Yixiang Cheng

13.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
281 papers, 12.4k citations indexed

About

Yixiang Cheng is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Yixiang Cheng has authored 281 papers receiving a total of 12.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 185 papers in Organic Chemistry, 154 papers in Materials Chemistry and 91 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Yixiang Cheng's work include Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (141 papers), Synthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds (87 papers) and Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection (84 papers). Yixiang Cheng is often cited by papers focused on Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (141 papers), Synthesis and Properties of Aromatic Compounds (87 papers) and Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection (84 papers). Yixiang Cheng collaborates with scholars based in China, Canada and Iran. Yixiang Cheng's co-authors include Chengjian Zhu, Chengjian Zhu, Yiwu Quan, Jin Xie, Xu Pan, Qicai Xue, Xiaobo Huang, Yuxiang Wang, Huamin Li and Hongming Jin and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Yixiang Cheng

273 papers receiving 12.2k citations

Hit Papers

Frontiers in circularly polarized luminescence: molecular... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 100 200 300 400
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. Frontiers in circularly polarized luminescence: molecular design, self-assembly, nanomaterials, and applications
    2021 495 citations Yixiang Cheng 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
Yixiang Cheng China 62 8.0k 5.8k 2.6k 1.8k 1.4k 281 12.4k
Hiroshi Shinokubo Japan 60 10.1k 1.3× 8.0k 1.4× 1.1k 0.4× 1.6k 0.9× 1.5k 1.0× 438 14.7k
Paola Ceroni Italy 53 3.7k 0.5× 6.2k 1.1× 1.7k 0.7× 2.5k 1.4× 1.0k 0.7× 255 9.6k
Youngmin You South Korea 42 3.0k 0.4× 4.3k 0.7× 1.2k 0.5× 3.2k 1.8× 682 0.5× 124 7.7k
Nianyong Zhu Hong Kong 74 9.0k 1.1× 8.6k 1.5× 1.7k 0.7× 5.4k 3.0× 1.4k 1.0× 354 17.9k
Frieder Jäkle United States 58 8.7k 1.1× 6.0k 1.0× 1.2k 0.4× 1.9k 1.1× 420 0.3× 205 11.2k
Toshikazu Takata Japan 50 8.1k 1.0× 3.2k 0.5× 1.5k 0.6× 774 0.4× 1.4k 1.0× 494 10.2k
Munetaka Akita Japan 68 12.5k 1.6× 4.0k 0.7× 1.5k 0.6× 949 0.5× 716 0.5× 377 16.3k
Suning Wang Canada 71 9.5k 1.2× 10.4k 1.8× 2.4k 0.9× 5.2k 2.8× 959 0.7× 345 17.5k
Harry W. Gibson United States 63 10.0k 1.3× 6.0k 1.0× 4.1k 1.6× 1.6k 0.9× 1.1k 0.8× 369 13.8k
Cassandra L. Fraser United States 49 2.8k 0.4× 5.6k 1.0× 2.2k 0.8× 2.7k 1.5× 636 0.4× 115 7.9k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yixiang Cheng

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yixiang Cheng. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yixiang Cheng 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 Yixiang Cheng. Yixiang Cheng 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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Li, Hang, et al.. (2025). Strong Circularly Polarized Electroluminescence Promoted by Using Chiral Co‐Assembled Liquid Crystal Polymers. Advanced Optical Materials. 13(5). 3 indexed citations
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Geng, Zhongxing, et al.. (2024). Tunable circularly polarized luminescence behaviors caused by the structural symmetry of achiral pyrene-based emitters in chiral co-assembled systems. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 669. 561–568. 5 indexed citations
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Cheng, Yixiang, et al.. (2024). Tunable circularly polarized electroluminescence behaviors from chiral co-assembled conjugated liquid crystal polymers. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 678(Pt C). 1213–1222. 10 indexed citations
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Gao, Wentong, et al.. (2024). Strong Circularly Polarized Phosphorescence of Achiral Pt(II) Metallomesogen Induced by Using a Chiral Co‐Assembly Strategy. Advanced Optical Materials. 12(16). 11 indexed citations
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Li, D. M., et al.. (2024). Efficient helical columnar emitters of chiral homoleptic Pt(ii) metallomesogens for circularly polarized electroluminescence. Chemical Science. 15(44). 18534–18542. 13 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xueyan, Yu Zhang, Yang Li, et al.. (2019). High brightness circularly polarized blue emission from non-doped OLEDs based on chiral binaphthyl-pyrene emitters. Chemical Communications. 55(66). 9845–9848. 52 indexed citations
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Huang, Xiaobo, Lebin Qian, Yibin Zhou, et al.. (2018). Effective structural modification of traditional fluorophores to obtain organic mechanofluorochromic molecules. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 6(19). 5075–5096. 145 indexed citations
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Zhou, Yibin, Lebin Qian, Miaochang Liu, et al.. (2017). 5-(2,6-Bis((E)-4-(dimethylamino)styryl)-1-ethylpyridin-4(1H)-ylidene)-2,2-dimethyl-1,3-dioxane-4,6-dione: aggregation-induced emission, polymorphism, mechanochromism, and thermochromism. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 5(36). 9264–9272. 46 indexed citations
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Zhou, Yibin, Lebin Qian, Yuxiang Wang, et al.. (2017). Polymorphism and mechanochromism of N-alkylated 1,4-dihydropyridine derivatives containing different electron-withdrawing end groups. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 5(21). 5183–5192. 49 indexed citations
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Zhou, Nengneng, Pan Xu, Weipeng Li, Yixiang Cheng, & Chengjian Zhu. (2017). Visible Light Promoted Carbodifluoroalkylation of Homopropargylic Alcohols via Concomitant 1,4-Aryl Migration. Acta Chimica Sinica. 75(1). 60–60. 12 indexed citations
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Xue, Qicai, Jin Xie, Huamin Li, Yixiang Cheng, & Chengjian Zhu. (2013). Metal-free, highly efficient organocatalytic amination of benzylic C–H bonds. Chemical Communications. 49(35). 3700–3700. 154 indexed citations
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Xue, Qicai, Jin Xie, Hongming Jin, Yixiang Cheng, & Chengjian Zhu. (2013). Highly efficient visible-light-induced aerobic oxidative C–C, C–P coupling from C–H bonds catalyzed by a gold(iii)-complex. Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry. 11(10). 1606–1606. 85 indexed citations
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Cheng, Yixiang, et al.. (2011). SYNTHESIS OF CHIRAL CONJUGATED POLYBINAPHTHYLS BY SONOGASHIRA REACTION. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science. 24(3). 273–279.
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Zhu, Dan, et al.. (2011). POLYBINAPHTHYLS INCORPORATING (R)-2,2′-BINAPHTHO-20-CROWN-6 AND NAPHTHYL MOITIES. Chinese Journal of Polymer Science. 24(6). 619–625.
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Xie, Jin, Honglai Jiang, Yixiang Cheng, & Chengjian Zhu. (2011). Metal-free, organocatalytic cascade formation of C–N and C–O bonds through dual sp3C–H activation: oxidative synthesis of oxazole derivatives. Chemical Communications. 48(7). 979–981. 192 indexed citations
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Zhang, Ming, Hongwei Yang, Yan Zhang, et al.. (2011). Direct reductive amination of aromatic aldehydes catalyzed by gold(i) complex under transfer hydrogenation conditions. Chemical Communications. 47(23). 6605–6605. 67 indexed citations
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Miao, Qian, et al.. (2008). Fluorescent chemosensor based on the conjugated polymer incorporating 2,2′‐bipyridyl moiety for transition metal ions. Journal of Applied Polymer Science. 111(6). 3137–3143. 13 indexed citations

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