexed citations

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Xiao, Chao, et al.. (2023). Solvent and guest-binding-controlled chiroptical inversion of molecular devices based on pseudo[1]catenane-type pillar[5]arene derivatives. Chinese Chemical Letters. 35(1). 108757–108757. 17 indexed citations

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Ji, Jiecheng, Xueqin Wei, Wanhua Wu, et al.. (2022). The More the Slower: Self-Inhibition in Supramolecular Chirality Induction, Memory, Erasure, and Reversion. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144(3). 1455–1463. 64 indexed citations

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Xu, Wei, Wei He, Jingnan Wu, et al.. (2022). Challenging PM6-like donor polymers for pairing with a Y-type state-of-the-art acceptor in binary blends for bulk heterojunction solar cells. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 25(4). 2916–2925. 2 indexed citations

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Yu, Xingke, Shigang Wan, Wanhua Wu, Cheng Yang, & Wei Lu. (2022). γ-Cyclodextrin-based [2]rotaxane stoppered with gold(i)–ethynyl complexation: phosphorescent sensing for nitroaromatics. Chemical Communications. 58(43). 6284–6287. 7 indexed citations

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Yu, Xingke, Ling Liu, Jinlei Chen, et al.. (2022). Chiroptical switching of molecular universal joint triggered by complexation/release of a cation: A stepwise synergistic complexation. Chinese Chemical Letters. 34(2). 107558–107558. 26 indexed citations

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Wu, Wanhua, Wenting Liang, Dongjing Zhang, et al.. (2022). Host–Guest Complexation‐Induced Aggregation Based on Pyrene‐Modified Cyclodextrins for Improved Electronic Circular Dichroism and Circularly Polarized Luminescence. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 61(29). e202203541–e202203541. 108 indexed citations

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Rao, Ming, Wanhua Wu, & Cheng Yang. (2021). Recent progress on the enantioselective excited-state photoreactions by pre-arrangement of photosubstrate(s). Green Synthesis and Catalysis. 2(2). 131–144. 32 indexed citations

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Qiu, Yue, Cheng Yang, Yu Dai, et al.. (2021). Preparation of High Strength and Toughness Aramid Fiber by Introducing Flexible Asymmetric Monomer to Construct Misplaced‐Nunchaku Structure. Macromolecular Materials and Engineering. 306(5). 24 indexed citations

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Xiao, Chao, et al.. (2018). A pillar[5]arene-calix[4]pyrrole enantioselective receptor for mandelate anion recognition. New Journal of Chemistry. 42(24). 19357–19359. 22 indexed citations

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