Xingfa Gao

13.0k total citations · 13 hit papers
157 papers, 10.4k citations indexed

About

Xingfa Gao is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Xingfa Gao has authored 157 papers receiving a total of 10.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 123 papers in Materials Chemistry, 47 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 41 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Xingfa Gao's work include Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis (50 papers), Graphene research and applications (39 papers) and Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications (31 papers). Xingfa Gao is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis (50 papers), Graphene research and applications (39 papers) and Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications (31 papers). Xingfa Gao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Japan. Xingfa Gao's co-authors include Shigeru Nagase, Joonkyung Jang, Xiaomei Shen, Yuliang Zhao, Zhenzhen Wang, Xiaochun Wu, Wenqi Liu, Xuejiao J. Gao, Xiyun Yan and Kelong Fan and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Chemical Society Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Xingfa Gao

149 papers receiving 10.2k 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.

Hydrazine and Thermal Reduction of Graphene Oxide: Reaction Mechanisms, Product Structures, and Reaction Design

2009 1.0k citations Xingfa Gao et al. profile →
Mechanisms of Oxidase and Superoxide Dismutation-like Activities of Gold, Silver, Platinum, and Palladium, and Their Alloys: A General Way to the Activation of Molecular Oxygen

2015 504 citations Xiaomei Shen, Xuejiao J. Gao et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
Differential Pd-nanocrystal facets demonstrate distinct antibacterial activity against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria

2018 491 citations Xiaomei Shen, Xingfa Gao et al. Nature Communications profile →
Mechanism of pH-switchable peroxidase and catalase-like activities of gold, silver, platinum and palladium

2015 489 citations Xingfa Gao et al. profile →
Chemistry and physics of a single atomic layer: strategies and challenges for functionalization of graphene and graphene-based materials

2011 457 citations Xingfa Gao, Yuliang Zhao et al. profile →
Deciphering the catalytic mechanism of superoxide dismutase activity of carbon dot nanozyme

2023 431 citations Wenhui Gao, Jiuyang He et al. Nature Communications profile →
High-Performance Self-Cascade Pyrite Nanozymes for Apoptosis–Ferroptosis Synergistic Tumor Therapy

2021 390 citations Xiangqin Meng, Dandan Li et al. ACS Nano profile →
Guided Synthesis of a Mo/Zn Dual Single‐Atom Nanozyme with Synergistic Effect and Peroxidase‐like Activity

2022 181 citations Quan Wang, Jia‐Jia Zheng et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
Surface Ligand Engineering Ruthenium Nanozyme Superior to Horseradish Peroxidase for Enhanced Immunoassay

2023 167 citations Huizhen Fan, Jia‐Jia Zheng et al. Advanced Materials profile →
Reaction Mechanisms and Kinetics of Nanozymes: Insights from Theory and Computation

2023 138 citations Xiaomei Shen, Zhenzhen Wang et al. Advanced Materials profile →
Ultrasmall metal alloy nanozymes mimicking neutrophil enzymatic cascades for tumor catalytic therapy

2024 109 citations Xiangqin Meng, Huizhen Fan et al. Nature Communications profile →
A natural biogenic nanozyme for scavenging superoxide radicals

2024 88 citations Long Ma, Jia‐Jia Zheng et al. Nature Communications profile →
Optimizing the standardized assays for determining the catalytic activity and kinetics of peroxidase-like nanozymes

2024 79 citations Jia‐Jia Zheng, Xingfa Gao et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Xingfa Gao China	46	8.3k	3.9k	2.7k	2.4k	1.0k	157	10.4k
Jiechao Ge China	47	7.2k 0.9×	3.7k 0.9×	1.4k 0.5×	2.1k 0.9×	1.0k 1.0×	133	9.9k
Fushen Lu China	44	9.1k 1.1×	2.5k 0.6×	2.8k 1.0×	1.7k 0.7×	900 0.9×	150	11.6k
Ming Zheng United States	55	9.5k 1.2×	5.5k 1.4×	2.6k 1.0×	2.6k 1.1×	1.3k 1.2×	162	12.7k
Li Cao China	45	11.1k 1.3×	2.9k 0.7×	2.1k 0.8×	1.8k 0.7×	502 0.5×	128	12.9k
Xiaoding Lou China	61	5.1k 0.6×	5.0k 1.3×	1.6k 0.6×	4.1k 1.7×	707 0.7×	232	10.6k
Liang Yan China	58	7.9k 1.0×	7.0k 1.8×	1.6k 0.6×	2.0k 0.8×	733 0.7×	152	12.1k
Zhen Li China	59	6.1k 0.7×	4.1k 1.1×	2.1k 0.8×	2.2k 0.9×	457 0.4×	264	11.4k
Wenyan Yin China	50	6.9k 0.8×	6.2k 1.6×	1.6k 0.6×	1.8k 0.8×	405 0.4×	111	10.2k
Kai Zhang China	46	8.7k 1.0×	2.4k 0.6×	2.7k 1.0×	1.7k 0.7×	618 0.6×	216	12.8k
Chen Wang China	52	4.1k 0.5×	4.9k 1.2×	2.4k 0.9×	2.9k 1.2×	773 0.7×	326	10.1k

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Wang, Xiaoli, et al.. (2025). Recent Advances in Oxidase-like Nanozymes: Mechanisms, Prediction Models, and Applications. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 17(49). 66110–66150.

Zhu, Xuejie, Y. S. Li, Qunqing Li, et al.. (2025). Restrictive Heterointerfacial Delamination in Flexible Perovskite Photovoltaics Using a Bifacial Linker. Advanced Materials. 37(13). e2419329–e2419329. 14 indexed citations

Wang, Zhenzhen, et al.. (2025). t₂ Occupancy as an Effective and Predictive Descriptor for the Design of High‐Performance Spinel Oxide Peroxidase‐like Nanozymes. Angewandte Chemie. 137(11). 1 indexed citations

Liu, Jiali, Xiaoli Wang, Yongfu Lian, et al.. (2024). Regulation of graphdiyne-based nanozymes with enhanced oxidase-like activity by cobalt and nitrogen codoping. Nano Research. 18(1). 94907063–94907063. 1 indexed citations

Ma, Long, Jia‐Jia Zheng, N. Zhou, et al.. (2024). A natural biogenic nanozyme for scavenging superoxide radicals. Nature Communications. 15(1). 233–233. 88 indexed citations breakdown →

Fu, Wenjiao, Mengyu Guo, Zhenzhen Wang, et al.. (2024). Injectable Hydrogel Mucosal Vaccine Elicits Protective Immunity against Respiratory Viruses. ACS Nano. 18(17). 11200–11216. 24 indexed citations

Ciura, Krzesimir, Alicja Mikołajczyk, Karolina Jagiełło, et al.. (2024). Toward the Integration of Machine Learning and Molecular Modeling for Designing Drug Delivery Nanocarriers. Advanced Materials. 36(45). e2407793–e2407793. 54 indexed citations

Meng, Xiangqin, Huizhen Fan, Lei Chen, et al.. (2024). Ultrasmall metal alloy nanozymes mimicking neutrophil enzymatic cascades for tumor catalytic therapy. Nature Communications. 15(1). 1626–1626. 109 indexed citations breakdown →

Lu, Xinyi, Ziwei Chen, Yang Li, et al.. (2024). Ultrasmall AuCe nanozyme adjuvant boosted ROS for three-pronged tumor immunotherapy. Nano Today. 55. 102205–102205. 9 indexed citations

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Wang, Zhenzhen, Huan Meng, Xuejiao J. Gao, Jia‐Jia Zheng, & Xingfa Gao. (2023). Remote substituent effects on catalytic activity of metal-organic frameworks: a linker orbital energy model. npj Computational Materials. 9(1). 7 indexed citations

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Li, Yusen, Xi Su, Wenhao Zheng, et al.. (2023). Targeted Synthesis of Isomeric Naphthalene‐Based 2D Kagome Covalent Organic Frameworks. Angewandte Chemie. 135(10). 5 indexed citations

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Li, Yusen, Xi Su, Wenhao Zheng, et al.. (2023). Targeted Synthesis of Isomeric Naphthalene‐Based 2D Kagome Covalent Organic Frameworks. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(10). e202216795–e202216795. 31 indexed citations

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Fan, Huizhen, Jia‐Jia Zheng, Jiaying Xie, et al.. (2023). Surface Ligand Engineering Ruthenium Nanozyme Superior to Horseradish Peroxidase for Enhanced Immunoassay. Advanced Materials. 36(10). e2300387–e2300387. 167 indexed citations breakdown →

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Xing, Guolong, Jingjuan Liu, Yi Zhou, et al.. (2023). Conjugated Nonplanar Copper-Catecholate Conductive Metal–Organic Frameworks via Contorted Hexabenzocoronene Ligands for Electrical Conduction. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 145(16). 8979–8987. 48 indexed citations

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Gao, Wenhui, Jiuyang He, Lei Chen, et al.. (2023). Deciphering the catalytic mechanism of superoxide dismutase activity of carbon dot nanozyme. Nature Communications. 14(1). 160–160. 431 indexed citations breakdown →

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Shen, Xiaomei, et al.. (2023). Reaction Mechanisms and Kinetics of Nanozymes: Insights from Theory and Computation. Advanced Materials. 36(10). e2211151–e2211151. 138 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gao, Xingfa, Chunying Chen, & Yuliang Zhao. (2023). Non-radical surface chemistry mechanism of nanotoxicology. Chinese Science Bulletin (Chinese Version). 68(32). 4249–4251.

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Fan, Huizhen, Zhenzhen Wang, Jia‐Jia Zheng, et al.. (2022). Mechanism and Kinetics-Guided Discovery of Nanometal Scissors to Cut Phosphoester Bonds. ACS Catalysis. 13(1). 504–514. 31 indexed citations

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Meng, Xiangqin, Dandan Li, Lei Chen, et al.. (2021). High-Performance Self-Cascade Pyrite Nanozymes for Apoptosis–Ferroptosis Synergistic Tumor Therapy. ACS Nano. 15(3). 5735–5751. 390 indexed citations breakdown →

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Gao, Xuejiao J., et al.. (2015). Divalent metals can reside on bonds in fullerenes. Dalton Transactions. 44(20). 9561–9568. 8 indexed citations

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