Rui Cheng

9.7k total citations · 4 hit papers
162 papers, 8.2k citations indexed

About

Rui Cheng is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Rui Cheng has authored 162 papers receiving a total of 8.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 57 papers in Materials Chemistry and 44 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Rui Cheng's work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (16 papers), Graphene research and applications (16 papers) and Characterization and Applications of Magnetic Nanoparticles (16 papers). Rui Cheng is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (16 papers), Graphene research and applications (16 papers) and Characterization and Applications of Magnetic Nanoparticles (16 papers). Rui Cheng collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Rui Cheng's co-authors include Xiangfeng Duan, Yu Huang, Lei Liao, Yuan Liu, Jingwei Bai, Hailong Zhou, Yongquan Qu, Lixin Liu, Yung‐Chen Lin and Leidong Mao 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

Rui Cheng

144 papers receiving 8.0k citations

Hit Papers

High-speed graphene transistors with a self-aligned nanow... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2010 2011 2013 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. High-speed graphene transistors with a self-aligned nanowire gate
    2010 1.1k citations Lei Liao, Rui Cheng et al. profile →
  2. Plasmon resonance enhanced multicolour photodetection by graphene
    2011 633 citations Yuan Liu, Rui Cheng et al. Nature Communications profile →
  3. A low-temperature method to produce highly reduced graphene oxide
    2013 499 citations Rui Cheng, Xiangfeng Duan et al. Nature Communications profile →
  4. Chemical vapour deposition growth of large single crystals of monolayer and bilayer graphene
    2013 494 citations Hailong Zhou, Woo Jong Yu et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Rui Cheng China 43 4.9k 3.5k 2.9k 927 902 162 8.2k
Yao Cheng China 57 5.6k 1.1× 4.1k 1.2× 3.7k 1.3× 1.1k 1.2× 1.5k 1.6× 209 10.4k
Xianping Chen China 51 5.5k 1.1× 4.6k 1.3× 1.9k 0.7× 959 1.0× 415 0.5× 281 8.6k
Wei Yang China 41 4.4k 0.9× 3.1k 0.9× 2.6k 0.9× 1.1k 1.2× 1.6k 1.7× 184 8.0k
Haixin Chang China 44 5.2k 1.1× 3.2k 0.9× 2.3k 0.8× 1.5k 1.6× 908 1.0× 165 8.8k
Sumeet Walia Australia 49 4.9k 1.0× 4.5k 1.3× 1.6k 0.6× 1.3k 1.4× 536 0.6× 182 8.1k
Ning Han China 49 3.5k 0.7× 4.3k 1.2× 2.8k 1.0× 788 0.9× 483 0.5× 208 6.6k
Xiaoping Wang China 41 3.8k 0.8× 2.5k 0.7× 2.4k 0.8× 1.6k 1.8× 600 0.7× 148 6.7k
Fang Wang China 41 3.8k 0.8× 3.7k 1.1× 1.8k 0.6× 1.2k 1.3× 730 0.8× 321 7.2k
Qi Zhang China 45 6.1k 1.3× 4.5k 1.3× 2.0k 0.7× 1.4k 1.5× 529 0.6× 303 8.4k
Yanan Wang China 47 4.3k 0.9× 3.7k 1.1× 1.9k 0.6× 1.1k 1.1× 722 0.8× 313 8.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Rui Cheng

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Fields of papers citing papers by Rui Cheng

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Rui Cheng

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

All Works

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Wang, Zexiao, Tianyi Huang, Sen Lin, et al.. (2025). Electrically programmable pixelated coherent mid-infrared thermal emission. Nature Communications. 16(1). 1665–1665. 6 indexed citations
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Cheng, Rui, Zexiao Wang, Xiao Luo, et al.. (2025). Liquid-infused nanostructured composite as a high-performance thermal interface material for effective cooling. Nature Communications. 16(1). 794–794. 19 indexed citations
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Wang, Zexiao, Tianyi Huang, Sen Lin, et al.. (2025). Reconfigurable Integrated High-Speed Thermal Metamaterial Pixel Arrays. Nano Letters. 25(33). 12712–12718.
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Zhang, Mingmin, et al.. (2025). CO2-Responsive Plugging Gel with Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate, Polyethyleneimine, and Silica. Polymers. 17(6). 706–706. 2 indexed citations
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Ma, Shenggui, et al.. (2025). China's Life Cycle Assessment Research in Crop Farming: Development and Challenges. Results in Engineering. 26. 104922–104922. 3 indexed citations
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Li, Lin, Jifen Wang, Bin Chen, et al.. (2025). Saturated and Unsaturated Double‐Tailed Surfactants for Wormlike Micelles. Journal of Surfactants and Detergents. 29(2). 167–176.
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Huang, Binbin, Yujun Chen, Yefeng Zhou, et al.. (2023). Efficient removal of Cr(VI) by the modified biochar with chitosan schiff base and MnFe2O4 nanoparticles: Adsorption and mechanism analysis. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 11(2). 109432–109432. 52 indexed citations
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Li, Fu, Yang Li, Guangming Shi, et al.. (2023). Progressive graph convolution network for EEG emotion recognition. Neurocomputing. 544. 126262–126262. 51 indexed citations
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Cheng, Rui, et al.. (2023). [Screening of an Armillaria gallica strain for Gastrodia elata cultivation].. PubMed. 48(2). 374–381.
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Zhang, Xiao, et al.. (2023). Study on the intrinsic mechanisms underlying enhanced geothermal system (EGS) heat transfer performance differences in multi-wells. Energy Conversion and Management. 292. 117361–117361. 7 indexed citations
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Cheng, Rui, Bart Frijns, Hyeongjun Kim, & Doojin Ryu. (2023). Effects of option incentive compensation on corporate innovation: The case of China. Economic Systems. 48(1). 101171–101171. 4 indexed citations
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Cheng, Rui, Abdul Rehman Akbar, Feng Shan, et al.. (2022). Structural evolution and electrolyte engineering for tri-electrolyte zinc-air cells. Journal of Power Sources. 540. 231634–231634. 1 indexed citations
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Cheng, Chun, Sijia Wang, Yifan Wu, et al.. (2021). Thermally Regenerative CO2-Induced pH-Gradient Cell for Waste-to-Energy Conversion. ACS Energy Letters. 6(9). 3221–3227. 13 indexed citations
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Cheng, Rui, Kelong Lu, & Ning Hao. (2021). The effect of anger on malevolent creativity and strategies for its emotion regulation. Acta Psychologica Sinica. 53(8). 847–847. 32 indexed citations
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Zhou, Hailong, Woo Jong Yu, Lixin Liu, et al.. (2013). Chemical vapour deposition growth of large single crystals of monolayer and bilayer graphene. Nature Communications. 4(1). 2096–2096. 494 indexed citations breakdown →
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Liu, Yuan, Rui Cheng, Lei Liao, et al.. (2011). Plasmon resonance enhanced multicolour photodetection by graphene. Nature Communications. 2(1). 579–579. 633 indexed citations breakdown →

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