Wenlang Li

4.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
53 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Wenlang Li is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Wenlang Li has authored 53 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Materials Chemistry, 21 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 11 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Wenlang Li's work include Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (32 papers), Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research (14 papers) and Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection (11 papers). Wenlang Li is often cited by papers focused on Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (32 papers), Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research (14 papers) and Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection (11 papers). Wenlang Li collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and United Kingdom. Wenlang Li's co-authors include Zhenguo Chi, Zhimin Ao, Juan Zhao, Yi Zhang, Zhu Mao, Qiuyi Huang, Zhan Yang, Zhiyong Yang, Matthew P. Aldred and Shaobin Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Wenlang Li

51 papers receiving 3.5k 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.

Single-Atom Fe Catalyst Outperforms Its Homogeneous Counterpart for Activating Peroxymonosulfate to Achieve Effective Degradation of Organic Contaminants

2021 401 citations Kun Qian, Hong Chen et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →
Boosting the Quantum Efficiency of Ultralong Organic Phosphorescence up to 52 % via Intramolecular Halogen Bonding

2020 340 citations Zhan Yang, Wenlang Li et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Wenlang Li China	30	2.5k	1.3k	933	817	654	53	3.6k
Yujie Dong China	33	2.9k 1.1×	1.7k 1.3×	1.0k 1.1×	492 0.6×	999 1.5×	119	4.6k
Xiaoqiang Sun China	35	2.4k 0.9×	775 0.6×	1.0k 1.1×	164 0.2×	638 1.0×	73	4.0k
Rongming Wang China	44	3.9k 1.5×	1.5k 1.1×	536 0.6×	359 0.4×	715 1.1×	131	6.0k
Jie Cui China	41	3.3k 1.3×	1.2k 1.0×	1.9k 2.1×	113 0.1×	589 0.9×	160	5.1k
Xinchun Yang China	34	2.7k 1.0×	892 0.7×	1.0k 1.1×	170 0.2×	208 0.3×	90	4.3k
Jing Guo China	30	1.5k 0.6×	1.4k 1.1×	927 1.0×	140 0.2×	166 0.3×	76	3.2k
Wei‐Wei Xiong China	34	2.8k 1.1×	1.6k 1.2×	607 0.7×	167 0.2×	521 0.8×	89	4.6k
Xingya Li China	32	1.1k 0.4×	1.2k 1.0×	527 0.6×	1.3k 1.6×	168 0.3×	90	4.0k
Zhuo Han China	31	2.2k 0.9×	1.1k 0.8×	989 1.1×	137 0.2×	150 0.2×	81	3.2k
Ling‐Bao Xing China	28	1.3k 0.5×	704 0.6×	582 0.6×	122 0.1×	301 0.5×	133	2.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Wenlang Li

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wenlang Li

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20 of 20 papers shown

Li, Wenlang, et al.. (2025). Effects of Remote Ischemic Conditioning on Postoperative Recovery After Hepatectomy: A Randomised Controlled Trial. Liver International. 45(3). e70041–e70041.

Zhang, Liang, Xinwen Ou, Wenlang Li, et al.. (2025). Boosting the Brightness of Covalent Organic Frameworks by Integration of Dual-Docking Luminogens with Aggregation-Induced Emission Effect. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(43). 39999–40009. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Liang, Boxin Zhang, Mengjie Zhang, et al.. (2025). Trigger inducible tertiary lymphoid structure formation using covalent organic frameworks for cancer immunotherapy. Nature Communications. 16(1). 44–44. 15 indexed citations

Li, Xin, Wenlang Li, Ziqi Deng, et al.. (2025). Bright and Ultralong Organic Phosphorescence via Sulfonic Acid Functionalization for High-Contrast Real-Time Light-Writing Display. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(17). 14198–14210. 18 indexed citations

Zhang, Liang, Xinwen Ou, Shan He, et al.. (2025). Boosting the brightness of aggregation-caused quenching chromophore-based covalent organic frameworks via energy level matching strategy. Nature Communications. 16(1). 9991–9991.

Li, Xin, Wenlang Li, Ziqi Deng, et al.. (2025). Building bridges through dynamic coupling for organic phosphorescence. Nature Communications. 16(1). 6339–6339. 2 indexed citations

Wang, Jin, Wenlang Li, Xinwen Ou, et al.. (2024). Is the whole equal to, or greater than, the sum of its parts? The similarity and difference between molecules and aggregates. Matter. 7(7). 2551–2566. 7 indexed citations

Li, Wenlang, Haoyu Wang, Yuantian Zheng, et al.. (2024). An ultra thin, bright, and sensitive interactive tactile display based on organic mechanoluminescence for dual‐mode handwriting identification. InfoMat. 6(6). 20 indexed citations

Li, Xin, Wenlang Li, Xinyue Liu, et al.. (2023). A Photoactivatable Luminescent Motif through Ring-Flipping Isomerization for Multiple Photopatterning. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 145(49). 26645–26656. 13 indexed citations

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Mu, Yingxiao, Wenlang Li, Zhiyong Yang, et al.. (2023). Y‐Shaped D‐A Type Thioxanthone Derivatives: Mechano‐Induced Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence and High‐Contrast Mechano‐Responsive Luminescence. Chemistry - A European Journal. 29(40). e202300867–e202300867. 10 indexed citations

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Li, Qianyu, et al.. (2023). Unveiling the intrinsic role of water in the catalytic cycle of formaldehyde oxidation: a comprehensive study integrating density functional theory and microkinetic analysis. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 25(44). 30670–30678. 4 indexed citations

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Li, Wenlang, Qiuyi Huang, Zhu Mao, et al.. (2022). A dish-like molecular architecture for dynamic ultralong room-temperature phosphorescence through reversible guest accommodation. Nature Communications. 13(1). 7423–7423. 62 indexed citations

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Jin, Yan, Wenlang Li, Chao Zhou, et al.. (2022). Dynamic Measurements of Cerebral Blood Flow Responses to Cortical Spreading Depolarization in the Murine Endovascular Perforation Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Model. Translational Stroke Research. 14(4). 530–544. 11 indexed citations

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Qian, Kun, Hong Chen, Wenlang Li, et al.. (2021). Single-Atom Fe Catalyst Outperforms Its Homogeneous Counterpart for Activating Peroxymonosulfate to Achieve Effective Degradation of Organic Contaminants. Environmental Science & Technology. 55(10). 7034–7043. 401 indexed citations breakdown →

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Huang, Qiuyi, Wenlang Li, Zhu Mao, et al.. (2021). Dynamic molecular weaving in a two-dimensional hydrogen-bonded organic framework. Chem. 7(5). 1321–1332. 109 indexed citations

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Chen, Jianling, Xiaojie Chen, Qiuyi Huang, et al.. (2019). Amphiphilic Polymer-Mediated Aggregation-Induced Emission Nanoparticles for Highly Sensitive Organophosphorus Pesticide Biosensing. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 11(36). 32689–32696. 68 indexed citations

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Li, Wenlang, Qiuyi Huang, Zhu Mao, et al.. (2019). Selective Expression of Chromophores in a Single Molecule: Soft Organic Crystals Exhibiting Full‐Colour Tunability and Dynamic Triplet‐Exciton Behaviours. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 59(9). 3739–3745. 159 indexed citations

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Huang, Qiuyi, Wenlang Li, Zhu Mao, et al.. (2019). An exceptionally flexible hydrogen-bonded organic framework with large-scale void regulation and adaptive guest accommodation abilities. Nature Communications. 10(1). 3074–3074. 229 indexed citations

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Mu, Yingxiao, Zhiyong Yang, Junru Chen, et al.. (2018). Mechano-induced persistent room-temperature phosphorescence from purely organic molecules. Chemical Science. 9(15). 3782–3787. 106 indexed citations

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Mao, Zhu, Zhan Yang, Eethamukkala Ubba, et al.. (2018). The methylation effect in prolonging the pure organic room temperature phosphorescence lifetime. Chemical Science. 10(1). 179–184. 116 indexed citations

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