Yan Fan

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Yan Fan is a scholar working on Water Science and Technology, Materials Chemistry and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Yan Fan has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Water Science and Technology, 10 papers in Materials Chemistry and 9 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Yan Fan's work include Advanced oxidation water treatment (9 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (8 papers) and Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry (7 papers). Yan Fan is often cited by papers focused on Advanced oxidation water treatment (9 papers), Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (8 papers) and Porphyrin and Phthalocyanine Chemistry (7 papers). Yan Fan collaborates with scholars based in China, Canada and Australia. Yan Fan's co-authors include Yuefei Ji, Deyang Kong, Junhe Lu, Quansuo Zhou, Kuo Liu, Michèle Prévost, Arash Zamyadi, Lizhi Zhang, Zhihui Ai and Sarah Dorner and has published in prestigious journals such as Water Research, Journal of Hazardous Materials and Food Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Yan Fan

23 papers receiving 1.7k citations

Hit Papers

Kinetic and mechanistic investigations of the degradation... 2015 2026 2018 2022 2015 100 200 300
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. Kinetic and mechanistic investigations of the degradation of sulfamethazine in heat-activated persulfate oxidation process
    2015 397 citations Yan Fan, Yuefei Ji et al. Journal of Hazardous Materials 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 Fan China 12 1.1k 802 381 353 349 23 1.7k
Siyang Yue China 12 1.3k 1.1× 634 0.8× 290 0.8× 305 0.9× 334 1.0× 18 1.7k
Ruochun Zhang China 16 1.4k 1.3× 680 0.8× 748 2.0× 202 0.6× 323 0.9× 29 2.1k
Minghao Kong China 13 861 0.8× 599 0.7× 244 0.6× 148 0.4× 311 0.9× 22 1.3k
Ning Chen China 22 671 0.6× 389 0.5× 356 0.9× 313 0.9× 407 1.2× 51 1.5k
Jingge Shang China 22 1.0k 0.9× 312 0.4× 463 1.2× 396 1.1× 518 1.5× 53 1.8k
Xin Lei China 20 1.1k 1.0× 555 0.7× 446 1.2× 106 0.3× 328 0.9× 55 2.0k
Debora Fabbri Italy 28 700 0.6× 574 0.7× 596 1.6× 96 0.3× 266 0.8× 77 1.8k
Xiaoxue Pan China 24 1.3k 1.2× 811 1.0× 543 1.4× 235 0.7× 515 1.5× 50 2.2k
Jiaqi Ding China 16 1.1k 1.0× 537 0.7× 248 0.7× 167 0.5× 452 1.3× 32 1.5k
Lingjun Bu China 33 2.0k 1.8× 1.0k 1.3× 600 1.6× 344 1.0× 497 1.4× 97 2.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Yan Fan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yan Fan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yan Fan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yan Fan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yan Fan 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 Fan. Yan Fan 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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Yang, Yixin, Yan Fan, Xueqin Sun, et al.. (2024). Porphyrin-based Schiff base fluorescent probe: Mercuric ion recognition by naked eye colorimetric analysis and application of test strip detection. Journal of Molecular Structure. 1312. 138506–138506. 5 indexed citations
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Wang, Bo, Yan Fan, Xueqin Sun, et al.. (2024). Synthesis of asymmetric cationic zinc porphyrin photosensitizer containing thiophene group for photodynamic therapy in vitro and theoretical calculation of DFT. Journal of Molecular Structure. 1302. 137497–137497. 2 indexed citations
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Tian, D., Bo Wang, Yan Fan, et al.. (2024). Novel cyanide-containing porphyrins: Unleashing in vitro photodynamic therapy potential. Journal of Molecular Structure. 1322. 140487–140487. 1 indexed citations
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Luo, Yi, et al.. (2024). Cucurbit[8]Uril‐Stabilized Charge Transfer: An Efficient Supramolecular Approach Toward a Heterogeneous Organic Photocatalyst for Aerobic Oxidation Reactions. Chemistry - A European Journal. 31(14). e202404273–e202404273. 2 indexed citations
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Fan, Yan, et al.. (2022). ZrO2 supported perovskite activation of peroxymonosulfate for sulfamethoxazole removal from aqueous solution. Chemosphere. 298. 134339–134339. 18 indexed citations
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Fan, Yan, et al.. (2022). Half-salen Fe(III) covalently post-modified MIL-125(Ti)-NH2 MOF for effective photocatalytic peroxymonosulfate activation. Applied Surface Science. 591. 153115–153115. 41 indexed citations
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Zhang, Wenyuan, Yanyan Li, Yan Fan, et al.. (2022). Water-soluble porphyrin photosensitizers containing electron-withdrawing and electron-donating groups for photodynamic therapy. Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines. 26(5). 384–391. 1 indexed citations
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Fan, Yan, Wenyuan Zhang, Xueqin Sun, et al.. (2022). Synthesis of zinc porphyrin with fluorophenyl group and applications in dye sensitized solar cells. Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines. 26(06n07). 503–509. 2 indexed citations
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Fan, Yan, Mingbo Zhou, Ling Xu, et al.. (2021). Two- and three-dimensional β,β′-N-heterocycle fused porphyrins: concise construction, singlet oxygen production and electro-catalytic hydrogen evolution reaction. Organic Chemistry Frontiers. 8(21). 6080–6088. 8 indexed citations
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Fan, Yan, et al.. (2021). Degradation of tetrabromobisphenol A through peroxymonaosulfate oxidation activated by La0.5Sr0.5CoxMn1-xO3-δ perovskite. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 28(46). 65814–65821. 5 indexed citations
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Fan, Yan, Yuefei Ji, Deyang Kong, Junhe Lu, & Quansuo Zhou. (2015). Kinetic and mechanistic investigations of the degradation of sulfamethazine in heat-activated persulfate oxidation process. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 300. 39–47. 397 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ji, Yuefei, Yan Fan, Kuo Liu, Deyang Kong, & Junhe Lu. (2015). Thermo activated persulfate oxidation of antibiotic sulfamethoxazole and structurally related compounds. Water Research. 87. 1–9. 396 indexed citations
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Ji, Yuefei, Weiping Xie, Yan Fan, et al.. (2015). Degradation of trimethoprim by thermo-activated persulfate oxidation: Reaction kinetics and transformation mechanisms. Chemical Engineering Journal. 286. 16–24. 133 indexed citations
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Zamyadi, Arash, Yan Fan, Robert Daly, & Michèle Prévost. (2012). Chlorination of Microcystis aeruginosa: Toxin release and oxidation, cellular chlorine demand and disinfection by-products formation. Water Research. 47(3). 1080–1090. 98 indexed citations
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Fan, Yan. (2012). Chlorination of Toxic Cyanobacterial Cells and their Associated Toxins. PolyPublie (École Polytechnique de Montréal). 1 indexed citations
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Zamyadi, Arash, Sherri L. MacLeod, Yan Fan, et al.. (2011). Toxic cyanobacterial breakthrough and accumulation in a drinking water plant: A monitoring and treatment challenge. Water Research. 46(5). 1511–1523. 187 indexed citations
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Fan, Yan, Zhihui Ai, & Lizhi Zhang. (2009). Design of an electro-Fenton system with a novel sandwich film cathode for wastewater treatment. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 176(1-3). 678–684. 90 indexed citations
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