Jian‐Ren Shen

23.5k citations
327 papers · 17.2k indexed · 6 hit papers · h-index 57
Topics
Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (276 papers)Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (88 papers)Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (82 papers)
Partner nations
JapanChinaUnited States

In The Last Decade

Jian‐Ren Shen

315 papers receiving 17.0k citations

Hit Papers

Crystal structure of oxygen-evolving photosystem II at...20022026201020182011201420022015201610002.0k3.0k

Peers

Jian‐Ren Shen
Comparison fields: 5 of 134
  • Molecular Biology 12.2k
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 5.7k
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 4.0k
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 3.9k
  • Materials Chemistry 3.1k
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Fields of papers citing papers by Jian‐Ren Shen

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Jian‐Ren Shen

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

All Works

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About Jian‐Ren Shen

Jian‐Ren Shen is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Molecular Biology, having authored 327 papers that have together received 17.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (276 papers), Photoreceptor and optogenetics research (88 papers) and Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies (82 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment (5.7k citations), Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (3.9k citations) and Inorganic Chemistry (2.5k citations). Jian‐Ren Shen has collaborated with scholars based in Japan, China and United States. Frequent co-authors include Nobuo Kamiya, Keisuke Kawakami, Yasufumi Umena, Michihiro Suga, Tingyun Kuang, Barry P. Rosen, Suleyman I. Allakhverdiev, Xiaochun Qin, Fusamichi Akita and Mohammad Mahdi Najafpour. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, Science and Cell.

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