Ning Yan

28.7k total citations · 10 hit papers
388 papers, 23.2k citations indexed

About

Ning Yan is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Ning Yan has authored 388 papers receiving a total of 23.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 132 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 127 papers in Materials Chemistry and 99 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Ning Yan's work include Catalysis for Biomass Conversion (94 papers), Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (71 papers) and Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions (57 papers). Ning Yan is often cited by papers focused on Catalysis for Biomass Conversion (94 papers), Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (71 papers) and Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions (57 papers). Ning Yan collaborates with scholars based in Singapore, China and United States. Ning Yan's co-authors include Xi Chen, Jiaguang Zhang, Paul J. Dyson, Bin Zhang, Hiroyuki Asakura, Yuan Kou, Max J. Hülsey, Sudipta De, Jianping Xie and Gökalp Gözaydın and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Ning Yan

372 papers receiving 22.9k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Sustainability: Don't waste seafood waste

2015 872 citations Ning Yan, Xi Chen profile →
Thermally stable single atom Pt/m-Al2O3 for selective hydrogenation and CO oxidation

2017 688 citations Hiroyuki Asakura, Yu Han et al. profile →
Ni-based bimetallic heterogeneous catalysts for energy and environmental applications

2016 653 citations Ning Yan et al. profile →
Selective Degradation of Wood Lignin over Noble‐Metal Catalysts in a Two‐Step Process

2008 484 citations Ning Yan, Paul J. Dyson et al. profile →
A Series of NiM (M = Ru, Rh, and Pd) Bimetallic Catalysts for Effective Lignin Hydrogenolysis in Water

2014 432 citations Xi Chen, Hiroyuki Asakura et al. profile →
Downstream processing of lignin derived feedstock into end products

2020 404 citations Ning Yan et al. profile →
A unified view on catalytic conversion of biomass and waste plastics

2022 396 citations Ning Yan et al. profile →
Stabilizing a Platinum₁ Single‐Atom Catalyst on Supported Phosphomolybdic Acid without Compromising Hydrogenation Activity

2016 385 citations Hiroyuki Asakura, Ning Yan et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
Expanding the Boundary of Biorefinery: Organonitrogen Chemicals from Biomass

2021 272 citations Xi Chen, Ning Yan et al. profile →
Photocatalytic upcycling of polylactic acid to alanine by sulfur vacancy-rich cadmium sulfide

2025 31 citations Phuc T.T. Nguyen, Ning Yan et al. profile →

Peers

Ning Yan

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Jianji Wang China

Feng Wang China

Yanqin Wang China

Xiaoyan Liu China

Enrique Rodrı́guez-Castellón Spain

Liang Wang China

Ivo F.J. Vankelecom Belgium

Yuhan Sun China

Jie Xu China

Hu Li China

Jianji Wang China

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Countries citing papers authored by Ning Yan

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ning Yan

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

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Jiang, Tao, Zhuo Xing, Shixin Wu, et al.. (2025). Synergistically triggering enhancement of photocatalytic CO2 reduction through modulating dipole by Co and S co-doping. Fuel. 388. 134497–134497. 4 indexed citations

Rajabi‐Abhari, Araz, Tongtong Fu, Siqi Huan, et al.. (2025). Biobased Bionic Spider Silk via Electrostatic Complexation for Simultaneously Harvesting Atmospheric Water and Triboelectric Energy. Advanced Functional Materials. 36(23).

Wu, Jianhua, Zhongxin Chen, Ke Yang, et al.. (2025). Electric bias-induced reversible configuration of single and heteronuclear dual-atom catalysts on 1Tʹ-MoS2. Nature Nanotechnology. 20(8). 1043–1051. 10 indexed citations

Chen, Xi, Baowen Zhou, & Ning Yan. (2024). Platinum-cobalt synergy redefines electrocatalytic lignin upgrading. Science Bulletin. 69(19). 2961–2963. 1 indexed citations

Yang, Qi, Sikai Wang, Shinya Furukawa, et al.. (2024). Adjacent MnOx clusters enhance the hydroformylation activity of rhodium single-atom catalysts. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 350. 123923–123923. 13 indexed citations

Xu, Xiaobo, et al.. (2024). Superhydrophobic polyurethane foam based on castor oil and lignin with SiC nanoparticles for efficient and recyclable oil-water separation. Journal of Water Process Engineering. 59. 104897–104897. 5 indexed citations

Feng, Shixiang, Phuc T.T. Nguyen, Xinbin Ma, & Ning Yan. (2024). Photorefinery of Biomass and Plastics to Renewable Chemicals using Heterogeneous Catalysts. Angewandte Chemie. 136(37). 1 indexed citations

Zhao, Jianzhi, Yuping Zhao, Ning Yan, et al.. (2024). Development of a Robust Saccharomyces cerevisiae Strain for Efficient Co-Fermentation of Mixed Sugars and Enhanced Inhibitor Tolerance through Protoplast Fusion. Microorganisms. 12(8). 1526–1526. 6 indexed citations

Cheng, Jiong, et al.. (2024). Biomass to green surfactants: Microwave-assisted transglycosylation of wheat bran for alkyl glycosides production. Bioresource Technology. 401. 130738–130738. 6 indexed citations

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Wang, Sikai, Max J. Hülsey, Sheng Zhang, et al.. (2024). Electrothermal Conversion of Methane to Methanol at Room Temperature with Phosphotungstic Acid. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(5). e202417251–e202417251. 3 indexed citations

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Wang, Liqun, et al.. (2023). Mediating role of depressive symptoms on the relationship between sleep duration and cognitive function. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 4067–4067. 10 indexed citations

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Le, Duy Michael, et al.. (2023). Single-step conversion of wood lignin into phenolic amines. Chem. 9(10). 2869–2880. 33 indexed citations

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Su, Zhenhua, Xiaolei Wang, Wenxin Cao, et al.. (2023). Preparation of high thermal conductivity shaped diamond/copper composites by isostatic pressing. Materials Letters. 336. 133894–133894. 10 indexed citations

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Chen, Zhongxin, Xiangbin Cai, Xin Zhou, et al.. (2022). Promoting Dinuclear‐Type Catalysis in Cu₁–C₃N₄ Single‐Atom Catalysts. Advanced Materials. 34(33). e2204638–e2204638. 81 indexed citations

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Yan, Ning, et al.. (2022). Study on error analysis and correction for catadioptric imaging system: A method for annular inner wall structure measurement. Measurement. 204. 112086–112086. 1 indexed citations

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Lu, Qinyuan, Chong Tan, Xiaohui Zhu, et al.. (2022). Anoxic/oxic treatment without biomass recycle. The Science of The Total Environment. 834. 155166–155166. 5 indexed citations

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Tan, Chong, Xiaohui Zhu, Peipei Zhang, et al.. (2021). Characteristics of denitrification in a vertical baffled bioreactor. Environmental Research. 197. 111046–111046. 11 indexed citations

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Chen, Jianjun, Sikai Wang, Laurent Peres, et al.. (2021). Oxidation of methane to methanol over Pd@Pt nanoparticles under mild conditions in water. Catalysis Science & Technology. 11(10). 3493–3500. 27 indexed citations

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Fu, Xin‐Pu, Laurent Peres, Jérôme Esvan, et al.. (2021). An air-stable, reusable Ni@Ni(OH)₂nanocatalyst for CO₂/bicarbonate hydrogenation to formate. Nanoscale. 13(19). 8931–8939. 17 indexed citations

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Deng, Weiping, Yunzhu Wang, Sui Zhang, et al.. (2018). Catalytic amino acid production from biomass-derived intermediates. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(20). 5093–5098. 205 indexed citations

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