Wei Yang

37.6k total citations · 6 hit papers
901 papers, 31.4k citations indexed

About

Wei Yang is a scholar working on Polymers and Plastics, Biomedical Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Wei Yang has authored 901 papers receiving a total of 31.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 336 papers in Polymers and Plastics, 253 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 217 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Wei Yang's work include Polymer crystallization and properties (179 papers), Polymer Nanocomposites and Properties (132 papers) and Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (126 papers). Wei Yang is often cited by papers focused on Polymer crystallization and properties (179 papers), Polymer Nanocomposites and Properties (132 papers) and Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (126 papers). Wei Yang collaborates with scholars based in China, France and United States. Wei Yang's co-authors include Rui‐Ying Bao, Zheng‐Ying Liu, Bang‐Hu Xie, Mingbo Yang, Ming‐Bo Yang, Ming‐Bo Yang, Lu Bai, Jie Yang, Kai Ke and Xiang‐Jun Zha and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Nucleic Acids Research and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Wei Yang

847 papers receiving 31.0k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Small molecules in targeted cancer therapy: advances, challenges, and future perspectives

2021 1.1k citations Wei Yang et al. profile →
Review on auxetic materials

2004 479 citations Wei Yang et al. profile →
Smart Ti₃C₂T_x MXene Fabric with Fast Humidity Response and Joule Heating for Healthcare and Medical Therapy Applications

2020 421 citations Kai Ke, Rui‐Ying Bao et al. profile →
Characterization of Pickering emulsion gels stabilized by zein/gum arabic complex colloidal nanoparticles

2017 385 citations Wei Yang et al. profile →
All‐Natural Immunomodulatory Bioadhesive Hydrogel Promotes Angiogenesis and Diabetic Wound Healing by Regulating Macrophage Heterogeneity

2023 211 citations Wei Yang et al. profile →
A Gas Therapy Strategy for Intestinal Flora Regulation and Colitis Treatment by Nanogel‐Based Multistage NO Delivery Microcapsules

2024 48 citations Wei Yang et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Wei Yang China	91	9.3k	8.6k	8.5k	7.5k	5.6k	901	31.4k
Kai Zhang China	77	8.6k 0.9×	6.8k 0.8×	3.5k 0.4×	4.6k 0.6×	6.6k 1.2×	978	28.3k
Yong Wang China	73	6.3k 0.7×	6.6k 0.8×	6.6k 0.8×	3.5k 0.5×	4.2k 0.8×	615	20.3k
Yudong Huang China	84	6.4k 0.7×	9.4k 1.1×	7.7k 0.9×	8.7k 1.2×	3.4k 0.6×	612	25.2k
Vijay Kumar Thakur India	97	10.8k 1.2×	8.5k 1.0×	8.7k 1.0×	3.1k 0.4×	9.8k 1.8×	505	35.4k
George P. Simon Australia	75	6.1k 0.7×	6.4k 0.7×	7.5k 0.9×	4.2k 0.6×	3.1k 0.6×	429	20.8k
Dong Wang China	70	9.3k 1.0×	6.9k 0.8×	4.0k 0.5×	3.5k 0.5×	3.9k 0.7×	958	26.5k
Tao Chen China	100	14.4k 1.5×	13.1k 1.5×	5.3k 0.6×	5.9k 0.8×	4.5k 0.8×	947	37.5k
Emmanuel P. Giannelis United States	88	7.4k 0.8×	13.8k 1.6×	17.4k 2.1×	3.4k 0.4×	6.7k 1.2×	315	35.2k
David Hui United States	83	8.8k 0.9×	9.2k 1.1×	10.5k 1.2×	9.8k 1.3×	4.9k 0.9×	452	36.3k
Xungai Wang Australia	82	10.2k 1.1×	7.0k 0.8×	6.2k 0.7×	2.1k 0.3×	8.4k 1.5×	657	26.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Wei Yang

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wei Yang

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20 of 20 papers shown

Yang, Wei, Lihua Sun, Zhen Shen, et al.. (2025). Cu-steel multi-materials with balanced mechanical and physical properties via blue laser directed energy deposition. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 1021. 179537–179537. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Chengjun, et al.. (2025). A novel strategy for high entropy alloy coating of nuclear fuel cladding: Design, preparation, microstructure, and high-temperature steam oxidation. International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials. 128. 107043–107043. 3 indexed citations

Yang, Wei, et al.. (2025). Comparison of anterior chamber depth measured by three different anterior segment analysis systems. Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy. 51. 104471–104471.

Liu, Qi, Xiaolong Hu, Liangsheng Shi, et al.. (2025). Improving maize water stress diagnosis accuracy by integrating multimodal UAVs data and leaf area index inversion model. Agricultural Water Management. 312. 109407–109407. 3 indexed citations

Yang, Wei, Xiaonan Li, Qi Wang, et al.. (2025). N/O co-doping porous biomass carbon constructed electrochemical sensor for universal and sensitive detection to mycotoxins. Food Chemistry. 475. 143397–143397. 7 indexed citations

Ge, Shuang, Rong Liu, Liping Sun, et al.. (2025). Ultraviolet-treated riboflavin alleviates atopic dermatitis by inhibiting NLRP3 inflammasome activation and M1 macrophage polarization via histone lactylation. Biochemical Pharmacology. 236. 116879–116879. 1 indexed citations

Cai, Wenrui, Ziyu Zhao, Shan Wang, et al.. (2024). A self-adaptive inorganic in-situ separator by particle crosslinking for nonflammable lithium-ion batteries. Journal of Energy Chemistry. 100. 469–480. 3 indexed citations

Zhou, Pengfei, Meini Yuan, Xin Pei, et al.. (2024). Study on strengthening and toughening mechanism of Ti-Ni-Al ternary metallic-intermetallic laminated composites: Effect of interlaminar phase and Ti2Ni morphology. Materials Today Communications. 38. 108059–108059. 3 indexed citations

Lv, Shanshan, et al.. (2024). Building slippy ion-conduction highways in polymer electrolyte by electrostatic adsorption enabled asymmetric solvation structure. Journal of Energy Chemistry. 103. 48–58. 4 indexed citations

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Yang, Wei, Liang Deng, Tingting Chen, et al.. (2024). Additive Manufacturing Technology Lends Wings to Orthopedic Clinical Treatment - The Innovative Development of Medical Additive Manufacturing in Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital. 3(4). 200176–200176. 2 indexed citations

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Gao, Junheng, Haitao Zhao, Dikai Guan, et al.. (2024). Effects of residual elements on the microstructure and mechanical properties of a Q&P steel. Journal of Material Science and Technology. 221. 143–154. 6 indexed citations

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Chang, Longjiao, et al.. (2024). Zinc-ion hybrid capacitors are classified according to energy storage mechanism, including summary and prospect. Journal of Energy Storage. 100. 113550–113550. 22 indexed citations

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Ye, Yang, Wei Yang, Ziyang Zhang, et al.. (2024). Performance improvement of a U-tube heat exchanger based hydrogen storage reactor by phase change materials. Renewable Energy. 235. 121378–121378. 2 indexed citations

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Guo, Jiaxing, Tao Gong, Kai Ke, et al.. (2024). Porous PVDF composites with ultralow percolation threshold for wide-range dynamic and static pressure sensing. Polymer. 307. 127248–127248. 4 indexed citations

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Hou, Lei, Hongbo Lan, Chang‐Ping Feng, et al.. (2024). Printable thermal interface materials with excellent heat dissipation capability. Polymer. 311. 127483–127483. 1 indexed citations

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Yang, Wei, Heng Zhou, Zhen Shen, et al.. (2024). Melt pool behavior of pure copper-stainless steel multi-materials fabricated by the coaxial hybrid blue-infrared lasers additive manufacturing. Journal of Manufacturing Processes. 125. 50–63. 5 indexed citations

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Gong, Tao, Xiaorong Sun, Jiaxing Guo, et al.. (2023). Spatial hetero-structured composites with ultrawide linear range for positive-negative pressure sensing and e-skin of bionic fish. Nano Energy. 120. 109173–109173. 29 indexed citations

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Yang, Fan, Pengfei Zhu, Haiqing Zheng, et al.. (2023). Interactions between cellulose and lignin during hydrolysis in subcritical water. The Journal of Supercritical Fluids. 199. 105943–105943. 8 indexed citations

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Li, Dan, Zhiwei Zhu, Yuan Ji, et al.. (2023). Fabrication of helix–fiber composites with mechanically coupled core-wrapping for programmable properties. Communications Materials. 4(1). 8 indexed citations

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Gong, Tao, Jin Jia, Xiaorong Sun, et al.. (2023). Design strategy for hierarchical structure of carbon black on microporous elastomer surface toward stretchable and compressive strain sensors. Carbon. 206. 53–61. 50 indexed citations

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