Yanan Zhai

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Yanan Zhai is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yanan Zhai has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 10 papers in Materials Chemistry and 8 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Yanan Zhai's work include Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (10 papers), Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (6 papers) and Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions (6 papers). Yanan Zhai is often cited by papers focused on Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (10 papers), Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (6 papers) and Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions (6 papers). Yanan Zhai collaborates with scholars based in China, Singapore and United States. Yanan Zhai's co-authors include Qiang Wu, Ya Guo, Quan Xu, Jia Shou, Jinhuan Li, Yonghu Wu, Yuanxiao Tang, Zhilian Jia, Adrian R. Krainer and Bing Ren and has published in prestigious journals such as Cell, Nature Communications and Journal of Power Sources.

In The Last Decade

Yanan Zhai

29 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

CRISPR Inversion of CTCF Sites Alters Genome Topology and Enhancer/Promoter Function

2015 648 citations Ya Guo, Quan Xu et al. Cell profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yanan Zhai China	15	824	228	132	128	119	30	1.2k
Qingqing Yan China	20	427 0.5×	120 0.5×	50 0.4×	406 3.2×	33 0.3×	60	1.1k
Jennifer A. Armstrong United States	25	1.4k 1.7×	248 1.1×	204 1.5×	192 1.5×	59 0.5×	49	2.0k
Nguyễn Thùy Dương Vietnam	17	436 0.5×	49 0.2×	149 1.1×	331 2.6×	18 0.2×	77	1.1k
Ji Wang China	17	499 0.6×	20 0.1×	53 0.4×	298 2.3×	72 0.6×	44	1.2k
Maria De Luca Italy	16	533 0.6×	66 0.3×	37 0.3×	55 0.4×	24 0.2×	24	858
Jiadong Wang China	19	659 0.8×	56 0.2×	49 0.4×	241 1.9×	222 1.9×	60	1.4k
Shimin Chen China	16	397 0.5×	67 0.3×	46 0.3×	83 0.6×	21 0.2×	41	613
Ting Ting Wang China	15	271 0.3×	21 0.1×	11 0.1×	478 3.7×	37 0.3×	45	917
Quang K. Nguyen Vietnam	15	315 0.4×	42 0.2×	127 1.0×	237 1.9×	153 1.3×	30	1.4k
Wenling Li China	11	173 0.2×	47 0.2×	31 0.2×	95 0.7×	7 0.1×	32	549

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Du, Peng, et al.. (2025). Two-directional gradient porosity design for improving transport properties of carbon gas diffusion layers in PEMFCs. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer. 168. 109441–109441.

Ren, Haixian, et al.. (2025). An ESIPT-based near-infrared ratiometric reversible fluorescent probe for dynamic in situ monitoring of glutathione in diabetic models. Dyes and Pigments. 245. 113244–113244. 2 indexed citations

Wu, Yanling, Xiaohui Yu, Fang Hong, et al.. (2024). Ultrafast dynamics evidence of strong coupling superconductivity in LaH10±δ. Nature Communications. 15(1). 9683–9683. 8 indexed citations

Li, Chuan, Yanan Zhai, Ke Li, et al.. (2023). Phomaketals A and B, pentacyclic meroterpenoids from a eupC overexpressed mutant strain of Phoma sp.. Chinese Chemical Letters. 35(7). 109019–109019. 2 indexed citations

Feng, Jie, et al.. (2023). Covalent Organic Framework‐Based Nanomotor for Multimodal Cancer Photo‐Theranostics. Advanced Healthcare Materials. 12(30). e2301645–e2301645. 41 indexed citations

Feng, Jie, et al.. (2023). Covalent organic framework-based nanozyme for cascade-amplified synergistic cancer therapy. Science China Materials. 66(10). 4079–4089. 19 indexed citations

Zhai, Yanan, Prashant Singh, Anna Dolnik, et al.. (2022). Longitudinal single-cell transcriptomics reveals distinct patterns of recurrence in acute myeloid leukemia. Molecular Cancer. 21(1). 166–166. 24 indexed citations

Zhai, Yanan, et al.. (2021). New Bioactive Sesquiterpeniods From the Plant Endophytic Fungus Pestalotiopsis theae. Frontiers in Microbiology. 12. 641504–641504. 8 indexed citations

Peng, Tianran, Yanan Zhai, Yaser Atlasi, et al.. (2020). STARR-seq identifies active, chromatin-masked, and dormant enhancers in pluripotent mouse embryonic stem cells. Genome biology. 21(1). 243–243. 44 indexed citations

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Xu, Guangrui, Yanan Zhai, Fumin Li, et al.. (2019). Cyanogel auto-reduction induced synthesis of PdCo nanocubes on carbon nanobowls: a highly active electrocatalyst for ethanol electrooxidation. Nanoscale. 11(28). 13477–13483. 31 indexed citations

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Zhai, Yanan, Yumei Li, Jinyu Zhang, et al.. (2019). Identification of the gene cluster for bistropolone-humulene meroterpenoid biosynthesis in Phoma sp.. Fungal Genetics and Biology. 129. 7–15. 26 indexed citations

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Xu, Difei, Rongsheng Ma, Jiahai Zhang, et al.. (2018). Dynamic Nature of CTCF Tandem 11 Zinc Fingers in Multivalent Recognition of DNA As Revealed by NMR Spectroscopy. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 9(14). 4020–4028. 14 indexed citations

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Chen, Ya, Ling Wang, Yanan Zhai, et al.. (2017). Pd–Ni nanoparticles supported on reduced graphene oxides as catalysts for hydrogen generation from hydrazine. RSC Advances. 7(51). 32310–32315. 21 indexed citations

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Li, Shu-Ni, Yanan Zhai, Xinyi Zhang, & Douglas R. MacFarlane. (2017). Surfactant‐Free Synthesis of Graphene‐Supported PdCu Nanocrystals with High Alloying Degree as Highly Active Catalyst for Formic Acid Electrooxidation. Advanced Materials Interfaces. 4(14). 20 indexed citations

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Li, Fumin, Yongqiang Kang, Huimin Liu, et al.. (2017). Atoms diffusion-induced phase engineering of platinum-gold alloy nanocrystals with high electrocatalytic performance for the formic acid oxidation reaction. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 514. 299–305. 23 indexed citations

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Li, Fumin, et al.. (2016). A Facile Self‐Templated Approach for the Synthesis of Pt Hollow Nanospheres with Enhanced Electrocatalytic Activity. Advanced Materials Interfaces. 3(20). 9 indexed citations

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Guo, Ya, Quan Xu, Daniele Canzio, et al.. (2015). CRISPR Inversion of CTCF Sites Alters Genome Topology and Enhancer/Promoter Function. Cell. 162(4). 900–910. 648 indexed citations breakdown →

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Li, Jinhuan, Jia Shou, Ya Guo, et al.. (2015). Efficient inversions and duplications of mammalian regulatory DNA elements and gene clusters by CRISPR/Cas9. Journal of Molecular Cell Biology. 7(4). 284–298. 101 indexed citations

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Wang, Lie, Yin Xia, Yanan Zhai, Chengjin Li, & Yiqing Li. (2012). Topical propranolol hydrochloride gel for superficial infantile hemangiomas. Journal of Huazhong University of Science and Technology [Medical Sciences]. 32(6). 923–926. 17 indexed citations

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Wang, Yunfeng, et al.. (2011). Correlation between birth weight and cesarean section rate of term singleton live-birth newborns in recent 10 years. Zhonghua weichan yixue zazhi. 14(9). 530–533. 1 indexed citations

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