Quan Gan

7.0k total citations · 3 hit papers
148 papers, 5.7k citations indexed

About

Quan Gan is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Mechanical Engineering and Ocean Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Quan Gan has authored 148 papers receiving a total of 5.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 49 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 46 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 33 papers in Ocean Engineering. Recurrent topics in Quan Gan's work include Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis (34 papers), Rock Mechanics and Modeling (29 papers) and Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (20 papers). Quan Gan is often cited by papers focused on Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis (34 papers), Rock Mechanics and Modeling (29 papers) and Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (20 papers). Quan Gan collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and United States. Quan Gan's co-authors include Tao Wang, Derek Elsworth, Stephen J. Allen, Tao Wang, Paul A. McCarron, W. Richard Bowen, George Taylor, Paul Nancarrow, Yong Li and David W. Rooney and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Quan Gan

138 papers receiving 5.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Modulation of surface charge, particle size and morphological properties of chitosan–TPP nanoparticles intended for gene delivery

2005 759 citations Quan Gan et al. profile →
Chitosan nanoparticle as protein delivery carrier—Systematic examination of fabrication conditions for efficient loading and release

2007 579 citations Quan Gan et al. profile →
Coal pore size distributions controlled by the coalification process: An experimental study of coals from the Junggar, Ordos and Qinshui basins in China

2017 244 citations Quan Gan et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Quan Gan China	40	1.3k	1.2k	1.0k	1.0k	950	148	5.7k
D.I. Wilson United Kingdom	42	510 0.4×	1.1k 0.9×	1.3k 1.2×	599 0.6×	545 0.6×	291	6.3k
Michael J. Hounslow United Kingdom	43	325 0.2×	1.9k 1.6×	650 0.6×	775 0.8×	2.0k 2.1×	173	6.4k
Robert Pfeffer United States	51	447 0.3×	1.6k 1.4×	2.1k 2.0×	1.5k 1.5×	693 0.7×	209	8.7k
Mojtaba Ghadiri United Kingdom	53	751 0.6×	3.4k 2.9×	2.3k 2.2×	1.5k 1.4×	447 0.5×	278	10.8k
Víctor M. Starov United Kingdom	48	639 0.5×	632 0.5×	2.0k 2.0×	599 0.6×	1.1k 1.2×	210	7.7k
Yangyang Liu China	48	935 0.7×	874 0.8×	1.2k 1.1×	711 0.7×	511 0.5×	258	8.4k
Liming Hu China	41	703 0.5×	676 0.6×	696 0.7×	621 0.6×	702 0.7×	244	6.1k
Jesse Zhu Canada	60	525 0.4×	4.7k 4.0×	4.6k 4.4×	2.4k 2.4×	1.1k 1.2×	554	14.6k
Emil Chibowski Poland	45	1.2k 0.9×	492 0.4×	1.9k 1.8×	239 0.2×	724 0.8×	191	7.5k
Ali Hassanpour United Kingdom	40	438 0.3×	1.8k 1.6×	1.6k 1.6×	661 0.6×	338 0.4×	182	5.2k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Gan, Quan, Qiang Li, Jianye Chen, et al.. (2025). Influence of roughness and slip velocity on the evolution of frictional strength. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences. 188. 106076–106076.

Fang, Xiaoyu, et al.. (2025). Comparative analysis of thermal extraction performance of EGS model with N2O, H2O and CO2 as working fluids based on Voronoi fractures. Renewable Energy. 242. 122392–122392. 2 indexed citations

Gan, Quan, et al.. (2025). Chirality Communication and Transmission Within Palladium(II) Quadruple‐Stranded Helicates. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry. 28(13).

Li, Jinsen, Jianye Chen, Jing Peng, Yueqiang Ma, & Quan Gan. (2025). Investigation of the Sealing and Mechanical Stability of Cap Rock for Offshore CO2 Sequestration in Saline Aquifers. Energies. 18(22). 6033–6033.

Elsworth, Derek, Pengliang Yu, Mengke An, et al.. (2024). Constraints on triggered seismicity and its control on permeability evolution. Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. 17(1). 20–30. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Yanting, Liang Yuan, Yueqiang Ma, et al.. (2024). Dynamic evolution of reservoir permeability and deformation in geothermal battery energy storage using abandoned mines. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(1). 100155–100155. 3 indexed citations

Wang, Mengyao, Quan Gan, Tao Wang, et al.. (2024). Propagation and complex morphology of hydraulic fractures in lamellar shales based on finite-discrete element modeling. Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources. 10(1). 5 indexed citations

Yang, Hailong, Baohai Jia, Lin Xie, et al.. (2024). Achieving high thermoelectric performance through ultra-low lattice thermal conductivity based on phonon localization. Joule. 8(9). 2667–2680. 16 indexed citations

Li, Qing, et al.. (2024). Shear Band Development and Permeability Anisotropy Evolution in Fault Gouge. 1 indexed citations

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Ma, Yueqiang, Ying Li, Quan Gan, & Sheng Zhi. (2023). Permeability evolution due to combined thermal stress and in-situ stress during fractured geothermal reservoir production. Geothermics. 115. 102831–102831. 2 indexed citations

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Ma, Yueqiang, Ying Li, Quan Gan, & Sheng Zhi. (2023). Influence of fracture pattern between Hot Sedimentary Aquifer (HSA) and Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS) on thermal production and permeability evolution. Geothermics. 114. 102804–102804. 1 indexed citations

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Tian, Shifeng, Junping Zhou, Xuefu Xian, et al.. (2023). Impact of supercritical CO2 exposure time on the porosity and permeability of dry and wet shale: The influence of chemo-mechanical coupling effects. Energy. 270. 126905–126905. 21 indexed citations

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Yang, Kang, Junping Zhou, Xuefu Xian, et al.. (2023). Effect of supercritical CO2-water-shale interaction on mechanical properties of shale and its implication for carbon sequestration. Gas Science and Engineering. 111. 204930–204930. 30 indexed citations

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Gan, Quan, et al.. (2023). Investigation of coupled hydro-mechanical modelling of hydraulic fracture propagation and interaction with natural fractures. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences. 169. 105418–105418. 20 indexed citations

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Ma, Yueqiang, Ying Li, Quan Gan, & Sheng Zhi. (2023). Numerical investigation of energy dissipation when shear wave passing through interface in rock mass. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3. 142–154. 2 indexed citations

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Wang, Yan, Quan Gan, Mingyuan Hu, et al.. (2023). Anharmonic lattice dynamics and the origin of intrinsic ultralow thermal conductivity in AgI materials. Physical review. B.. 107(6). 21 indexed citations

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Gan, Quan, et al.. (2021). Thermo‐Hydro‐Mechanical Model and Caprock Deformation Explain the Onset of an Ongoing Seismo‐Volcanic Unrest. Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth. 126(3). 14 indexed citations

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Gan, Quan, et al.. (2019). Simulation Study on the Dynamic Ventilation Control of Single Head Roadway in High‐Altitude Mine Based on Thermal Comfort. Advances in Civil Engineering. 2019(1). 39 indexed citations

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Qin, Xuan, Jianchao Cai, Peng Xu, Sheng Dai, & Quan Gan. (2018). A fractal model of effective thermal conductivity for porous media with various liquid saturation. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 128. 1149–1156. 67 indexed citations

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Gan, Quan. (2015). Analysis of induced seismicity and heat transfer in geothermal reservoirs by coupled simulation. PhDT. 1 indexed citations

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