Yao Fu

32.4k total citations · 4 hit papers
549 papers, 28.0k citations indexed

About

Yao Fu is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Yao Fu has authored 549 papers receiving a total of 28.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 318 papers in Organic Chemistry, 152 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 109 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Yao Fu's work include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (170 papers), Catalysis for Biomass Conversion (126 papers) and Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (109 papers). Yao Fu is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (170 papers), Catalysis for Biomass Conversion (126 papers) and Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (109 papers). Yao Fu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Japan. Yao Fu's co-authors include Qing‐Xiang Guo, Rui Shang, Bin Xiao, Yao‐Bing Huang, Tian‐Jun Gong, Xi Lu, Wan‐Min Cheng, Lei Liu, Haizhu Yu and Lei Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Yao Fu

532 papers receiving 27.7k 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.

Photocatalytic decarboxylative alkylations mediated by triphenylphosphine and sodium iodide

2019 668 citations Yao Fu et al. profile →
Hydrolysis of cellulose to glucose by solid acid catalysts

2013 580 citations Yao Fu et al. profile →
Acetolysis of waste polyethylene terephthalate for upcycling and life-cycle assessment study

2023 125 citations Yao Fu et al. profile →
A Multiagent-Driven Robotic AI Chemist Enabling Autonomous Chemical Research On Demand

2025 39 citations Tao Song, Linjiang Chen et al. Journal of the American Chemical Society profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yao Fu China	91	17.8k	7.9k	5.6k	4.0k	3.3k	549	28.0k
Tom Welton United Kingdom	74	14.2k 0.8×	9.0k 1.1×	2.3k 0.4×	3.9k 1.0×	6.6k 2.0×	208	42.6k
Johannes G. de Vries Netherlands	72	13.0k 0.7×	7.3k 0.9×	8.6k 1.5×	1.7k 0.4×	2.6k 0.8×	291	20.9k
C. Oliver Kappe Austria	88	26.6k 1.5×	9.3k 1.2×	3.7k 0.7×	1.2k 0.3×	4.4k 1.3×	591	36.2k
Qing‐Xiang Guo China	64	6.6k 0.4×	4.6k 0.6×	1.9k 0.3×	2.1k 0.5×	2.8k 0.9×	304	14.3k
Valentine P. Ananikov Russia	67	11.7k 0.7×	3.0k 0.4×	2.6k 0.5×	1.2k 0.3×	2.9k 0.9×	422	18.3k
Shannon S. Stahl United States	111	30.6k 1.7×	3.5k 0.4×	9.4k 1.7×	737 0.2×	5.4k 1.7×	336	40.5k
Walter Leitner Germany	79	10.0k 0.6×	7.4k 0.9×	9.4k 1.7×	3.4k 0.9×	4.4k 1.3×	509	27.8k
Shu̅ Kobayashi Japan	105	38.5k 2.2×	4.4k 0.6×	12.3k 2.2×	824 0.2×	5.5k 1.7×	880	44.7k
Jaı̈rton Dupont Brazil	78	12.7k 0.7×	4.2k 0.5×	3.1k 0.6×	1.8k 0.5×	7.1k 2.2×	420	28.0k
Volker Hessel Netherlands	77	6.3k 0.4×	15.6k 2.0×	1.3k 0.2×	3.4k 0.9×	6.4k 2.0×	557	26.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yao Fu

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20 of 20 papers shown

Liu, Xuyang, Jia-Wang Wang, Deguang Liu, et al.. (2025). Cobalt-Catalyzed Enantioselective Hydroalkylation of Oxa- or Azabicyclic Alkenes. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(40). 36851–36861. 1 indexed citations

Song, Tao, Linjiang Chen, Jiaqi Cao, et al.. (2025). A Multiagent-Driven Robotic AI Chemist Enabling Autonomous Chemical Research On Demand. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(15). 12534–12545. 39 indexed citations breakdown →

Wang, Chen, Lu Yu, Zhen Li, et al.. (2025). Modular construction of α- or β-stereogenic organosilanes and organogermanes via enantioselective alkene hydroalkylation. Nature Synthesis. 4(11). 1442–1452. 1 indexed citations

Li, Yan, Deguang Liu, Junyang Zhang, et al.. (2025). Construction of All-Aliphatic Stereocenters via Enantioselective Alkene Hydroalkylation. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(45). 41995–42004. 1 indexed citations

Phang, Yee Lin, et al.. (2025). Remote Spin‐Center Shift Enables Activation of Distal Benzylic C─O and C─N Bonds. Angewandte Chemie. 137(24). 1 indexed citations

Jiang, Yifei, Yao Fu, Yiran Li, et al.. (2024). Preparation and optimization of dummy molecularly imprinted polymer-based solid-phase extraction system for selective enrichment of p-toluene sulfonate esters genotoxic impurities. Journal of Chromatography A. 1728. 465029–465029. 4 indexed citations

Xu, Guangyue, et al.. (2024). Accurate location of Ni and W active sites in hierarchical zeolite catalyst for the conversion of cellulose to alcohols. Applied Catalysis A General. 691. 120052–120052. 3 indexed citations

Liu, Bingxue, Deguang Liu, Xia Yu, et al.. (2024). Cobalt-catalyzed stereoselective synthesis of chiral gem-difluorocyclopropanes with vicinal stereocenters. Organic Chemistry Frontiers. 11(23). 6617–6626. 3 indexed citations

Li, Xinglong, et al.. (2024). Copper‐Catalyzed Oxidation of 5‐Hydroxymethylfurfural to 2,5‐Diformylfuran Assisted by TEMPOL in Liquid Sunlight Methanol. ChemSusChem. 18(2). e202401527–e202401527.

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Yang, Yang, Na Wu, Xin Bian, et al.. (2024). Effect of addition of soybean protein isolate on the retrogradation of rice starch. International Journal of Food Science & Technology. 59(4). 2446–2457. 4 indexed citations

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Li, Yan, Deguang Liu, Junyang Zhang, et al.. (2024). Enantioselective alkene hydroalkylation overcoming heteroatom constraints via cobalt catalysis. Nature Synthesis. 3(9). 1134–1144. 19 indexed citations

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Wan, Lei, et al.. (2023). Cobalt-catalyzed reductive alkynylation to construct C(sp)-C(sp3) and C(sp)-C(sp2) bonds. Chinese Chemical Letters. 35(7). 109283–109283. 13 indexed citations

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Liu, Bingxue, et al.. (2023). Ligand‐Controlled Stereoselective Synthesis of 2‐Deoxy‐β‐C‐glycosides by Cobalt Catalysis. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(22). e202218544–e202218544. 44 indexed citations

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Yang, Yang, Fenglian Chen, Jing Fan, et al.. (2022). Effects of Concentration of Soybean Protein Isolate and Maltose and Oil Phase Volume Fraction on Freeze–Thaw Stability of Pickering Emulsion. Foods. 11(24). 4018–4018. 18 indexed citations

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Han, Xin, et al.. (2022). Synchronization Analysis of Fractional-Order Neural Networks With Adaptive Intermittent-Active Control. IEEE Access. 10. 75097–75104. 5 indexed citations

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Liu, Deguang, et al.. (2021). Mechanistic insights into the rhodium-catalyzed aryl C–H carboxylation. Organic Chemistry Frontiers. 9(2). 370–379. 4 indexed citations

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Xu, Guangyue, et al.. (2020). Kinetic Studies on the Impact of Pd Addition to Ru/TiO₂ Catalyst: Levulinic Acid to γ-Valerolactone under Ambient Hydrogen Pressure. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. 59(39). 17279–17286. 12 indexed citations

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Xu, Jun, Yunlong Wang, Tian‐Jun Gong, Bin Xiao, & Yao Fu. (2014). Copper-catalyzed endo-type trifluoromethylarylation of alkynes. Chemical Communications. 50(85). 12915–12918. 56 indexed citations

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Tang, Shiya, Qingxiang Guo, & Yao Fu. (2011). Mechanistic Origin of Ligand‐Controlled Regioselectivity in Pd‐Catalyzed CH Activation/Arylation of Thiophenes. Chemistry - A European Journal. 17(49). 13866–13876. 112 indexed citations

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Fu, Yao. (2002). Development of the six-component force-measuring balance for thrust-vectoring nozzle testing. 1 indexed citations

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