Cong Tian

3.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
51 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Cong Tian is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Organic Chemistry and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Cong Tian has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 14 papers in Organic Chemistry and 14 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Cong Tian's work include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (12 papers), Advanced battery technologies research (10 papers) and Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials (7 papers). Cong Tian is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (12 papers), Advanced battery technologies research (10 papers) and Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials (7 papers). Cong Tian collaborates with scholars based in China, Germany and United States. Cong Tian's co-authors include Lutz Ackermann, Tjark H. Meyer, Leonardo Massignan, Isaac Choi, Uttam Dhawa, Nicolas Sauermann, Youai Qiu, Torben Rogge, Jiping Hao and Tomasz Wdowik and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Cong Tian

49 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

Powering the Future: How Can Electrochemistry Make a Diff... 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 2023 100 200 300
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. Powering the Future: How Can Electrochemistry Make a Difference in Organic Synthesis?
    2020 393 citations Tjark H. Meyer, Cong Tian et al. profile →
  2. Improved Interfacial Ion Migration and Deposition through the Chain‐Liquid Synergistic Effect by a Carboxylated Hydrogel Electrolyte for Stable Zinc Metal Anodes
    2023 172 citations Cong Tian, Tariq Ali et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Cong Tian China 24 1.6k 550 399 385 244 51 2.5k
K. Koteswara Rao India 22 578 0.4× 647 1.2× 256 0.6× 1.3k 3.3× 303 1.2× 49 2.0k
Xueqin Cao China 30 900 0.6× 883 1.6× 660 1.7× 854 2.2× 542 2.2× 84 2.3k
Seiji Watase Japan 24 335 0.2× 443 0.8× 99 0.2× 1.0k 2.7× 165 0.7× 83 1.4k
Sambath Baskaran India 18 179 0.1× 185 0.3× 379 0.9× 619 1.6× 106 0.4× 61 1.0k
Xiaolai Wang China 27 458 0.3× 479 0.9× 507 1.3× 1.9k 5.0× 396 1.6× 75 2.5k
Mikhail I. Buzin Russia 20 483 0.3× 233 0.4× 74 0.2× 731 1.9× 225 0.9× 162 1.5k
Euh Duck Jeong South Korea 21 170 0.1× 636 1.2× 560 1.4× 961 2.5× 57 0.2× 99 1.7k
G. Cavinato Italy 23 922 0.6× 453 0.8× 222 0.6× 220 0.6× 556 2.3× 77 1.6k
Thomas X. Neenan United States 24 869 0.5× 536 1.0× 65 0.2× 518 1.3× 157 0.6× 52 2.1k
Qishun Wang China 18 267 0.2× 826 1.5× 1.1k 2.9× 1.0k 2.7× 216 0.9× 33 2.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Cong Tian

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Fields of papers citing papers by Cong Tian

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Cong Tian

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

All Works

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Yang, Feng, et al.. (2025). Hierarchical array hosts with concave spatial confinement and zincophilic seed mediated growth for dendrite-free Zn metal anode. Composites Part B Engineering. 301. 112528–112528. 3 indexed citations
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Yao, Qiuming, Yujie Fu, Cong Tian, et al.. (2025). Co‐Solvent Electrolyte Engineering Enables Reversible and High‐Energy Aqueous Manganese Metal Batteries. Advanced Functional Materials. 36(22). 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Wenjing, Xiaobo Huang, Xing Cheng, et al.. (2025). Synergizing self-expandable ion channels and electrokinetic phenomena in supramolecular anodes enables extremely fast-charging lithium-ion batteries. Energy storage materials. 82. 104593–104593.
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Yao, Qiuming, Linyang Li, Xue Chen, et al.. (2025). Achieving underpotential Mn deposition chemistry via hydrated eutectic electrolytes for aqueous manganese metal batteries. Chemical Engineering Journal. 517. 164412–164412. 1 indexed citations
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Yu, Jiaqi, Charles B. Musgrave, Yi Yang, et al.. (2024). Ruthenium-Substituted Polyoxoanion Serves as Redox Shuttle and Intermediate Stabilizer in Selective Electrooxidation of Ethylene to Ethylene Glycol. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(47). 32660–32669. 6 indexed citations
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Tian, Cong, Hongfei Wang, Liyan Xie, Yijun Zhong, & Yong Hu. (2024). Arrays of Hierarchical Zincophilic Nanorods with Trapping‐and‐Leveling Deposition for Ultrastable Zn Metal Anodes. Advanced Energy Materials. 14(21). 57 indexed citations
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Tian, Cong, Jiaqi Yu, Daojin Zhou, et al.. (2024). Reduction of 5‐Hydroxymethylfurfural to 2,5‐Bis(hydroxymethyl)Furan at High Current Density using a Ga‐Doped AgCu:Cationomer Hybrid Electrocatalyst. Advanced Materials. 36(24). e2312778–e2312778. 14 indexed citations
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Shirzadi, Erfan, Jin Qiu, Ali Shayesteh Zeraati, et al.. (2024). Ligand-modified nanoparticle surfaces influence CO electroreduction selectivity. Nature Communications. 15(1). 2995–2995. 32 indexed citations
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Tian, Cong, Tariq Ali, Hongfei Wang, et al.. (2023). Improved Interfacial Ion Migration and Deposition through the Chain‐Liquid Synergistic Effect by a Carboxylated Hydrogel Electrolyte for Stable Zinc Metal Anodes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(42). e202310970–e202310970. 172 indexed citations breakdown →
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Mushtaq, Asim, Zhe Tang, Eithne Dempsey, et al.. (2022). ROS-responsive Ag-TiO2 hybrid nanorods for enhanced photodynamic therapy of breast cancer and antimicrobial applications. Journal of Science Advanced Materials and Devices. 7(2). 100417–100417. 35 indexed citations
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Mushtaq, Asim, et al.. (2021). Facile synthesis of Mn doped TiO2 rhombic nanocomposites for enhanced T1-Magnetic resonance imaging and photodynamic therapy. Materials Research Bulletin. 144. 111481–111481. 21 indexed citations
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Jin, Chao, Carol C. Wu, Huifang Zhao, et al.. (2020). Organizing pneumonia of COVID-19: Time-dependent evolution and outcome in CT findings. PLoS ONE. 15(11). e0240347–e0240347. 38 indexed citations
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Tian, Cong, Tjark H. Meyer, Maximilian Stangier, et al.. (2020). Cobaltaelectro-catalyzed C–H activation for resource-economical molecular syntheses. Nature Protocols. 15(5). 1760–1774. 17 indexed citations
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Xu, Tingting, et al.. (2018). Effect of biomass addition on preparation of ceramsite made by fly ash. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations
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Tian, Cong, Ying Tian, Tao Wei, et al.. (2015). Mid-infrared emission properties and energy transfer evaluation in Tm3+ doped fluorophosphate glasses. Journal of Luminescence. 162. 58–62. 39 indexed citations
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