Lin Yuan

22.4k total citations · 11 hit papers
335 papers, 19.9k citations indexed

About

Lin Yuan is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Spectroscopy and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Lin Yuan has authored 335 papers receiving a total of 19.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 145 papers in Materials Chemistry, 136 papers in Spectroscopy and 117 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Lin Yuan's work include Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection (132 papers), Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (97 papers) and Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (92 papers). Lin Yuan is often cited by papers focused on Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection (132 papers), Nanoplatforms for cancer theranostics (97 papers) and Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (92 papers). Lin Yuan collaborates with scholars based in China, Singapore and United States. Lin Yuan's co-authors include Weiying Lin, Xiaobing Zhang, Sasa Zhu, Longwei He, Tian‐Bing Ren, Young‐Tae Chang, Kaibo Zheng, Weimin Huang, Wanghong Xu and Dan Cheng and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Chemical Society Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Lin Yuan

321 papers receiving 19.8k citations

Hit Papers

Far-red to near infrared analyte-responsive fluorescent p... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2012 2013 2016 2012 2015 500 1000 1.5k
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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.

  1. Far-red to near infrared analyte-responsive fluorescent probes based on organic fluorophore platforms for fluorescence imaging
    2012 1.7k citations Lin Yuan, Weiying Lin et al. profile →
  2. FRET-Based Small-Molecule Fluorescent Probes: Rational Design and Bioimaging Applications
    2013 902 citations Lin Yuan, Weiying Lin et al. profile →
  3. Discerning the Chemistry in Individual Organelles with Small‐Molecule Fluorescent Probes
    2016 731 citations Lin Yuan et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  4. A Unique Approach to Development of Near-Infrared Fluorescent Sensors for in Vivo Imaging
    2012 616 citations Lin Yuan, Weiying Lin et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  5. Development of Targetable Two-Photon Fluorescent Probes to Image Hypochlorous Acid in Mitochondria and Lysosome in Live Cell and Inflamed Mouse Model
    2015 518 citations Lin Yuan et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  6. A Unique Class of Near-Infrared Functional Fluorescent Dyes with Carboxylic-Acid-Modulated Fluorescence ON/OFF Switching: Rational Design, Synthesis, Optical Properties, Theoretical Calculations, and Applications for Fluorescence Imaging in Living Animals
    2011 511 citations Lin Yuan, Weiying Lin et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  7. Selective Visualization of the Endogenous Peroxynitrite in an Inflamed Mouse Model by a Mitochondria-Targetable Two-Photon Ratiometric Fluorescent Probe
    2016 461 citations Dan Cheng, Lin Yuan et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  8. A General Method To Increase Stokes Shift by Introducing Alternating Vibronic Structures
    2018 374 citations Tian‐Bing Ren, Lin Yuan et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  9. De Novo Design of Chemical Stability Near-Infrared Molecular Probes for High-Fidelity Hepatotoxicity Evaluation In Vivo
    2019 283 citations Dan Cheng, Lin Yuan et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  10. Molecular Engineering of pH-Responsive NIR Oxazine Assemblies for Evoking Tumor Ferroptosis via Triggering Lysosomal Dysfunction
    2023 128 citations Wei Li, Haiyan Li et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  11. Rational Design of NIR-II G-Quadruplex Fluorescent Probes for Accurate In Vivo Tumor Metastasis Imaging
    2024 55 citations Tian‐Bing Ren, Lin Yuan et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Lin Yuan China 72 10.5k 9.9k 5.5k 5.4k 5.2k 335 19.9k
Xiaoqiang Chen China 63 11.0k 1.0× 9.3k 0.9× 5.0k 0.9× 4.5k 0.8× 2.7k 0.5× 275 18.3k
Weiying Lin China 84 17.0k 1.6× 12.7k 1.3× 9.3k 1.7× 8.0k 1.5× 4.9k 0.9× 487 27.0k
Huimin Ma China 66 6.7k 0.6× 6.2k 0.6× 3.3k 0.6× 4.4k 0.8× 3.8k 0.7× 237 14.3k
Caixia Yin China 62 9.7k 0.9× 5.9k 0.6× 7.0k 1.3× 3.6k 0.7× 2.1k 0.4× 383 14.6k
Yasuteru Urano Japan 86 10.7k 1.0× 12.5k 1.3× 3.0k 0.6× 9.4k 1.8× 7.5k 1.4× 356 29.8k
Zhiqian Guo China 60 6.7k 0.6× 7.9k 0.8× 2.4k 0.4× 3.5k 0.6× 3.9k 0.8× 190 13.2k
Jiangli Fan China 85 11.5k 1.1× 15.8k 1.6× 4.1k 0.7× 7.7k 1.4× 11.5k 2.2× 419 28.2k
Fangjun Huo China 60 9.4k 0.9× 5.6k 0.6× 6.7k 1.2× 3.1k 0.6× 2.0k 0.4× 330 13.0k
Félix Sancenón Spain 71 10.3k 1.0× 11.9k 1.2× 1.5k 0.3× 6.2k 1.2× 4.3k 0.8× 354 22.2k
Wen Shi China 62 4.8k 0.5× 6.3k 0.6× 2.4k 0.4× 3.4k 0.6× 2.9k 0.6× 169 12.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lin Yuan

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Yuan, Lin, et al.. (2026). Cancer neuroscience: signaling pathways and new therapeutic strategies for cancer. Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy. 11(1).
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Jiang, Gangwei, Zhixuan Zhou, Tian‐Bing Ren, et al.. (2025). Rapid sorting and auxiliary evaluation of malignant breast tumors by accurate imaging analysis of metastasis-related biomarker. Science Advances. 11(14). eadr5541–eadr5541. 1 indexed citations
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Su, Lebin, Jianyu Dong, Yangyang Shen, et al.. (2025). General (hetero)polyaryl amine synthesis via multicomponent cycloaromatization of amines. Nature Communications. 16(1). 169–169. 8 indexed citations
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Ren, Tian‐Bing, et al.. (2024). Engineering a far-red fluorescent probe for rapid detection of Hg(II) ions in both cells and zebrafish. Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy. 318. 124469–124469. 9 indexed citations
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Zhou, Junliang, Tian‐Bing Ren, & Lin Yuan. (2024). The strategy to improve the brightness of organic small-molecule fluorescent dyes for imaging. Chinese Chemical Letters. 36(8). 110644–110644. 9 indexed citations
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Xie, Yuxin, et al.. (2024). Progress and Challenges of Water-soluble NIR-II Organic Fluorophores for Fluorescence Imaging in vivo. Chemical Research in Chinese Universities. 40(2). 190–201. 11 indexed citations
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Yang, Sha, Xinyu Zhan, Lin Yuan, et al.. (2024). Entropy driven-based catalytic biosensors for bioanalysis: From construction to application-A review. Analytica Chimica Acta. 1338. 343549–343549. 8 indexed citations
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Zhen, Jinming, Min Yuan, Yingliang Liu, et al.. (2024). Significant sliding speed effect on the friction and wear behavior of UHMWPE matrix composites. Industrial Lubrication and Tribology. 76(6). 804–811. 1 indexed citations
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Zhou, Zhibiao, Long He, Wei Wang, et al.. (2024). Sulfone-Functionalized Chichibabin’s Hydrocarbons: Stable Diradicaloids with Symmetry Breaking Charge Transfer Contributing to NIR Emission beyond 900 nm. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(10). 6763–6772. 62 indexed citations
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Liu, Bo, Gui‐Mei Han, Dongxia Wang, et al.. (2023). Red blood cell membrane biomimetic nanoprobes for ratiometric imaging of reactive oxygen species level in atherosclerosis. Chemical Engineering Journal. 479. 147515–147515. 18 indexed citations
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Yuan, Lin, Lizhen Liu, Meng Chen, et al.. (2023). A ratiometric sensor based on dual-emission carbon dots sensitive detection of amaranth. Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy. 302. 123058–123058. 9 indexed citations
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Li, Haiyan, et al.. (2023). Rational Design of Tunable Near‐Infrared Oxazine Probe with Large Stokes Shift for Leucine Aminopeptidase Detection and Imaging. Chemistry - An Asian Journal. 18(21). e202300701–e202300701. 4 indexed citations
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Yuan, Jie, Shuai Xu, Wei Li, et al.. (2022). Enhancing the Release Efficiency of a Molecular Chemotherapeutic Prodrug by Photodynamic Therapy. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 61(33). e202206169–e202206169. 101 indexed citations
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Wu, Qian, Dan Cheng, Yun Lü, Lin Yuan, & Xiaobing Zhang. (2020). Monitoring of Peroxynitrite Variation During Liver Injury Adopting a Far Red to Near-infrared Fluorescent Probe with Large Stokes Shift. Gaodeng xuexiao huaxue xuebao. 41(11). 2426. 4 indexed citations
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Xu, Tao, Lin Yuan, Ya Chen, et al.. (2019). Y3Al5O12:Ce3+ single crystal and red-emitting Y3Al5O12:Cr3+ single crystal for high power W-LEDs. Optical Materials. 91. 30–34. 53 indexed citations
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Liu, Zhicong, Chenyang Shen, Lin Yuan, et al.. (2019). Ca 5 Ga 6 O 14 :Eu 3+ : A novel phosphor with outstanding heat resistance for white light‐emitting diodes. Journal of the American Ceramic Society. 102(7). 3823–3828. 28 indexed citations
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Li, Dachao, et al.. (2019). Synthesis of PdPt Nanotubes Using Biotemplate and Their Application in Detection of H2O2. 47(11). 1794–1802. 1 indexed citations
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Yuan, Lin, Weiying Lin, Yinan Xie, Bin Chen, & Sasa Zhu. (2011). Single Fluorescent Probe Responds to H 2 O 2 , NO, and H 2 O 2 /NO with Three Different Sets of Fluorescence Signals. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 134(2). 1305–1315. 363 indexed citations

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