R. Qian

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
10 papers, 859 citations indexed

About

R. Qian is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Polymers and Plastics and Infectious Diseases. According to data from OpenAlex, R. Qian has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 859 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 7 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 6 papers in Polymers and Plastics and 2 papers in Infectious Diseases. Recurrent topics in R. Qian's work include Mechanical Behavior of Composites (6 papers), Polymer crystallization and properties (6 papers) and Polymer Nanocomposites and Properties (3 papers). R. Qian is often cited by papers focused on Mechanical Behavior of Composites (6 papers), Polymer crystallization and properties (6 papers) and Polymer Nanocomposites and Properties (3 papers). R. Qian collaborates with scholars based in United States and China. R. Qian's co-authors include James M. Wilson, Narendra Chirmule, Yujie Qian, Kathleen J. Propert, Susan Magosin, Norman Brown, Xiuzhen Lu, Xici Lu, Xiu Fang Lu and A. R. McGhie and has published in prestigious journals such as Polymer, Journal of Materials Science and Journal of Applied Polymer Science.

In The Last Decade

R. Qian

10 papers receiving 815 citations

Hit Papers

Immune responses to adenovirus and adeno-associated virus... 1999 2026 2008 2017 1999 100 200 300 400 500
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.

  1. Immune responses to adenovirus and adeno-associated virus in humans
    1999 551 citations Narendra Chirmule, Kathleen J. Propert et al. Gene Therapy profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
R. Qian United States 9 441 376 177 175 126 10 859
Yuying Kong China 14 74 0.2× 217 0.6× 38 0.2× 18 0.1× 116 0.9× 37 578
Soichi Tanaka Japan 16 68 0.2× 122 0.3× 25 0.1× 115 0.7× 166 1.3× 74 698
Bryan R. Davis United States 14 33 0.1× 172 0.5× 29 0.2× 42 0.2× 28 0.2× 17 730
Baoying Liu China 13 41 0.1× 128 0.3× 133 0.8× 75 0.4× 66 0.5× 27 622
Jonathan Bowling United Kingdom 13 43 0.1× 34 0.1× 88 0.5× 13 0.1× 135 1.1× 44 504
Kyoko Yoshida United States 17 70 0.2× 124 0.3× 17 0.1× 21 0.1× 27 0.2× 46 831
Claire L. Haycox United States 11 26 0.1× 47 0.1× 27 0.2× 28 0.2× 193 1.5× 17 750
Tarek Shazly United States 21 62 0.1× 118 0.3× 39 0.2× 32 0.2× 20 0.2× 64 1.2k
Nobuyuki Hirai Japan 14 11 0.0× 60 0.2× 44 0.2× 122 0.7× 106 0.8× 53 770
Toshinari Mikami Japan 14 58 0.1× 153 0.4× 11 0.1× 39 0.2× 44 0.3× 38 757

Countries citing papers authored by R. Qian

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Fields of papers citing papers by R. Qian

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of R. Qian

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

All Works

10 of 10 papers shown
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Chirmule, Narendra, et al.. (1999). Fas-Fas Ligand Interactions Play a Major Role in Effector Functions of Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes after Adenovirus Vector-Mediated Gene Transfer. Human Gene Therapy. 10(2). 259–269. 30 indexed citations
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Chirmule, Narendra, Kathleen J. Propert, Susan Magosin, et al.. (1999). Immune responses to adenovirus and adeno-associated virus in humans. Gene Therapy. 6(9). 1574–1583. 551 indexed citations breakdown →
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Lu, Xiuzhen, R. Qian, & Norman Brown. (1995). The effect of crystallinity on fracture and yielding of polyethylenes. Polymer. 36(22). 4239–4244. 53 indexed citations
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Qian, R., Xiuzhen Lu, & Norman Brown. (1993). The effect of concentration of an environmental stress cracking agent on slow crack growth in polyethylenes. Polymer. 34(22). 4727–4731. 16 indexed citations
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Lu, Xiuzhen, et al.. (1992). The effect of pressure and contaminants on slow crack growth in a butt fusion in a polyethylene gas pipe. Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 46(8). 1417–1427. 21 indexed citations
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Lu, Xiuzhen, R. Qian, A. R. McGhie, & Norman Brown. (1992). The effect of annealing on slow crack growth in an ethylene‐hexene copolymer. Journal of Polymer Science Part B Polymer Physics. 30(8). 899–906. 23 indexed citations
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Brown, Norman, et al.. (1991). Slow crack growth in polyethylene ‐ a review. Makromolekulare Chemie Macromolecular Symposia. 41(1). 55–67. 76 indexed citations
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Lu, Xiu Fang, R. Qian, & Norman Brown. (1991). Notchology-the effect of the notching method on the slow crack growth failure in a tough polyethylene. Journal of Materials Science. 26(4). 881–888. 24 indexed citations
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Lu, Xiuzhen, R. Qian, & Norman Brown. (1991). Discontinuous crack growth in polyethylene under a constant load. Journal of Materials Science. 26(4). 917–924. 58 indexed citations
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Qian, R., Xici Lu, & Norman Brown. (1989). Investigating the existence of a threshold stress intensity for slow crack growth in high-density polyethylene. Journal of Materials Science. 24(7). 2467–2472. 7 indexed citations

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