Jen-Kan Yu

3.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
4 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Jen-Kan Yu is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. According to data from OpenAlex, Jen-Kan Yu has authored 4 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 2 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 2 papers in Materials Chemistry and 1 paper in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics. Recurrent topics in Jen-Kan Yu's work include Thermal properties of materials (2 papers), Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies (2 papers) and Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices (2 papers). Jen-Kan Yu is often cited by papers focused on Thermal properties of materials (2 papers), Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies (2 papers) and Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices (2 papers). Jen-Kan Yu collaborates with scholars based in United States. Jen-Kan Yu's co-authors include James R. Heath, Yuri L. Bunimovich, Jamil Tahir‐Kheli, William A. Goddard, Akram Boukai, Douglas Tham, Joseph O. Varghese, Slobodan Mitrović, O. M. Stafsudd and Wei Wei and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Nano Letters and Nature Nanotechnology.

In The Last Decade

Jen-Kan Yu

4 papers receiving 2.8k citations

Hit Papers

Silicon nanowires as efficient thermoelectric materials 2008 2026 2014 2020 2008 2010 500 1000 1.5k 2.0k
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. Silicon nanowires as efficient thermoelectric materials
    2008 2.2k citations Akram Boukai, Yuri L. Bunimovich et al. Nature profile →
  2. Reduction of thermal conductivity in phononic nanomesh structures
    2010 552 citations Jen-Kan Yu, Slobodan Mitrović et al. Nature Nanotechnology profile →

Peers

Jen-Kan Yu
Luiz Felipe C. Pereira Brazil
Zhun‐Yong Ong Singapore
Insun Jo United States
John C. Duda United States
Walter A. de Heer United States
A. Birner Germany
Hongyao Xie China
Guangxin Ni United States
Douglas Tham United States
Arun Bodapati United States
Luiz Felipe C. Pereira Brazil
Jen-Kan Yu
Citations per year, relative to Jen-Kan Yu Jen-Kan Yu (= 1×) peers Luiz Felipe C. Pereira

Countries citing papers authored by Jen-Kan Yu

Since Specialization
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Fields of papers citing papers by Jen-Kan Yu

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Jen-Kan Yu. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Jen-Kan Yu. The network helps show where Jen-Kan Yu may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jen-Kan Yu

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

All Works

4 of 4 papers shown
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Tham, Douglas, Wei Wei, Young Shik Shin, et al.. (2012). Quantitating Cell–Cell Interaction Functions with Applications to Glioblastoma Multiforme Cancer Cells. Nano Letters. 12(12). 6101–6106. 67 indexed citations
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Yu, Jen-Kan, Slobodan Mitrović, Douglas Tham, Joseph O. Varghese, & James R. Heath. (2010). Reduction of thermal conductivity in phononic nanomesh structures. Nature Nanotechnology. 5(10). 718–721. 552 indexed citations breakdown →
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Boukai, Akram, Yuri L. Bunimovich, Jamil Tahir‐Kheli, et al.. (2008). Silicon nanowires as efficient thermoelectric materials. Nature. 451(7175). 168–171. 2180 indexed citations breakdown →
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Yu, Jen-Kan, et al.. (1981). Growth and electronic properties of the SnSe semiconductor. Journal of Crystal Growth. 54(2). 248–252. 59 indexed citations

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