Yan Yang

9.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
207 papers, 8.0k citations indexed

About

Yan Yang is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Yan Yang has authored 207 papers receiving a total of 8.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 101 papers in Materials Chemistry, 75 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 46 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Yan Yang's work include Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (62 papers), Covalent Organic Framework Applications (28 papers) and Magnetism in coordination complexes (24 papers). Yan Yang is often cited by papers focused on Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (62 papers), Covalent Organic Framework Applications (28 papers) and Magnetism in coordination complexes (24 papers). Yan Yang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and France. Yan Yang's co-authors include Jian‐Fang Ma, Qihua Yang, Fengming Zhang, Jin Yang, Peng Du, Shulan Ma, Maochun Hong, Huiqin Yao, Zihuan Yu and Mengwei Yuan 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 Yang

197 papers receiving 7.9k 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.

Hierarchical Nanoassembly of MoS₂/Co₉S₈/Ni₃S₂/Ni as a Highly Efficient Electrocatalyst for Overall Water Splitting in a Wide pH Range

2019 824 citations Yan Yang et al. profile →
Engineering β-ketoamine covalent organic frameworks for photocatalytic overall water splitting

2023 226 citations Yan Yang, Xiaoyu Chu et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yan Yang China	47	4.0k	2.6k	2.4k	2.0k	971	207	8.0k
Lei Li China	51	4.4k 1.1×	1.4k 0.5×	3.1k 1.3×	3.2k 1.6×	872 0.9×	300	8.9k
Ayman Nafady Saudi Arabia	55	5.3k 1.3×	3.2k 1.2×	2.6k 1.1×	2.7k 1.4×	873 0.9×	378	10.3k
Jialuo Li United States	39	6.2k 1.5×	6.5k 2.5×	1.4k 0.6×	1.6k 0.8×	1.2k 1.3×	72	10.0k
Xing Li China	50	5.2k 1.3×	2.8k 1.1×	1.6k 0.7×	2.1k 1.1×	1.2k 1.3×	210	8.2k
Xiaofei Zhang China	42	3.2k 0.8×	2.0k 0.8×	2.9k 1.2×	2.2k 1.1×	454 0.5×	147	7.3k
Jinlou Gu China	48	4.9k 1.2×	3.0k 1.1×	941 0.4×	1.1k 0.6×	2.0k 2.1×	160	8.1k
Na Li China	46	3.6k 0.9×	2.6k 1.0×	3.1k 1.3×	3.3k 1.7×	668 0.7×	251	8.3k
Xiao Liu China	52	4.7k 1.2×	1.6k 0.6×	3.8k 1.6×	1.8k 0.9×	1.3k 1.3×	337	10.1k
Christina Lollar United States	28	5.1k 1.3×	6.0k 2.3×	1.1k 0.5×	1.5k 0.7×	923 1.0×	36	8.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Yan Yang

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yan Yang

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20 of 20 papers shown

Yang, Yan, et al.. (2025). Hybridized Multi‐Spiral Donor Engineering for High‐Efficiency Narrowband Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence Emitters. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(46). e202518014–e202518014.

Li, Jiaqi, et al.. (2025). Two Halobismuthates Decorated by Cesium and N-Methylated Isonicotinato: Crystal Architectures, Optical/Photoelectrical Performances, and Theoretical Insights. Inorganic Chemistry. 64(29). 15280–15291.

Dong, Hong, Ya Wang, Liang Fang, et al.. (2025). Design synergistic dual metal sites in Z-scheme system of metal phthalocyanine and metal-covalent organic framework for photocatalytic diluted CO2 reduction. Nano Energy. 143. 111305–111305. 2 indexed citations

Li, Kangsheng, Ying Wang, Yan Yang, et al.. (2025). Temperature-Enhanced Purine Metabolism-Based Versatile SERS Platform for Rapid Clinical Pathogens Diagnosis and Drug-Resistant Assessment. Analytical Chemistry. 97(5). 2754–2761. 5 indexed citations

Yang, Yan, et al.. (2024). Abductive Learning for Short-term Traffic Flow Prediction of Highways. 341–349. 1 indexed citations

Wu, Yue, et al.. (2024). A super-stable Cu(i)-based polymer exhibiting thermally activated delayed fluorescence and water/acid-resistant properties. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 12(39). 15987–15994. 3 indexed citations

Wang, Shipeng, Yawen Wang, Jiawei Liu, et al.. (2024). Ruptured liquid metal microcapsules enabling hybridized silver nanowire networks towards high-performance deformable transparent conductors. Nanoscale. 16(13). 6522–6530. 11 indexed citations

Yan, Jie, et al.. (2024). Economically friendly and facilely synthesized layered metal sulfide for efficient removal of aqueous cesium. Journal of Solid State Chemistry. 337. 124834–124834. 5 indexed citations

Li, Yuhang, et al.. (2023). Fabrication of antimicrobial and high-toughness poly (lactic acid) composite films using tung oil derivatives. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 254(Pt 1). 127792–127792. 8 indexed citations

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Cao, Li‐Hui, et al.. (2023). Water‐Induced Single‐Crystal to Single‐Crystal Transformation of Ionic Hydrogen‐Bonded Organic Frameworks with Enhanced Proton Conductivity. Chemistry - A European Journal. 29(26). e202300028–e202300028. 15 indexed citations

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Zhang, Rui, Zhao‐Di Yang, Yan Yang, Fengming Zhang, & Guiling Zhang. (2023). Understanding Photocatalytic Overall Water Splitting of β-Ketoamine COFs through the N–C Site Synergistic Mechanism. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 15(49). 57265–57272. 3 indexed citations

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Yang, Yan, Ya Wang, Luhua Shao, et al.. (2023). Integrating Enrichment, Reduction, and Oxidation Sites in One System for Artificial Photosynthetic Diluted CO₂ Reduction. Advanced Materials. 35(40). e2304170–e2304170. 122 indexed citations

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Yang, Yan, Xiaoyu Chu, Hongyu Zhang, et al.. (2023). Engineering β-ketoamine covalent organic frameworks for photocatalytic overall water splitting. Nature Communications. 14(1). 593–593. 226 indexed citations breakdown →

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Jiao, Yanan, Jing Lou, Zhaofu Ma, et al.. (2022). Photoactive terahertz metasurfaces for ultrafast switchable sensing of colorectal cells. Materials Horizons. 9(12). 2984–2992. 63 indexed citations

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Yang, Yan, Lu Yang, Hongyu Zhang, et al.. (2021). Decoration of Active Sites in Covalent–Organic Framework: An Effective Strategy of Building Efficient Photocatalysis for CO₂ Reduction. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 9(39). 13376–13384. 64 indexed citations

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Zhang, Hongyu, Yan Yang, Changcheng Li, et al.. (2021). A new strategy for constructing covalently connected MOF@COF core–shell heterostructures for enhanced photocatalytic hydrogen evolution. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 9(31). 16743–16750. 123 indexed citations

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Wang, Xiaoying, Mengni Ge, Shaoyu Wu, et al.. (2021). Fabrication of sulfhydryl grafted graphene oxide/polyamide composite membranes for reverse osmosis desalination. 复合材料学报. 38(8). 2479–2488. 2 indexed citations

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Liu, Xu, Yan Yang, Yunfei Han, et al.. (2017). H2O2-based Green Corrosion Route to ZnO Microrods Photocatalysts on Zn Plate. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5 indexed citations

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Wang, Peng, Jiao Zhao, Xiaobo Li, et al.. (2013). Assembly of ZIF nanostructures around free Pt nanoparticles: efficient size-selective catalysts for hydrogenation of alkenes under mild conditions. Chemical Communications. 49(32). 3330–3330. 132 indexed citations

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Wang, Genxu, et al.. (2010). Dynamics of Litter Fall in Abies fabric Mature Forest at Gongga Mountain. ACTA AGRICULTURAE UNIVERSITATIS JIANGXIENSIS. 32(6). 1163–1167. 3 indexed citations

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