Yiming Niu

2.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
66 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Yiming Niu is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Yiming Niu has authored 66 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Materials Chemistry, 25 papers in Organic Chemistry and 21 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Yiming Niu's work include Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (36 papers), Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions (22 papers) and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (20 papers). Yiming Niu is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (36 papers), Nanomaterials for catalytic reactions (22 papers) and Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion (20 papers). Yiming Niu collaborates with scholars based in China, Germany and Japan. Yiming Niu's co-authors include Bingsen Zhang, Min Wei, Wei Liu, Lirong Zheng, Feng‐Shou Xiao, Liang Wang, Yongzhao Wang, Hai Wang, Lin Li and Dong Lin and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Yiming Niu

62 papers receiving 2.3k 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.

Strong metal–support interactions on gold nanoparticle catalysts achieved through Le Chatelier’s principle

2021 253 citations Hai Wang, Liang Wang et al. profile →
Highly-efficient RuNi single-atom alloy catalysts toward chemoselective hydrogenation of nitroarenes

2022 207 citations Wei Liu, Haisong Feng et al. Nature Communications profile →
Generation of oxide surface patches promoting H-spillover in Ru/(TiOx)MnO catalysts enables CO2 reduction to CO

2023 163 citations Yiming Niu, Bingsen Zhang et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yiming Niu China	23	1.7k	904	890	627	431	66	2.4k
James Pritchard United Kingdom	16	1.1k 0.7×	582 0.6×	643 0.7×	598 1.0×	389 0.9×	20	1.8k
Xin‐Pu Fu China	27	1.8k 1.1×	1.4k 1.6×	797 0.9×	566 0.9×	433 1.0×	44	2.4k
Guoqing Cui China	20	1.1k 0.7×	795 0.9×	688 0.8×	291 0.5×	372 0.9×	42	1.9k
Willinton Y. Hernández France	24	1.4k 0.8×	817 0.9×	438 0.5×	358 0.6×	517 1.2×	42	2.0k
Yalin Guo China	12	1.4k 0.9×	574 0.6×	1.1k 1.3×	504 0.8×	238 0.6×	19	1.9k
Ronghe Lin China	23	1.3k 0.8×	841 0.9×	464 0.5×	587 0.9×	394 0.9×	75	2.2k
Huazhang Liu China	24	1.2k 0.7×	1.2k 1.4×	585 0.7×	587 0.9×	220 0.5×	59	2.0k
Yanxi Zhao China	23	1.1k 0.7×	596 0.7×	510 0.6×	354 0.6×	303 0.7×	81	1.7k
Tianjun Zhang China	25	1.9k 1.1×	780 0.9×	764 0.9×	430 0.7×	379 0.9×	62	2.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yiming Niu

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Song, Miao, Bin Gao, Yiming Niu, et al.. (2025). First-Principles High-Throughput Screening and Experimental Verification of III-VIB Transition Metal Chalcogenides Nonlinear Optical Crystals. Chemistry of Materials. 37(3). 1321–1330. 2 indexed citations

Liu, Yunxia, Liang Zhang, Yiming Niu, et al.. (2025). Microwave-assisted rapid construction of strong metal-support interactions for sinter-resistant gold nanocatalysts. Applied Catalysis A General. 699. 120252–120252.

Zhu, Min‐Li, Xingwu Liu, Yiming Niu, et al.. (2024). Long-chain α-olefins production over Co-MnOx catalyst with optimized interface. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. 346. 123783–123783. 9 indexed citations

Dong, Shaoming, et al.. (2024). Subsurface carbon modification of Ni-Ga for improved selectivity in acetylene hydrogenation reaction. Chinese Chemical Letters. 35(12). 109525–109525. 5 indexed citations

Liu, Yunxia, Lin Li, Yiming Niu, et al.. (2024). Construction of sintering-resistant gold catalysts via ascorbic-acid inducing strong metal-support interactions. Chinese Chemical Letters. 36(4). 110608–110608. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Xun, Xin Du, Guoqiang Zhang, et al.. (2024). P1.12A.05 Aumolertinib in Treatment-Naïve EGFR-Mutant NSCLC Patients with Brain Metastases:Efficacy and Safety Data from the ARTISTRY. Journal of Thoracic Oncology. 19(10). S194–S194. 1 indexed citations

Zhong, Xia, Junnan Chen, Xiyang Wang, et al.. (2024). Spatially and Temporally Resolved Dynamic Response of Co-Based Composite Interface during the Oxygen Evolution Reaction. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(11). 7467–7479. 31 indexed citations

Wang, Hai, Yiming Niu, Bingsen Zhang, et al.. (2023). Oxygen‐Saturated Strong Metal‐Support Interactions Triggered by Water on Titania Supported Catalysts. Advanced Functional Materials. 33(42). 29 indexed citations

Yang, Guoqing, Yiming Niu, Vita A. Kondratenko, et al.. (2023). Controlling Metal‐Oxide Reducibility for Efficient C−H Bond Activation in Hydrocarbons. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(49). e202310062–e202310062. 10 indexed citations

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Meng, Hao, Yusen Yang, Wei Liu, et al.. (2023). A strong bimetal-support interaction in ethanol steam reforming. Nature Communications. 14(1). 3189–3189. 64 indexed citations

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Ren, Zhen, Yusen Yang, Yiming Niu, et al.. (2023). Heterogeneous Interface Catalysts with Electron Local Exchange toward Highly Selective Oxidation of Biomass Platform Compounds. ACS Catalysis. 13(8). 5665–5677. 39 indexed citations

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Zhang, Lei, Yiming Niu, Yongzhao Wang, et al.. (2023). In Situ Visualization and Mechanistic Understandings on Facet-Dependent Atomic Redispersion of Platinum on CeO₂. Nano Letters. 23(24). 11999–12005. 18 indexed citations

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Liu, Wei, Haisong Feng, Yusen Yang, et al.. (2022). Highly-efficient RuNi single-atom alloy catalysts toward chemoselective hydrogenation of nitroarenes. Nature Communications. 13(1). 3188–3188. 207 indexed citations breakdown →

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Zhang, Junying, Bingsen Zhang, Rui Si, et al.. (2020). Boosting the catalysis of gold by O2 activation at Au-SiO2 interface. Nature Communications. 11(1). 558–558. 137 indexed citations

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Niu, Yiming, Xing Huang, Yongzhao Wang, et al.. (2020). Manipulating interstitial carbon atoms in the nickel octahedral site for highly efficient hydrogenation of alkyne. Nature Communications. 11(1). 3324–3324. 122 indexed citations

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Niu, Yiming, et al.. (2020). Unravelling the role of active-site isolation in reactivity and reaction pathway control for acetylene hydrogenation. Chemical Communications. 56(47). 6372–6375. 27 indexed citations

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Qian, Jie, Wei Nie, Yu Zhang, et al.. (2019). Racial disparities in characteristics and prognosis in Asian versus white patients receiving atezolizumab: An ancillary analysis of POPLAR and OAK studies. Annals of Oncology. 30. ii48–ii48. 1 indexed citations

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Jin, Bo, Yiming Niu, Yu Zhang, et al.. (2014). Combination of Chemotherapy and Gefitinib As First-Line Treatment of Patients with Advanced Lung Adenocarcinoma and Sensitive Egfr Mutations: a Randomised Controlled Trial. Annals of Oncology. 25. iv451–iv451. 1 indexed citations

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Gesmundo, F., et al.. (2005). The Third -element Effect on the Oxidation of Ni-xCr-7Al Alloys (x=0, 5, 10 at.%) at 1173K. High Temperature Materials and Processes. 24(6). 369–374. 1 indexed citations

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Niu, Yiming, et al.. (2005). High Temperature Oxidation of the Three-Phase Alloys Cu- 20Ni-30Cr and Cu-20Ni-40Cr under a Low Oxygen Pressure. High Temperature Materials and Processes. 24(3). 175–182. 1 indexed citations

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