Kai Chen

7.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
252 papers, 6.3k citations indexed

About

Kai Chen is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Science and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kai Chen has authored 252 papers receiving a total of 6.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 155 papers in Organic Chemistry, 43 papers in Pharmaceutical Science and 29 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Kai Chen's work include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (79 papers), Radical Photochemical Reactions (55 papers) and Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques (43 papers). Kai Chen is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (79 papers), Radical Photochemical Reactions (55 papers) and Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques (43 papers). Kai Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Egypt. Kai Chen's co-authors include Shuangfeng Wang, Weixiong Wu, Shifa Zhu, Sihui Hong, Wei Wu, Hua Yang, Hao‐Yue Xiang, Mengxuan Song, Lianfen Chen and Guoqing Zhang 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

Kai Chen

239 papers receiving 6.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

A critical review of battery thermal performance and liquid based battery thermal management

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kai Chen China	38	2.8k	1.7k	1.6k	533	528	252	6.3k
Zhong Cao China	52	4.7k 1.7×	226 0.1×	1.4k 0.9×	423 0.8×	1.4k 2.6×	280	9.2k
Qiang Shen China	40	554 0.2×	398 0.2×	2.0k 1.2×	82 0.2×	295 0.6×	162	4.7k
Lixin Wang China	53	4.4k 1.6×	156 0.1×	1.6k 1.0×	234 0.4×	258 0.5×	296	9.4k
Dong Liu China	55	1.4k 0.5×	500 0.3×	4.5k 2.7×	48 0.1×	581 1.1×	277	9.0k
Ryo Shimizu Japan	28	1.1k 0.4×	94 0.1×	585 0.4×	1.2k 2.2×	159 0.3×	177	3.3k
Qi Zhang China	54	2.2k 0.8×	301 0.2×	4.2k 2.5×	269 0.5×	375 0.7×	377	11.4k
Yuan Yao China	42	993 0.4×	205 0.1×	1.5k 0.9×	66 0.1×	182 0.3×	190	4.7k
Ming Xu China	37	210 0.1×	858 0.5×	3.3k 2.0×	81 0.2×	487 0.9×	115	4.8k
Zhi‐Jun Jia China	29	2.5k 0.9×	90 0.1×	600 0.4×	148 0.3×	60 0.1×	118	4.4k
Shiyou Li China	43	198 0.1×	1.6k 0.9×	3.3k 2.0×	46 0.1×	639 1.2×	336	7.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Kai Chen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kai Chen

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kai Chen

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

All Works

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Huang, Cong, Zhenzhen Xie, Xiang Mei, et al.. (2025). Photosensitized Imino-Thiocarbamation of Alkenes. Organic Letters. 27(29). 7962–7966. 1 indexed citations

Ye, Zhipeng, et al.. (2025). Wavelength-tuned, photocatalytic chemoselective hydrodefluorination. Organic Chemistry Frontiers. 12(23). 6569–6574. 1 indexed citations

Yi, Wenhui, Fan Yang, Kai Chen, et al.. (2025). Non-radical process of the removal of bisphenol A via the activation of peroxymonosulfate by nitrogen and iron–copper co-doped biochar: the origination of singlet oxygen and the important role of oxygen vacancies. Reaction Chemistry & Engineering. 10(12). 2947–2959.

Qin, Yu, Zehao Jing, Da Zou, et al.. (2025). A metamaterial scaffold beyond modulus limits: enhanced osteogenesis and angiogenesis of critical bone defects. Nature Communications. 16(1). 2180–2180. 13 indexed citations

Zhang, Ting, Haolin Tang, Kai Chen, et al.. (2025). Bridging biodegradable metals and biodegradable polymers: A comprehensive review of biodegradable metal–organic frameworks for biomedical application. Progress in Materials Science. 155. 101526–101526. 10 indexed citations

Zhu, Chuan, Jiacheng Chen, Yang Yu, et al.. (2025). Conjugative Radical–Radical Coupling: Transition-Metal-Free Dialkylation of Alkenes. CCS Chemistry. 8(1). 453–464.

Quan, Kecheng, Yu Qin, Kai Chen, et al.. (2024). Lethal puncturing of planktonic Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria by magnetically-rotated silica hexapods. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 664. 275–283. 4 indexed citations

Lin, Dahua, et al.. (2024). ProSA: Assessing and Understanding the Prompt Sensitivity of LLMs. 1950–1976. 12 indexed citations

Xie, Zhenzhen, Yu Zheng, Mingzhi Li, et al.. (2024). Photoredox-catalyzed hydrogenation of alkenes assisted by an in situ generated PPh₃(OH) radical and acetic acid. Organic Chemistry Frontiers. 11(15). 4187–4193. 3 indexed citations

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Chen, Hongbing, Sijia Yang, Zhipeng Ye, et al.. (2024). Electrocatalytic Reduction of Quinolines and Ketones by Using Lewis Base-Ligated Borane as a Hydrogen Donor. Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry. 44(3). 966–966. 1 indexed citations

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Chen, Kai, et al.. (2024). Prediction of Cr(VI) and As(V) adsorption on goethite using hybrid surface complexation-machine learning model. Water Research. 256. 121580–121580. 9 indexed citations

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Lü, Shiwei, Zipeng Wang, Xiang Gao, Kai Chen, & Shifa Zhu. (2023). 1,2‐Difunctionalization of Acetylene Enabled by Light. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(16). e202300268–e202300268. 42 indexed citations

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Chen, Kai, Xuenan Gu, & Yufeng Zheng. (2023). Feasibility, challenges and future prospects of biodegradable zinc alloys as orthopedic internal fixation implants. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2. 100042–100042. 33 indexed citations

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Chen, Kai, et al.. (2023). Using machine learning to explore oxyanion adsorption ability of goethite with different specific surface area. Environmental Pollution. 343. 123162–123162. 14 indexed citations

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Chen, Kai, Meng Wang, Xin Li, et al.. (2023). Cerebrospinal Fluid Proteomic Profiles in Patients with Postherpetic Neuralgia. Journal of Proteome Research. 22(12). 3879–3892. 7 indexed citations

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Xu, Wenqi, Xiaoyu Zhu, Xiaoli Zheng, et al.. (2021). Evaluation of the Accuracy of Various Disks and Strips for Rapid Culture-Based Gonococcal Antimicrobial Susceptibility Screening Tests in China. Infection and Drug Resistance. Volume 14. 5131–5136. 1 indexed citations

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Sun, Tian‐Yu, et al.. (2020). Revisiting the effect of f‐functions in predicting the right reaction mechanism for hypervalent iodine reagents. Journal of Computational Chemistry. 42(7). 470–474. 12 indexed citations

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Chen, Kai, et al.. (2020). Sequential C–S and S–N Coupling Approach to Sulfonamides. Organic Letters. 22(5). 1841–1845. 65 indexed citations

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Liu, Zhaoming, Haibo Tan, Kai Chen, et al.. (2019). Rhizophols A and B, antioxidant and axially chiral benzophenones from the endophytic fungus Cytospora rhizophorae. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 17(47). 10009–10012. 10 indexed citations

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Lu, Man, et al.. (2016). The Value of 3D Ultrasound in Diagnosis of Rotator Cuff. 32(12). 1112. 1 indexed citations

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