Yan Qu

4.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
8 papers, 742 citations indexed

About

Yan Qu is a scholar working on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yan Qu has authored 8 papers receiving a total of 742 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 4 papers in Instrumentation and 2 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Yan Qu's work include Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (4 papers), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (4 papers) and Advanced Thermodynamic Systems and Engines (1 paper). Yan Qu is often cited by papers focused on Astronomy and Astrophysical Research (4 papers), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena (4 papers) and Advanced Thermodynamic Systems and Engines (1 paper). Yan Qu collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Yan Qu's co-authors include Michelle Furlong, Joop Schaye, Matthieu Schaller, Tom Theuns, Robert A. Crain, R. G. Bower, John Helly, James W. Trayford, Carlos S. Frenk and Adrian Jenkins and has published in prestigious journals such as Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Energy and BMC Pediatrics.

In The Last Decade

Yan Qu

8 papers receiving 727 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

The EAGLE simulation of galaxy formation: public release of halo and galaxy catalogues

2016 403 citations Stuart McAlpine, John Helly et al. Liverpool John Moores University profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yan Qu China	5	721	439	97	41	30	8	742
Chiara Tonini Australia	15	811 1.1×	493 1.1×	116 1.2×	29 0.7×	22 0.7×	18	822
M. D’Onofrio Italy	7	567 0.8×	324 0.7×	85 0.9×	26 0.6×	37 1.2×	21	620
Sharon Lapiner United States	14	836 1.2×	502 1.1×	89 0.9×	19 0.5×	36 1.2×	16	855
Alexander J. Mendez United States	10	735 1.0×	359 0.8×	131 1.4×	27 0.7×	29 1.0×	13	746
Mattia Fumagalli Netherlands	10	891 1.2×	519 1.2×	72 0.7×	20 0.5×	32 1.1×	12	904
O. Cucciati Italy	15	620 0.9×	382 0.9×	71 0.7×	19 0.5×	23 0.8×	31	631
Greg Snyder United States	4	783 1.1×	393 0.9×	117 1.2×	37 0.9×	52 1.7×	4	823
Allison W. S. Man Germany	16	872 1.2×	498 1.1×	79 0.8×	36 0.9×	28 0.9×	35	890
G. Savorgnan Australia	16	840 1.2×	410 0.9×	99 1.0×	32 0.8×	49 1.6×	22	849
A. Cimatti Italy	5	923 1.3×	523 1.2×	100 1.0×	25 0.6×	31 1.0×	5	949

Countries citing papers authored by Yan Qu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yan Qu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Yan Qu. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Yan Qu. The network helps show where Yan Qu may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yan Qu

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yan Qu. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yan Qu 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 Qu. Yan Qu is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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8 of 8 papers shown

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Zhang, Yuhao, Yusheng Liao, Yan Qu, et al.. (2025). Dynamic thermal characteristics analysis of integrated space nuclear reactor with core and Stirling power conversion components. Energy. 315. 134458–134458. 3 indexed citations

2.

Liu, Junru, et al.. (2024). Dermotoscope assisted diagnosis of adolescent bullous pilomatricoma: six case reports. BMC Pediatrics. 24(1). 437–437. 1 indexed citations

3.

Wang, Lan, D. Xu, Liang Gao, et al.. (2019). Comparing galaxy morphology in hydrodynamical simulation and in semi-analytic model. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 485(2). 2083–2091. 6 indexed citations

4.

McAlpine, Stuart, John Helly, Matthieu Schaller, et al.. (2016). The EAGLE simulation of galaxy formation: public release of halo and galaxy catalogues. Liverpool John Moores University. 403 indexed citations breakdown →

5.

Furlong, Michelle, R. G. Bower, Robert A. Crain, et al.. (2016). Size evolution of normal and compact galaxies in the EAGLE simulation. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 465(1). 722–738. 170 indexed citations

6.

Sawala, Till, Carlos S. Frenk, Azadeh Fattahi, et al.. (2015). Bent by baryons: the low-mass galaxy-halo relation. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 448(3). 2941–2947. 149 indexed citations

7.

Qu, Yan, et al.. (2011). A new picrotoxane-type sesquiterpene fromDendrobium findlayanum. Journal of Asian Natural Products Research. 13(11). 1047–1050. 9 indexed citations

8.

Qu, Yan, Hongbin Zhang, & Ji‐Kai Liu. (2004). Isolation and Structure of a New Ceramide from the Basidiomycete Hygrophorus eburnesus.. ChemInform. 35(30). 1 indexed citations

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