Wei An

10.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
277 papers, 9.0k citations indexed

About

Wei An is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Wei An has authored 277 papers receiving a total of 9.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 107 papers in Materials Chemistry, 85 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment and 67 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Wei An's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (56 papers), Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (47 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (22 papers). Wei An is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (56 papers), Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (47 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (22 papers). Wei An collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Canada. Wei An's co-authors include Xiao Cheng Zeng, C. Heath Turner, Yong Men, Jinguo Wang, Daniel E. Resasco, Xiaojun Wu, Ping Liu, Yuanqiang Wang, Tong Zhu and Shuang Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Physical Review Letters and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Wei An

260 papers receiving 8.9k citations

Hit Papers

Selective conversion of furfural to methylfuran over sili... 2011 2026 2016 2021 2011 2024 100 200 300 400
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. Selective conversion of furfural to methylfuran over silica-supported NiFe bimetallic catalysts
    2011 463 citations Wei An et al. profile →
  2. Essential role of lattice oxygen in hydrogen sensing reaction
    2024 80 citations Wei An, Xiaoxin Zou et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Wei An China 52 4.5k 3.5k 2.3k 1.9k 1.6k 277 9.0k
Andrew J. Medford United States 43 4.9k 1.1× 3.8k 1.1× 2.0k 0.9× 3.7k 1.9× 688 0.4× 93 8.5k
Kai Wu China 57 5.1k 1.1× 1.6k 0.5× 4.6k 2.0× 1.2k 0.6× 2.7k 1.7× 459 11.8k
Koji Tanaka Japan 37 4.2k 0.9× 2.3k 0.7× 2.4k 1.0× 1.3k 0.7× 534 0.3× 232 7.6k
Cong Liu China 52 4.1k 0.9× 3.8k 1.1× 5.4k 2.4× 1.6k 0.9× 802 0.5× 291 11.2k
Ming Chen China 56 7.0k 1.6× 1.8k 0.5× 2.7k 1.2× 1.4k 0.7× 1.9k 1.1× 428 11.1k
Song Liu China 41 3.3k 0.7× 5.7k 1.6× 2.9k 1.3× 1.5k 0.8× 852 0.5× 179 9.1k
Xin Liu China 62 6.9k 1.5× 2.8k 0.8× 3.6k 1.6× 1.5k 0.8× 1.6k 1.0× 425 13.1k
Xuan Yang China 52 4.0k 0.9× 3.5k 1.0× 2.5k 1.1× 1.5k 0.8× 1.9k 1.2× 243 9.4k
Qian Xu China 50 5.7k 1.3× 4.9k 1.4× 3.4k 1.5× 922 0.5× 1.4k 0.8× 223 9.8k
Yong‐Hyun Kim South Korea 51 6.9k 1.5× 2.0k 0.6× 4.1k 1.8× 1.1k 0.5× 1.3k 0.8× 208 10.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Wei An

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wei An

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wei An

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Wei An. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Wei 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 Wei An. Wei 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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Zhao, Ting, Ben Niu, Wei An, et al.. (2025). Highly efficient and stable single-atom Cu encapsulated in silicalite-1 zeolite for selective catalytic oxidation of nitrogen-containing VOCs. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 371. 125277–125277. 5 indexed citations
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Zheng, Qian, Wei An, Jianxin Pan, et al.. (2025). Tuning the Spin State of Co Accelerates Hydrogen Evolution Reaction of Pt Nanoparticles. SusMat. 5(2). 1 indexed citations
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Ying, Feng, Wei An, Zhaolong Ding, et al.. (2024). Ru-doped Mo2C grown on coconut shell derived 3D hierarchical carbon as robust electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution reaction. Fuel. 379. 133085–133085. 12 indexed citations
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Lu, Chunyang, Wei An, Tiantian Cao, et al.. (2024). Fabrication of NiCoP/NiCo2S4 heterostructure for robust electrochemical hydrogen evolution reaction. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 77. 203–210. 5 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yifan, et al.. (2024). Extraction evolutionary features of continuous light-induced plasmonic nanobubbles by a dynamic spectral regression model. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer. 328. 109147–109147.
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Zhao, Jinhao, Qian Wang, Wei An, et al.. (2024). Visual Quantitation of Dopamine-Inspired Fluorescent Adhesion with Orthogonal Phenanthrenequinone Photochemistry. ACS Macro Letters. 13(6). 788–797. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Jingke, Yong Men, Yueming Wang, et al.. (2023). Morphology effect of Pd/In2O3/CeO2 catalysts on methanol steam reforming for hydrogen production. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 51. 1185–1199. 30 indexed citations
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Liang, Xiao, Wensheng Yan, Kexin Zhang, et al.. (2023). Electrocatalytic Water Oxidation Activity‐Stability Maps for Perovskite Oxides Containing 3 d , 4 d and 5 d Transition Metals. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(46). e202311606–e202311606. 28 indexed citations
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An, Wei, et al.. (2023). Monodispersed PtCo alloy nanoparticles with a modulated d-band center exhibiting highly efficient hydrogen evolution. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 11(48). 26812–26820. 16 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yifan, et al.. (2023). The non-linear evolution of radiative properties of plasmonic nanofluid during light-induced vaporization process. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer. 303. 108593–108593. 3 indexed citations
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Yu, Zhengyu, Xie Li, Jing Zhang, et al.. (2023). New perspective on African swine fever: a bibliometrics study and visualization analysis. Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 10. 1085473–1085473. 1 indexed citations
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An, Wei, et al.. (2023). Heterojunction regulates the function of coral like NiCoP for efficient hydrogen evolution reaction. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 48(92). 35953–35961. 11 indexed citations
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Liu, Jia, Wei An, Zhen Liu, et al.. (2022). Hyperbaric oxygen enhances X‐ray induced ferroptosis in oral squamous cell carcinoma cells. Oral Diseases. 30(2). 116–127. 11 indexed citations
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Xu, F., Wei An, Ashleigh E. Baber, et al.. (2022). Enhanced Oxide Reduction by Hydrogen at Cuprous Oxide–Copper Interfaces near Ascending Step Edges. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 126(44). 18645–18651. 7 indexed citations
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Liu, Wei, et al.. (2017). [Accumulated Health Risk Assessment of Arsenic in Drinking Water of Major Cities of China].. PubMed. 38(5). 1835–1841. 5 indexed citations
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An, Wei, Yong Men, Jinguo Wang, & Ping Liu. (2017). Interfacial and Alloying Effects on Activation of Ethanol from First-Principles. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 121(10). 5603–5611. 24 indexed citations

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