Yijin Wang

2.7k total citations · 3 hit papers
69 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Yijin Wang is a scholar working on Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Materials Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Yijin Wang has authored 69 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, 28 papers in Materials Chemistry and 19 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Yijin Wang's work include Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (26 papers), Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (16 papers) and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (8 papers). Yijin Wang is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques (26 papers), Microplastics and Plastic Pollution (16 papers) and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (8 papers). Yijin Wang collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and Hong Kong. Yijin Wang's co-authors include Xuanhua Li, Youzi Zhang, Xu Xin, Peng Guo, Wenjing Huang, Ana Jorge Sobrido, Ruilong Li, Shaohui Guo, Jiao Meng and Tiezhu Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Advanced Materials.

In The Last Decade

Yijin Wang

67 papers receiving 2.1k 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.

Internal quantum efficiency higher than 100% achieved by combining doping and quantum effects for photocatalytic overall water splitting

2023 216 citations Youzi Zhang, Yuke Li et al. Nature Energy profile →
Large electronegativity differences between adjacent atomic sites activate and stabilize ZnIn2S4 for efficient photocatalytic overall water splitting

2024 159 citations Xu Xin, Yuke Li et al. Nature Communications profile →
Heterojunction‐Induced Rapid Transformation of Ni³⁺/Ni²⁺ Sites which Mediates Urea Oxidation for Energy‐Efficient Hydrogen Production

2024 86 citations Peng Guo, Wenjing Huang et al. Advanced Materials profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yijin Wang China	26	1.2k	1.0k	607	316	200	69	2.1k
Haoze Li China	30	1.8k 1.5×	1.7k 1.7×	626 1.0×	96 0.3×	350 1.8×	73	2.9k
Xintong Liu China	33	2.0k 1.8×	1.8k 1.8×	1.3k 2.2×	110 0.3×	273 1.4×	117	3.2k
Min Gao China	26	284 0.2×	1.0k 1.0×	569 0.9×	222 0.7×	436 2.2×	179	2.1k
Jiadong Liu China	31	712 0.6×	771 0.8×	742 1.2×	258 0.8×	203 1.0×	112	2.9k
Xiaohui Zhu China	36	654 0.6×	1.1k 1.1×	2.7k 4.4×	215 0.7×	1.5k 7.5×	122	4.4k
Xiaofei Zhao United States	24	474 0.4×	2.1k 2.1×	1.0k 1.7×	222 0.7×	689 3.4×	51	3.0k
Huang Liu China	22	270 0.2×	831 0.8×	281 0.5×	176 0.6×	170 0.8×	53	1.6k
Tian Tian China	30	1.4k 1.2×	892 0.9×	1.4k 2.4×	34 0.1×	221 1.1×	133	2.7k
Yue Wang China	33	476 0.4×	1.3k 1.3×	2.2k 3.6×	84 0.3×	783 3.9×	157	3.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yijin Wang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yijin Wang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yijin Wang 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 Yijin Wang. Yijin Wang 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

Mao, Siman, Youzi Zhang, Yijin Wang, et al.. (2025). Oxygen‐Evolving Covalent Organic Frameworks via Phosphonate Ylide‐Engineering for Enhanced Photocatalytic Overall Water Splitting. Advanced Materials. 37(34). e2507668–e2507668. 5 indexed citations

Zhou, Junchao, Siman Mao, Yijin Wang, et al.. (2025). Interfacial Ce‐S bonds enhanced Mo‐doped ZnIn₂S₄/oxygen‐deficient CeO₂ S‐scheme heterojunction for efficient photocatalytic overall water splitting. 2(1). 1 indexed citations

Qi, Yan, Yijin Wang, Ying Chang, et al.. (2025). Tropical intertidal microbiome response to the 2024 Marine Honour oil spill. Environmental Science and Ecotechnology. 28. 100623–100623.

Wang, Yijin, et al.. (2024). Travertine deposition rather than tourism activity is the primary contributor to the microplastic risks in alpine karst lakes. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 476. 135192–135192. 2 indexed citations

Zhao, Zhen, et al.. (2024). Distinctive patterns of bacterial community succession in the riverine micro-plastisphere in view of biofilm development and ecological niches. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 480. 135974–135974. 9 indexed citations

Wei, Yihua, Jiao Meng, Zhen Zhao, et al.. (2024). Secreted salt and hydrodynamic factors combine to affect dynamic fluctuations of microplastics on mangrove leaves. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 467. 133698–133698. 4 indexed citations

Wang, Yijin, Zhen Zhao, Jiao Meng, et al.. (2024). Rhizospheric bacterial communities against microplastics (MPs): Novel ecological strategies based on the niche differentiation. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 480. 135806–135806. 3 indexed citations

Zhao, Zhen, Yihua Wei, Yijin Wang, et al.. (2024). Fate and drivers of mariculture-derived microplastics from ponds to mangrove forests. Environmental Pollution. 361. 124790–124790. 4 indexed citations

Zhu, Xiaorong, et al.. (2024). Unveiling the mechanistic landscape and advantages of two-dimensional phthalocyanine in sustainable urea synthesis. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 363. 124826–124826. 7 indexed citations

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Li, Fan, et al.. (2023). Enhancing the biosynthesis of 2-keto-L-gulonic acid through multi-strategy metabolic engineering in Pseudomonas putida KT2440. Bioresource Technology. 392. 130014–130014. 2 indexed citations

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Zhu, Xiaorong, et al.. (2023). Advancing electrocatalytic urea synthesis: Insights from 2D benzenehexathiolate coordination nanosheets. Journal of Catalysis. 429. 115218–115218. 3 indexed citations

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Zhang, Youzi, Yuke Li, Xu Xin, et al.. (2023). Internal quantum efficiency higher than 100% achieved by combining doping and quantum effects for photocatalytic overall water splitting. Nature Energy. 8(5). 504–514. 216 indexed citations breakdown →

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Guo, Peng, Maohuai Wang, Youzi Zhang, et al.. (2023). Phase-dependent intermediate adsorption regulation on molybdenum carbides for efficient pH-universal hydrogen evolution. Applied Surface Science. 625. 157169–157169. 18 indexed citations

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Li, Ruilong, Jiuming Wang, Jun Deng, et al.. (2023). Selective enrichments for color microplastics loading of marine lipophilic phycotoxins. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 459. 132137–132137. 6 indexed citations

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Yang, Ailin, Lifei Guo, Yanfang Zhang, et al.. (2023). MFN2-mediated mitochondrial fusion facilitates acute hypobaric hypoxia-induced cardiac dysfunction by increasing glucose catabolism and ROS production. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects. 1867(9). 130413–130413. 3 indexed citations

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Wang, Yijin, Jiao Meng, Zhen Zhao, et al.. (2023). Insight into the role of niche concept in deciphering the ecological drivers of MPs-associated bacterial communities in mangrove forest. Water Research. 249. 120995–120995. 12 indexed citations

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Li, Tiezhu, Yijin Wang, Jiao Meng, et al.. (2023). Distinct microplastics abundance variation in root-associated sediments revealed the underestimation of mangrove microplastics pollution. The Science of The Total Environment. 899. 165611–165611. 17 indexed citations

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Xin, Xu, Youzi Zhang, Ruiling Wang, et al.. (2023). Hydrovoltaic effect-enhanced photocatalysis by polyacrylic acid/cobaltous oxide–nitrogen doped carbon system for efficient photocatalytic water splitting. Nature Communications. 14(1). 1759–1759. 65 indexed citations

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Li, Qinyu, Jinhui Chen, Guo-hua Liu, et al.. (2021). Effects of biotin on promoting anammox bacterial activity. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 2038–2038. 24 indexed citations

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Li, Hui, Xiang‐Feng Wu, Yijin Wang, et al.. (2017). Synthesis of visible and near‐infrared light responsed Sn _{1− x} Bi _x S ₂ for efficient degradation of high concentration rhodamine B. Micro & Nano Letters. 13(4). 427–431. 3 indexed citations

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