Wen Yan

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
42 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Wen Yan is a scholar working on Condensed Matter Physics, Molecular Biology and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Wen Yan has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Condensed Matter Physics, 8 papers in Molecular Biology and 8 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Wen Yan's work include Micro and Nano Robotics (13 papers), Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (7 papers) and Natural product bioactivities and synthesis (5 papers). Wen Yan is often cited by papers focused on Micro and Nano Robotics (13 papers), Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (7 papers) and Natural product bioactivities and synthesis (5 papers). Wen Yan collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Hong Kong. Wen Yan's co-authors include John F. Brady, Sho C. Takatori, Shuiqing Li, Qiang Yao, Stephen D. Tse, Yiyang Zhang, Michael Shelley, Yanli Su, Hong Wang and Shuwen Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, The Journal of Chemical Physics and Journal of Applied Physics.

In The Last Decade

Wen Yan

42 papers receiving 1.0k 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.

A predictive machine learning force-field framework for liquid electrolyte development

2025 29 citations Sheng Gong, Zhenliang Mu et al. Nature Machine Intelligence profile →

Peers

Wen Yan

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Panagiotis E. Theodorakis Poland

Dominik Walter Vogt Germany

Yuichiro Nagatsu Japan

Jorge Ramı́rez Mexico

Marco Caggioni United States

E. Nakache France

Ahmed E. Ismail Germany

Asad Ullah Pakistan

Gang Wang China

Timothy W. Sirk United States

Panagiotis E. Theodorakis Poland

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183 ×0.4

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395 ×1.3

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245 ×1.0

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76 ×0.3

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247 ×2.1

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Countries citing papers authored by Wen Yan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wen Yan

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This network shows the impact of papers produced by Wen Yan. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Wen Yan. The network helps show where Wen Yan may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wen Yan

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Gong, Sheng, Zhenliang Mu, Hongyi Wang, et al.. (2025). A predictive machine learning force-field framework for liquid electrolyte development. Nature Machine Intelligence. 7(4). 543–552. 29 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zheng, Tianze, Wenzhi Ma, Wen Yan, et al.. (2025). Enhancing GPU‐Acceleration in the Python‐Based Simulations of Chemistry Frameworks. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Computational Molecular Science. 15(2). 10 indexed citations

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Zheng, Tianze, Ailun Wang, Xu Han, et al.. (2024). Data-driven parametrization of molecular mechanics force fields for expansive chemical space coverage. Chemical Science. 16(6). 2730–2740. 6 indexed citations

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Yan, Wen, Jiayu Liu, Wei Wang, Pik‐Yin Lai, & Penger Tong. (2024). Enhanced gravitational trapping of bottom-heavy Janus particles over parallel microgrooves. Soft Matter. 20(46). 9208–9218. 2 indexed citations

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Fang, Mei, Wen Yan, Zhenwei Li, et al.. (2023). Enantiomeric N-acetyldopamine trimers from Cicadae Periostracum and their absolute configurations. Phytochemistry. 213. 113780–113780. 4 indexed citations

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Huang, Pei-Qi, Chunlin Zhao, Hao Zheng, et al.. (2023). Lignan glucosides from Gentiana macrophylla with potential anti-arthritis and hepatoprotective activities. Phytochemistry. 217. 113920–113920. 2 indexed citations

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Huang, Pei-Qi, Yujia Zhang, Zhi‐Xuan Li, et al.. (2023). Terpenoid Glucosides from Gentiana macrophylla That Attenuate TNF-α Induced Pulmonary Inflammation in A549 Cells. Molecules. 28(18). 6613–6613. 3 indexed citations

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Li, Yang, et al.. (2023). Five new terpenoids from Viburnum odoratissimum var. sessiliflorum. Chinese Journal of Natural Medicines. 21(4). 298–307. 15 indexed citations

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Yan, Wen, et al.. (2022). Euchromatin Activity Enhances Segregation and Compaction of Heterochromatin in the Cell Nucleus. Physical Review X. 12(4). 17 indexed citations

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Yan, Wen, et al.. (2022). Active Condensation of Filaments Under Spatial Confinement. Frontiers in Physics. 10. 2 indexed citations

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Yan, Wen, Li Rao, Fan Xu, et al.. (2022). Six pairs of phenylpropanoid enantiomers from Cinnamomum mollifolium. Phytochemistry. 203. 113348–113348. 4 indexed citations

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Yan, Wen, et al.. (2022). Toward the cellular-scale simulation of motor-driven cytoskeletal assemblies. eLife. 11. 21 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yizi, Fenling Fan, Wen Yan, et al.. (2022). Chemical Constituents With Antiproliferative Activity From Pogostemon cablin (Blanco) Benth.. Frontiers in Chemistry. 10. 938851–938851. 7 indexed citations

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Xu, Wen, Jiaying Li, Dongli Li, et al.. (2021). Chemical characterization, antiproliferative and antifungal activities of Clinacanthus nutans. Fitoterapia. 155. 105061–105061. 8 indexed citations

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Yan, Wen, Peng Wen, Teng‐Gen Hu, et al.. (2020). Encapsulation of phycocyanin by prebiotics and polysaccharides-based electrospun fibers and improved colon cancer prevention effects. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 149. 672–681. 35 indexed citations

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Chen, Sheng, Wen Yan, & Tong Gao. (2020). Scaling law of Brownian rotation in dense hard-rod suspensions. Physical review. E. 102(1). 12608–12608. 2 indexed citations

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Yan, Wen & John F. Brady. (2017). Antiswarming: Structure and dynamics of repulsive chemically active particles. Physical review. E. 96(6). 60601–60601. 2 indexed citations

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Takatori, Sho C., Wen Yan, & John F. Brady. (2014). Swim Pressure: Stress Generation in Active Matter. Physical Review Letters. 113(2). 28103–28103. 300 indexed citations

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Yan, Wen. (2009). Antimicrobial Activity of Crude Alkaloid Extract from Cydonia oblonga Mill Fruit. Food Science. 3 indexed citations

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Yan, Wen, et al.. (2002). Preparation of Plate-like Calcium Carbonate. Journal of Inorganic Materials. 17(6). 1315. 2 indexed citations

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