Ming‐Liang Tong

32.9k total citations · 9 hit papers
452 papers, 30.0k citations indexed

About

Ming‐Liang Tong is a scholar working on Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Materials Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Ming‐Liang Tong has authored 452 papers receiving a total of 30.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 356 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, 293 papers in Materials Chemistry and 253 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Ming‐Liang Tong's work include Magnetism in coordination complexes (347 papers), Lanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes (212 papers) and Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (208 papers). Ming‐Liang Tong is often cited by papers focused on Magnetism in coordination complexes (347 papers), Lanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes (212 papers) and Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (208 papers). Ming‐Liang Tong collaborates with scholars based in China, Belgium and United Kingdom. Ming‐Liang Tong's co-authors include Xiao‐Ming Chen, Yan‐Cong Chen, Jun‐Liang Liu, Fu‐Sheng Guo, Ji‐Dong Leng, Bao‐Hui Ye, Akseli Mansikkamäki, Richard A. Layfield, Benjamin M. Day and Liviu F. Chibotaru and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Chemical Society Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Ming‐Liang Tong

440 papers receiving 29.7k citations

Hit Papers

Magnetic hysteresis up to 80 ... 2003 2026 2010 2018 2018 2016 2017 2018 2004 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. Magnetic hysteresis up to 80 kelvin in a dysprosium metallocene single-molecule magnet
    2018 1.6k citations Yan‐Cong Chen, Ming‐Liang Tong et al. profile →
  2. A Stable Pentagonal Bipyramidal Dy(III) Single-Ion Magnet with a Record Magnetization Reversal Barrier over 1000 K
    2016 949 citations Yan‐Cong Chen, Jun‐Liang Liu et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  3. A Dysprosium Metallocene Single‐Molecule Magnet Functioning at the Axial Limit
    2017 940 citations Yan‐Cong Chen, Ming‐Liang Tong et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  4. Symmetry strategies for high performance lanthanide-based single-molecule magnets
    2018 893 citations Jun‐Liang Liu, Yan‐Cong Chen et al. profile →
  5. Metal-organic molecular architectures with 2,2′-bipyridyl-like and carboxylate ligands
    2004 880 citations Ming‐Liang Tong, Xiao‐Ming Chen et al. Coordination Chemistry Reviews profile →
  6. Symmetry-Supported Magnetic Blocking at 20 K in Pentagonal Bipyramidal Dy(III) Single-Ion Magnets
    2016 775 citations Yan‐Cong Chen, Jun‐Liang Liu et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  7. Solvothermal in Situ Metal/Ligand Reactions:  A New Bridge between Coordination Chemistry and Organic Synthetic Chemistry
    2006 712 citations Xiao‐Ming Chen, Ming‐Liang Tong profile →
  8. A Neutral 3D Copper Coordination Polymer Showing 1D Open Channels and the First Interpenetrating NbO‐Type Network
    2003 554 citations Ming‐Liang Tong et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  9. Switching the anisotropy barrier of a single-ion magnet by symmetry change from quasi-D5h to quasi-Oh
    2013 477 citations Jun‐Liang Liu, Yan‐Cong Chen 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
Ming‐Liang Tong China 86 23.2k 19.3k 17.6k 5.2k 3.1k 452 30.0k
Rodolphe Clérac France 86 21.0k 0.9× 16.9k 0.9× 12.0k 0.7× 4.2k 0.8× 3.9k 1.2× 521 26.1k
Francesc Lloret Spain 84 23.3k 1.0× 15.0k 0.8× 18.0k 1.0× 10.5k 2.0× 3.9k 1.2× 674 28.9k
Miguel Julve Spain 83 22.8k 1.0× 14.4k 0.7× 17.3k 1.0× 10.6k 2.0× 4.1k 1.3× 655 28.3k
David N. Hendrickson United States 88 22.3k 1.0× 18.4k 1.0× 13.0k 0.7× 7.0k 1.3× 4.2k 1.3× 448 29.4k
Santiago Álvarez Spain 68 12.7k 0.5× 11.1k 0.6× 10.5k 0.6× 4.9k 0.9× 6.4k 2.0× 308 23.3k
Andréa Caneschi Italy 83 23.3k 1.0× 18.7k 1.0× 9.0k 0.5× 4.1k 0.8× 2.4k 0.8× 441 28.0k
Richard E. P. Winpenny United Kingdom 81 21.8k 0.9× 18.5k 1.0× 9.7k 0.6× 3.2k 0.6× 3.4k 1.1× 441 26.5k
George Christou United States 92 31.9k 1.4× 28.0k 1.5× 18.9k 1.1× 6.6k 1.3× 3.2k 1.0× 644 38.3k
Eliseo Ruíz Spain 70 13.3k 0.6× 10.7k 0.6× 7.0k 0.4× 3.9k 0.7× 2.0k 0.6× 310 18.0k
Boujemaa Moubaraki Australia 69 13.1k 0.6× 10.0k 0.5× 9.7k 0.6× 4.7k 0.9× 2.6k 0.8× 345 17.3k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Liu, Kang, Jing Zhao, Jingxin Li, et al.. (2025). A Heterodimetallic Monomeric Complex with a Uranium–Cobalt Triple Bond. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(45). e202516858–e202516858.
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Liao, Pei‐Yu, et al.. (2025). Dual functionality of phosphorescence and photothermal conversion through light-activated open-shell singlet diradicals in silver metal–organic frameworks. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 13(32). 16712–16721. 2 indexed citations
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Ruan, Ze‐Yu, et al.. (2024). Field-induced slow magnetic relaxation in a distorted trigonal prismatic cobalt(II) complex. Inorganic Chemistry Communications. 165. 112551–112551.
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Yang, Guang, Zhao‐Ping Ni, & Ming‐Liang Tong. (2024). Recent advances in metal cluster-containing spin-crossover coordination compounds. Coordination Chemistry Reviews. 521. 216146–216146. 9 indexed citations
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Chen, Yan‐Cong, et al.. (2024). Phase Transition Control in Molecular Solids via Complementarity of Hydrogen‐Bond Strength. Chemistry - A European Journal. 30(42). e202401395–e202401395. 1 indexed citations
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Ruan, Ze‐Yu, et al.. (2024). Synergetic spin crossover and fluorescence in a mononuclear iron(iii) complex. Chemical Communications. 60(90). 13227–13230.
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Wu, Si‐Guo, Ze‐Yu Ruan, Hai‐Ling Wang, et al.. (2024). Spin‐State Control in Dysprosium(III) Metallacrown Magnets via Thioacetal Modification. Angewandte Chemie. 136(31).
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Jia, Jian‐Hua, et al.. (2023). Slow magnetic relaxation and photoluminescence behaviors of dilanthanide complexes bearing N8O2 donor macrocyclic ligand. Journal of Rare Earths. 42(7). 1298–1303. 8 indexed citations
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Liu, Jun‐Liang, et al.. (2023). Magnetic Switchability via Thermal-Induced Structural Phase Transitions in Molecular Solids. Magnetochemistry. 9(3). 80–80. 3 indexed citations
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Ruan, Ze‐Yu, et al.. (2023). Successive redox modulation in an iron(ii) spin-crossover framework. Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers. 10(12). 3577–3583. 6 indexed citations
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Jiang, Binbo, Ming‐Liang Tong, Yue Yu, et al.. (2022). Influence of the Structural Characteristics of VPO Catalysts on the Temperature Sensitivity of the Oxidation Reaction of n-Butane to Maleic Anhydride. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 61(37). 13816–13826. 9 indexed citations
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Wu, Si‐Guo, Ze‐Yu Ruan, Guo‐Zhang Huang, et al.. (2021). Field-induced oscillation of magnetization blocking barrier in a holmium metallacrown single-molecule magnet. Chem. 7(4). 982–992. 46 indexed citations
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Ruan, Ze‐Yu, Xiao‐Xian Chen, Guo‐Zhang Huang, et al.. (2021). Guest‐Driven Light‐Induced Spin Change in an Azobenzene Loaded Metal–Organic Framework. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 60(52). 27144–27150. 60 indexed citations
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Liu, Yang, Guo‐Zhang Huang, Yan‐Cong Chen, et al.. (2021). Magnetization Dynamics on Isotope‐Isomorphic Holmium Single‐Molecule Magnets. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 60(52). 27282–27287. 10 indexed citations
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Peng, Yuanyuan, Si‐Guo Wu, Yan‐Cong Chen, et al.. (2020). Asymmetric seven-/eight-step spin-crossover in a three-dimensional Hofmann-type metal–organic framework. Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers. 7(8). 1685–1690. 44 indexed citations
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Wu, Weiwei, Si‐Guo Wu, Yan‐Cong Chen, et al.. (2020). Spin-crossover in an organic–inorganic hybrid perovskite. Chemical Communications. 56(33). 4551–4554. 22 indexed citations
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Lü, Guang, Yang Liu, Guo‐Zhang Huang, et al.. (2020). A perfect triangular dysprosium single-molecule magnet with virtually antiparallel Ising-like anisotropy. Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers. 7(16). 2941–2948. 30 indexed citations
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Feng, Xiaowen, Seung Jun Hwang, Jun‐Liang Liu, et al.. (2017). Slow Magnetic Relaxation in Intermediate Spin S = 3/2 Mononuclear Fe(III) Complexes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 139(46). 16474–16477. 46 indexed citations
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Li, Wei, Ming‐Liang Tong, Xiao‐Ming Chen, & Seik Weng Ng. (2001). CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF catena-(4,4'-BIPYRIDINE)DISALICYLATOZINC. Main Group Metal Chemistry. 24(11). 799–800. 4 indexed citations

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