Yan Ji

8.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
92 papers, 7.0k citations indexed

About

Yan Ji is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Polymers and Plastics and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Yan Ji has authored 92 papers receiving a total of 7.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 48 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 40 papers in Polymers and Plastics and 39 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Yan Ji's work include Advanced Materials and Mechanics (38 papers), Polymer composites and self-healing (34 papers) and Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (27 papers). Yan Ji is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Materials and Mechanics (38 papers), Polymer composites and self-healing (34 papers) and Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (27 papers). Yan Ji collaborates with scholars based in China, Taiwan and United Kingdom. Yan Ji's co-authors include Yen Wei, Yang Yang, Qiaomei Chen, Zhiqiang Pei, Eugene M. Terentjev, Lei Tao, Yanshuang Xu, Xiaoyong Zhang, Lin Feng and Shiqi Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Yan Ji

88 papers receiving 6.9k citations

Hit Papers

Mouldable liquid-crystalline elastomer actuators with exc... 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 2020 2022 250 500 750
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. Mouldable liquid-crystalline elastomer actuators with exchangeable covalent bonds
    2013 765 citations Yang Yang, Qiaomei Chen et al. profile →
  2. Functional epoxy vitrimers and composites
    2020 329 citations Yang Yang, Yanshuang Xu et al. profile →
  3. Locally controllable magnetic soft actuators with reprogrammable contraction-derived motions
    2022 135 citations Yahe Wu, Yang Yang et al. 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 Ji China 45 3.2k 2.9k 2.6k 2.4k 1.3k 92 7.0k
Jie Yin China 47 2.0k 0.6× 2.6k 0.9× 1.3k 0.5× 2.8k 1.2× 2.0k 1.5× 230 7.3k
Miguel A. López‐Manchado Spain 55 7.0k 2.2× 3.2k 1.1× 1.3k 0.5× 4.0k 1.7× 645 0.5× 203 11.2k
Lizong Dai China 42 2.5k 0.8× 949 0.3× 681 0.3× 2.0k 0.9× 940 0.7× 226 5.4k
Tao Ding China 45 1.7k 0.5× 1.9k 0.6× 806 0.3× 2.7k 1.1× 701 0.5× 111 7.1k
Zhen Hu China 41 1.4k 0.4× 1.5k 0.5× 854 0.3× 2.2k 0.9× 753 0.6× 153 4.7k
Tao Zhou China 48 3.2k 1.0× 5.5k 1.9× 1.1k 0.4× 3.9k 1.6× 616 0.5× 239 10.2k
Lei Li China 42 963 0.3× 1.3k 0.5× 1.1k 0.4× 2.5k 1.0× 1.1k 0.8× 159 5.8k
Chih‐Feng Huang Taiwan 41 2.0k 0.6× 1.0k 0.4× 939 0.4× 1.9k 0.8× 1.3k 0.9× 186 5.2k
Yunjun Luo China 39 2.3k 0.7× 1.1k 0.4× 560 0.2× 3.1k 1.3× 1.3k 1.0× 342 6.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Yan Ji

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yan Ji

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yan Ji

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yan Ji. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yan Ji 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 Ji. Yan Ji 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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Wang, Yunxin, et al.. (2025). Review: Research progress of gradient nanostructured steels. Journal of Materials Research and Technology. 39. 3706–3725. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Yixuan, et al.. (2025). Non‐Radical Photocured 3D Printing of Liquid Crystal Elastomers. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 65(6). e23022–e23022.
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Ge, Yuzhen, Yang Yang, Zhijun Yang, et al.. (2024). Reprocessable Epoxy–Anhydride Resin Enabled by a Thermally Stable Liquid Transesterification Catalyst. Polymers. 16(22). 3216–3216. 2 indexed citations
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Yang, Tao, Qing Ma, Jie Deng, et al.. (2024). A novel multi-asperity-based dynamic (MABD) model for piezoelectric actuator: Theory, numerical framework, and experimental validation. Applied Mathematical Modelling. 140. 115876–115876. 2 indexed citations
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Liu, Yawen, et al.. (2023). Rewritable Electrically Controllable Liquid Crystal Actuators. Advanced Functional Materials. 33(44). 15 indexed citations
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Liang, Huan, Yen Wei, & Yan Ji. (2023). Magnetic‐responsive Covalent Adaptable Networks. Chemistry - An Asian Journal. 18(5). e202201177–e202201177. 8 indexed citations
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Liu, Yawen, et al.. (2023). Enabling liquid crystal elastomers with tunable actuation temperature. Nature Communications. 14(1). 3518–3518. 62 indexed citations
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Ji, Yan, et al.. (2022). Research progress in processing methods of reversible three-dimensional structures of liquid-crystalline elastomers based on dynamic covalent bonds. Chinese Journal of Liquid Crystals and Displays. 37(2). 199–216. 2 indexed citations
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Wu, Yahe, Yang Yang, Xiaojie Qian, et al.. (2020). Liquid‐Crystalline Soft Actuators with Switchable Thermal Reprogrammability. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 59(12). 4778–4784. 140 indexed citations
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Wu, Yahe, Yang Yang, Xiaojie Qian, et al.. (2020). Liquid‐Crystalline Soft Actuators with Switchable Thermal Reprogrammability. Angewandte Chemie. 132(12). 4808–4814. 27 indexed citations
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Yang, Yang, Eugene M. Terentjev, Yubai Zhang, et al.. (2019). Reprocessable Thermoset Soft Actuators. Angewandte Chemie. 131(48). 17635–17640. 28 indexed citations
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Yang, Yang, Eugene M. Terentjev, Yubai Zhang, et al.. (2019). Reprocessable Thermoset Soft Actuators. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 58(48). 17474–17479. 121 indexed citations
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Chen, Qiaomei, Yongsan Li, Yang Yang, et al.. (2019). Durable liquid-crystalline vitrimer actuators. Chemical Science. 10(10). 3025–3030. 91 indexed citations
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Yang, Yang, Eugene M. Terentjev, Yen Wei, & Yan Ji. (2018). Solvent-assisted programming of flat polymer sheets into reconfigurable and self-healing 3D structures. Nature Communications. 9(1). 1906–1906. 141 indexed citations
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Chen, Qiaomei, Yanshuang Xu, Zhen Li, et al.. (2017). A durable monolithic polymer foam for efficient solar steam generation. Chemical Science. 9(3). 623–628. 264 indexed citations
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Ji, Yan, Yun Chen, Wenzhong Yang, et al.. (2017). Highly effective scale inhibition performance of amino trimethylenephosphonic acid on calcium carbonate. Desalination. 422. 165–173. 89 indexed citations
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Song, Qilei, Shuai Cao, Paul Zavala‐Rivera, et al.. (2013). Photo-oxidative enhancement of polymeric molecular sieve membranes. Nature Communications. 4(1). 1918–1918. 131 indexed citations
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Fu, Changkui, Shiqi Wang, Lin Feng, et al.. (2012). Hierarchically Porous Chitosan–PEG–Silica Biohybrid: Synthesis and Rapid Cell Adsorption. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 2(2). 302–305. 9 indexed citations
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Yang, Lili, et al.. (2010). EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE GRADIENT ON LAMEL- LAR ORIENTATIONS OF DIRECTIONAL SOLIDIFIED TiAl-BASED ALLOY. Acta Metallurgica Sinica. 46(10). 1223–1229. 1 indexed citations
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Serra, Francesca, et al.. (2010). Single-mode laser tuning from cholesteric elastomers using a “notch” band-gap configuration. Optics Express. 18(2). 575–575. 47 indexed citations

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