Heng Zhang

5.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
114 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Heng Zhang is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Heng Zhang has authored 114 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 99 papers in Organic Chemistry, 12 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 10 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Heng Zhang's work include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (65 papers), Radical Photochemical Reactions (36 papers) and Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques (29 papers). Heng Zhang is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (65 papers), Radical Photochemical Reactions (36 papers) and Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques (29 papers). Heng Zhang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Saudi Arabia. Heng Zhang's co-authors include Aiwen Lei, Chuan He, Shengchun Wang, Hua Zhang, Chao Liu, Fuk Yee Kwong, Wei Liu, Kin Ho Chung, Hao Cao and Haibo Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Heng Zhang

110 papers receiving 4.4k citations

Hit Papers

Organocatalysis in Cross-Coupling: DMEDA-Catalyzed Direct... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 100 200 300 400 500
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. Organocatalysis in Cross-Coupling: DMEDA-Catalyzed Direct C−H Arylation of Unactivated Benzene
    2010 523 citations Wei Liu, Hao Cao 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
Heng Zhang China 37 3.9k 613 319 317 288 114 4.5k
Ruopeng Bai China 27 2.8k 0.7× 652 1.1× 153 0.5× 209 0.7× 202 0.7× 94 3.1k
Baomin Wang China 33 3.4k 0.9× 840 1.4× 418 1.3× 254 0.8× 516 1.8× 159 4.1k
Mar Gómez‐Gallego Spain 24 2.0k 0.5× 705 1.2× 199 0.6× 224 0.7× 191 0.7× 109 2.7k
Alexandr Shafir Spain 35 3.2k 0.8× 1.2k 2.0× 165 0.5× 649 2.0× 318 1.1× 81 3.9k
Siwei Bi China 26 1.5k 0.4× 650 1.1× 268 0.8× 471 1.5× 186 0.6× 166 2.3k
Osvaldo Gutiérrez United States 38 3.9k 1.0× 764 1.2× 275 0.9× 227 0.7× 407 1.4× 114 4.5k
Zhiwei Zuo China 27 6.2k 1.6× 676 1.1× 679 2.1× 467 1.5× 328 1.1× 55 6.9k
Alastair J. J. Lennox United Kingdom 26 3.2k 0.8× 681 1.1× 621 1.9× 590 1.9× 426 1.5× 62 4.3k
Ranjan Jana India 32 4.5k 1.1× 752 1.2× 150 0.5× 272 0.9× 375 1.3× 81 4.9k
Nadeem S. Sheikh Saudi Arabia 26 2.8k 0.7× 248 0.4× 179 0.6× 285 0.9× 173 0.6× 88 3.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Heng Zhang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Heng Zhang

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Heng Zhang

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

All Works

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Zhang, Xiaoran, Linlin Gao, Qiuyue Hu, et al.. (2025). Cellulosic composite adsorbent prepared via high-speed shear induced regeneration and chemical modification for ciprofloxacin removal. Separation and Purification Technology. 362. 131854–131854. 5 indexed citations
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Zhang, Heng, et al.. (2025). Hydrophobic modification of SiO2-encapsulated In2O3 catalyst: Boosting efficient CO2 hydrogenation to methanol. Chemical Engineering Journal. 525. 169869–169869.
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Chen, Xin, Mengyuan Yang, Heng Zhang, et al.. (2025). Cucurbitacin B induces oral squamous cell carcinomapyroptosis via GSDME and inhibits tumour growth. Translational Oncology. 58. 102422–102422. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Jianzhong, et al.. (2025). Development of a colloidal gold immunochromatographic strip to detect equine infectious anemia virus. Virology Journal. 22(1). 205–205. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Lanlan, X. H. Mo, Yun Xing, et al.. (2025). Fumarate hydratase ameliorates pressure overload induced cardiac remodeling by controlling Elovl7-mediated biosynthesis of unsaturated fatty acids. Acta Pharmacologica Sinica. 47(2). 328–343. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Fengchen, Yang Liu, Yujia Xiang, et al.. (2024). Critical role of oxygen vacancies in catalytic ozonation: Non-radical pathways and enhanced hydroxyl groups. Chemical Engineering Journal. 500. 156952–156952. 6 indexed citations
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Liao, Pei‐Qin, et al.. (2024). Electrochemical selective deuterium labelling of N-heteroarenes. Green Synthesis and Catalysis. 6(4). 439–443. 5 indexed citations
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Wang, Xingyu, Qiuyue Hu, Xiaoran Zhang, et al.. (2024). A holocellulose air filter with highly efficient formaldehyde adsorption prepared via low temperature pulping and partial dissolving from corn stalks. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 282(Pt 5). 137164–137164.
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Zeng, Li, Yong Wu, Shengchun Wang, et al.. (2023). Asymmetric-waveform alternating current-promoted silver catalysis for C–H phosphorylation. Nature Synthesis. 2(2). 172–181. 56 indexed citations
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Wang, Bin, Heng Zhang, Wenbin Guo, et al.. (2022). Synchronous gelation and lanthanum introduction using bentonite/PVA/SA as the matrix for efficient phosphate removal from aqueous media: Adsorptive behavior and mechanism study. Journal of Cleaner Production. 339. 130763–130763. 24 indexed citations
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Lu, Lijun, et al.. (2022). Tuning the Oxidative Mono- or Double-Carbonylation of Alkanes with CO by Choosing a Co or Cu Catalyst. ACS Catalysis. 12(15). 9664–9669. 26 indexed citations
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Li, Yongli, Huamin Wang, Heng Zhang, & Aiwen Lei. (2021). Electrochemical Dimethyl Sulfide‐Mediated Esterification of Amino Acids. Chinese Journal of Chemistry. 39(11). 3023–3028. 7 indexed citations
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Zhang, He, He Zhang, Shengchun Wang, et al.. (2021). K2S2O8-induced site-selective phenoxazination/phenothiazination of electron-rich anilines. Green Chemistry. 24(1). 147–151. 23 indexed citations
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Yang, Xiaojiang, Jincheng Mao, Heng Zhang, Yang Zhang, & Jinhua Mao. (2018). Copper-Catalyzed Aerobic Oxidation Reaction of Benzyl Alcohol in Water under Base-Free Condition. Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry. 38(10). 2780–2780. 3 indexed citations
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Zhang, Heng & Aiwen Lei. (2018). Electrochemical/Photochemical Aminations Based on Oxidative Cross-Coupling between C–H and N–H. Synthesis. 51(1). 83–96. 38 indexed citations
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Zhang, Heng, Yongqi Li, Peng Wang, et al.. (2015). Effect of positive-charges in diphosphino-imidazolium salts on the structures of Ir-complexes and catalysis for hydroformylation. Journal of Molecular Catalysis A Chemical. 411. 337–343. 19 indexed citations
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Wu, Kun, Zhiliang Huang, Chao Liu, Heng Zhang, & Aiwen Lei. (2014). Aerobic C–N bond activation: a simple strategy to construct pyridines and quinolines. Chemical Communications. 51(12). 2286–2289. 56 indexed citations
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