Hai Qian

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
36 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Hai Qian is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. According to data from OpenAlex, Hai Qian has authored 36 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Materials Chemistry, 16 papers in Organic Chemistry and 6 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. Recurrent topics in Hai Qian's work include Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (10 papers), Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry (7 papers) and Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (6 papers). Hai Qian is often cited by papers focused on Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (10 papers), Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry (7 papers) and Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (6 papers). Hai Qian collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Italy. Hai Qian's co-authors include Ivan Aprahamian, Dong‐Sheng Guo, Yu Liu, Erik H. Horak, Matthew D. Liptak, Morgan E. Cousins, Baihao Shao, Susnata Pramanik, Jeffrey S. Moore and Quan Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Hai Qian

34 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

Suppression of Kasha's rule as a mechanism for fluorescen... 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 100 200 300
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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. Suppression of Kasha's rule as a mechanism for fluorescent molecular rotors and aggregation-induced emission
    2016 368 citations Hai Qian, Ivan Aprahamian 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
Hai Qian China 18 1.2k 593 436 309 284 36 1.7k
Yuanning Feng United States 23 817 0.7× 952 1.6× 328 0.8× 288 0.9× 172 0.6× 48 1.7k
Peter Štacko Netherlands 21 759 0.6× 768 1.3× 310 0.7× 173 0.6× 331 1.2× 46 1.5k
Hirohiko Houjou Japan 25 945 0.8× 773 1.3× 398 0.9× 137 0.4× 194 0.7× 114 2.1k
Qingkai Qi China 20 1.6k 1.4× 463 0.8× 715 1.6× 124 0.4× 228 0.8× 28 1.9k
J. Fraser Stoddart United States 12 708 0.6× 707 1.2× 337 0.8× 244 0.8× 115 0.4× 21 1.6k
Qing‐Hui Guo China 29 1.1k 1.0× 1.6k 2.6× 688 1.6× 358 1.2× 98 0.3× 65 2.3k
Lutz Grubert Germany 23 1.4k 1.2× 815 1.4× 155 0.4× 183 0.6× 665 2.3× 60 2.0k
Kazuto Takaishi Japan 32 1.8k 1.5× 1.9k 3.2× 663 1.5× 333 1.1× 189 0.7× 81 3.1k
Shigeyuki Yagi Japan 28 1.4k 1.2× 623 1.1× 452 1.0× 104 0.3× 122 0.4× 120 2.1k
Chen‐Jie Fang China 25 1.0k 0.9× 325 0.5× 429 1.0× 133 0.4× 140 0.5× 61 1.9k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Hai Qian

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hai Qian

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All Works

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Wang, Mengdi, et al.. (2026). Mechanochromic Mechanophores. Chemical Reviews. 126(5). 3125–3223.
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Xu, Dan, et al.. (2024). Versatile Mechanochemical Reactions Via Tailored Force Transmission in Mechanophores. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(3). e202415353–e202415353. 10 indexed citations
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Xu, Dan, et al.. (2024). Versatile Mechanochemical Reactions Via Tailored Force Transmission in Mechanophores. Angewandte Chemie. 137(3). 1 indexed citations
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Qian, Hai, Michael J. Counihan, Hieu A. Doan, et al.. (2022). Mesolytic cleavage of homobenzylic ethers for programmable end-of-life function in redoxmers. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 10(14). 7739–7753. 10 indexed citations
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Neary, William J., et al.. (2022). Mechanically Triggered Carbon Monoxide Release with Turn-On Aggregation-Induced Emission. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144(3). 1125–1129. 92 indexed citations
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Qian, Hai. (2021). The connection between molecular switches and mechanophores. Chem. 7(4). 831–833. 7 indexed citations
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Doan, Hieu A., Garvit Agarwal, Hai Qian, et al.. (2020). Quantum Chemistry-Informed Active Learning to Accelerate the Design and Discovery of Sustainable Energy Storage Materials. Chemistry of Materials. 32(15). 6338–6346. 65 indexed citations
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Zheng, Li-Qing, Jinggang Lan, Luzia Gyr, et al.. (2019). Solution Phase and Surface Photoisomerization of a Hydrazone Switch with a Long Thermal Half-Life. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 141(44). 17637–17645. 44 indexed citations
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Shao, Baihao, Massimo Baroncini, Hai Qian, et al.. (2018). Solution and Solid-State Emission Toggling of a Photochromic Hydrazone. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 140(39). 12323–12327. 88 indexed citations
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Li, Quan, Hai Qian, Baihao Shao, Russell P. Hughes, & Ivan Aprahamian. (2018). Building Strain with Large Macrocycles and Using It To Tune the Thermal Half-Lives of Hydrazone Photochromes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 140(37). 11829–11835. 64 indexed citations
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Qian, Hai, Yuying Wang, Dong‐Sheng Guo, & Ivan Aprahamian. (2017). Controlling the Isomerization Rate of an Azo-BF2 Switch Using Aggregation. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 139(3). 1037–1040. 60 indexed citations
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Qian, Hai & Ivan Aprahamian. (2015). An emissive and pH switchable hydrazone-based hydrogel. Chemical Communications. 51(56). 11158–11161. 75 indexed citations
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Liu, Wukun, Huibin Zhang, Hai Qian, et al.. (2012). Design, Synthesis and Antiproliferative Activity of 2-Acetamidothiazole-5- carboxamide Derivatives. Medicinal Chemistry. 8(4). 587–594. 3 indexed citations
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Li, Jing, Huibin Zhang, Wenlong Huang, Hai Qian, & Ying Li. (2012). TNF-α Inhibitors with Anti-Oxidative Stress Activity from Natural Products. Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry. 12(13). 1408–1421. 38 indexed citations
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Qian, Hai, Dong‐Sheng Guo, & Yu Liu. (2012). Cucurbituril‐Modulated Supramolecular Assemblies: From Cyclic Oligomers to Linear Polymers. Chemistry - A European Journal. 18(16). 5087–5095. 54 indexed citations
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Zhao, Hongxia, Dong‐Sheng Guo, Lihua Wang, Hai Qian, & Yu Liu. (2012). A novel supramolecular ternary polymer with two orthogonal host–guest interactions. Chemical Communications. 48(92). 11319–11319. 38 indexed citations
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Wang, Yubin, et al.. (2011). Synthesis and Bioactivities of 2-Azetidinone Derivatives as Cholesterol Absorption Inhibitors. Medicinal Chemistry. 7(6). 534–542. 4 indexed citations
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Guo, Dong‐Sheng, Si Chen, Hai Qian, Hongqing Zhang, & Yu Liu. (2010). Electrochemical stimulus-responsive supramolecular polymer based on sulfonatocalixarene and viologen dimers. Chemical Communications. 46(15). 2620–2620. 123 indexed citations
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Qian, Hai, Huibin Zhang, Hui Gao, et al.. (2010). Design, Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Benzopyran Derivatives as KATP Channel Openers. Letters in Drug Design & Discovery. 7(6). 415–420. 3 indexed citations

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