Yang Lu

4.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
75 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Yang Lu is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Polymers and Plastics and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Yang Lu has authored 75 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 37 papers in Polymers and Plastics and 26 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Yang Lu's work include Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (42 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (37 papers) and Perovskite Materials and Applications (14 papers). Yang Lu is often cited by papers focused on Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (42 papers), Conducting polymers and applications (37 papers) and Perovskite Materials and Applications (14 papers). Yang Lu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Yang Lu's co-authors include Jie‐Yu Wang, Jian Pei, Ze‐Fan Yao, Zi‐Di Yu, Chi‐Yuan Yang, Ting Lei, Hio‐Ieng Un, Miao Xiong, Li Ding and Xiaoye Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Yang Lu

70 papers receiving 3.7k 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.

Fast high-resolution miniature two-photon microscopy for brain imaging in freely behaving mice

2017 349 citations Weijian Zong, Runlong Wu et al. Nature Methods profile →
Polymer Semiconductors: Synthesis, Processing, and Applications

2023 315 citations Li Ding, Zi‐Di Yu et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yang Lu China	31	2.6k	2.2k	1.4k	660	265	75	3.7k
Luyao Lu United States	26	6.3k 2.4×	5.2k 2.4×	977 0.7×	870 1.3×	392 1.5×	57	7.2k
Daniel Ayuk Mbi Egbe Austria	32	2.8k 1.1×	2.2k 1.0×	1.1k 0.8×	727 1.1×	599 2.3×	133	3.8k
K. S. Narayan India	32	2.9k 1.1×	1.8k 0.8×	1.2k 0.8×	568 0.9×	464 1.8×	169	4.0k
Michele Muccini Italy	45	6.0k 2.3×	2.9k 1.3×	2.7k 1.9×	1.0k 1.5×	802 3.0×	215	8.4k
Stefano Toffanin Italy	30	2.0k 0.7×	990 0.5×	947 0.7×	507 0.8×	279 1.1×	98	3.0k
Mauro Murgia Italy	37	3.3k 1.3×	1.3k 0.6×	944 0.7×	728 1.1×	184 0.7×	102	4.2k
Matteo Palma United Kingdom	29	1.2k 0.4×	649 0.3×	1.0k 0.7×	1.1k 1.7×	209 0.8×	98	2.9k
Sanghyuk Park South Korea	26	1.7k 0.6×	600 0.3×	1.8k 1.3×	252 0.4×	746 2.8×	65	3.2k
Yonghao Zheng China	31	1.6k 0.6×	625 0.3×	1.6k 1.1×	297 0.5×	881 3.3×	99	3.0k
Gaurav Giri United States	25	4.0k 1.5×	1.7k 0.8×	1.5k 1.0×	1.2k 1.8×	221 0.8×	56	4.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Yang Lu

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yang Lu

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

Huang, Chuanhui, Shirong Huang, Wei Wang, et al.. (2025). Synthesizing Conductive Metal–Organic Framework Nanosheets for High-Performing Chemiresistive Sensors. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 17(12). 18771–18780. 2 indexed citations

Lu, Yang, Yubin Fu, Ziqi Hu, et al.. (2025). Rational Construction of Layered Two-Dimensional Conjugated Metal–Organic Frameworks with Room-Temperature Quantum Coherence. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(10). 8778–8784. 9 indexed citations

Guan, Bin, Junyan Chen, Lei Zhu, et al.. (2025). Simulation and Optimization Research of Reaction Kinetic Mechanism, Thermal and Combustion Process and Pollutant Generation and Aftertreatment of Ammonia–Hydrogen Engine. ChemistrySelect. 10(34).

Huang, Xing, Mingchao Wang, Haixia Zhong, et al.. (2024). Metal‐Phthalocyanine‐Based Two‐Dimensional Conjugated Metal‐Organic Frameworks for Electrochemical Glycerol Oxidation Reaction. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(4). e202416178–e202416178. 13 indexed citations

Yu, Zi‐Di, Yang Lu, Ze‐Fan Yao, et al.. (2024). Buffer Chain Model for Understanding Crystallization Competition in Conjugated Polymers. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 63(24). e202405139–e202405139. 12 indexed citations

Guo, Xiaojing, et al.. (2024). Differentiating Definite and Probable Ménière Disease: A Comprehensive Evaluation of Audio-Vestibular Function Testing Combined with Inner Ear MRI. Otology & Neurotology. 45(8). 925–931.

Liu, Yi, et al.. (2023). Fine‐tuning the backbone conformation of conjugated polymers and the influence on solution aggregation and optoelectronic properties. Journal of Polymer Science. 61(10). 951–958. 6 indexed citations

Yu, Zi‐Di, Yang Lu, Ziyuan Wang, et al.. (2023). High n-type and p-type conductivities and power factors achieved in a single conjugated polymer. Science Advances. 9(8). eadf3495–eadf3495. 60 indexed citations

Li, Panpan, Yang Lu, Yongmin Duan, Shiqing Xu, & Junjie Zhang. (2021). Potential Application of Perovskite Glass Material in Photocatalysis Field. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 125(4). 2382–2392. 35 indexed citations

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Chu, Yanji, Shenglong Liao, Yang Lu, et al.. (2021). Second Near-Infrared Photothermal Therapy with Superior Penetrability through Skin Tissues. CCS Chemistry. 4(9). 3002–3013. 36 indexed citations

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Liu, Jia, Jiechen Wang, Zhitao Zhang, et al.. (2020). Fully stretchable active-matrix organic light-emitting electrochemical cell array. Nature Communications. 11(1). 3362–3362. 153 indexed citations

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Yang, Chi‐Yuan, Yifan Ding, Dazhen Huang, et al.. (2020). A thermally activated and highly miscible dopant for n-type organic thermoelectrics. Nature Communications. 11(1). 3292–3292. 164 indexed citations

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Yao, Ze‐Fan, Yang Lu, Song Zhang, et al.. (2020). Achieving High Alignment of Conjugated Polymers by Controlled Dip‐Coating. Advanced Electronic Materials. 6(6). 40 indexed citations

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Zhang, Pengfei, Fang‐Dong Zhuang, Zehao Sun, et al.. (2019). Rapid Construction of Fold-Line-Shaped BN-Embedded Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds through Diels–Alder Reaction. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 85(1). 241–247. 8 indexed citations

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Lu, Yang, Zi‐Di Yu, Runzhi Zhang, et al.. (2019). Rigid Coplanar Polymers for Stable n‐Type Polymer Thermoelectrics. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 58(33). 11390–11394. 184 indexed citations

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Zong, Weijian, Runlong Wu, Mingli Li, et al.. (2017). Fast high-resolution miniature two-photon microscopy for brain imaging in freely behaving mice. Nature Methods. 14(7). 713–719. 349 indexed citations breakdown →

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Lu, Yang, Yi Liu, Ya‐Zhong Dai, et al.. (2017). 5,5′‐Diazaisoindigo: an Electron‐Deficient Building Block for Donor–Acceptor Conjugated Polymers. Chemistry - An Asian Journal. 12(3). 302–307. 31 indexed citations

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Gong, Yongyang, Jun Liu, Yiren Zhang, et al.. (2014). AIE-active, highly thermally and morphologically stable, mechanochromic and efficient solid emitters for low color temperature OLEDs. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 2(36). 7552–7560. 59 indexed citations

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Lu, Yang, Chien‐Hung Chiang, & Steve Lien‐Chung Hsu. (2014). Efficiency improvement of polymer solar cells by addition of TiO₂ nanoparticles into the active layers. Materials Research Innovations. 18(sup6). S6–209. 1 indexed citations

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Lee, Keon Myung, Prasad Yarlagadda, & Yang Lu. (2013). Progress in Mechatronics and Information Technology. Applied Mechanics and Materials. 1 indexed citations

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