Yan Chen

24.1k total citations · 5 hit papers
674 papers, 19.3k citations indexed

About

Yan Chen is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Yan Chen has authored 674 papers receiving a total of 19.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 274 papers in Materials Chemistry, 202 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 128 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Yan Chen's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (66 papers), Advancements in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (59 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (57 papers). Yan Chen is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (66 papers), Advancements in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (59 papers) and Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (57 papers). Yan Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Yan Chen's co-authors include Bilge Yildiz, Meilin Liu, Zuyun He, Zhuhua Cai, Jeong Woo Han, Huijun Chen, Zhiheng Gong, Nian Zhang, Yunmin Zhu and Xinwei Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Chemical Society Reviews and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Yan Chen

631 papers receiving 19.0k citations

Hit Papers

Cation Size Mismatch and Charge Interactions Drive Dopant... 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 2022 2022 2023 2025 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. Cation Size Mismatch and Charge Interactions Drive Dopant Segregation at the Surfaces of Manganite Perovskites
    2013 551 citations Yan Chen et al. profile →
  2. Activating lattice oxygen in NiFe-based (oxy)hydroxide for water electrolysis
    2022 497 citations Zhiheng Gong, Nian Zhang et al. profile →
  3. Promoting biomass electrooxidation via modulating proton and oxygen anion deintercalation in hydroxide
    2022 229 citations Zhiheng Gong, Mengzhen Zhou et al. profile →
  4. Photocatalysis of water into hydrogen peroxide over an atomic Ga-N5 site
    2023 190 citations Yan Chen et al. profile →
  5. Balancing Hydrogen Evolution and Hydrogenation Reaction via Facet Engineering for Efficient Conversion of Nitrate to Ammonia in Actual Wastewater
    2025 27 citations Wenye Zhong, Yan Chen 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 Career Trend Papers Cites
Yan Chen China 70 10.1k 7.0k 5.5k 3.0k 2.3k 674 19.3k
Yi Ding China 79 11.2k 1.1× 7.3k 1.0× 8.3k 1.5× 4.1k 1.3× 2.1k 0.9× 442 21.3k
Yuan Wang China 78 11.3k 1.1× 8.8k 1.3× 9.4k 1.7× 3.8k 1.2× 2.2k 0.9× 714 24.3k
Jing Zhang China 77 9.7k 1.0× 6.4k 0.9× 8.5k 1.5× 1.3k 0.4× 2.3k 1.0× 433 21.8k
Ning Chen China 66 6.4k 0.6× 8.1k 1.2× 6.4k 1.2× 2.0k 0.7× 1.6k 0.7× 464 17.2k
Hui Liu China 72 8.3k 0.8× 6.9k 1.0× 7.7k 1.4× 2.4k 0.8× 3.8k 1.6× 850 22.6k
Shuang Li China 74 9.4k 0.9× 11.6k 1.7× 10.0k 1.8× 4.3k 1.4× 3.2k 1.4× 472 23.2k
Xiaoli Zhang China 80 9.5k 0.9× 10.1k 1.4× 6.3k 1.1× 4.5k 1.5× 2.7k 1.2× 661 23.7k
Baojun Li China 62 7.0k 0.7× 5.5k 0.8× 4.1k 0.7× 2.4k 0.8× 1.7k 0.7× 445 13.8k
Feng Peng China 78 13.1k 1.3× 7.4k 1.1× 13.1k 2.4× 2.6k 0.9× 2.8k 1.2× 480 22.6k
Zhicheng Zhang China 68 9.3k 0.9× 6.9k 1.0× 7.3k 1.3× 2.5k 0.8× 2.5k 1.1× 361 18.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Yan Chen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yan Chen

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yan Chen

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yan Chen. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yan Chen 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 Yan Chen. Yan Chen 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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Chen, Yan, et al.. (2025). Study on the Wear Performance of Spiroid Worm Drive with Steel–Steel Meshing. Machines. 13(3). 205–205. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Yaping, et al.. (2024). Release of bound phenol from Rosa roxburghii pomace via solid-state fermentation with Trichoderma viride: Mechanisms of change. Food Bioscience. 61. 105011–105011. 4 indexed citations
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Chen, Yan, Ming Zhang, Suying Li, et al.. (2024). Cetirizine platinum(IV) complexes with antihistamine properties inhibit tumor metastasis by suppressing angiogenesis and boosting immunity. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry. 262. 112766–112766. 3 indexed citations
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Chen, Chao, Yan Chen, Juexin Wang, et al.. (2024). Self-assembled nanoflower-mediated interfacial polymerization through tunable intra- and inter-layer channels to boost total heat exchange performance. Journal of Membrane Science. 715. 123448–123448.
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Chen, Yan, et al.. (2024). A Carboniferous to Permian tectono-paleogeographic reconstruction for the southernmost Central Asian Orogenic Belt. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 276. 106301–106301.
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Hong, Xiaoling, Qiao Zhao, Yanping Chen, et al.. (2024). Visualizing Phase Evolution of Co2C for Efficient Fischer–Tropsch to Olefins. Advanced Materials. 36(35). e2404046–e2404046. 3 indexed citations
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Zhang, Shukui, Xinning Huang, Yan Chen, et al.. (2024). Black Arsenic Phosphorus Mid‐Wave Infrared Barrier Detector with High Detectivity at Room Temperature. Advanced Materials. 36(21). e2313134–e2313134. 10 indexed citations
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Chen, Yan, et al.. (2024). Keplerate‐Type Polyoxometalates‐Based Triboelectric Nanogenerator for Higher Performance via the Morphology Modulation of Blackberry Structure. Chemistry - A European Journal. 30(39). e202400882–e202400882. 2 indexed citations
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Wei, Shanshan, Yanjiang Zhang, Huan Wang, et al.. (2023). Peniciriols A and B, two new citrinin derivatives from an endophytic fungus Penicillum citrinum TJNZ-27. Fitoterapia. 169. 105572–105572. 2 indexed citations
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He, Xuedong, Jiadong Chen, Juan Wang, et al.. (2023). Electronic modulation with Pt-incorporated NiFe layered double hydroxide for ultrastable overall water splitting at 1000 mA cm−2. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 331. 122683–122683. 102 indexed citations
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Chen, Jiahe, et al.. (2023). Probing the kinetics of chemical reactions in ultra-small droplet samples using digital microfluidic nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Microchemical Journal. 193. 108984–108984. 6 indexed citations
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Chen, Yan, Yunan Gao, Lixin Xiao, et al.. (2023). Supersymmetry Laser Arrays with High‐Order Exceptional Point. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 4(9). 2 indexed citations
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Gong, Zhiheng, Xuepeng Xiang, Wenye Zhong, et al.. (2023). Modulating Metal‐Nitrogen Coupling in Anti‐Perovskite Nitride via Cation Doping for Efficient Reduction of Nitrate to Ammonia. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(38). e202308775–e202308775. 83 indexed citations
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Wang, Lihong V., Lilin Liu, Hui Liu, et al.. (2022). Diketopyrrolopyrrole and perylene diimine-based large π-molecules constructed via C–H direct arylation. Dyes and Pigments. 204. 110468–110468. 8 indexed citations
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Chen, Yan. (2010). Research on photonic crystal fibers. Information technology newsletter.
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Chen, Yan. (2010). Study on Extraction Technology of Chaenomeles speciosa Polysaccharide by Cellulase Method. Anhui nongye kexue. 1 indexed citations

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