Ye Wei

5.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
84 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Ye Wei is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Molecular Biology and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Ye Wei has authored 84 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 50 papers in Organic Chemistry, 11 papers in Molecular Biology and 11 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Ye Wei's work include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (40 papers), Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (14 papers) and Radical Photochemical Reactions (13 papers). Ye Wei is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (40 papers), Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (14 papers) and Radical Photochemical Reactions (13 papers). Ye Wei collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Singapore. Ye Wei's co-authors include Naohiko Yoshikai, Weiping Su, Peng Hu, Min Zhang, Indubhusan Deb, Jian Kan, Maochun Hong, Kun Jiang, Huaiqing Zhao and Huamin Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Reviews, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Ye Wei

80 papers receiving 4.5k citations

Hit Papers

Metal-Catalyzed Decarboxylative C–H Functionalization 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 200 400 600
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.

  1. Metal-Catalyzed Decarboxylative C–H Functionalization
    2017 708 citations Ye Wei et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Ye Wei China 34 3.4k 496 494 362 355 84 4.6k
Qingqing Zhou China 30 1.1k 0.3× 452 0.9× 223 0.5× 557 1.5× 316 0.9× 107 2.4k
Hai Wang China 28 1.9k 0.6× 1.2k 2.5× 241 0.5× 208 0.6× 351 1.0× 81 3.1k
Weiwei Fang China 30 1.1k 0.3× 781 1.6× 298 0.6× 717 2.0× 675 1.9× 119 3.1k
Fang Zhang China 36 1.5k 0.4× 1.8k 3.6× 903 1.8× 655 1.8× 686 1.9× 153 3.7k
Jiawei Li China 29 581 0.2× 683 1.4× 676 1.4× 142 0.4× 269 0.8× 84 2.3k
Guichun Yang China 25 909 0.3× 584 1.2× 275 0.6× 82 0.2× 330 0.9× 134 2.1k
Pengju Feng China 21 945 0.3× 193 0.4× 151 0.3× 200 0.6× 334 0.9× 82 1.8k
Xiaochen Wang China 29 740 0.2× 1.3k 2.5× 617 1.2× 258 0.7× 324 0.9× 80 2.6k
Dewen Dong China 34 2.6k 0.8× 665 1.3× 257 0.5× 151 0.4× 135 0.4× 174 3.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Ye Wei

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Fields of papers citing papers by Ye Wei

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Ye Wei. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Ye Wei. The network helps show where Ye Wei may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ye Wei

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Luo, Lijia, et al.. (2025). Detection and evaluation of thermal aging damage in 316H stainless steel using frequency mixing nonlinear ultrasonic method. Engineering Failure Analysis. 170. 109327–109327. 1 indexed citations
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Zeng, Hao, et al.. (2025). An I2/amine synergistic catalysis enables 2,2′-bipyridine synthesis from oxime esters and enals. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 23(13). 3081–3092.
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Zhou, Yuqiang, et al.. (2025). Amine‐Catalyzed, α‐Iminyl Radical Cation‐Driven Organic Transformations. ChemCatChem. 17(9). 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Hongyu, Ye Wei, Huan Zhang, Huicai Wang, & Junfu Wei. (2024). Integration of adsorption, reduction, and filtration in PANI/PVDF nanofiber composite membrane for removal of Cr(VI). Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 31(19). 28695–28705. 3 indexed citations
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Li, Yulin, et al.. (2023). Skeletal Transformation of Oxindoles into Quinolinones Enabled by Synergistic Copper/Iminium Catalysis. The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 88(7). 4863–4874. 10 indexed citations
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Zu, Guoqing, Ye Wei, Chuanyu Sun, & Xijia Yang. (2022). Humidity-resistant, durable, wearable single-electrode triboelectric nanogenerator for mechanical energy harvesting. Journal of Materials Science. 57(4). 2813–2824. 25 indexed citations
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Wei, Ye, Muhammad Zaheer, Lianwei Li, et al.. (2020). Hyperbranched PCL/PS Copolymer-Based Solid Polymer Electrolytes Enable Long Cycle Life of Lithium Metal Batteries. Journal of The Electrochemical Society. 167(11). 110532–110532. 25 indexed citations
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Li, Shijun, Kun Jiang, Rong Zeng, et al.. (2020). Iron‐Catalyzed Radical Relay Enabling the Modular Synthesis of Fused Pyridines from Alkyne‐Tethered Oximes and Alkenes. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 59(52). 23755–23762. 50 indexed citations
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Liang, Hong‐Wen, Zhen Yang, Kun Jiang, Ying Ye, & Ye Wei. (2018). Atom‐Economic Silver‐Catalyzed Difunctionalization of the Isocyano Group with Cyclic Oximes: Towards Pyrimidinediones. Angewandte Chemie. 130(20). 5822–5826. 7 indexed citations
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Liang, Hong‐Wen, Zhen Yang, Kun Jiang, Ying Ye, & Ye Wei. (2018). Atom‐Economic Silver‐Catalyzed Difunctionalization of the Isocyano Group with Cyclic Oximes: Towards Pyrimidinediones. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 57(20). 5720–5724. 32 indexed citations
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Wei, Ye, Qiang Shi, Jianwen Hou, et al.. (2014). Superhydrophobic coating of elastomer on different substrates using a liquid template to construct a biocompatible and antibacterial surface. Journal of Materials Chemistry B. 2(41). 7186–7191. 28 indexed citations
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Wei, Ye & Naohiko Yoshikai. (2013). Modular Pyridine Synthesis from Oximes and Enals through Synergistic Copper/Iminium Catalysis. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 135(10). 3756–3759. 275 indexed citations
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Zhang, Hu, et al.. (2009). 2,2′-Biimidazole as an Efficient Ligand for Copper(I)-Catalyzed C‒N Coupling Reactions. Synthetic Communications. 40(2). 222–228. 11 indexed citations
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Xu, Dongyan, Huamin Zhang, & Ye Wei. (2007). Hydrogen production from sodium borohydride. Huaxue jinzhan. 19(10). 1598. 5 indexed citations
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Li, Chun, Gaoquan Shi, Yingqiu Liang, & Ye Wei. (1998). High-strength metallic plastic sheet prepared by electrochemical polymerization of thiophene on stainless steel. Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 68(6). 1027–1029. 5 indexed citations

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