Ji Liu

13.1k total citations · 13 hit papers
215 papers, 11.0k citations indexed

About

Ji Liu is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Biomaterials. According to data from OpenAlex, Ji Liu has authored 215 papers receiving a total of 11.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 89 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 55 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 50 papers in Biomaterials. Recurrent topics in Ji Liu's work include Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (43 papers), Advanced Materials and Mechanics (25 papers) and Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications (23 papers). Ji Liu is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (43 papers), Advanced Materials and Mechanics (25 papers) and Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications (23 papers). Ji Liu collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and United States. Ji Liu's co-authors include Shaoting Lin, Xuanhe Zhao, Xinyue Liu, Oren A. Scherman, Cindy Soo Yun Tan, Ziyi Yu, Chris Abell, Yang Lan, Christine Jérôme and Christophe Detrembleur and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Ji Liu

208 papers receiving 10.8k citations

Hit Papers

Hydrogel machines 2017 2026 2020 2023 2020 2019 2019 2017 2021 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. Hydrogel machines
    2020 838 citations Ji Liu, Shaoting Lin et al. profile →
  2. Anti-fatigue-fracture hydrogels
    2019 513 citations Shaoting Lin, Xinyue Liu et al. Science Advances profile →
  3. Muscle-like fatigue-resistant hydrogels by mechanical training
    2019 499 citations Shaoting Lin, Ji Liu et al. profile →
  4. Tough Supramolecular Polymer Networks with Extreme Stretchability and Fast Room‐Temperature Self‐Healing
    2017 436 citations Ji Liu, Cindy Soo Yun Tan et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  5. 3D printing of highly stretchable hydrogel with diverse UV curable polymers
    2021 413 citations Ji Liu et al. Science Advances profile →
  6. Fatigue-resistant adhesion of hydrogels
    2020 318 citations Ji Liu, Shaoting Lin et al. Nature Communications profile →
  7. Mechanically Robust and UV‐Curable Shape‐Memory Polymers for Digital Light Processing Based 4D Printing
    2021 271 citations Ji Liu et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  8. Anisotropically Fatigue‐Resistant Hydrogels
    2021 252 citations Xiangyu Liang, Guangda Chen et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  9. Fatigue‐Resistant Conducting Polymer Hydrogels as Strain Sensor for Underwater Robotics
    2023 163 citations Guangda Chen, Yuhua Xue et al. Advanced Functional Materials profile →
  10. Hydrogel Bioadhesives with Extreme Acid‐Tolerance for Gastric Perforation Repairing
    2022 116 citations Xingmei Chen, Guangda Chen et al. Advanced Functional Materials profile →
  11. Mechanically‐Compliant Bioelectronic Interfaces through Fatigue‐Resistant Conducting Polymer Hydrogel Coating
    2023 112 citations Yuhua Xue, Xingmei Chen et al. Advanced Materials profile →
  12. 3D Printed Implantable Hydrogel Bioelectronics for Electrophysiological Monitoring and Electrical Modulation
    2023 111 citations Yuhua Xue, Xingmei Chen et al. Advanced Functional Materials profile →
  13. Conducting Hydrogel‐Based Neural Biointerfacing Technologies
    2025 21 citations Yuhua Xue, Ji Liu et al. Advanced Functional Materials profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Ji Liu 5.7k 2.6k 2.5k 2.3k 1.9k 215 11.0k
Zi Liang Wu 6.6k 1.2× 4.6k 1.8× 2.8k 1.1× 2.4k 1.1× 4.1k 2.1× 206 12.0k
Jun Yang 4.7k 0.8× 1.4k 0.5× 2.8k 1.1× 2.9k 1.3× 1.7k 0.9× 174 9.7k
Guanghui Gao 6.4k 1.1× 1.3k 0.5× 2.6k 1.0× 4.0k 1.8× 1.9k 1.0× 237 9.7k
Ximin He 5.4k 0.9× 2.8k 1.1× 1.4k 0.5× 2.0k 0.9× 1.4k 0.7× 139 10.2k
Qiang Chen 6.3k 1.1× 2.7k 1.1× 3.2k 1.3× 2.9k 1.3× 3.3k 1.7× 364 14.3k
Tasuku Nakajima 5.8k 1.0× 3.4k 1.3× 3.3k 1.3× 2.7k 1.2× 6.0k 3.1× 145 11.4k
Seon Jeong Kim 6.8k 1.2× 2.5k 1.0× 2.4k 0.9× 3.7k 1.6× 2.1k 1.1× 314 12.6k
Qian Zhao 5.6k 1.0× 4.0k 1.6× 2.3k 0.9× 6.8k 3.0× 872 0.5× 297 13.7k
Marc in het Panhuis 4.9k 0.9× 1.3k 0.5× 1.5k 0.6× 1.7k 0.7× 1.4k 0.7× 179 8.2k
Costantino Creton 4.0k 0.7× 2.3k 0.9× 2.0k 0.8× 5.1k 2.2× 2.3k 1.2× 222 13.7k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ji Liu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ji Liu

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wu, Yifan, et al.. (2025). Enhanced mechanical properties of C276 Hastelloy by wire arc additive manufacturing based on synchronised rapid cooling. Materials Today Communications. 44. 112119–112119.
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Zou, Yiwei, Chonghao Chen, P. L. Niu, et al.. (2025). Concentric ice-templating of ultracompressible tough hydrogels with bioinspired circumferentially aligned architecture. Science Advances. 11(25). eadv7786–eadv7786. 2 indexed citations
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Xue, Yuhua, et al.. (2025). Engineering Conducting Polymer Hydrogels for Bioelectronic Interfacing. Advanced Functional Materials.
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Liu, Ji, et al.. (2024). Theoretical insight into NO formation and reduction at biochar N-sites: Influence of different oxygen-containing functional groups. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 12(4). 113147–113147. 3 indexed citations
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Lin, Jingsen, Xingmei Chen, Pei Zhang, et al.. (2024). Wireless Bioelectronics for In Vivo Pressure Monitoring with Mechanically‐Compliant Hydrogel Biointerfaces. Advanced Materials. 36(26). e2400181–e2400181. 44 indexed citations
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Zhang, Pei, et al.. (2023). Hierarchical Sponge‐Hydrogel Hybrid Structures with Robust Interfaces†. Chinese Journal of Chemistry. 41(20). 2635–2640. 1 indexed citations
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Sommeling, P.M., Ji Liu, & Jan Kroon. (2023). Corrosion effects in bifacial crystalline silicon PV modules; interactions between metallization and encapsulation. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells. 256. 112321–112321. 38 indexed citations
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Jian, Nannan, et al.. (2022). Bioinspired Self‐Growing Hydrogels by Harnessing Interfacial Polymerization. Advanced Materials. 35(12). e2210609–e2210609. 37 indexed citations
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Liang, Xiangyu, Guangda Chen, Shaoting Lin, et al.. (2021). Bioinspired 2D Isotropically Fatigue‐Resistant Hydrogels. Advanced Materials. 34(8). e2107106–e2107106. 141 indexed citations
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Xiao, Mingchao, Jie Liu, Chuan Liu, et al.. (2021). Sub-5 nm single crystalline organic p–n heterojunctions. Nature Communications. 12(1). 2774–2774. 59 indexed citations
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Zhang, Kuan, Xingmei Chen, Yuhua Xue, et al.. (2021). Tough Hydrogel Bioadhesives for Sutureless Wound Sealing, Hemostasis and Biointerfaces. Advanced Functional Materials. 32(15). 160 indexed citations
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Cheng, Wei, Jing Zhang, Ji Liu, & Ziyi Yu. (2020). Granular hydrogels for 3D bioprinting applications. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1(3). 60 indexed citations
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Liu, Ji, Shaoting Lin, Xinyue Liu, et al.. (2020). Fatigue-resistant adhesion of hydrogels. Nature Communications. 11(1). 1071–1071. 318 indexed citations breakdown →
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Meng, Zhi‐Jun, Jing Zhang, Xu Deng, et al.. (2019). Bioinspired hydrogel microfibres colour-encoded with colloidal crystals. Materials Horizons. 6(9). 1938–1943. 24 indexed citations
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Ren, Xiaohe, Ziyi Yu, Yuchao Wu, et al.. (2018). Cucurbit[7]uril-based high-performance catalytic microreactors. Nanoscale. 10(31). 14835–14839. 6 indexed citations
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Liu, Ji, et al.. (2018). Sequential cataract surgeries in a patient with a left ventricular assist device (LVAD). BMJ Case Reports. 2018. bcr–2018. 2 indexed citations
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Yu, Ziyi, Ji Liu, Cindy Soo Yun Tan, Oren A. Scherman, & Chris Abell. (2018). Supramolecular Nested Microbeads as Building Blocks for Macroscopic Self‐Healing Scaffolds. Angewandte Chemie. 130(12). 3133–3137. 6 indexed citations
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Zhang, Jing, Zhi‐Jun Meng, Ji Liu, et al.. (2017). Breath figure lithography for the construction of a hierarchical structure in sponges and their applications to oil/water separation. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 5(31). 16369–16375. 44 indexed citations
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Tan, Cindy Soo Yun, Gillie Agmon, Ji Liu, et al.. (2017). Distinguishing relaxation dynamics in transiently crosslinked polymeric networks. Polymer Chemistry. 8(35). 5336–5343. 51 indexed citations

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