Yinjun Chen

1.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
17 papers, 835 citations indexed

About

Yinjun Chen is a scholar working on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Polymers and Plastics and Organic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Yinjun Chen has authored 17 papers receiving a total of 835 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, 6 papers in Polymers and Plastics and 5 papers in Organic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Yinjun Chen's work include Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (6 papers), Polymer composites and self-healing (5 papers) and Liquid Crystal Research Advancements (4 papers). Yinjun Chen is often cited by papers focused on Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (6 papers), Polymer composites and self-healing (5 papers) and Liquid Crystal Research Advancements (4 papers). Yinjun Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, France and United States. Yinjun Chen's co-authors include Costantino Creton, Rint P. Sijbesma, Gaëlle Mellot, Wengui Weng, Yuanze Xu, Xiuli Fang, Huan Zhang, Yangju Lin, Rong Long and Yuan Qi and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Society Reviews, Macromolecules and ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces.

In The Last Decade

Yinjun Chen

14 papers receiving 827 citations

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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.

Mechanochemical tools for polymer materials

2021 335 citations Yinjun Chen, Gaëlle Mellot et al. Chemical Society Reviews profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yinjun Chen China	9	368	315	263	218	164	17	835
Preston A. May United States	11	574 1.6×	432 1.4×	384 1.5×	203 0.9×	199 1.2×	13	1.2k
Michael B. Larsen United States	13	389 1.1×	425 1.3×	409 1.6×	308 1.4×	234 1.4×	18	1.2k
Xiaoran Hu United States	13	245 0.7×	268 0.9×	195 0.7×	74 0.3×	133 0.8×	20	640
Brandon H. Bowser United States	8	251 0.7×	140 0.4×	110 0.4×	117 0.5×	168 1.0×	12	582
Takahiro Kosuge Japan	9	303 0.8×	273 0.9×	158 0.6×	105 0.5×	88 0.5×	11	549
Meredith H. Barbee United States	10	284 0.8×	238 0.8×	199 0.8×	97 0.4×	199 1.2×	11	658
Takeshi Kanehara Japan	5	147 0.4×	283 0.9×	374 1.4×	396 1.8×	142 0.9×	5	747
Muzhou Wang United States	15	78 0.2×	279 0.9×	337 1.3×	248 1.1×	137 0.8×	43	857
Yingxue Zhang China	12	259 0.7×	253 0.8×	105 0.4×	85 0.4×	179 1.1×	23	693
Mengjiao Wu China	15	142 0.4×	415 1.3×	222 0.8×	118 0.5×	181 1.1×	43	767

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17 of 17 papers shown

Liu, Siqi, et al.. (2025). Multidimensional Integration of Reversible Dynamic Information Enables Advanced Anticounterfeiting. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 17(45). 62569–62578.

Wang, Deqiang, et al.. (2025). The Design, Synthesis, and Characterization of Photochromic and Mechanochromic Functional Fibers. Macromolecular Rapid Communications. 46(11). e2400979–e2400979. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Yinjun, et al.. (2025). Exploring the Ab Initio Kinetics of Trimethyl Phosphite. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 130(1). 3–22.

Chen, Yinjun, et al.. (2025). Impact response and energy absorption mechanisms of polypropylene woven fabrics with varying mechanical properties in flexible protection systems. European Journal of Mechanics - A/Solids. 111. 105568–105568. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Yan, et al.. (2025). Surface modified UHMWPE fibers with functional interfacial layers: a strategy for enhanced composite interfacial and mechanical performance. Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing. 200. 109300–109300.

Wang, Yan, et al.. (2025). Enhanced mechanical properties of aramid fiber/epoxy composites through reinforcing interfacial adhesion based on strong hydrogen bonding interactions. Composites Science and Technology. 262. 111057–111057. 8 indexed citations

Chen, Fengbiao, et al.. (2024). Tailoring dynamic mechanism of covalent adaptable polyurea networks by varying the category of isocyanates. European Polymer Journal. 207. 112826–112826. 4 indexed citations

Wang, Yan, et al.. (2024). The past, present and future of high-performance fibers. National Science Review. 11(10). nwae310–nwae310. 7 indexed citations

Chen, Yinjun, et al.. (2023). Spiropyran Mechano-Activation in Model Silica-Filled Elastomer Nanocomposites Reveals How Macroscopic Stress in Uniaxial Tension Transfers from Filler/Filler Contacts to Highly Stretched Polymer Strands. Macromolecules. 56(14). 5336–5345. 8 indexed citations

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Zhang, Huiyi, Tobias Schnitzer, Yinjun Chen, et al.. (2023). Benzene Tetraamide: A Covalent Supramolecular Dual Motif in Dynamic Covalent Polymer Networks. Macromolecules. 56(16). 6452–6460. 18 indexed citations

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Chen, Yinjun, et al.. (2021). Mechanochemical tools for polymer materials. Chemical Society Reviews. 50(6). 4100–4140. 335 indexed citations breakdown →

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Chen, Yinjun, et al.. (2021). Dynamic Polyamide Networks via Amide–Imide Exchange. Macromolecules. 54(20). 9703–9711. 40 indexed citations

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Chen, Yinjun, Gabriel E. Sanoja, & Costantino Creton. (2021). Mechanochemistry unveils stress transfer during sacrificial bond fracture of tough multiple network elastomers. Chemical Science. 12(33). 11098–11108. 45 indexed citations

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Chen, Yinjun, et al.. (2020). From force-responsive molecules to quantifying and mapping stresses in soft materials. Science Advances. 6(20). eaaz5093–eaaz5093. 98 indexed citations

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Chen, Yinjun, et al.. (2020). Fast reversible isomerization of merocyanine as a tool to quantify stress history in elastomers. Chemical Science. 12(5). 1693–1701. 38 indexed citations

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Chen, Yinjun, Huan Zhang, Xiuli Fang, et al.. (2014). Mechanical Activation of Mechanophore Enhanced by Strong Hydrogen Bonding Interactions. ACS Macro Letters. 3(2). 141–145. 107 indexed citations

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Zhang, Huan, Yinjun Chen, Yangju Lin, et al.. (2014). Spiropyran as a Mechanochromic Probe in Dual Cross-Linked Elastomers. Macromolecules. 47(19). 6783–6790. 125 indexed citations

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