Liyan Zhao

119 total papers · 2.7k total citations
90 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Liyan Zhao is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Liyan Zhao has authored 90 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Materials Chemistry, 24 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 23 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Liyan Zhao's work include Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection (16 papers), Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (14 papers) and Electrochemical Analysis and Applications (11 papers). Liyan Zhao is often cited by papers focused on Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection (16 papers), Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (14 papers) and Electrochemical Analysis and Applications (11 papers). Liyan Zhao collaborates with scholars based in China, Canada and United States. Liyan Zhao's co-authors include K. T. Leung, Joseph P. Thomas, Phillip Choi, Shimei Jiang, Donald McGillivray, Qiufei Hou, Shikuan Yang, Guangxi Zhai, Nina F. Heinig and Fengliang Cao and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Liyan Zhao

88 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

Polycationic polymer func... 2025 2026 2025 5 10 15
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 benchmark for papers published in the same subfield and year, or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Polycationic polymer functionalized separator to stabilize aqueous zinc-iodine batteries
    2025 17 citations Wentao Yuan, Yuanyuan Wang et al. Energy storage materials profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Liyan Zhao 820 562 495 450 373 90 2.3k
Ilya Zharov 894 1.1× 515 0.9× 335 0.7× 778 1.7× 323 0.9× 89 2.4k
Sameer Hussain 1.1k 1.4× 355 0.6× 678 1.4× 393 0.9× 229 0.6× 60 1.9k
Placido Mineo 1.5k 1.9× 582 1.0× 523 1.1× 588 1.3× 254 0.7× 139 3.0k
Frederick G. Morin 568 0.7× 366 0.7× 376 0.8× 291 0.6× 264 0.7× 61 2.0k
Yuanli Liu 1.1k 1.3× 443 0.8× 518 1.0× 442 1.0× 460 1.2× 102 2.2k
Simona Concilio 733 0.9× 407 0.7× 310 0.6× 229 0.5× 294 0.8× 96 2.0k
J. Hradil 697 0.8× 216 0.4× 461 0.9× 510 1.1× 395 1.1× 81 2.0k
Yujie Xie 1.6k 1.9× 356 0.6× 337 0.7× 462 1.0× 170 0.5× 100 2.4k
Wei Zhu 1.1k 1.4× 429 0.8× 327 0.7× 644 1.4× 168 0.5× 90 2.2k
Sudeshna Chandra 849 1.0× 1.1k 2.0× 253 0.5× 545 1.2× 511 1.4× 95 2.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Liyan Zhao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Liyan Zhao

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

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Liyan Zhao

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

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