Liang Gao

5.8k total citations · 2 hit papers
131 papers, 5.0k citations indexed

About

Liang Gao is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering and Polymers and Plastics. According to data from OpenAlex, Liang Gao has authored 131 papers receiving a total of 5.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 36 papers in Materials Chemistry, 32 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 28 papers in Polymers and Plastics. Recurrent topics in Liang Gao's work include Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications (15 papers), Polymer composites and self-healing (14 papers) and Advanced Materials and Mechanics (11 papers). Liang Gao is often cited by papers focused on Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications (15 papers), Polymer composites and self-healing (14 papers) and Advanced Materials and Mechanics (11 papers). Liang Gao collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and United States. Liang Gao's co-authors include Bin Du, Qin Wei, Limei Cui, Yaoguang Wang, Liangguo Yan, Lihua Hu, Jie Wu, Gang Sui, Xiaoping Yang and Guanyinsheng Qiu and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Liang Gao

122 papers receiving 4.9k citations

Hit Papers

EDTA functionalized magnetic graphene oxide for removal o... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 2017 200 400 600
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. EDTA functionalized magnetic graphene oxide for removal of Pb(II), Hg(II) and Cu(II) in water treatment: Adsorption mechanism and separation property
    2015 612 citations Liang Gao et al. profile →
  2. Insertion of sulfur dioxide via a radical process: an efficient route to sulfonyl compounds
    2017 325 citations Guanyinsheng Qiu, Liang Gao 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
Liang Gao China 39 1.7k 1.4k 1.3k 1.1k 745 131 5.0k
Li Deng China 37 1.6k 0.9× 805 0.6× 2.4k 1.9× 585 0.5× 789 1.1× 109 5.4k
Li Li China 41 1.4k 0.9× 1.4k 1.0× 1.3k 1.0× 878 0.8× 486 0.7× 275 5.8k
Jiuqiang Li China 43 1.4k 0.8× 571 0.4× 1.4k 1.1× 513 0.5× 534 0.7× 159 5.2k
Mustafa Ersöz Türkiye 42 1.3k 0.8× 642 0.5× 1.3k 1.0× 1.3k 1.1× 1.3k 1.7× 202 5.7k
Zhimin Cui China 38 2.1k 1.3× 780 0.6× 995 0.8× 516 0.5× 353 0.5× 94 5.0k
Babak Jaleh Iran 42 2.2k 1.3× 1.5k 1.1× 1.7k 1.4× 478 0.4× 347 0.5× 155 5.0k
He Zhang China 42 2.5k 1.5× 775 0.6× 977 0.8× 337 0.3× 1.0k 1.4× 212 5.4k
Li Cui China 36 1.4k 0.8× 712 0.5× 832 0.7× 432 0.4× 464 0.6× 164 4.2k
Lei Li China 42 2.5k 1.5× 1.1k 0.8× 1.3k 1.0× 257 0.2× 1.1k 1.5× 159 5.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Liang Gao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Liang Gao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Liang Gao

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Liang Gao. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Liang Gao 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 Gao. Liang Gao 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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Chen, Renxiang, et al.. (2025). Digital twin-assisted fault diagnosis of induction motors with thermal analysis of inter-turn short circuit faults. Measurement Science and Technology. 36(6). 66118–66118.
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Xu, Xiangyu, Baoyan Zhang, Fenghui Shi, et al.. (2025). Study on the Influence of Hygrothermal Aging on the Mechanical Properties of Carbon Fabric/Polyetheretherketone Composites. Polymers. 17(6). 724–724. 2 indexed citations
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Chen, Hao, et al.. (2025). Thermoresponsive Hydrogel with Thermal Memory. Advanced Materials. 38(2). e11341–e11341.
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Huang, Song, Liang Gao, Zicheng Zhang, et al.. (2024). Molecular Bridging Induced Anti‐Salting‐Out Effect Enabling High Ionic Conductive ZnSO4‐Based Hydrogel for Quasi‐Solid‐State Zinc Ion Batteries. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(44). e202410434–e202410434. 52 indexed citations
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Zhang, Shaojie, Wansheng Chen, Yongmin Zhang, et al.. (2024). Underwater electrical wire explosions under different discharge types: An experimental study with high initial energy storage. Physics of Plasmas. 31(4). 3 indexed citations
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Huang, Song, Liang Gao, Zicheng Zhang, et al.. (2024). Molecular Bridging Induced Anti‐Salting‐Out Effect Enabling High Ionic Conductive ZnSO4‐Based Hydrogel for Quasi‐Solid‐State Zinc Ion Batteries. Angewandte Chemie. 136(44). 1 indexed citations
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Luo, Jiye, Liang Gao, Yanxiong Fang, et al.. (2024). Step‐growth Polymerization of Aziridines with Elemental Sulfur: Easy Access to Linear Polysulfides and Their Use as Recyclable Adhesives. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(8). e202318919–e202318919. 22 indexed citations
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Gao, Liang, et al.. (2023). A Flow Cytometry‐Based Ultrahigh‐Throughput Screening Method for Directed Evolution of Oxidases. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(22). e202214999–e202214999. 3 indexed citations
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Gao, Liang, et al.. (2021). Fe(iii)-complex mediated bacterial cell surface immobilization of eGFP and enzymes. Chemical Communications. 57(36). 4460–4463. 3 indexed citations
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Wu, Changjin, Jia Dai, Xiaofeng Li, et al.. (2021). Ion-exchange enabled synthetic swarm. Nature Nanotechnology. 16(3). 288–295. 98 indexed citations
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Li, Chi‐Ying Vanessa, Liang Gao, Kwong‐Yu Chan, et al.. (2021). Protonated Emeraldine Polyaniline Threaded MIL-101 as a Conductive High Surface Area Nanoporous Electrode. ACS Energy Letters. 6(11). 3769–3779. 31 indexed citations
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Zhan, Wenwei, Liang Gao, Xue Fu, et al.. (2018). Green synthesis of amino-functionalized carbon nanotube-graphene hybrid aerogels for high performance heavy metal ions removal. Applied Surface Science. 467-468. 1122–1133. 168 indexed citations
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Zhan, Wenwei, Liang Gao, Feng Wang, et al.. (2017). Bioinspired Assembly of Carbon Nanotube into Graphene Aerogel with “Cabbagelike” Hierarchical Porous Structure for Highly Efficient Organic Pollutants Cleanup. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 10(1). 1093–1103. 117 indexed citations
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Wu, Jianqiao, Liang Gao, Tian Liu, et al.. (2016). Dispersion stability of functionalized MWCNT in the epoxy–amine system and its effects on mechanical and interfacial properties of carbon fiber composites. Materials & Design. 94. 392–402. 94 indexed citations
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Wu, Jianqiao, Liang Gao, Tian Liu, et al.. (2016). Influence of a liquid-like MWCNT reinforcement on interfacial and mechanical properties of carbon fiber filament winding composites. Polymer. 90. 193–203. 25 indexed citations
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Gao, Liang, et al.. (2011). Generation of diverse 2-pyrones via palladium-catalyzed site-selective Suzuki-Miyaura couplings of 3-bromo-4-tosyloxy-2-pyrone. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 9(18). 6265–6265. 16 indexed citations

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