Liangru Yang

3.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
103 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Liangru Yang is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Science and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Liangru Yang has authored 103 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 90 papers in Organic Chemistry, 17 papers in Pharmaceutical Science and 14 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Liangru Yang's work include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (40 papers), Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques (32 papers) and Radical Photochemical Reactions (28 papers). Liangru Yang is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (40 papers), Sulfur-Based Synthesis Techniques (32 papers) and Radical Photochemical Reactions (28 papers). Liangru Yang collaborates with scholars based in China, Switzerland and Austria. Liangru Yang's co-authors include Martin Albrecht, H.G. Raubenheimer, O. Schuster, Pu Mao, Yongmei Xiao, Jinwei Yuan, Lingbo Qu, Wenpeng Mai, Michael R. Buchmeiser and Monika Mayr and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Chemical Communications.

In The Last Decade

Liangru Yang

97 papers receiving 2.8k citations

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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.

Beyond ConventionalN-Heterocyclic Carbenes: Abnormal, Remote, and Other Classes of NHC Ligands with Reduced Heteroatom Stabilization

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Liangru Yang China	24	2.7k	408	242	212	139	103	2.9k
Xinyao Li China	27	2.7k 1.0×	451 1.1×	179 0.7×	251 1.2×	63 0.5×	84	2.9k
Neeraj Kumar Mishra South Korea	41	3.8k 1.4×	827 2.0×	137 0.6×	270 1.3×	88 0.6×	121	4.0k
Guanyinsheng Qiu China	37	4.9k 1.8×	314 0.8×	359 1.5×	334 1.6×	63 0.5×	137	5.1k
Yang Gao China	28	2.4k 0.9×	451 1.1×	195 0.8×	233 1.1×	65 0.5×	121	2.7k
Dan‐Qian Xu China	33	2.7k 1.0×	560 1.4×	390 1.6×	353 1.7×	46 0.3×	146	3.1k
Atsushi Yamaguchi Japan	12	3.8k 1.4×	752 1.8×	131 0.5×	148 0.7×	88 0.6×	16	4.0k
Fei Ye China	35	3.3k 1.2×	483 1.2×	340 1.4×	241 1.1×	55 0.4×	99	3.6k
Ying Cheng China	37	4.1k 1.5×	430 1.1×	273 1.1×	276 1.3×	63 0.5×	147	4.3k
José Luis Garcı́a Ruano Spain	29	2.4k 0.9×	433 1.1×	199 0.8×	414 2.0×	57 0.4×	102	2.6k

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Yang, Pengyuan, Lili Wang, Yan Meng, et al.. (2025). Visible-light-induced radical-cascade alkylation/cyclization of acrylamides: access to 3,3-dialkylated oxindoles. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 23(7). 1653–1661. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Shilong, Yan Meng, Zhiyi Wang, et al.. (2025). Photoredox‐Catalyzed Difluoromethylation/Cyclization of N ‐Cyanamide Alkenes to Access Difluoromethylated Polycyclic Quinazolinones. Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry. 14(9). 1 indexed citations

Wang, Xia, Jinwei Yuan, Liangru Yang, et al.. (2025). Tailored and recyclable ppm levels of Pd nanoparticles for chemoselective hydrogenation of nitroarenes in water. Journal of Catalysis. 450. 116249–116249. 1 indexed citations

Guo, Shuling, et al.. (2024). (S _C,R _S)-Bromido(N-{4-methyl-1-[(4-methylphenyl)sulfanyl]pentan-2-yl}-N′-(pyridin-2-yl)imidazol-2-ylidene)palladium(II) bromide. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 9(4). x240360–x240360.

Zhu, Shifeng, Liangru Yang, & Yingying Zhao. (2024). Ethyl 3-aminobenzo[b]thiophene-2-carboxylate Derived Ratiometric Schiff Base Fluorescent Sensor for the Recognition of In3+ and Pb2+. Journal of Fluorescence. 35(2). 943–953. 5 indexed citations

Yang, Liangru, et al.. (2024). New chelating N‐heterocyclic carbene palladium complexes immobilized on magnetic nanoparticles: Synthesis, characterization, and catalytic properties. Applied Organometallic Chemistry. 38(9).

Yang, Liangru, et al.. (2023). Research Progress on Pincer N-Heterocyclic Carbene Metal Complexes. Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry. 43(6). 2002–2002. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Guoxing, Yixin Li, Lijie Liu, et al.. (2023). Highly reversible photomodulated hydrosoluble stiff-stilbene supramolecular luminophor induced by cucurbituril. Chinese Chemical Letters. 35(8). 109403–109403. 7 indexed citations

Yuan, Jinwei, Qian Hu, Liangru Yang, et al.. (2023). Copper-catalyzed oxidative direct C3-cyanoarylation of quinoxalin-2(1H)-onesviadenitrogenative ring-opening of 3-aminoindazoles. New Journal of Chemistry. 47(8). 3783–3792. 1 indexed citations

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Chen, Qian, et al.. (2023). Selectfluor-mediated tandem cyclization of enaminones with diselenides toward the synthesis of 3-selenylated chromones. RSC Advances. 13(38). 26948–26959. 7 indexed citations

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Yuan, Jinwei, Fan‐Lin Zeng, Wenpeng Mai, et al.. (2019). Fluorination-triggered tandem cyclization of styrene-type carboxylic acids to access 3-aryl isocoumarin derivatives under microwave irradiation. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 17(20). 5038–5046. 17 indexed citations

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Xiao, Yongmei, et al.. (2019). A Novel and Facile Synthesis of Chroman‐4‐one Derivatives via Cascade Radical Cyclization Under Metal‐free Condition. ChemistrySelect. 4(6). 1939–1942. 22 indexed citations

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Mao, Pu, et al.. (2014). 2-[2-(2-Nitrophenyl)-4,5-diphenyl-1H-imidazol-1-yl]-3-phenylpropan-1-ol. Acta Crystallographica Section E Structure Reports Online. 70(5). o621–o621. 1 indexed citations

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Gao, Jie, et al.. (2013). 2-[2-(5-Bromothiophen-2-yl)-4,5-diphenyl-1H-imidazol-1-yl]-3-phenylpropan-1-ol. Acta Crystallographica Section E Structure Reports Online. 69(9). o1379–o1379. 2 indexed citations

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Gao, Jie, Hongyan Wang, Liangru Yang, Yongmei Xiao, & Pu Mao. (2013). (S)-4,5-Diphenyl-1-[1-phenyl-3-(phenylsulfanyl)propan-2-yl]-2-(thiophen-2-yl)-1H-imidazole. Acta Crystallographica Section E Structure Reports Online. 69(12). o1858–o1858. 1 indexed citations

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Li, Liping, et al.. (2012). Immobilization of Pb and Cd in a lead smelting polluted soil with different amendments. Acta Scientiae Circumstantiae. 4 indexed citations

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Xiao, Yongmei, et al.. (2012). 2-(4,5-Diphenyl-2-p-tolyl-1H-imidazol-1-yl)-3-phenylpropan-1-ol. Acta Crystallographica Section E Structure Reports Online. 68(2). o264–o264. 3 indexed citations

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Xiao, Yongmei, et al.. (2011). Inclusion complexes of phosphorylated daidzein derivatives with β-cyclodextrin: Preparation and inclusion behavior study. Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy. 85(1). 298–302. 10 indexed citations

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Yang, Liangru, et al.. (2008). Stereoselective synthesis of cyclometalated iridium(III) complexes: Characterization and photophysical properties. Inorganica Chimica Acta. 362(10). 3853–3856. 34 indexed citations

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Yang, Liangru, Alex von Zelewsky, & H. Stoeckli‐Evans. (2005). Novel HEXOL-type cyclometallated iridium(iii) complexes: stereoselective synthesis and structure elucidation. Chemical Communications. 4155–4155. 12 indexed citations

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