Yan Cheng

9.3k total citations · 9 hit papers
74 papers, 8.3k citations indexed

About

Yan Cheng is a scholar working on Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Aerospace Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Yan Cheng has authored 74 papers receiving a total of 8.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 59 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, 48 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 19 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Yan Cheng's work include Electromagnetic wave absorption materials (54 papers), Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies (47 papers) and Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications (37 papers). Yan Cheng is often cited by papers focused on Electromagnetic wave absorption materials (54 papers), Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies (47 papers) and Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications (37 papers). Yan Cheng collaborates with scholars based in China, Singapore and United States. Yan Cheng's co-authors include Guangbin Ji, Youwei Du, Huanqin Zhao, Xiaohui Liang, Wei Liu, Bin Quan, Hualiang Lv, Baoshan Zhang, Zhichuan J. Xu and Jieming Cao and has published in prestigious journals such as Langmuir, Carbon and Chemical Engineering Journal.

In The Last Decade

Yan Cheng

72 papers receiving 8.2k 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.

Dielectric polarization in electromagnetic wave absorption: Review and perspective

2017 557 citations Bin Quan, Xiaohui Liang et al. Journal of Alloys and Compounds profile →
Biomass-Derived Porous Carbon-Based Nanostructures for Microwave Absorption

2019 554 citations Huanqin Zhao, Yan Cheng et al. Nano-Micro Letters profile →
Metal–organic-frameworks derived porous carbon-wrapped Ni composites with optimized impedance matching as excellent lightweight electromagnetic wave absorber

2016 537 citations Wei Liu, Guangbin Ji et al. Chemical Engineering Journal profile →
A novel hierarchically porous magnetic carbon derived from biomass for strong lightweight microwave absorption

2018 456 citations Huanqin Zhao, Yan Cheng et al. Carbon profile →
Thermal conversion of an Fe₃O₄@metal–organic framework: a new method for an efficient Fe–Co/nanoporous carbon microwave absorbing material

2015 455 citations Guangbin Ji, Wei Liu et al. Nanoscale profile →
Coin-like α-Fe₂O₃@CoFe₂O₄ Core–Shell Composites with Excellent Electromagnetic Absorption Performance

2015 340 citations Xiaohui Liang, Yan Cheng et al. profile →
Rationally regulating complex dielectric parameters of mesoporous carbon hollow spheres to carry out efficient microwave absorption

2017 323 citations Yan Cheng, Zhaoyong Li et al. Carbon profile →
A Flexible and Lightweight Biomass-Reinforced Microwave Absorber

2020 304 citations Yan Cheng, Justin Zhu Yeow Seow et al. Nano-Micro Letters profile →
Engineering morphology configurations of hierarchical flower-like MoSe2 spheres enable excellent low-frequency and selective microwave response properties

2019 289 citations Yan Cheng, Huanqin Zhao et al. Chemical Engineering Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yan Cheng China	44	7.3k	5.7k	1.6k	1.1k	768	74	8.3k
Xinming Wu China	40	3.6k 0.5×	2.1k 0.4×	1.2k 0.7×	1.2k 1.1×	1.1k 1.4×	114	4.7k
Guizhe Zhao China	36	2.1k 0.3×	1.4k 0.2×	1.1k 0.7×	403 0.4×	1.2k 1.5×	166	4.3k
Parveen Saini India	31	2.6k 0.4×	1.3k 0.2×	949 0.6×	686 0.6×	1.4k 1.8×	79	4.0k
Tingkai Zhao China	39	2.2k 0.3×	728 0.1×	1.3k 0.8×	1.4k 1.3×	641 0.8×	151	3.7k
Kaichang Kou China	33	1.5k 0.2×	1.0k 0.2×	1.7k 1.1×	473 0.4×	1.2k 1.6×	100	3.9k
Yanyan Dong China	30	2.2k 0.3×	1.7k 0.3×	705 0.4×	206 0.2×	299 0.4×	59	3.0k
Bei Liu China	24	2.1k 0.3×	503 0.1×	784 0.5×	1.3k 1.2×	507 0.7×	73	3.0k
Subhadip Mondal India	40	1.4k 0.2×	734 0.1×	1.5k 0.9×	402 0.4×	762 1.0×	64	3.7k
M. Basheer Ahamed India	36	2.6k 0.4×	474 0.1×	1.2k 0.7×	1.7k 1.6×	1.9k 2.5×	71	4.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yan Cheng

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Lin, Ying, Yiliang Liu, Yan Cheng, et al.. (2025). Sugar-gourd-like Co@carbon nanofibers for ultralightweight and outstanding electromagnetic wave absorber. Journal of Energy Chemistry. 113. 146–154. 1 indexed citations

Lin, Ying, Yan Cheng, Zhixin Cai, et al.. (2025). Branch-Leaf ZrO2@SiC@WS2 fibers as outstanding microwave absorber with high-temperature tolerance. Chemical Engineering Journal. 507. 160488–160488. 9 indexed citations

Wang, Tong, Wei J. Chen, Haibo Yang, et al.. (2025). Multi-strategy optimization unlocks high energy density in lead-free NBT-CT ceramics. Ceramics International. 51(27). 55664–55671.

Li, Tao, et al.. (2024). Hydrogen reduction and baking process of Pb-silicate microchannel plate and their performance studies. Materials Today Communications. 41. 110460–110460.

Cheng, Yan, Zhixin Cai, Hongwei Zhou, et al.. (2024). The tune of shell numbers of multi-shell hollow mesoporous carbon microspheres for enhanced microwave absorption. Carbon. 227. 119267–119267. 24 indexed citations

Cheng, Yan, et al.. (2024). Nitrate-bridged hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites. Chinese Journal of Structural Chemistry. 43(9). 100358–100358. 2 indexed citations

Zhou, Hong, Ying Lin, Zhixin Cai, et al.. (2024). Hierarchical structure Fe@CNFs@Co/C elastic aerogels with intelligent electromagnetic wave absorption. InfoMat. 7(1). 45 indexed citations

Cheng, Yan, Zhixin Cai, Yan Ma, et al.. (2024). Multi-shell bowl-like carbon microspheres for lightweight and broadband microwave absorption. Journal of Material Science and Technology. 220. 265–275. 17 indexed citations

Zhao, Huanqin, Changqing Jin, Xin Yang, Ping Lu, & Yan Cheng. (2023). Synthesis of a one-dimensional carbon nanotube-decorated three-dimensional crucifix carbon architecture embedded with Co7Fe3/Co5.47N nanoparticles for high-performance microwave absorption. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 645. 22–32. 33 indexed citations

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Wang, Tong, Aoyu Zhang, Jiaxiang Liu, et al.. (2023). Synergistic Enhanced Energy Storage Performance of Nbt-Kbt Ceramics by K0.5na0.5nbo3 Composition Design. SSRN Electronic Journal. 2 indexed citations

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Wang, Tong, Jiaqi Liu, Aoyu Zhang, et al.. (2023). Effects of unique ion B-site modulation on the structure, dielectric and ferroelectric properties of NBT-BT based ceramics. Journal of Materials Science Materials in Electronics. 34(4). 10 indexed citations

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Zhang, Aoyu, Tong Wang, Jiaxiang Liu, et al.. (2023). Significant improvement in energy storage for BT ceramics via NBT composition regulation. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 968. 172255–172255. 69 indexed citations

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Cheng, Yan, et al.. (2022). Clinical Value of Serum Neuron‐Specific Enolase Combined with Serum S100B Protein in the Diagnosis of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. Contrast Media & Molecular Imaging. 2022(1). 9390991–9390991. 1 indexed citations

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Qiu, Yun, et al.. (2021). MOFs derived Co@C@MnO nanorods with enhanced interfacial polarization for boosting the electromagnetic wave absorption. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 602. 242–250. 54 indexed citations

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Cheng, Yan, Justin Zhu Yeow Seow, Huanqin Zhao, Zhichuan J. Xu, & Guangbin Ji. (2020). A Flexible and Lightweight Biomass-Reinforced Microwave Absorber. Nano-Micro Letters. 12(1). 125–125. 304 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhao, Huanqin, Yan Cheng, Wei Liu, et al.. (2019). Biomass-Derived Porous Carbon-Based Nanostructures for Microwave Absorption. Nano-Micro Letters. 11(1). 24–24. 554 indexed citations breakdown →

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Dai, Sisi, Yan Cheng, Bin Quan, et al.. (2018). Porous-carbon-based Mo₂C nanocomposites as excellent microwave absorber: a new exploration. Nanoscale. 10(15). 6945–6953. 166 indexed citations

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Cheng, Yan, Huanqin Zhao, Zhihong Yang, et al.. (2018). An unusual route to grow carbon shell on Fe3O4 microspheres with enhanced microwave absorption. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 762. 463–472. 36 indexed citations

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Ma, Jianna, Bin Quan, Wei Liu, et al.. (2017). Application of unit polarization strategy to achieve high-performance electromagnetic absorption by designing ternary SiO 2 @TiO 2 -C composite. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 709. 796–801. 27 indexed citations

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Cheng, Yan, Wei Meng, Zhaoyong Li, et al.. (2017). Towards outstanding dielectric consumption derived from designing one-dimensional mesoporous MoO₂/C hybrid heteronanowires. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 5(35). 8981–8987. 56 indexed citations

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