Datong Song

11.7k total citations · 4 hit papers
158 papers, 9.5k citations indexed

About

Datong Song is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Datong Song has authored 158 papers receiving a total of 9.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 81 papers in Organic Chemistry, 51 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 48 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Datong Song's work include Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (38 papers), Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (31 papers) and Fuel Cells and Related Materials (31 papers). Datong Song is often cited by papers focused on Organometallic Complex Synthesis and Catalysis (38 papers), Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (31 papers) and Fuel Cells and Related Materials (31 papers). Datong Song collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and China. Datong Song's co-authors include Zhongsheng Liu, Suning Wang, Jiujun Zhang, Qianpu Wang, Titichai Navessin, Steven Holdcroft, Haijiang Wang, Qiuming Liang, Zheng Shi and Yanghua Tang and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Chemical Society Reviews and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Datong Song

156 papers receiving 9.3k citations

Hit Papers

A review of PEM hydrogen fuel cell contamination: Impacts... 2006 2026 2012 2019 2007 2006 2007 2019 250 500 750
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 review of PEM hydrogen fuel cell contamination: Impacts, mechanisms, and mitigation
    2007 873 citations Zheng Shi, Jiujun Zhang et al. Journal of Power Sources profile →
  2. High temperature PEM fuel cells
    2006 855 citations Jianlu Zhang, Zhong Xie et al. Journal of Power Sources profile →
  3. A review of water flooding issues in the proton exchange membrane fuel cell
    2007 849 citations Hui Li, Yanghua Tang et al. Journal of Power Sources profile →
  4. Degradation Mechanisms and Mitigation Strategies of Nickel-Rich NMC-Based Lithium-Ion Batteries
    2019 597 citations Datong Song et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Datong Song Canada 47 4.7k 3.4k 2.7k 2.6k 2.6k 158 9.5k
Yang Peng China 56 4.5k 1.0× 4.5k 1.3× 1.7k 0.6× 3.3k 1.3× 3.0k 1.1× 227 10.3k
Xusheng Wang China 48 3.3k 0.7× 3.0k 0.9× 904 0.3× 5.3k 2.0× 3.7k 1.4× 249 9.9k
Shiguo Zhang China 48 6.2k 1.3× 2.7k 0.8× 1.4k 0.5× 4.3k 1.6× 748 0.3× 272 12.4k
Mingrun Li China 50 3.7k 0.8× 6.0k 1.8× 1.1k 0.4× 7.6k 2.9× 1.9k 0.7× 173 12.0k
Jie Zhou China 46 4.5k 0.9× 2.5k 0.7× 647 0.2× 3.3k 1.3× 1.4k 0.5× 241 8.4k
Biswarup Pathak India 43 2.6k 0.5× 2.0k 0.6× 886 0.3× 4.5k 1.7× 1.1k 0.4× 327 7.4k
Jun He China 54 2.6k 0.5× 993 0.3× 2.4k 0.9× 4.2k 1.6× 2.6k 1.0× 319 9.0k
Long Jiao China 41 4.5k 0.9× 8.0k 2.4× 1.2k 0.4× 6.7k 2.6× 4.9k 1.9× 92 13.4k
Hui Xu China 59 7.7k 1.6× 8.2k 2.4× 1.0k 0.4× 6.6k 2.5× 4.3k 1.7× 183 15.5k
Tianbiao Liu United States 50 7.1k 1.5× 4.3k 1.3× 723 0.3× 1.7k 0.6× 921 0.4× 121 9.6k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Datong Song

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Datong Song

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All Works

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Nair, Pranav, Jianxian Sun, Lin-Na Xie, et al.. (2025). Synthesis and Toxicity Evaluation of p -Phenylenediamine-Quinones. Environmental Science & Technology. 59(15). 7485–7494. 13 indexed citations
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Xue, Minghui, et al.. (2024). Catalytic hydrogenation of olefins by a multifunctional molybdenum-sulfur complex. Nature Communications. 15(1). 797–797. 7 indexed citations
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Liang, Qiuming, et al.. (2023). Piano‐Stool Ruthenium N‐Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes for gem‐Specific Catalytic Dimerization of Terminal Alkynes. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry. 26(21). 2 indexed citations
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Li, Yu, et al.. (2023). Impact of Ligands on the Properties of Lanthanide Metal‐Organic Frameworks. Zeitschrift für anorganische und allgemeine Chemie. 649(8). 4 indexed citations
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Lees, Eric W., Justin C. Bui, Datong Song, Adam Z. Weber, & Curtis P. Berlinguette. (2022). Continuum Model to Define the Chemistry and Mass Transfer in a Bicarbonate Electrolyzer. ACS Energy Letters. 7(2). 834–842. 69 indexed citations
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Yang, Diwen, Qifan Liu, Jiabao Liu, et al.. (2022). Widespread formation of toxic nitrated bisphenols indoors by heterogeneous reactions with HONO. Science Advances. 8(48). eabq7023–eabq7023. 29 indexed citations
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Shaigan, Nima, W. Stuart Neill, Jennifer V. Littlejohns, Datong Song, & Simon Lafrance. (2019). Adsorption of lubricity improver additives on sliding surfaces. Tribology International. 141. 105920–105920. 10 indexed citations
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Song, Datong, et al.. (2016). A luminescent cationic metal–organic framework featuring [Cu–pyrazolate]3 units for volatile organic compound sensing. Dalton Transactions. 45(43). 17087–17090. 25 indexed citations
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Annibale, Vincent T., et al.. (2013). Selective one-pot syntheses of PtII–CuI heterobimetallic complexes of 4,5-diazafluorenide derivatives. Dalton Transactions. 42(46). 16343–16343. 9 indexed citations
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Li, Yu, Shanshan Zhang, & Datong Song. (2012). A Luminescent Metal–Organic Framework as a Turn‐On Sensor for DMF Vapor. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 52(2). 710–713. 353 indexed citations
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Koehler, Christian, et al.. (2011). Ester hydrogenation catalyzed by Ru-CNN pincer complexes. Chemical Communications. 47(29). 8349–8349. 130 indexed citations
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Annibale, Vincent T., et al.. (2010). Unusual transmetallation-induced formation of a C2-symmetric tetrapallada-macrocycle. Chemical Communications. 46(43). 8261–8261. 9 indexed citations
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Zhao, Xiaoxi, Edwin Otten, Datong Song, & Douglas W. Stephan. (2010). Ni→B Interactions in Nickel Phosphino‐Alkynyl‐Borane Complexes. Chemistry - A European Journal. 16(7). 2040–2044. 26 indexed citations
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Li, Hui, Yanghua Tang, Zhenwei Wang, et al.. (2007). A review of water flooding issues in the proton exchange membrane fuel cell. Journal of Power Sources. 178(1). 103–117. 849 indexed citations breakdown →
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Harrop, Todd C., Datong Song, & Stephen J. Lippard. (2007). Reactivity pathways for nitric oxide and nitrosonium with iron complexes in biologically relevant sulfur coordination spheres. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry. 101(11-12). 1730–1738. 43 indexed citations
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Zhang, Jianlu, Zhong Xie, Jiujun Zhang, et al.. (2006). High temperature PEM fuel cells. Journal of Power Sources. 160(2). 872–891. 855 indexed citations breakdown →
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Wang, Ruiyao, Datong Song, & Suning Wang. (2002). Toward constructing nanoscale hydroxo–lanthanide clusters: syntheses and characterizations of novel tetradecanuclear hydroxo–lanthanide clusters. Chemical Communications. 368–369. 84 indexed citations

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