Yanqin Wang

24.3k total citations · 6 hit papers
406 papers, 19.0k citations indexed

About

Yanqin Wang is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Yanqin Wang has authored 406 papers receiving a total of 19.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 181 papers in Materials Chemistry, 141 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 99 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Yanqin Wang's work include Catalysis for Biomass Conversion (115 papers), Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (103 papers) and Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies (94 papers). Yanqin Wang is often cited by papers focused on Catalysis for Biomass Conversion (115 papers), Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (103 papers) and Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies (94 papers). Yanqin Wang collaborates with scholars based in China, Canada and United States. Yanqin Wang's co-authors include Xiaohui Liu, Guanzhong Lu, Yong Guo, Qineng Xia, Yun Guo, Yanglong Guo, Guanzhong Lu, Jiawen Ren, Yaxuan Jing and Jianjian Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Yanqin Wang

393 papers receiving 18.7k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Catalytic Production of Value-Added Chemicals and Liquid Fuels from Lignocellulosic Biomass

2019 442 citations Yong Guo, Xiaohui Liu et al. profile →
Selective production of arenes via direct lignin upgrading over a niobium-based catalyst

2017 399 citations Dong Lin, Xiaohui Liu et al. Nature Communications profile →
A unified view on catalytic conversion of biomass and waste plastics

2022 396 citations Yanqin Wang et al. profile →
Direct hydrodeoxygenation of raw woody biomass into liquid alkanes

2016 388 citations Haifeng Wang, Xiaohui Liu et al. Nature Communications profile →
A photoluminescent hydrogen-bonded biomass aerogel for sustainable radiative cooling

2024 170 citations Yanqin Wang et al. profile →
A unique Co@CoO catalyst for hydrogenolysis of biomass-derived 5-hydroxymethylfurfural to 2,5-dimethylfuran

2022 165 citations Yong Guo, Xiaohui Liu 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
Yanqin Wang China	74	8.9k	8.0k	5.9k	3.7k	2.9k	406	19.0k
Ning Yan Singapore	81	8.6k 1.0×	9.6k 1.2×	4.5k 0.8×	3.7k 1.0×	6.1k 2.1×	388	23.2k
Shurong Wang China	77	13.2k 1.5×	5.7k 0.7×	4.5k 0.8×	2.8k 0.8×	1.1k 0.4×	547	23.1k
Qiang Wang China	66	4.6k 0.5×	11.9k 1.5×	6.2k 1.0×	2.8k 0.8×	1.6k 0.6×	459	21.5k
Xiaodong Wang China	74	6.2k 0.7×	11.7k 1.5×	5.0k 0.8×	6.4k 1.7×	3.5k 1.2×	376	19.1k
Giridhar Madras India	76	6.4k 0.7×	11.6k 1.5×	2.3k 0.4×	2.7k 0.7×	3.4k 1.2×	588	24.6k
Liang Wang China	62	3.3k 0.4×	9.9k 1.2×	3.0k 0.5×	4.7k 1.3×	3.2k 1.1×	389	15.9k
Tingting Yan China	76	6.0k 0.7×	6.3k 0.8×	1.8k 0.3×	2.5k 0.7×	1.3k 0.5×	345	16.8k
Yan Liu China	59	2.6k 0.3×	5.4k 0.7×	1.9k 0.3×	1.3k 0.4×	1.9k 0.7×	449	12.9k
Hu Li China	67	7.2k 0.8×	2.8k 0.4×	3.9k 0.7×	1.3k 0.4×	4.9k 1.7×	427	14.7k
Jongheop Yi South Korea	61	3.6k 0.4×	8.9k 1.1×	1.4k 0.2×	1.5k 0.4×	1.3k 0.4×	332	15.4k

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Zhang, Yali, et al.. (2026). Lewis acid-triggered hydroxyl spillover enables selective urea electrooxidation to nitrite with concurrent energy-saving hydrogen production. Nature Communications. 17(1). 1585–1585.

An, Kai, et al.. (2025). The role of Cu0 in propane dehydration over extremely-low loaded PtCu@S-1 catalyst. Chemical Engineering Journal. 505. 159408–159408. 1 indexed citations

Jiang, Yangyang, et al.. (2025). Efficient recycling of polyamide 6 to ε-caprolactam under mild conditions. Catalysis Today. 456. 115344–115344. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Yutian, Yingying Ma, Lin Li, et al.. (2025). A benzothiazole-modified quinoline Schiff base fluorescent probe for selective detection of Zn²⁺ ions, DFT studies and its application in live cell imaging. New Journal of Chemistry. 49(6). 2192–2200. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Yanqin, et al.. (2024). The Biogas Production Potential and Community Structure Characteristics of the Co-Digestion of Dairy Manure and Tomato Residues. Agronomy. 14(5). 881–881. 5 indexed citations

Wang, Jia, Jianjian Wang, Mohsen Shakouri, et al.. (2024). Pt enhanced C–H bond activation for efficient and low-methane-selectivity hydrogenolysis of polyethylene over alloyed RuPt/ZrO2. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 353. 124046–124046. 32 indexed citations

Zhang, Yigong, Chun Wang, Xiaoshuang Li, et al.. (2024). RING-type E3 ligase PROTEOLYSIS1 from Syntrichia caninervis targets ABI3 for degradation and modulates plant stress responses. Environmental and Experimental Botany. 226. 105893–105893. 1 indexed citations

Li, Xinhui, Like Chen, Hongwei Yang, et al.. (2024). Cu@SiO2 catalyst with high copper dispersion for chemoselective hydrogenation of p-chloronitrobenzene. Chemical Engineering Journal. 487. 150652–150652. 12 indexed citations

Liu, Xiaohui, et al.. (2024). Highly active and stable Ni@SiO2 catalyst for ammonia decomposition. Fuel. 368. 131543–131543. 16 indexed citations

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Liu, Zhaodong, Haicui Wang, Hanlin Zhang, et al.. (2023). Monitoring localized changes of Cr(VI) bioavailability related to root-induced changes around rice roots. Rhizosphere. 28. 100808–100808. 1 indexed citations

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Lu, Wen, et al.. (2023). Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of Novel 6-azophenylcoumarin-3-formamido derivatives and a copper (II) complex. Journal of Molecular Structure. 1301. 137448–137448. 3 indexed citations

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Lu, Shenglu & Yanqin Wang. (2023). Efficient upcycling of high-density polyethylene into separable cyclic hydrocarbons. Science China Chemistry. 67(4). 1049–1050.

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Liu, Xiaohui, et al.. (2023). From cyclohexanol to aniline: A novel dehydrogenation-amination-dehydrogenation strategy based on Pt-based catalyst. Journal of Catalysis. 429. 115233–115233. 4 indexed citations

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Liu, Xiaohui, et al.. (2023). Room temperature synthesis of N-substituted pyrrolidone from levulinic acid and nitrobenzene via a tandem hydrogenation and reductive amination process. Journal of Catalysis. 429. 115191–115191. 10 indexed citations

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Xia, Jie, Dong Lin, Xiaohui Liu, et al.. (2023). Identifying the Activity Origin of a Single-Atom Au₁/Nb₂O₅ Catalyst for Hydrodeoxygenation of Methylcatechol: A Stable Substitutional Au⁺ Site. ACS Catalysis. 13(9). 6093–6103. 19 indexed citations

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Wang, Siyu, Xiaohui Liu, Mohsen Shakouri, et al.. (2023). Ruthenium co-anchored by nitrogen and oxygen on lignin derived carbon for high-efficient hydrogen evolution. Carbon. 217. 118611–118611. 19 indexed citations

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Wang, Jia, Jianchun Jiang, Xinyue Dong, et al.. (2022). Catalytic cascade vapor-phase hydrotreatment of plastic waste into fuels and its sustainability assessment. Green Chemistry. 24(21). 8562–8571. 12 indexed citations

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Wang, Jia, Jianchun Jiang, Xiaobo Wang, et al.. (2022). Polyethylene upcycling to fuels: Narrowing the carbon number distribution in n-alkanes by tandem hydropyrolysis/hydrocracking. Chemical Engineering Journal. 444. 136360–136360. 39 indexed citations

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Lu, Wen, Jichao Chen, Lu Sun, et al.. (2021). A coumarin-based reversible fluorescent probe for Cu²⁺ and S²⁻ and its applicability in vivo and for organism imaging. New Journal of Chemistry. 45(27). 11983–11991. 9 indexed citations

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Ragauskas, Arthur J., George W. Huber, Adam M. Guss, et al.. (2021). New Technologies are Needed to Improve the Recycling and Upcycling of Waste Plastics. ChemSusChem. 14(19). 3982–3984. 28 indexed citations

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