Wenbo Gao

3.7k total citations · 2 hit papers
87 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Wenbo Gao is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Catalysis and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Wenbo Gao has authored 87 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 41 papers in Materials Chemistry, 39 papers in Catalysis and 14 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Wenbo Gao's work include Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction (39 papers), Hydrogen Storage and Materials (34 papers) and Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions (12 papers). Wenbo Gao is often cited by papers focused on Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction (39 papers), Hydrogen Storage and Materials (34 papers) and Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions (12 papers). Wenbo Gao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Denmark. Wenbo Gao's co-authors include Ping Chen, Jianping Guo, Fei Chang, Peikun Wang, Guotao Wu, Teng He, Qianru Wang, Yeqin Guan, Lin Liu and Qijun Pei and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Wenbo Gao

74 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

Breaking scaling relation... 2016 2026 2019 2022 2016 2021 100 200 300 400 500
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. Breaking scaling relations to achieve low-temperature ammonia synthesis through LiH-mediated nitrogen transfer and hydrogenation
    2016 574 citations Wenbo Gao, Jianping Guo et al. profile →
  2. Emerging Materials and Methods toward Ammonia‐Based Energy Storage and Conversion
    2021 306 citations Wenbo Gao, Jianping Guo 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
Wenbo Gao China 25 1.9k 1.6k 945 531 329 87 2.8k
Pai Li China 26 748 0.4× 1.4k 0.8× 1.1k 1.1× 210 0.4× 188 0.6× 109 2.6k
Dan Zhang China 32 574 0.3× 1.2k 0.7× 2.3k 2.4× 263 0.5× 123 0.4× 78 3.2k
Wei Dai China 24 579 0.3× 993 0.6× 204 0.2× 269 0.5× 62 0.2× 65 1.8k
Hyun‐Ha Kim Japan 39 1.2k 0.6× 3.3k 2.0× 551 0.6× 106 0.2× 167 0.5× 115 5.3k
Lu Xu China 37 1.3k 0.7× 1.3k 0.8× 2.8k 3.0× 133 0.3× 124 0.4× 184 5.6k
Hongye Zhang China 33 310 0.2× 1.7k 1.1× 1.2k 1.3× 674 1.3× 55 0.2× 113 3.3k
Xin Zhao China 25 366 0.2× 1.1k 0.7× 634 0.7× 185 0.3× 155 0.5× 108 2.3k
Liang Zhang China 39 598 0.3× 2.1k 1.3× 1.9k 2.0× 400 0.8× 30 0.1× 131 4.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Wenbo Gao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Wenbo Gao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wenbo Gao

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Wenbo Gao. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Wenbo Gao 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 Wenbo Gao. Wenbo Gao 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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Li, Haojun, Sheng Feng, Wenbo Gao, et al.. (2025). Ammonia decomposition for H2 production over an iron catalyst in a molten barium amide. Chemical Communications. 61(38). 6937–6940.
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Feng, Sheng, Wenbo Gao, Jianping Guo, & Ping Chen. (2025). Progress of metal hydrides, amides and imides for ammonia synthesis and decomposition. 2(4). 100122–100122.
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Gao, Wenbo, Shuting Xu, Yongjie Yan, Yang Cheng, & Xiu‐Ping Yan. (2025). Kinetic Method Coupled with Thermal-Assisted Paper Spray Ionization Mass Spectrometry for Direct Determination of Enantiomeric Excess of Multiple d/l-Amino Acids in Functional Foods. Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry. 36(4). 906–913.
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Gao, Wenbo, et al.. (2025). The cGAS-STING pathway in cancer immunity: dual roles, therapeutic strategies, and clinical challenges. Essays in Biochemistry. 69(2). 63–75. 7 indexed citations
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Han, Meng, Wenbo Gao, Dichuan Zhang, et al.. (2025). Failure response of bolt-clamped sandwich containing a hybrid foam core with continuous composite encasement. Composite Structures. 356. 118869–118869. 2 indexed citations
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Chen, Jiaqi, Wenbo Gao, Liangzhu Zhu, et al.. (2024). A mixed proton–electron-conducting cathode with a Ru nanoparticle catalyst for electrochemical ammonia synthesis based on a proton-conducting BZCYYb electrolyte. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 12(39). 26667–26677. 2 indexed citations
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Gao, Wenbo, et al.. (2024). Impact of UV irradiation on high-temperature behavior of polyphenylene sulfide fiber. Polymer Testing. 140. 108598–108598. 1 indexed citations
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Wu, Han, Kai Ma, Jiaqi Wen, et al.. (2024). Nitrogen fixation by alkali and alkaline earth metal hydrides assisted by plasma. Chemical Communications. 60(77). 10760–10763. 2 indexed citations
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Gao, Wenbo, et al.. (2023). Aero-Engine Modeling and Control Method with Model-Based Deep Reinforcement Learning. Aerospace. 10(3). 209–209. 4 indexed citations
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Gao, Wenbo, et al.. (2023). Enhancing impact resistance of metallic foam core sandwich constructions through encasing high-strength fibrous composites. Thin-Walled Structures. 196. 111546–111546. 12 indexed citations
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Wu, Han, Liang Yang, Jiaqi Wen, et al.. (2023). Plasma‐Driven Nitrogen Fixation on Sodium Hydride. Advanced Energy Materials. 13(27). 21 indexed citations
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Möller, S., Rui Ding, Hai Xie, et al.. (2020). 13C tracer deposition in EAST D and He plasmas investigated by high-throughput deuteron nuclear reaction analysis mapping. Nuclear Materials and Energy. 25. 100805–100805. 4 indexed citations
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Song, Xingyou, Wenbo Gao, Yuxiang Yang, et al.. (2020). ES-MAML: Simple Hessian-Free Meta Learning. International Conference on Learning Representations. 12 indexed citations
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Feng, Sheng, Wenbo Gao, Hujun Cao, Jianping Guo, & Ping Chen. (2020). Advances in the Chemical Looping Ammonia Synthesis. Acta Chimica Sinica. 78(9). 916–916. 19 indexed citations
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Feng, Sheng, Wenbo Gao, Qianru Wang, et al.. (2020). A multi-functional composite nitrogen carrier for ammonia production via a chemical looping route. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 9(2). 1039–1047. 49 indexed citations
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Gao, Wenbo, Krzysztof Choromański, Xingyou Song, et al.. (2020). Robotic Table Tennis with Model-Free Reinforcement Learning. 5556–5563. 16 indexed citations
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Gao, Wenbo, Jianping Guo, & Ping Chen. (2019). Hydrides, Amides and Imides Mediated Ammonia Synthesis and Decomposition. Chinese Journal of Chemistry. 37(5). 442–451. 47 indexed citations
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Gao, Wenbo, et al.. (2017). Stochastic Adaptive Quasi-Newton Methods for Minimizing Expected Values.. International Conference on Machine Learning. 4150–4159. 11 indexed citations

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