Ran An

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Ran An is a scholar working on Agronomy and Crop Science, Plant Science and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Ran An has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Agronomy and Crop Science, 6 papers in Plant Science and 6 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Ran An's work include Perovskite Materials and Applications (4 papers), Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems (4 papers) and Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (4 papers). Ran An is often cited by papers focused on Perovskite Materials and Applications (4 papers), Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems (4 papers) and Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (4 papers). Ran An collaborates with scholars based in China, Australia and Netherlands. Ran An's co-authors include Yi Xie, Chong Xiao, Bangjiao Ye, Junfeng Xie, Meili Guan, Shaojuan Fan, Min Zhou, Qingmei Cheng, Jie Zhang and Jie Xu and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Functional Materials and New Phytologist.

In The Last Decade

Ran An

20 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Vacancy Associates Promoting Solar-Driven Photocatalytic ... 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 250 500 750 1000
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. Vacancy Associates Promoting Solar-Driven Photocatalytic Activity of Ultrathin Bismuth Oxychloride Nanosheets
    2013 1.2k citations Meili Guan, Chong Xiao et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ran An China 10 1.1k 1.0k 721 195 69 23 1.5k
Zhenyuan Liu China 17 554 0.5× 307 0.3× 412 0.6× 101 0.5× 32 0.5× 34 843
Pawan Kumar India 21 198 0.2× 808 0.8× 790 1.1× 232 1.2× 17 0.2× 57 1.4k
R. Singh India 16 68 0.1× 523 0.5× 205 0.3× 302 1.5× 85 1.2× 130 954
Yashpal Singh India 19 121 0.1× 271 0.3× 259 0.4× 61 0.3× 49 0.7× 42 825
Mohammad Behdani Iran 17 57 0.1× 388 0.4× 205 0.3× 147 0.8× 73 1.1× 62 692
Liping Zhou China 14 38 0.0× 489 0.5× 576 0.8× 107 0.5× 33 0.5× 52 940
Yuanqi Wang China 19 450 0.4× 346 0.3× 409 0.6× 262 1.3× 5 0.1× 52 1.0k
Alexander Yu. Polyakov Russia 14 92 0.1× 266 0.3× 135 0.2× 111 0.6× 68 1.0× 40 547
Zhipeng Huang China 18 494 0.5× 491 0.5× 143 0.2× 51 0.3× 19 0.3× 30 1.1k
Huang Australia 12 106 0.1× 292 0.3× 143 0.2× 76 0.4× 48 0.7× 120 596

Countries citing papers authored by Ran An

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ran An

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ran An

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wang, Hongshan, Ran An, Zhihua Yang, Shilie Pan, & Junjie Li. (2025). Synergically Assembling Advantageous Groups toward High‐Performance Infrared Nonlinear Optical Materials AIICdSiSe4 (AII = Sr, Ba). Advanced Functional Materials. 35(35). 9 indexed citations
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An, Ran, Jiudong Zhang, Yi Xing, et al.. (2025). Intercropping significantly elevates carbon sequestration by mitigating the decline in soil total carbon caused by excessive phosphorus-application. Soil and Tillage Research. 257. 106932–106932.
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An, Ran, Hongshan Wang, Congwei Xie, et al.. (2025). New Ways to Discover Novel Nonlinear Optical Materials: Scaling Machine Learning with Chemical Descriptors Information. Small. 21(11). e2500540–e2500540. 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, Wenbin, Ran An, Abudukadi Tudi, et al.. (2024). Unleashing the potential of π-conjugated [B2O3(OH)2] to enhance birefringence in DUV crystals. Materials Today Chemistry. 37. 102005–102005. 4 indexed citations
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Sun, Yong, et al.. (2024). Behavior of exciton in direct−indirect band gap Al x Ga1−x As crystal lattice quantum wells. Journal of Semiconductors. 45(3). 32701–32701. 1 indexed citations
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An, Ran, Yitian Xu, & Xuhua Liu. (2023). Multi-task twin bounded support vector machine and its safe screening rule. Applied Soft Computing. 138. 110188–110188. 9 indexed citations
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An, Ran, et al.. (2023). The Landau-level structure of a single polaron in a nanorod under a non-uniform magnetic field. Communications in Theoretical Physics. 75(9). 95701–95701. 1 indexed citations
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Yu, Rui‐Peng, Ye Su, Hans Lambers, et al.. (2023). A novel proxy to examine interspecific phosphorus facilitation between plant species. New Phytologist. 239(5). 1637–1650. 22 indexed citations
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An, Ran, Rui‐Peng Yu, Yi Xing, et al.. (2023). Intercropping efficiently utilizes phosphorus resource in soil via different strategies mediated by crop traits and species combination. Plant and Soil. 497(1-2). 705–725. 15 indexed citations
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Yu, Rui‐Peng, Ye Su, Hans Lambers, et al.. (2023). A novel proxy to examine interspecific phosphorus facilitation between plant species. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 2 indexed citations
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An, Ran, Rui‐Peng Yu, Yi Xing, et al.. (2023). Enhanced phosphorus-fertilizer-use efficiency and sustainable phosphorus management with intercropping. Agronomy for Sustainable Development. 43(5). 27 indexed citations
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Xing, Yi, Rui‐Peng Yu, Ran An, et al.. (2023). Two pathways drive enhanced nitrogen acquisition via a complementarity effect in long-term intercropping. Field Crops Research. 293. 108854–108854. 27 indexed citations
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An, Ran, Rui‐Peng Yu, Yi Xing, et al.. (2023). Enhanced phosphorus-fertilizer-use efficiency and sustainable phosphorus management with intercropping. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 1 indexed citations
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Xu, Yun, Xuewei Wang, Lingfeng Zhu, et al.. (2021). Construction and performance of a simple and efficient g-C3N4 photocatalytic hydrogen production system. RSC Advances. 11(57). 36034–36041. 3 indexed citations
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An, Ran, Yitian Xu, & Xuhua Liu. (2021). A rough margin-based multi-task ν -twin support vector machine for pattern classification. Applied Soft Computing. 112. 107769–107769. 9 indexed citations
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Jagadeesh, M., et al.. (2014). Growth and characterization of an organic NLO crystal: L-alanine-2-furoic acid. Archives of applied science research. 6(4). 188–197. 2 indexed citations
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Guan, Meili, Chong Xiao, Jie Zhang, et al.. (2013). Vacancy Associates Promoting Solar-Driven Photocatalytic Activity of Ultrathin Bismuth Oxychloride Nanosheets. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 135(28). 10411–10417. 1169 indexed citations breakdown →

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