Kai Shen

5.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
181 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Kai Shen is a scholar working on Computer Networks and Communications, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Kai Shen has authored 181 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 75 papers in Computer Networks and Communications, 74 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 46 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Kai Shen's work include Cloud Computing and Resource Management (40 papers), Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films (36 papers) and Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (33 papers). Kai Shen is often cited by papers focused on Cloud Computing and Resource Management (40 papers), Chalcogenide Semiconductor Thin Films (36 papers) and Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties (33 papers). Kai Shen collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Canada. Kai Shen's co-authors include Sandhya Dwarkadas, Yaohua Mai, Chuanpeng Li, Christopher Stewart, Xiaoyang Liang, R.E.I. Schropp, Gang Li, Ming Zhong, Xiao Zhang and Lingkun Chu and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and Physical review. B, Condensed matter.

In The Last Decade

Kai Shen

163 papers receiving 4.0k 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.

  1. 9.2%-efficient core-shell structured antimony selenide nanorod array solar cells
    2019 575 citations Zhiqiang Li, Xiaoyang Liang et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kai Shen China 36 2.1k 1.7k 1.7k 941 930 181 4.2k
Min Zhu China 27 2.4k 1.1× 3.4k 2.0× 529 0.3× 152 0.2× 873 0.9× 248 5.7k
Min Cai China 30 2.2k 1.1× 1.1k 0.7× 1.1k 0.7× 82 0.1× 354 0.4× 131 4.6k
Robert Mitchell United States 19 3.0k 1.5× 1.0k 0.6× 329 0.2× 81 0.1× 277 0.3× 44 4.6k
Michael Segal Israel 24 1.2k 0.6× 848 0.5× 634 0.4× 64 0.1× 104 0.1× 185 2.7k
Limei Lin China 25 976 0.5× 919 0.5× 546 0.3× 285 0.3× 77 0.1× 108 1.8k
Huawei Li China 24 1.8k 0.9× 549 0.3× 155 0.1× 1.3k 1.3× 80 0.1× 373 3.1k
Michael Hübner Germany 27 2.3k 1.1× 733 0.4× 757 0.5× 1.1k 1.2× 37 0.0× 233 3.6k
J. Morris Chang United States 23 976 0.5× 1.0k 0.6× 282 0.2× 317 0.3× 447 0.5× 166 2.6k
Minho Park South Korea 26 1.5k 0.7× 713 0.4× 1.2k 0.7× 26 0.0× 131 0.1× 165 3.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Kai Shen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kai Shen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Kai Shen. 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 Kai Shen. The network helps show where Kai Shen may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kai Shen

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kai Shen. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kai 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 Kai Shen. Kai 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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Wang, Xinlong, et al.. (2025). Modification of the Se/MoOx Rear Interface for Efficient Wide-Band-Gap Trigonal Selenium Solar Cells. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 17(4). 6222–6229. 5 indexed citations
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Gan, Yanjie, Jiao Liu, Yu Su, et al.. (2025). Synergistic Light–Heat–Bias Activation for 21%-Efficient CdSeTe Thin-Film Solar Cells. ACS Energy Letters. 11(1). 573–580.
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Wang, Dingzheng, Zuofeng Chen, Jie Zeng, et al.. (2025). Wide Bandgap Tellurium Oxide Semiconductor as A Back Contact Modifier for Efficient n-i-p Sb2Se3 Solar Cells. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 17(9). 14179–14187. 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, Lei, Jianzha Zheng, Cong Liu, et al.. (2024). Over 10% Efficient Sb 2 (S,Se) 3 Solar Cells Enabled by CsI‐Doping Strategy. Small. 20(27). e2310418–e2310418. 14 indexed citations
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Shen, Kai, et al.. (2024). Buried junction and efficient carrier separation in CdSexTe1−x/CdTe solar cells. Journal of Applied Physics. 135(14). 3 indexed citations
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Liu, Zhihui, Yumeng Yang, Yi Sun, et al.. (2024). Measurement and Analysis of Surface Temperature Gradients on Magnetron Sputtered Thin Film Growth Studied Using NiCr/NiSi Thin Film Thermocouples. Small. 21(1). e2404829–e2404829. 3 indexed citations
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Tang, Yun, Yuchao Zhang, Ting Huang, et al.. (2023). Solvent engineering of scalable deposited wide-bandgap perovskites for efficient monolithic perovskite-organic tandem solar cells. Nano Energy. 114. 108653–108653. 19 indexed citations
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Liang, Xiaoyang, Feng Yang, Wei Dang, et al.. (2022). High-Efficiency Flexible Sb2Se3 Solar Cells by Back Interface and Absorber Bulk Deep-Level Trap Engineering. ACS Energy Letters. 8(1). 213–221. 33 indexed citations
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Liu, Cong, Kai Shen, Dongxu Lin, et al.. (2020). Back Contact Interfacial Modification in Highly-Efficient All-Inorganic Planar n-i-p Sb2Se3 Solar Cells. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 12(34). 38397–38405. 35 indexed citations
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Chen, Zhuan & Kai Shen. (2016). OrderMergeDedup: efficient, failure-consistent deduplication on flash. File and Storage Technologies. 291–299. 20 indexed citations
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Shen, Kai, et al.. (2012). FIOS: a fair, efficient flash I/O scheduler. File and Storage Technologies. 13–13. 98 indexed citations
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Chen, Zhuan, et al.. (2012). An Evaluation of Web Acceleration Techniques for the Developing World. 2 indexed citations
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Li, Xin, Michael Huang, Kai Shen, & Lingkun Chu. (2010). A realistic evaluation of memory hardware errors and software system susceptibility. UR Research (University of Rochester). 6–6. 68 indexed citations
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Shen, Kai, et al.. (2007). A memory soft error measurement on production systems. USENIX Annual Technical Conference. 21. 51 indexed citations
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Stewart, Christopher, Ming Zhong, Kai Shen, & Tom O’Neill. (2006). Comprehensive depiction of configuration-dependent performance anomalies in distributed server systems. 47(2). 1–1. 2 indexed citations
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Ding, Chen, Sandhya Dwarkadas, Michael Huang, Kai Shen, & John B. Carter. (2006). Program phase detection and exploitation. International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium. 279–279. 9 indexed citations

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