Kang‐Nan Wang

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
92 papers, 2.5k citations indexed

About

Kang‐Nan Wang is a scholar working on Spectroscopy, Molecular Biology and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Kang‐Nan Wang has authored 92 papers receiving a total of 2.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Spectroscopy, 37 papers in Molecular Biology and 36 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Kang‐Nan Wang's work include Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection (46 papers), Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (27 papers) and Sulfur Compounds in Biology (20 papers). Kang‐Nan Wang is often cited by papers focused on Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection (46 papers), Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (27 papers) and Sulfur Compounds in Biology (20 papers). Kang‐Nan Wang collaborates with scholars based in China, Singapore and France. Kang‐Nan Wang's co-authors include Zong‐Wan Mao, Liu‐Yi Liu, Duxia Cao, Zhiqiang Liu, Bin Liu, Ruifang Guan, Cai‐Ping Tan, Qian Cao, Duo Mao and Shidang Xu and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Kang‐Nan Wang

90 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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. A Polarity‐Sensitive Ratiometric Fluorescence Probe for Monitoring Changes in Lipid Droplets and Nucleus during Ferroptosis
    2021 293 citations Kang‐Nan Wang, Liu‐Yi Liu et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kang‐Nan Wang China 31 1.0k 1.0k 943 638 604 92 2.5k
Junling Yin China 23 855 0.8× 1.1k 1.1× 975 1.0× 547 0.9× 703 1.2× 47 2.4k
Kang‐Kang Yu China 27 857 0.8× 1.3k 1.3× 1.5k 1.6× 513 0.8× 734 1.2× 81 3.2k
Ying Wen China 32 987 1.0× 1.3k 1.3× 601 0.6× 509 0.8× 865 1.4× 72 2.5k
Minggang Tian China 29 1.1k 1.1× 1.1k 1.1× 1.0k 1.1× 564 0.9× 652 1.1× 97 2.5k
Haibin Xiao China 26 1.1k 1.1× 1.2k 1.2× 835 0.9× 647 1.0× 566 0.9× 66 2.5k
Jianjian Zhang China 27 1.2k 1.2× 1.1k 1.0× 706 0.7× 1.4k 2.1× 825 1.4× 67 2.9k
Xilei Xie China 23 824 0.8× 1.2k 1.2× 643 0.7× 516 0.8× 833 1.4× 45 2.3k
Xinghui Gao China 15 1.3k 1.3× 1.9k 1.8× 806 0.9× 492 0.8× 913 1.5× 29 2.9k
Yu-Jie Xu China 27 1.0k 1.0× 991 1.0× 680 0.7× 389 0.6× 366 0.6× 112 2.3k
Weijie Zhang China 26 1.4k 1.4× 911 0.9× 592 0.6× 1.0k 1.6× 345 0.6× 58 2.4k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kang‐Nan Wang

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kang‐Nan Wang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kang‐Nan Wang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kang‐Nan Wang 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 Kang‐Nan Wang. Kang‐Nan Wang 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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Cheng, Lixia, Junpeng Wang, Kaiyan Xi, et al.. (2025). Mitochondrial inflexibility ignites tumor immunogenicity in postoperative glioblastoma. Nature Communications. 16(1). 6946–6946. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Yan, Juan Wang, Kang‐Nan Wang, et al.. (2025). NIR Light‐Controlled Cascade Regulation of Mixed‐Valence Copper (I)/(II) Nanozyme (Cu 2−x Se) Spray for Infectious Wound Healing. Advanced Functional Materials. 36(4).
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Hu, X., Qisheng Lin, Yumeng Wang, et al.. (2025). Lysosome-targeting fluorescent probe for monitoring mitochondrial–lysosomal interactions during autophagy. Sensors and Actuators B Chemical. 442. 138120–138120. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Jun, et al.. (2025). Exploring the Axis of Gut Microbiota‐Inflammatory Cytokine‐Atrial Fibrillation in the Pathogenesis of Atrial Fibrillation. Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine. 29(3). e70379–e70379. 3 indexed citations
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Liu, Jiandong, et al.. (2024). Fluorescent probe-mediated labeling and real-time tracking of lipid droplet dynamics in foam cells formation. Sensors and Actuators B Chemical. 414. 135942–135942. 6 indexed citations
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Huang, Yan, et al.. (2024). A ratiometric fluorescent probe for monitoring trace hydrogen peroxide in food and living cell mitochondria. Sensors and Actuators B Chemical. 418. 136311–136311. 6 indexed citations
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Liu, Yang, et al.. (2024). Dual-targeted fluorescent probe for tracking polarity and phase transition processes during lipophagy. Materials Horizons. 11(14). 3287–3297. 6 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yulin, Kaiyan Xi, Yuying Zhang, et al.. (2024). Blood–Brain Barrier Penetrating Nanovehicles for Interfering with Mitochondrial Electron Flow in Glioblastoma. ACS Nano. 18(13). 9511–9524. 9 indexed citations
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Chi, Xiang, Chi Li, Jie Niu, et al.. (2024). A hydrophilic lysosome-nucleolus immigration fluorescent probe for tracking normal cells from apoptosis to necrosis. Sensors and Actuators B Chemical. 406. 135442–135442. 4 indexed citations
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Zheng, Jianguo, et al.. (2024). Synergistic photoinduction of ferroptosis and apoptosis by a mitochondria-targeted iridium complex for bladder cancer therapy. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 683(Pt 1). 420–431. 4 indexed citations
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Han, Yanyan, Yan Huang, Qiaowen Lin, et al.. (2023). Bifunctional fluorescent probe for the recognition of hydrazine and bisulfite in lipid droplets. Sensors and Actuators B Chemical. 393. 134181–134181. 31 indexed citations
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Li, Chi, Lanbo Shen, Qiaowen Lin, et al.. (2023). Polyvalent anion-induced J-aggregation and its use in ratiometric fluorescence tracking of hypotonic in Arabidopsis. Sensors and Actuators B Chemical. 403. 135199–135199. 4 indexed citations
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Cheng, Lulu, et al.. (2023). Aggregation-induced emission-active iridium (III)-based mitochondria-targeting nanoparticle for two-photon imaging-guided photodynamic therapy. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 659. 320–329. 13 indexed citations
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Huang, Yan, Yanyan Han, Yan Zhang, et al.. (2023). A two-photon iridium(III) complex probe for sensitive detection of SO2 derivatives in living cell mitochondria. Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy. 299. 122876–122876. 5 indexed citations
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Chen, Qixin, Liu‐Yi Liu, Zhiqi Tian, et al.. (2023). Mitochondrial nucleoid condensates drive peripheral fission through high membrane curvature. Cell Reports. 42(12). 113472–113472. 14 indexed citations
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Li, Yanchun, Kang‐Nan Wang, Zong‐Wan Mao, et al.. (2021). A nucleolus-targeting hill-type pH probe. Sensors and Actuators B Chemical. 335. 129712–129712. 13 indexed citations
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Liu, Liu‐Yi, Hongbao Fang, Qixin Chen, et al.. (2020). Multiple‐Color Platinum Complex with Super‐Large Stokes Shift for Super‐Resolution Imaging of Autolysosome Escape. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 59(43). 19229–19236. 70 indexed citations
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Liu, Liu‐Yi, Hongbao Fang, Qixin Chen, et al.. (2020). Multiple‐Color Platinum Complex with Super‐Large Stokes Shift for Super‐Resolution Imaging of Autolysosome Escape. Angewandte Chemie. 132(43). 19391–19398. 17 indexed citations
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He, Liang, Mingfang Zhang, Zhengyin Pan, et al.. (2019). A mitochondria-targeted iridium(iii)-based photoacid generator induces dual-mode photodynamic damage within cancer cells. Chemical Communications. 55(70). 10472–10475. 56 indexed citations

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