Kexin Yu

1.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
63 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Kexin Yu is a scholar working on Health, General Health Professions and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Kexin Yu has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Health, 8 papers in General Health Professions and 8 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Kexin Yu's work include Health disparities and outcomes (13 papers), Covalent Organic Framework Applications (7 papers) and Digital Mental Health Interventions (6 papers). Kexin Yu is often cited by papers focused on Health disparities and outcomes (13 papers), Covalent Organic Framework Applications (7 papers) and Digital Mental Health Interventions (6 papers). Kexin Yu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Singapore. Kexin Yu's co-authors include Jiefeng Gao, Cheng‐Fei Cao, Long‐Cheng Tang, Pingan Song, Li Zhao, Iris Chi, Shinyi Wu, Li‐Xiu Gong, Min Mao and Guodong Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Kexin Yu

50 papers receiving 1.1k citations

Hit Papers

Facile and green fabrication of flame-retardant Ti3C2Tx M... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 50 100 150 200
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. Facile and green fabrication of flame-retardant Ti3C2Tx MXene networks for ultrafast, reusable and weather-resistant fire warning
    2021 245 citations Kexin Yu 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
Kexin Yu China 14 275 262 186 140 122 63 1.2k
Nan Lin China 26 624 2.3× 220 0.8× 252 1.4× 231 1.6× 61 0.5× 119 2.6k
Qian Yang China 21 280 1.0× 122 0.5× 103 0.6× 59 0.4× 85 0.7× 66 1.3k
Chaohua Peng China 16 156 0.6× 372 1.4× 197 1.1× 58 0.4× 52 0.4× 40 864
Jiachi Zhang China 33 1.6k 5.8× 236 0.9× 265 1.4× 102 0.7× 74 0.6× 125 3.5k
Hongguang Chen China 19 132 0.5× 81 0.3× 31 0.2× 292 2.1× 35 0.3× 67 1.4k
Wenhua Lu United States 18 41 0.1× 109 0.4× 236 1.3× 176 1.3× 152 1.2× 49 1.9k
Fernanda Costa Portugal 18 725 2.6× 79 0.3× 99 0.5× 130 0.9× 59 0.5× 58 1.7k
Wenjing Xiong China 23 298 1.1× 115 0.4× 34 0.2× 108 0.8× 84 0.7× 81 1.5k
Xinyan Liu China 22 408 1.5× 27 0.1× 611 3.3× 423 3.0× 91 0.7× 76 2.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Kexin Yu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kexin Yu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kexin Yu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kexin Yu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kexin Yu 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 Kexin Yu. Kexin Yu 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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Geng, Jishi, et al.. (2025). Study on the temperature field in coal-rock mass and the temporal and spatial evolution of overburden damage in the tar-rich coal pyrolysis zone. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth Parts A/B/C. 139. 103970–103970.
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Kang, Chengjun, Kexin Yu, Xiansong Shi, et al.. (2025). Capillary Forces in Nanochannels of Two-Dimensional Covalent Organic Frameworks during Water Sorption. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(45). 41747–41755.
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Ji, Jing, et al.. (2025). Seismic behavior of I-shaped composite columns with HDCC filled steel tube flanges. Journal of Constructional Steel Research. 235. 109859–109859.
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Yu, Kexin, et al.. (2025). To facial or not to facial? From emoji to empathy in shaping customer satisfaction with chatbot service recovery. Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services. 89. 104633–104633.
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Meng, Ying, et al.. (2025). Biocatalytic Preparation of High-Purity DHA-Enriched Partial Glycerides through Semirational Design and Modification of Lipase Lip1897. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 73(14). 8469–8481.
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Yu, Kexin, Wenjie Zou, Jue Kou, et al.. (2024). Utilization of low metamorphic degree bituminous coal in direct reduction of high-phosphorus oolitic hematite and its mechanism. Fuel. 375. 132497–132497. 6 indexed citations
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Gao, Yuan, Kexin Yu, & Xu Liu. (2024). University brand building and recognition: experiences of a selected young university in China. Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management. 46(3). 307–320. 2 indexed citations
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Yu, Kexin, Chao‐Yi Wu, Lisa C. Silbert, Jonathan Kaye, & Hiroko H. Dodge. (2024). I-CONECT intervention effects on weekly time spent outside of home and social contacts among socially isolated older adults. Frontiers in Public Health. 12. 1429331–1429331. 1 indexed citations
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Yu, Kexin, Chao‐Yi Wu, Lisa C. Silbert, Jeffrey Kaye, & Hiroko H. Dodge. (2023). I‐CONECT Intervention Effects on Weekly Time Spent Outside of Home and Social Contacts among Socially Isolated Older Adults with Normal Cognition and Mild Cognitive Impairment. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 19(S19). 1 indexed citations
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Palinkas, Lawrence A., Kexin Yu, Jill Johnston, et al.. (2023). Adaptation Resources and Responses to Wildfire Smoke and Other Forms of Air Pollution in Low-Income Urban Settings: A Mixed-Methods Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 20(7). 5393–5393. 3 indexed citations
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Yu, Kexin, et al.. (2023). Social network and mental health of Chinese immigrants in affordable senior housing during the COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed-methods study. Aging & Mental Health. 27(10). 1956–1964. 1 indexed citations
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Pruitt, Patrick, Kexin Yu, David Lahna, et al.. (2023). Emotional characteristics associate with fronto‐amygdala connectivity in older‐old adults: Results from I‐CONECT. Alzheimer s & Dementia. 19(S5).
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Chan, Raymond J., Megan Crichton, Fiona Crawford‐Williams, et al.. (2021). The efficacy, challenges, and facilitators of telemedicine in post-treatment cancer survivorship care: an overview of systematic reviews. Annals of Oncology. 32(12). 1552–1570. 89 indexed citations
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Yu, Kexin, et al.. (2020). Care Me Too, a Mobile App for Engaging Chinese Immigrant Caregivers in Self-Care: Qualitative Usability Study. JMIR Formative Research. 4(12). e20325–e20325. 8 indexed citations
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Yu, Kexin, Shinyi Wu, Yuri Jang, et al.. (2020). Longitudinal Assessment of the Relationships Between Geriatric Conditions and Loneliness. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 22(5). 1107–1113.e1. 13 indexed citations
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Yu, Kexin & Wing K. Fung. (2018). Evaluation of parentage testing accuracy of child trafficking cases: Combining the exclusion probability and likelihood ratio approaches. Forensic Science International Genetics. 34. 81–87. 6 indexed citations
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Hoben, Matthias, Alix Clarke, Huimin Hu, et al.. (2017). Barriers and facilitators in providing oral care to nursing home residents, from the perspective of care aides: A systematic review and meta-analysis. International Journal of Nursing Studies. 73. 34–51. 111 indexed citations

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