Wu Yang

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
39 papers, 989 citations indexed

About

Wu Yang is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry and Polymers and Plastics. According to data from OpenAlex, Wu Yang has authored 39 papers receiving a total of 989 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Organic Chemistry, 10 papers in Materials Chemistry and 9 papers in Polymers and Plastics. Recurrent topics in Wu Yang's work include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (11 papers), Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry (8 papers) and Photodynamic Therapy Research Studies (5 papers). Wu Yang is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (11 papers), Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry (8 papers) and Photodynamic Therapy Research Studies (5 papers). Wu Yang collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and Japan. Wu Yang's co-authors include Masayoshi Tabata, Kazuaki Yokota, Chuan He, Yonghong Guo, S. Kobayashi, Bo Yang, Akihiko Shimizu, Lijun You, Kin Shing Chan and Jiefeng Zhu and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Environmental Science & Technology.

In The Last Decade

Wu Yang

38 papers receiving 966 citations

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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.

Fukushima Contaminated Water Risk Factor: Global Implications

2025 16 citations Shengli Chen, Wu Yang et al. Environmental Science & Technology profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Wu Yang China	16	764	233	179	144	130	39	989
Vitaly A. Roznyatovsky Russia	17	493 0.6×	238 1.0×	106 0.6×	265 1.8×	82 0.6×	82	926
Anastasia Peters Germany	13	478 0.6×	322 1.4×	62 0.3×	194 1.3×	241 1.9×	14	922
Elisabeta I. Szerb Italy	20	261 0.3×	478 2.1×	64 0.4×	164 1.1×	213 1.6×	58	958
Marie‐France Llauro France	18	554 0.7×	201 0.9×	248 1.4×	104 0.7×	34 0.3×	36	839
Ireneusz Kownacki Poland	21	845 1.1×	295 1.3×	77 0.4×	304 2.1×	68 0.5×	70	1.1k
Hamza Yılmaz Türkiye	13	398 0.5×	359 1.5×	44 0.2×	206 1.4×	92 0.7×	48	922
Enrico Albizzati Italy	19	1.2k 1.6×	222 1.0×	227 1.3×	490 3.4×	54 0.4×	33	1.5k
Toshihisa Maeshima Japan	12	430 0.6×	118 0.5×	120 0.7×	113 0.8×	51 0.4×	94	819
Anthony D. DeBellis United States	14	388 0.5×	307 1.3×	72 0.4×	153 1.1×	51 0.4×	22	760

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Liu, Yi, Shengli Chen, Wu Yang, et al.. (2025). Rebuttal to Correspondence on “Fukushima Contaminated Water Risk Factor: Global Implications”. Environmental Science & Technology. 59(46). 25116–25118.

Xu, Baijie, Wu Yang, Yihang Wang, et al.. (2025). Distributed acoustic sensing in harsh environments based on femtosecond laser-inscribed ultra-short fiber Bragg grating arrays. Optics Letters. 50(10). 3337–3337. 5 indexed citations

Yang, Wu, Gang Yang, Wei Hu, et al.. (2023). Photodynamic antitumor activity of halogenated gallium(III) and phosphorus(V) corroles. Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A Chemistry. 438. 114580–114580. 8 indexed citations

Yang, Wu, Li‐Ping Si, Mengyuan Li, et al.. (2023). Photodynamic antitumor activity of dihydroxyl A2B triaryl corrole and its gallium(III) and phosphorus(V) complexes. Journal of Molecular Structure. 1295. 136758–136758. 1 indexed citations

Yang, Gang, Zakir Ullah, Wu Yang, et al.. (2023). Substituent Effect on Ligand‐Centered Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution of Phosphorus Corroles. ChemSusChem. 16(10). e202300211–e202300211. 15 indexed citations

Li, Mengyuan, Wu Yang, Jinghe Cen, et al.. (2023). Gallium(III) Amide Corroles: DNA Interaction and Photodynamic Activity in Cancer Cells. ChemPlusChem. 88(1). e202200413–e202200413. 1 indexed citations

Yu, Zhang‐Long, Yong‐Feng Cheng, Ji‐Ren Liu, et al.. (2023). Cu(I)-Catalyzed Chemo- and Enantioselective Desymmetrizing C–O Bond Coupling of Acyl Radicals. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 145(11). 6535–6545. 19 indexed citations

Yang, Wu, et al.. (2022). Synthesis of cobalt A₂B triaryl corroles bearing methoxy or hydroxyl groups and their activity in electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution. Applied Organometallic Chemistry. 37(1). 7 indexed citations

Yang, Wu, Lin Liu, Jiandong Guo, et al.. (2022). Enantioselective Hydroxylation of Dihydrosilanes to Si‐Chiral Silanols Catalyzed by In Situ Generated Copper(II) Species. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 61(32). e202205743–e202205743. 39 indexed citations

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Yang, Wu, Gang Yang, Mengyuan Li, et al.. (2022). Photodynamic antitumor activity of Gallium(III) and Phosphorus(V) complexes of trimethoxyl A2B triaryl corrole. Bioorganic Chemistry. 129. 106177–106177. 8 indexed citations

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Yang, Wu, et al.. (2019). Iodine-catalysed transfer hydrogenation of a carbon–carbon σ-bond with water. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 17(28). 6757–6761. 3 indexed citations

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Yang, Wu, Chen Chen, & Kin Shing Chan. (2018). Hydrodebromination of allylic and benzylic bromides with water catalyzed by a rhodium porphyrin complex. Dalton Transactions. 47(37). 12879–12883. 9 indexed citations

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Yu, Jie, Quanfang Lu, Xing Wang, et al.. (2017). Selective Adsorption and Reusability for Pb2+ of Chitosan-based Microporous Polymer. Polymer Korea. 41(3). 480–489. 1 indexed citations

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Yang, Wu, et al.. (2016). Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines Catalyzed Direct CH Arylation. Chinese Journal of Chemistry. 34(10). 955–961. 7 indexed citations

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Yang, Wu, et al.. (2016). Base-Promoted, Aerobic, and Regioselective Carbon–Hydrogen Bond Activation of Thiophene with Group 9 Metalloporphyrins. Organometallics. 35(19). 3295–3300. 9 indexed citations

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Zhu, Liang‐Wei, Wu Yang, Ling‐Shu Wan, & Zhi‐Kang Xu. (2014). Synthesis of core cross-linked star polystyrene with functional end groups and self-assemblies templated by breath figures. Polymer Chemistry. 5(17). 5175–5182. 17 indexed citations

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Zhu, Liang‐Wei, Wu Yang, Yang Ou, Ling‐Shu Wan, & Zhi‐Kang Xu. (2014). Synthesis of polystyrene with cyclic, ionized and neutralized end groups and the self-assemblies templated by breath figures. Polymer Chemistry. 5(11). 3666–3672. 28 indexed citations

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Tabata, Masayoshi, et al.. (1997). Columnar Formation from Polyethynylbenzene and Poly-(p-Methylethynylbenzene) Polymerized Using [Rh(norbornadiene)CI]₂as a Catalyst. An X-ray and ESR Study. Journal of Macromolecular Science Part A. 34(4). 641–653. 26 indexed citations

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Tabata, Masayoshi, Wu Yang, & Kazuaki Yokota. (1994). ¹H‐NMR and UV studies of Rh complexes as a stereoregular polymerization catalysts for phenylacetylenes: Effects of ligands and solvents on its catalyst activity. Journal of Polymer Science Part A Polymer Chemistry. 32(6). 1113–1120. 118 indexed citations

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Yang, Wu, et al.. (1991). Synthesis of Ultra-High-Molecular-Weight Aromatic Polyacetylenes with [Rh(norbornadiene)Cl]2-Triethylamine and Solvent-Induced Crystallization of the Obtained Amorphous Polyacetylenes. Polymer Journal. 23(9). 1135–1138. 109 indexed citations

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