Liang Chen

25.3k total citations · 3 hit papers
875 papers, 19.3k citations indexed

About

Liang Chen is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Liang Chen has authored 875 papers receiving a total of 19.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 226 papers in Materials Chemistry, 216 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 185 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Liang Chen's work include Graphene research and applications (64 papers), Photocathodes and Microchannel Plates (33 papers) and Biofuel production and bioconversion (32 papers). Liang Chen is often cited by papers focused on Graphene research and applications (64 papers), Photocathodes and Microchannel Plates (33 papers) and Biofuel production and bioconversion (32 papers). Liang Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Japan. Liang Chen's co-authors include Keping Chen, Guoquan Zhou, Marc A. Hillmyer, Guosheng Shi, J. Karl Johnson, Minghong Wu, Junlang Chen, Gang Xu, Yizhou Yang and D. A. Olson and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Liang Chen

815 papers receiving 19.0k 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.

Ion sieving in graphene oxide membranes via cationic control of interlayer spacing

2017 1.4k citations Liang Chen, Bingquan Peng et al. profile →
Genome-Wide Analysis of Basic/Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factor Family in Rice and Arabidopsis

2006 532 citations Liang Chen et al. profile →
TNF antagonist sensitizes synovial fibroblasts to ferroptotic cell death in collagen-induced arthritis mouse models

2022 190 citations Liang Chen et al. profile →

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Fields of papers citing papers by Liang Chen

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Liang Chen

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Unraveling the pivotal role of microbial specialists in adapting to divergent nutrient stresses in lakes 2025 ·Journal of Cleaner Production ·Jiawen Wang, (unknown), Yinghao Li, Yichu Wang, (unknown), Liang Chen, Maosheng Zheng	1
2	Hydrogen-based direct reduction of vanadium-titanium magnetite raw ore: Process optimization and mechanism insights 2025 ·Chemical Engineering Journal ·Liang Chen, Guozhi Deng, Zhenghao Wang, Kailong Zhang, Liping Cao, Hao Luo, Anqi Guo, Fangling Pu, (unknown), Bin Liang	4
3	Remaining useful life prediction of machinery using federated public feature representation in edge-cloud collaboration architecture 2025 ·Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence ·Liang Chen, (unknown), Liang Guo, (unknown), Peng Lin	1
4	The self-assembly stacked ladder-like CoFe2O4 in the peroxymonosulfate activation for antibiotic degradation 2025 ·Chemical Engineering Science ·Yuqi Cao, (unknown), Huimin Han, (unknown), (unknown), Huimin Ye, Liang Chen, Ming-Zhi Guo, Wei He, Kai Guo	2
5	Efficient separation of Mg ²⁺ /Li ⁺ using reduced GO membranes modified by positively charged arginine 2025 ·RSC Advances ·(unknown), Jie Jiang, Jing Wang, (unknown), Jiahao Hu, Yalong Li, (unknown), Chuanren Wu, Pei Li, Liang Chen	0
6	SUHI evolution characteristics and influencing mechanism of eight furnace cities in middle and lower reaches of Yangtze River, China 2024 ·Urban Climate ·(unknown), Fei Tao, Liang Chen, Tong Zhou	2
7	Boosted sensitive optical thermometers utilizing synergistic effects of thermal enhancement and quenching in Er/Yb/Nd triply-doped Bi4Ti3O12 nanosheets 2024 ·Journal of Alloys and Compounds ·Wenbin Zhang, Gongxun Bai, (unknown), Ruyue Zhang, (unknown), (unknown), Shiqing Xu, Liang Chen	5
8	Switch PMS activation pathway from free radical to non-radical by introducing hexagonal boron nitride in supported CoFe2O4: The role of lattice oxygen and PMS adsorption 2024 ·Journal of environmental chemical engineering ·(unknown), Ming-Zhi Guo, Yuqi Cao, (unknown), (unknown), Huimin Ye, Liang Chen, Hong Xu, Zheng Fang, Wei He	8
9	Low-frequency vibration assisted self-pierce riveting (LV-SPR) of carbon fiber reinforced composite and aluminum alloy 2024 ·International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture ·(unknown), Jun Lin, Yanjin Guan, (unknown), Liang Chen, Cunsheng Zhang, Guoqun Zhao	14
10	Effects of alkali-soluble hemicellulose separation on the structure of bamboo lignin and lignin-carbohydrate complexes 2024 ·Industrial Crops and Products ·(unknown), (unknown), Cheng Xu, Shuangquan Yao, Yang Liu, Chengrong Qin, Shuangfei Wang, Liang Chen	4
11	Artesunate-loaded thermosensitive chitosan hydrogel promotes osteogenesis of maxillary tooth extraction through regulating T lymphocytes in type 2 diabetic rats 2024 ·BMC Oral Health ·(unknown), Liang Chen, Kun Chen, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Jiaquan Li, (unknown)	9
12	Radioactive strontium ions sieving through reduced graphene oxide membrane 2023 ·Journal of Membrane Science ·(unknown), Longsheng Cao, Jun Zhu, Lili Wang, Haiyun Yao, Haili Sun, (unknown), Hongwei Zhao, Te Ji, (unknown), (unknown), Yizhou Yang, (unknown), Liang Chen	23
13	Robust KOH-thiourea-graphene oxide cross-linked membranes for desalination 2023 ·Desalination ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Liang Chen, (unknown), Zimeng Wang, Shanshan Liang, Haiping Fang	13
14	Cr3+-activated NaInSi2O6: An efficient broadband near-infrared phosphor with its applications in LED 2023 ·Ceramics International ·Shuyang Chen, (unknown), Jie Li, Yingguang Li, (unknown), Yi Zhang, Mengmeng Meng, Qihao Zhang, (unknown), Liang Chen	13
15	Interlayer control of graphene oxide membranes via ion bridges: A theoretical study 2023 ·Separation and Purification Technology ·Jianjun Jiang, Lei Fang, Zhijing Huang, Liang Chen, Yusong Tu, Zonglin Gu	4
16	Carbon foam directly synthesized from industrial lignin powder as featured material for high efficiency solar evaporation 2023 ·Chemical Engineering Journal ·Liang Chen, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Ju Wang, (unknown), Jie Xu, Xinxin Zhang, Yuqi Wang, Wangda Qu	22
17	Unexpected Piezoresistive Effect, Room‐Temperature Ferromagnetism, and Thermal Stability of 2D β‐CuI Crystals in Reduced Graphene Oxide Membrane 2023 ·Advanced Electronic Materials ·Bingquan Peng, Quan Zhang, Yueyu Zhang, Yimin Zhao, (unknown), Yizhou Yang, Fangfang Dai, Ruobing Yi, Ruoyang Chen, Jun Wang, Lei Zhang, Liang Chen, Shengli Zhang, Haiping Fang	7
18	Theoretical study of helium separation performance of crown ether-graphane membranes 2023 ·Acta Physica Sinica ·(unknown), (unknown), Jing Xu, Wei Liu, Liang Chen	1
19	A multi-mode optical thermometry based on the up-conversion La2MgGeO6: Er3+, Yb3+ phosphor 2023 ·Journal of Luminescence ·(unknown), Yang Shen, Liang Chen, Degang Deng, Shiqing Xu	12
20	Selective separation of hemicellulose from poplar by hydrothermal pretreatment with ferric chloride and pH buffer 2023 ·International Journal of Biological Macromolecules ·Ya‐Jun Hou, Shanshan Wang, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Chengrong Qin, Liang Chen, Caoxing Huang, Shuangquan Yao	13

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