Hongwei Fan

7.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
155 papers, 5.9k citations indexed

About

Hongwei Fan is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Water Science and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Hongwei Fan has authored 155 papers receiving a total of 5.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 75 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 37 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 32 papers in Water Science and Technology. Recurrent topics in Hongwei Fan's work include Membrane Separation Technologies (31 papers), Membrane Separation and Gas Transport (23 papers) and Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (21 papers). Hongwei Fan is often cited by papers focused on Membrane Separation Technologies (31 papers), Membrane Separation and Gas Transport (23 papers) and Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (21 papers). Hongwei Fan collaborates with scholars based in China, Germany and United Kingdom. Hongwei Fan's co-authors include Hong Meng, Jürgen Caro, Jiahui Gu, Alexander Knebel, Alexander Mundstock, Yuelian Peng, Guojun Zhang, Manhua Peng, Shulan Ji and Ina Strauß 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

Hongwei Fan

148 papers receiving 5.8k citations

Hit Papers

High‐Flux Membranes Based on the Covalent Organic Framewo... 2018 2026 2020 2023 2018 2018 2021 2020 200 400 600
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. High‐Flux Membranes Based on the Covalent Organic Framework COF‐LZU1 for Selective Dye Separation by Nanofiltration
    2018 704 citations Hongwei Fan, Jiahui Gu et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  2. Covalent Organic Framework–Covalent Organic Framework Bilayer Membranes for Highly Selective Gas Separation
    2018 645 citations Hongwei Fan, Alexander Mundstock et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  3. MOF-in-COF molecular sieving membrane for selective hydrogen separation
    2021 348 citations Hongwei Fan, Manhua Peng et al. Nature Communications profile →
  4. High-Flux Vertically Aligned 2D Covalent Organic Framework Membrane with Enhanced Hydrogen Separation
    2020 286 citations Hongwei Fan, Manhua Peng et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Hongwei Fan China 40 2.6k 2.3k 1.8k 1.7k 1.6k 155 5.9k
Xiang Li China 41 2.0k 0.8× 2.5k 1.1× 978 0.5× 727 0.4× 1.6k 1.0× 173 5.9k
Akbar Shojaei Iran 44 2.1k 0.8× 1.5k 0.7× 922 0.5× 1.1k 0.7× 1.1k 0.7× 138 5.8k
Sui Zhang Singapore 44 2.0k 0.8× 2.0k 0.9× 5.2k 2.8× 682 0.4× 4.2k 2.6× 155 7.4k
Lixiong Zhang China 39 2.2k 0.9× 1.3k 0.5× 621 0.3× 1.2k 0.7× 1.2k 0.8× 189 4.7k
Peter Van Puyvelde Belgium 42 1.6k 0.6× 1.5k 0.6× 755 0.4× 584 0.3× 1.8k 1.1× 159 6.1k
Mohtada Sadrzadeh Canada 53 1.5k 0.6× 2.4k 1.0× 5.7k 3.1× 469 0.3× 4.5k 2.8× 216 9.0k
Zeinhom M. El‐Bahy Egypt 50 3.1k 1.2× 1.0k 0.4× 520 0.3× 557 0.3× 1.9k 1.2× 388 8.6k
Fengqiu Chen China 48 2.5k 1.0× 793 0.3× 435 0.2× 645 0.4× 1.5k 0.9× 193 6.8k
Xueqin Li China 37 2.0k 0.8× 2.7k 1.1× 847 0.5× 893 0.5× 845 0.5× 186 5.2k
Qiang Liu China 53 3.2k 1.2× 1.2k 0.5× 570 0.3× 341 0.2× 958 0.6× 298 9.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Hongwei Fan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hongwei Fan

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

All Works

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Wang, Haoran, et al.. (2024). Construction of skyloft-like polyamide membrane on tubular ceramic support for high-flux nanofiltration. Separation and Purification Technology. 343. 127075–127075. 9 indexed citations
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Fan, Hongwei & Tao Yang. (2024). Molecular mechanism of the degree of influence of ethoxy and alkyl structures on the wettability of low-rank coal. Materials Today Communications. 39. 109250–109250. 3 indexed citations
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Wang, Yujie, et al.. (2024). A comprehensive review on the scalable and sustainable synthesis of covalent organic frameworks. Chinese Chemical Letters. 36(8). 110189–110189. 9 indexed citations
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Li, Sen, Manhua Peng, Chunxi Li, et al.. (2023). Ultra‐Fast Preparation of Large‐Area Graphdiyne‐Based Membranes via Alkynylated Surface‐Modification for Nanofiltration. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(17). e202217378–e202217378. 22 indexed citations
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Ma, Baiwen, Mathias Ulbricht, Chengzhi Hu, et al.. (2023). Membrane Life Cycle Management: An Exciting Opportunity for Advancing the Sustainability Features of Membrane Separations. Environmental Science & Technology. 57(8). 3013–3020. 42 indexed citations
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Fan, Hongwei, Haoran Wang, Manhua Peng, et al.. (2023). Pore-in-Pore Engineering in a Covalent Organic Framework Membrane for Gas Separation. ACS Nano. 17(8). 7584–7594. 83 indexed citations
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Fan, Hongwei, et al.. (2022). Toward High-Performance Map-Recovery of Air Pollution Using Machine Learning. ACS ES&T Engineering. 3(1). 73–85. 22 indexed citations
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Gu, James Xi, et al.. (2021). Acoustics Based Monitoring and Diagnostics for the Progressive Deterioration of Helical Gearboxes. Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering. 34(1). 20 indexed citations
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Fan, Hongwei, Manhua Peng, Ina Strauß, et al.. (2021). MOF-in-COF molecular sieving membrane for selective hydrogen separation. Nature Communications. 12(1). 38–38. 348 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cheng, Wenjie, et al.. (2020). Optimization and dynamic characteristics of a new type of permanent magnet bias bearing. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part C Journal of Mechanical Engineering Science. 234(22). 4366–4376. 7 indexed citations
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Fan, Hongwei, Manhua Peng, Ina Strauß, et al.. (2020). High-Flux Vertically Aligned 2D Covalent Organic Framework Membrane with Enhanced Hydrogen Separation. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142(15). 6872–6877. 286 indexed citations breakdown →
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Gu, Jiahui, Hongwei Fan, Chunxi Li, Jürgen Caro, & Hong Meng. (2019). Robust Superhydrophobic/Superoleophilic Wrinkled Microspherical MOF@rGO Composites for Efficient Oil–Water Separation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 58(16). 5297–5301. 251 indexed citations
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Li, Kerui, Yuanlong Shao, Hongping Yan, et al.. (2018). Lattice-contraction triggered synchronous electrochromic actuator. Nature Communications. 9(1). 4798–4798. 102 indexed citations
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Fan, Hongwei, Alexander Mundstock, Armin Feldhoff, et al.. (2018). Covalent Organic Framework–Covalent Organic Framework Bilayer Membranes for Highly Selective Gas Separation. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 140(32). 10094–10098. 645 indexed citations breakdown →
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Fan, Hongwei, Alexander Mundstock, Jiahui Gu, Hong Meng, & Jürgen Caro. (2018). An azine-linked covalent organic framework ACOF-1 membrane for highly selective CO2/CH4 separation. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 6(35). 16849–16853. 143 indexed citations
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Fan, Hongwei, Ren Wang, Linglong Shan, et al.. (2017). One-Step Assembly of Molecular Separation Membranes by Direct Atomizing Oligomers. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 9(4). 4074–4083. 12 indexed citations

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