Kefan Wang

696 total citations · 1 hit paper
25 papers, 506 citations indexed

About

Kefan Wang is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Molecular Biology and Environmental Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Kefan Wang has authored 25 papers receiving a total of 506 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 10 papers in Molecular Biology and 3 papers in Environmental Engineering. Recurrent topics in Kefan Wang's work include Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies (15 papers), Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications (5 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (3 papers). Kefan Wang is often cited by papers focused on Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies (15 papers), Microfluidic and Capillary Electrophoresis Applications (5 papers) and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (3 papers). Kefan Wang collaborates with scholars based in China and France. Kefan Wang's co-authors include Panke Zhang, Shuo Huang, Yuqin Wang, Shanyu Zhang, Yao Liu, Xiaoyu Du, Pingping Fan, Liying Wang, Hong‐Yuan Chen and Wendong Jia and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nano Letters.

In The Last Decade

Kefan Wang

22 papers receiving 502 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.

Unambiguous discrimination of all 20 proteinogenic amino acids and their modifications by nanopore

2023 106 citations Kefan Wang, Shanyu Zhang et al. Nature Methods profile →

Peers

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Alexander Rieder Austria

Hansen Zhao China

Yuqi Zhu China

Wendong Jia China

Chen Zhong China

M. A. Graham United Kingdom

Gábor Járvás Hungary

Pingping Fan China

Anna Gubal Russia

Fujun Yao China

Alexander Rieder Austria

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kefan Wang

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Sun, Wen, et al.. (2026). Iminodiacetic acid modification enables nanopore identification of major divalent metal ions in natural water samples. Nature Water. 4(1). 58–67.

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Wang, Kefan, et al.. (2026). Metabolomic mechanisms of phytoremediation in petroleum-contaminated soil assisted by the combined application of microbial agent and biochar. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 309. 119647–119647.

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Zhang, Hanhan, Kefan Wang, Yifan Wang, et al.. (2025). Chiral Discrimination of all Proteinogenic Amino Acid Enantiomers by Nanopore Sensing. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(51). e202515531–e202515531.

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Sun, Wen, Yunqi Xiao, Kefan Wang, et al.. (2025). Nanopore discrimination of rare earth elements. Nature Nanotechnology. 20(4). 523–531. 5 indexed citations

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Li, Kui, Kefan Wang, Lijun Wang, et al.. (2025). In-house nanopore analysis of urine metabolites and its applications in nutrition and sport monitoring. Matter. 8(11). 102329–102329. 1 indexed citations

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Shi, Cong, Pei Zhang, Haitao Wang, et al.. (2024). Study on the enhancement effect of EDTA and oxalic acid on phytoremediation of Cr(VI) from soil using Datura stramonium L.. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. 287. 117272–117272. 1 indexed citations

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Shi, Xiaochen, et al.. (2024). Ultrafast removal of toxic Cr(VI) by the marine bacterium Vibrio natriegens. Chemosphere. 350. 141177–141177. 7 indexed citations

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Wang, Kefan, et al.. (2024). Simultaneous Identification of Vitamins B1, B3, B5, and B6 by an Engineered Nanopore. Nano Letters. 24(38). 11944–11953. 3 indexed citations

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Wang, Kefan, et al.. (2023). Nanopore Discrimination of Nucleotide Sugars. Nano Letters. 23(18). 8620–8627. 5 indexed citations

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Wang, Kefan, Yunqi Xiao, Zhenyuan Cao, et al.. (2023). Simultaneous Identification of Major Thyroid Hormones by a Nickel Immobilized Biological Nanopore. Nano Letters. 24(1). 305–311. 7 indexed citations

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Shu, Jie, Kefan Wang, Jie Zhang, et al.. (2023). Trichosanthin alleviates streptozotocin-induced type 1 diabetes mellitus in mice by regulating the balance between bone marrow-derived IL6+ and IL10+ MDSCs. Heliyon. 10(1). e22907–e22907. 2 indexed citations

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Wang, Kefan, Shanyu Zhang, Yuqin Wang, et al.. (2023). Unambiguous discrimination of all 20 proteinogenic amino acids and their modifications by nanopore. Nature Methods. 21(1). 92–101. 106 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gong, Zhe, Panyang Shen, Haitao Wang, et al.. (2023). A novel circular RNA circRBMS3 regulates proliferation and metastasis of osteosarcoma by targeting miR-424-eIF4B/YRDC axis. Aging. 15(5). 1564–1590. 10 indexed citations

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Wang, Yuqin, Pingping Fan, Shanyu Zhang, et al.. (2022). Discrimination of Ribonucleoside Mono-, Di-, and Triphosphates Using an Engineered Nanopore. ACS Nano. 16(12). 21356–21365. 20 indexed citations

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Wang, Yuqin, Shanyu Zhang, Wendong Jia, et al.. (2022). Identification of nucleoside monophosphates and their epigenetic modifications using an engineered nanopore. Nature Nanotechnology. 17(9). 976–983. 95 indexed citations

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Liu, Yao, Kefan Wang, Yuqin Wang, et al.. (2022). Machine Learning Assisted Simultaneous Structural Profiling of Differently Charged Proteins in a Mycobacterium smegmatis Porin A (MspA) Electroosmotic Trap. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144(2). 757–768. 53 indexed citations

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Zhang, Shanyu, Zhenyuan Cao, Pingping Fan, et al.. (2022). A Nanopore‐Based Saccharide Sensor. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 61(33). e202203769–e202203769. 66 indexed citations

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Liu, Yao, Tiezheng Pan, Kefan Wang, et al.. (2021). Allosteric Switching of Calmodulin in a Mycobacterium smegmatis porin A (MspA) Nanopore‐Trap. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 60(44). 23863–23870. 34 indexed citations

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Liu, Yao, Tiezheng Pan, Kefan Wang, et al.. (2021). Allosteric Switching of Calmodulin in a Mycobacterium smegmatis porin A (MspA) Nanopore‐Trap. Angewandte Chemie. 133(44). 24056–24063. 4 indexed citations

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Zhu, Bangzhu, et al.. (2018). On the road to China's 2020 carbon intensity target from the perspective of “double control”. Energy Policy. 119. 377–387. 44 indexed citations

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