Tianwei Tan

29.6k total citations · 4 hit papers
687 papers, 23.9k citations indexed

About

Tianwei Tan is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Tianwei Tan has authored 687 papers receiving a total of 23.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 341 papers in Molecular Biology, 259 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 78 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Tianwei Tan's work include Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (194 papers), Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (167 papers) and Biofuel production and bioconversion (122 papers). Tianwei Tan is often cited by papers focused on Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction (194 papers), Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization (167 papers) and Biofuel production and bioconversion (122 papers). Tianwei Tan collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Sweden. Tianwei Tan's co-authors include Haijia Su, Yongqin Lv, Xu Zhang, Jan Baeyens, Peiyong Qin, Li Deng, Kaili Nie, Di Cai, František Švec and Cunsheng Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Tianwei Tan

679 papers receiving 23.3k 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.

Reviewing the anaerobic digestion of food waste for biogas production

2014 965 citations Jan Baeyens, Tianwei Tan et al. profile →
Biodiesel production with immobilized lipase: A review

2010 517 citations Tianwei Tan et al. profile →
The anaerobic co-digestion of food waste and cattle manure

2012 442 citations Tianwei Tan et al. profile →
Challenges and opportunities in improving the production of bio-ethanol

2014 428 citations Jan Baeyens, Raf Dewil et al. Progress in Energy and Combustion Science profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tianwei Tan

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	In situ growth of zeolitic imidazolate framework on expanded vermiculite to regulate the phase transition of D-mannitol for thermal energy storage and solar energy conversion 2025 ·Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells ·(unknown), Guohua Li, (unknown), (unknown), Tianwei Tan, Hui Cao	2
2	Switchable Product Selectivity in Biodiesel Synthesis 2025 ·ACS Catalysis ·Lei Wang, Yusen Yang, (unknown), Yawen Shi, (unknown), (unknown), Yuan Deng, Meng Zhang, Xin Zhang, Lirong Zheng, Tianwei Tan, Min Wei	1
3	Coupling Photocatalytic Reduction and Biosynthesis Towards Sustainable CO ₂ Upcycling 2025 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Mengjie Yu, (unknown), Xinzhe Zhang, Zhen Ge, Enze Xu, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Yusen Yang, Xin Zhang, Qiang Fei, Min Wei, Tianwei Tan	13
4	Coupling Photocatalytic Reduction and Biosynthesis Towards Sustainable CO ₂ Upcycling 2025 ·Angewandte Chemie ·Mengjie Yu, (unknown), Xinzhe Zhang, Zhen Ge, Enze Xu, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Yusen Yang, Xin Zhang, Qiang Fei, Min Wei, Tianwei Tan	2
5	Development of a specific biosensor for sesquiterpene based on SELEX and directed evolution platforms 2024 ·Talanta ·Yanyan Huo, Shiding Zhang, (unknown), Kai Wang, Yunming Fang, Meng Wang, Tianwei Tan	2
6	Synergistic acetyl-CoA augmentation strategy (SATS) for improved terpenoid biosynthesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae 2024 ·Biochemical Engineering Journal ·(unknown), Feng Pan, (unknown), Kai Wang, Yang Zhang, Yunming Fang, (unknown), Tianwei Tan	1
7	Production of Liquid Biofuel Precursors: Optimization and Regulation of Lipase Fermentation and Its Application in Plant Oil Hydrolysis Process 2023 ·Fermentation ·Shuai Huang, Hao Li, Ruisong Zhu, Meng Wang, Tianwei Tan	4
8	Energy-efficient crumb rubber drying by heat recovery and solar air heating 2023 ·Industrial Crops and Products ·Tianwei Tan, Huili Zhang, Miao Yang, Jan Baeyens	4
9	Metabolic Engineering for Effective Synthesis of 2-Hydroxyadipate 2023 ·ACS Synthetic Biology ·Meng Liu, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Biqiang Chen, Tianwei Tan, (unknown)	3
10	A Highly Sensitive Model Based on Graph Neural Networks for Enzyme Key Catalytic Residue Prediction 2023 ·Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling ·Xiaowei Shen, Shiding Zhang, Jianyu Long, Changjing Chen, (unknown), Ziheng Cui, Biqiang Chen, Tianwei Tan	8
11	Nanoparticle Drug Delivery System for Glioma and Its Efficacy Improvement Strategies: A Comprehensive Review 2020 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Jie Li, (unknown), Tianwei Tan, Min Liu, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Fu Chen, (unknown), Ting Xie	3
12	Hierarchical Micro‐ and Mesoporous Zn‐Based Metal–Organic Frameworks Templated by Hydrogels: Their Use for Enzyme Immobilization and Catalysis of Knoevenagel Reaction 2019 ·Small ·(unknown), František Švec, Yongqin Lv, Tianwei Tan	139
13	Biomass-derived aviation fuels: Challenges and perspective 2019 ·Progress in Energy and Combustion Science ·Meng Wang, Raf Dewil, K. Maniatis, John Wheeldon, Tianwei Tan, Jan Baeyens, Yunming Fang	232
14	Ultrafast and ultrahigh adsorption of furfural from aqueous solution via covalent organic framework-300 2019 ·Separation and Purification Technology ·Shufeng Li, Yinhua Yang, Houchao Shan, Jing Zhao, Ze Wang, Di Cai, Peiyong Qin, Jan Baeyens, Tianwei Tan	50
15	Towards an energy-friendly and cleaner solvent-extraction of vegetable oil 2018 ·Journal of Environmental Management ·(unknown), Jan Baeyens, Peiyong Qin, Huili Zhang, Tianwei Tan	19
16	Solids Flow in a “Particle-in-Tube” Concentrated Solar Heat Absorber 2018 ·Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research ·(unknown), Jan Baeyens, Gilles Flamant, Tianwei Tan, Huili Zhang	10
17	Metabolic engineering of Escherichia coli for the synthesis of polyhydroxyalkanoates using acetate as a main carbon source 2018 ·Microbial Cell Factories ·Jing Chen, Wei Li, (unknown), Tianwei Tan, Zhengjun Li	84
18	High-efficiency concentrated solar power plants need appropriate materials for high-temperature heat capture, conveying and storage 2017 ·Energy ·Huili Zhang, (unknown), Tianwei Tan, Jan Baeyens	34
19	Effect of NADH kinase on poly-3-hydroxybutyrate production by recombinant Escherichia coli 2016 ·Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering ·(unknown), Jie Zhang, Xiaojie Liu, Tianwei Tan, Zhengjun Li	9
20	EFFECTS OF Fe3+ON GROWTH AND PHOTOSYNTHESIS OF OSCILLATORIA PLANCTONICA 2005 ·Acta Hydrobiologica Sinica ·(unknown), Hanhua Hu, (unknown), Cong Wei, Tianwei Tan	1

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