Yanghui Zhang

5.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
100 papers, 5.1k citations indexed

About

Yanghui Zhang is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Surgery. According to data from OpenAlex, Yanghui Zhang has authored 100 papers receiving a total of 5.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 83 papers in Organic Chemistry, 16 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 5 papers in Surgery. Recurrent topics in Yanghui Zhang's work include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (78 papers), Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (49 papers) and Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions (36 papers). Yanghui Zhang is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (78 papers), Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (49 papers) and Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions (36 papers). Yanghui Zhang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and South Korea. Yanghui Zhang's co-authors include Jin‐Quan Yu, Bing‐Feng Shi, Guangfa Shi, Nathan Maugel, Bo Zhou, Zhuo Wu, Changdong Shao, Xiaoming Ji, Hui‐Xiong Dai and Mark S. Plummer and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal of Biological Chemistry and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Yanghui Zhang

95 papers receiving 5.0k 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.

Pd^II‐Catalyzed Enantioselective Activation of C(sp²)H and C(sp³)H Bonds Using Monoprotected Amino Acids as Chiral Ligands

2008 591 citations Bing‐Feng Shi, Nathan Maugel et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
Pd(II)-Catalyzed Olefination of Electron-Deficient Arenes Using 2,6-Dialkylpyridine Ligands

2009 482 citations Yanghui Zhang, Bing‐Feng Shi et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yanghui Zhang China	34	4.7k	1.1k	300	294	127	100	5.1k
Soo Bong Han South Korea	24	1.9k 0.4×	821 0.8×	430 1.4×	310 1.1×	51 0.4×	55	2.3k
Dawen Niu China	37	3.5k 0.7×	611 0.6×	337 1.1×	894 3.0×	38 0.3×	78	3.9k
Sudipta Raha Roy India	29	2.6k 0.5×	417 0.4×	384 1.3×	405 1.4×	32 0.3×	92	3.0k
Jeffrey N. Johnston United States	40	4.0k 0.8×	1.2k 1.1×	233 0.8×	1.6k 5.4×	37 0.3×	122	4.8k
Ponneri C. Ravikumar India	20	2.1k 0.4×	464 0.4×	134 0.4×	463 1.6×	19 0.1×	74	2.5k
Xianxing Jiang China	35	3.5k 0.7×	486 0.5×	275 0.9×	760 2.6×	38 0.3×	106	4.0k
James L. Gleason Canada	28	2.4k 0.5×	471 0.4×	95 0.3×	1.0k 3.4×	114 0.9×	79	3.1k
Satoshi Mizuta Japan	20	1.6k 0.3×	790 0.7×	1.7k 5.8×	320 1.1×	53 0.4×	54	2.4k
Hyun‐Joon Ha South Korea	30	2.4k 0.5×	281 0.3×	171 0.6×	732 2.5×	22 0.2×	157	3.0k
Yueteng Zhang China	20	1.2k 0.3×	170 0.2×	252 0.8×	466 1.6×	169 1.3×	54	1.8k

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Yi, Dong Kee, et al.. (2025). Copper-catalyzed aryl ortho -C–H thiolation of aldehydes via a transient directing group strategy. Organic Chemistry Frontiers. 12(17). 4780–4787. 4 indexed citations

Yi, Dong Kee, Julian W. Tang, Fanyi Meng, et al.. (2025). Construction of chiral nitrogen stereocenters via enantioselective C–H activation. Chem. 12(1). 102730–102730.

Zhang, Yanghui, et al.. (2025). Copper‐Mediated C4─H Selective Fluoroalkoxylation of Indoles via a Transient Directing Group Strategy. Chinese Journal of Chemistry. 43(24). 3630–3636.

Zuo, Xiang, et al.. (2025). Palladium(0)-Catalyzed Regioselective Three-Component Cross-Coupling via C–H Activation: Synthesis of Eight-Membered Azacycles. Organic Letters. 27(13). 3314–3319. 6 indexed citations

Zhang, Yanghui, et al.. (2025). Palladium-Catalyzed Intermolecular Functionalization of Unactivated Methylene C(sp³)—H Bonds. Chinese Journal of Organic Chemistry. 45(2). 620–620. 2 indexed citations

Liang, Chen, Yanjuan Chen, Xia Wang, et al.. (2025). Identification of variants in SWI/SNF complex genes associated with neurodevelopmental disorders. Frontiers in Genetics. 16. 1511796–1511796.

Weng, Liguo, et al.. (2024). Pt nanoclusters confined in the pores of hollow carbon spheres boost adsorption and electrochemical redox reaction for lithium-sulfur batteries. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry. 970. 118548–118548. 2 indexed citations

Feng, Wei & Yanghui Zhang. (2024). Ligand-Enabled Palladium-Catalyzed [3 + 2] Annulation of Aryl Iodides with Maleimides via C(sp³)–H Activation. Organic Letters. 26(29). 6209–6213. 9 indexed citations

Wu, Yong, Yanghui Zhang, Weiwei Hu, et al.. (2023). Early Addition of Evolocumab to Statin Treatment in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome and Multivessel Disease Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine. 24(9). 270–270. 3 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yanghui, et al.. (2022). Disrupting reconsolidation by PKA inhibitor in BLA reduces heroin-seeking behavior. Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience. 16. 996379–996379. 1 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yanghui, Bin Zhang, Penglei Chen, et al.. (2022). Early Initiation of Evolocumab Treatment in Chinese Patients With Acute Coronary Syndrome Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. Clinical Therapeutics. 44(6). 901–912. 11 indexed citations

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Cheng, Cang, et al.. (2021). Palladium-Catalyzed Dual Coupling Reaction of 2-Iodobiphenyls with o-Bromoanilines through C–H Activation: An Approach for the Synthesis of Tribenzo[b,d,f]azepines. Organic Letters. 23(4). 1239–1242. 36 indexed citations

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Zhou, Bo, et al.. (2018). The Synthesis of Benzofulvenes through Palladium‐Catalyzed Sequential Three‐Component Reactions. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis. 360(23). 4480–4484. 21 indexed citations

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Ji, Xiaoming, et al.. (2017). Palladium-catalyzed C–H alkylation of 2-phenylpyridines with alkyl iodides. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 15(26). 5616–5624. 17 indexed citations

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Pan, Shulei, et al.. (2016). Synthesis of 2-substituted tetraphenylenes via transition-metal-catalyzed derivatization of tetraphenylene. Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry. 12. 1302–1308. 4 indexed citations

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Li, Haoxian, Yanghui Zhang, Ying Peng, et al.. (2015). Rare intracranial cholesterol deposition and a homozygous mutation of LDLR in a familial hypercholesterolemia patient. Gene. 569(2). 313–317. 5 indexed citations

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Zhao, Lijuan, Chen Chen, Ying Peng, et al.. (2015). Pachygyria, seizures, hypotonia, and growth retardation in a patient with an atypical 1.33Mb inherited microduplication at 22q11.23. Gene. 569(1). 46–50. 7 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yanghui, Bing‐Feng Shi, & Jin‐Quan Yu. (2009). Palladium(II)‐Catalyzed ortho Alkylation of Benzoic Acids with Alkyl Halides. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 48(33). 6097–6100. 242 indexed citations

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Shi, Bing‐Feng, Nathan Maugel, Yanghui Zhang, & Jin‐Quan Yu. (2008). Pd^II‐Catalyzed Enantioselective Activation of C(sp²)H and C(sp³)H Bonds Using Monoprotected Amino Acids as Chiral Ligands. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 47(26). 4882–4886. 591 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhang, Yanghui, et al.. (2007). Innate Immune Responses of Synthetic Lipid A Derivatives of Neisseria meningitidis. Chemistry - A European Journal. 14(2). 558–569. 50 indexed citations

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