Yan‐Cong Chen

13.9k total citations · 6 hit papers
149 papers, 12.3k citations indexed

About

Yan‐Cong Chen is a scholar working on Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Materials Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Yan‐Cong Chen has authored 149 papers receiving a total of 12.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 136 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, 118 papers in Materials Chemistry and 48 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Yan‐Cong Chen's work include Magnetism in coordination complexes (133 papers), Lanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes (99 papers) and Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (34 papers). Yan‐Cong Chen is often cited by papers focused on Magnetism in coordination complexes (133 papers), Lanthanide and Transition Metal Complexes (99 papers) and Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (34 papers). Yan‐Cong Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and Belgium. Yan‐Cong Chen's co-authors include Ming‐Liang Tong, Jun‐Liang Liu, Fu‐Sheng Guo, Akseli Mansikkamäki, Richard A. Layfield, Benjamin M. Day, Jian‐Hua Jia, Liviu F. Chibotaru, Liviu Ungur and Xiao‐Ming Chen and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Yan‐Cong Chen

145 papers receiving 12.2k citations

Hit Papers

Magnetic hysteresis up to 80 kelvin in a dysprosium m... 2013 2026 2017 2021 2018 2016 2017 2018 2016 500 1000 1.5k
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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.

  1. Magnetic hysteresis up to 80 kelvin in a dysprosium metallocene single-molecule magnet
    2018 1.6k citations Fu‐Sheng Guo, Benjamin M. Day et al. profile →
  2. A Stable Pentagonal Bipyramidal Dy(III) Single-Ion Magnet with a Record Magnetization Reversal Barrier over 1000 K
    2016 949 citations Yan‐Cong Chen, Jun‐Liang Liu et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  3. A Dysprosium Metallocene Single‐Molecule Magnet Functioning at the Axial Limit
    2017 940 citations Fu‐Sheng Guo, Benjamin M. Day et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
  4. Symmetry strategies for high performance lanthanide-based single-molecule magnets
    2018 893 citations Jun‐Liang Liu, Yan‐Cong Chen et al. profile →
  5. Symmetry-Supported Magnetic Blocking at 20 K in Pentagonal Bipyramidal Dy(III) Single-Ion Magnets
    2016 775 citations Yan‐Cong Chen, Jun‐Liang Liu et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →
  6. Switching the anisotropy barrier of a single-ion magnet by symmetry change from quasi-D5h to quasi-Oh
    2013 477 citations Jun‐Liang Liu, Yan‐Cong Chen et al. Chemical Science 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‐Cong Chen China 49 11.2k 10.5k 3.8k 2.2k 1.8k 149 12.3k
Jun‐Liang Liu China 47 9.2k 0.8× 8.5k 0.8× 3.6k 0.9× 1.7k 0.8× 1.3k 0.8× 177 10.4k
Nicholas F. Chilton United Kingdom 55 12.2k 1.1× 11.2k 1.1× 3.8k 1.0× 2.8k 1.3× 2.5k 1.4× 187 13.8k
Liviu Ungur Belgium 63 15.3k 1.4× 14.8k 1.4× 4.2k 1.1× 3.6k 1.6× 2.9k 1.6× 128 16.6k
Muralee Murugesu Canada 58 11.1k 1.0× 11.3k 1.1× 4.8k 1.3× 2.3k 1.0× 1.5k 0.8× 255 13.7k
Jinkui Tang China 72 16.2k 1.4× 15.6k 1.5× 6.4k 1.7× 3.3k 1.5× 2.1k 1.2× 319 17.8k
Yanhua Lan Germany 51 7.8k 0.7× 7.5k 0.7× 3.7k 1.0× 1.4k 0.6× 927 0.5× 156 9.0k
Miguel A. Novak Brazil 34 7.0k 0.6× 5.8k 0.6× 2.4k 0.6× 1.5k 0.7× 885 0.5× 115 8.6k
Talal Mallah France 59 10.0k 0.9× 8.1k 0.8× 5.0k 1.3× 1.2k 0.6× 739 0.4× 207 12.0k
Euan K. Brechin United Kingdom 72 15.0k 1.3× 12.8k 1.2× 8.4k 2.2× 1.4k 0.6× 1.3k 0.7× 392 17.1k
Olivier Cador France 49 6.0k 0.5× 5.5k 0.5× 2.2k 0.6× 963 0.4× 913 0.5× 243 7.7k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ruan, Ze‐Yu, et al.. (2025). Proton control of Raman relaxation in bis-hydrazone single-molecule magnets. Chinese Chemical Letters. 111179–111179. 1 indexed citations
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Chen, Yan‐Cong, et al.. (2025). Magnetic-dielectric switching with wide hysteresis in an Fe( ii ) spin-crossover compound. Dalton Transactions. 54(48). 18090–18095.
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Chen, Yan‐Cong, et al.. (2024). Engineering a high-barrier d-f single-molecule magnet centered with hexagonal bipyramidal Dy(III) unit. Science China Chemistry. 67(10). 3291–3298. 2 indexed citations
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Wu, Weiwei, Ze‐Yu Ruan, Yan‐Cong Chen, et al.. (2024). Light-induced stepped thermal relaxation in a Hofmann-type metal-organic framework. Science China Chemistry. 67(6). 1983–1989. 6 indexed citations
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Wu, Si‐Guo, Ze‐Yu Ruan, Hai‐Ling Wang, et al.. (2024). Spin‐State Control in Dysprosium(III) Metallacrown Magnets via Thioacetal Modification. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(31). e202404271–e202404271. 9 indexed citations
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Chen, Yanru, et al.. (2024). Bidirectional photomagnetism, exciplex fluorescence and dielectric anomalies in a spin crossover Hofmann-type coordination polymer. Chemical Science. 15(24). 9240–9248. 10 indexed citations
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Wu, Si‐Guo, Ze‐Yu Ruan, Hai‐Ling Wang, et al.. (2024). Spin‐State Control in Dysprosium(III) Metallacrown Magnets via Thioacetal Modification. Angewandte Chemie. 136(31).
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Xu, Chao, et al.. (2023). Phase Instability in van der Waals In2Se3 Determined by Surface Coordination. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(17). e202300302–e202300302. 12 indexed citations
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Wu, Si‐Guo, Ze‐Yu Ruan, Guo‐Zhang Huang, et al.. (2021). Field-induced oscillation of magnetization blocking barrier in a holmium metallacrown single-molecule magnet. Chem. 7(4). 982–992. 46 indexed citations
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Ruan, Ze‐Yu, Xiao‐Xian Chen, Guo‐Zhang Huang, et al.. (2021). Guest‐Driven Light‐Induced Spin Change in an Azobenzene Loaded Metal–Organic Framework. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 60(52). 27144–27150. 60 indexed citations
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Ruan, Ze‐Yu, Xiao‐Xian Chen, Guo‐Zhang Huang, et al.. (2021). Guest‐Driven Light‐Induced Spin Change in an Azobenzene Loaded Metal–Organic Framework. Angewandte Chemie. 133(52). 27350–27356. 7 indexed citations
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Liu, Yang, Guo‐Zhang Huang, Yan‐Cong Chen, et al.. (2021). Magnetization Dynamics on Isotope‐Isomorphic Holmium Single‐Molecule Magnets. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 60(52). 27282–27287. 10 indexed citations
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Liu, Yang, Guo‐Zhang Huang, Yan‐Cong Chen, et al.. (2021). Magnetization Dynamics on Isotope‐Isomorphic Holmium Single‐Molecule Magnets. Angewandte Chemie. 133(52). 27488–27493. 1 indexed citations
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Peng, Yuanyuan, Si‐Guo Wu, Yan‐Cong Chen, et al.. (2020). Asymmetric seven-/eight-step spin-crossover in a three-dimensional Hofmann-type metal–organic framework. Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers. 7(8). 1685–1690. 44 indexed citations
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Wu, Weiwei, Si‐Guo Wu, Yan‐Cong Chen, et al.. (2020). Spin-crossover in an organic–inorganic hybrid perovskite. Chemical Communications. 56(33). 4551–4554. 22 indexed citations
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Chen, Yan‐Cong, Yan Meng, Xiaowei Song, et al.. (2020). Light- and temperature-assisted spin state annealing: accessing the hidden multistability. Chemical Science. 11(12). 3281–3289. 45 indexed citations
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Lü, Guang, Yang Liu, Guo‐Zhang Huang, et al.. (2020). A perfect triangular dysprosium single-molecule magnet with virtually antiparallel Ising-like anisotropy. Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers. 7(16). 2941–2948. 30 indexed citations
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Guo, Fu‐Sheng, Benjamin M. Day, Yan‐Cong Chen, et al.. (2017). A Dysprosium Metallocene Single‐Molecule Magnet Functioning at the Axial Limit. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 56(38). 11445–11449. 940 indexed citations breakdown →
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Sama, Farasha, Muhammad Nadeem Akhtar, Yan‐Cong Chen, et al.. (2017). Aminoalcohols and benzoates-friends or foes? Tuning nuclearity of Cu(ii) complexes, studies of their structures, magnetism, and catecholase-like activities as well as performing DFT and TDDFT studies. Dalton Transactions. 46(30). 9801–9823. 57 indexed citations
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Feng, Xiaowen, Seung Jun Hwang, Jun‐Liang Liu, et al.. (2017). Slow Magnetic Relaxation in Intermediate Spin S = 3/2 Mononuclear Fe(III) Complexes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 139(46). 16474–16477. 46 indexed citations

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