Tong Ran

733 total citations · 1 hit paper
9 papers, 630 citations indexed

About

Tong Ran is a scholar working on Surfaces, Coatings and Films, Biomedical Engineering and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, Tong Ran has authored 9 papers receiving a total of 630 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Surfaces, Coatings and Films, 5 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 2 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in Tong Ran's work include Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity (8 papers), Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (3 papers) and Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization (2 papers). Tong Ran is often cited by papers focused on Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity (8 papers), Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (3 papers) and Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization (2 papers). Tong Ran collaborates with scholars based in China and United States. Tong Ran's co-authors include Huawei Chen, Liwen Zhang, Deyuan Zhang, Yang Gan, Yi Zhang, Lei Jiang, Jiajia Zhou, Pengfei Zhang, Dengke Chen and Guang Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Materials, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.

In The Last Decade

Tong Ran

9 papers receiving 625 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Ultrafast water harvesting and transport in hierarchical microchannels

2018 437 citations Huawei Chen, Tong Ran et al. Nature Materials profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Tong Ran China	7	460	221	165	162	121	9	630
Yang Gan China	8	401 0.9×	215 1.0×	158 1.0×	151 0.9×	104 0.9×	11	578
Yuzhen Ning China	14	442 1.0×	240 1.1×	118 0.7×	180 1.1×	75 0.6×	24	662
Zhouchen Huang China	10	379 0.8×	205 0.9×	143 0.9×	129 0.8×	42 0.3×	10	507
Minfei Li China	8	324 0.7×	206 0.9×	213 1.3×	226 1.4×	99 0.8×	12	642
Zehang Cui China	13	340 0.7×	193 0.9×	148 0.9×	117 0.7×	66 0.5×	22	486
Shuang Ben China	13	453 1.0×	314 1.4×	131 0.8×	273 1.7×	115 1.0×	19	875
Handong Cho South Korea	16	433 0.9×	467 2.1×	80 0.5×	211 1.3×	65 0.5×	23	782
Qiaoqiao Huang China	8	306 0.7×	156 0.7×	148 0.9×	116 0.7×	51 0.4×	9	501
Lezhou Feng United States	5	533 1.2×	142 0.6×	295 1.8×	183 1.1×	40 0.3×	8	648
Zelinlan Wang China	17	541 1.2×	267 1.2×	76 0.5×	112 0.7×	40 0.3×	27	767

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tong Ran

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9 of 9 papers shown

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Liu, Guang, Tong Ran, Yi Zhang, et al.. (2023). High-Efficient Microdroplet Harvesting and Detaching Inspired from Sarracenia Lid Trichome. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 15(50). 59075–59086. 5 indexed citations

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Chen, Huawei, Tong Ran, Liwen Zhang, et al.. (2022). High-Efficient Fog Harvest from a Synergistic Effect of Coupling Hierarchical Structures. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 14(29). 33993–34001. 42 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yi, Yang Gan, Liwen Zhang, et al.. (2022). Controllable Directional Liquid Transport in Open Channel. Advanced Materials Interfaces. 9(14). 8 indexed citations

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Chen, Huawei, Tong Ran, Dengke Chen, et al.. (2021). Highly Efficient Multiscale Fog Collector Inspired by Sarracenia Trichome Hierarchical Structure. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(12). 2100087–2100087. 28 indexed citations

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Zhang, Liwen, Guang Liu, Huawei Chen, et al.. (2021). Bioinspired Unidirectional Liquid Transport Micro-nano Structures: A Review. Journal of Bionic Engineering. 18(1). 1–29. 35 indexed citations

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Chen, Huawei, Tong Ran, Yang Gan, et al.. (2018). Ultrafast water harvesting and transport in hierarchical microchannels. Nature Materials. 17(10). 935–942. 437 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gan, Yang, Huawei Chen, Tong Ran, Pengfei Zhang, & Deyuan Zhang. (2018). The prey capture mechanism of micro structure on the Sarracenia Judith Hindle inner surface. Journal of Bionic Engineering. 15(1). 34–41. 8 indexed citations

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Zhang, Pengfei, Huawei Chen, Liwen Zhang, Tong Ran, & Deyuan Zhang. (2016). Breath figure patterns prepared by spraying ultrasonic atomized water droplets. 389. 392–395. 1 indexed citations

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Zhang, Pengfei, Huawei Chen, Liwen Zhang, Tong Ran, & Deyuan Zhang. (2015). Transparent self-cleaning lubricant-infused surfaces made with large-area breath figure patterns. Applied Surface Science. 355. 1083–1090. 66 indexed citations

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