Yong Qian

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
89 papers, 3.1k citations indexed

About

Yong Qian is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry and Spectroscopy. According to data from OpenAlex, Yong Qian has authored 89 papers receiving a total of 3.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Molecular Biology, 25 papers in Organic Chemistry and 19 papers in Spectroscopy. Recurrent topics in Yong Qian's work include Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection (19 papers), Sulfur Compounds in Biology (16 papers) and Metal complexes synthesis and properties (9 papers). Yong Qian is often cited by papers focused on Molecular Sensors and Ion Detection (19 papers), Sulfur Compounds in Biology (16 papers) and Metal complexes synthesis and properties (9 papers). Yong Qian collaborates with scholars based in China, Czechia and United Kingdom. Yong Qian's co-authors include Hai‐Liang Zhu, Jing Zhao, Hong‐Ke Liu, Chuan He, Jason Karpus, Shu‐Yu Zhang, Ömer Kabil, Ruma Banerjee, Zhi Su and Hai‐Liang Zhu and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Yong Qian

85 papers receiving 3.1k 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.

Selective fluorescent probes for live-cell monitoring of sulphide

2011 476 citations Yong Qian et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yong Qian China	29	1.1k	994	841	730	685	89	3.1k
Yu‐Shun Yang China	29	749 0.7×	524 0.5×	839 1.0×	691 0.9×	849 1.2×	121	2.8k
Sheel C. Dodani United States	19	1.6k 1.4×	533 0.5×	369 0.4×	1.3k 1.7×	1.3k 1.8×	38	3.6k
Adam Sikora Poland	22	925 0.8×	583 0.6×	413 0.5×	736 1.0×	1.3k 1.9×	61	3.4k
Micaël Hardy France	30	632 0.6×	396 0.4×	576 0.7×	768 1.1×	2.1k 3.1×	69	4.3k
Yan Feng China	37	1.9k 1.7×	950 1.0×	315 0.4×	1.4k 1.9×	963 1.4×	129	3.4k
Gerardo Ferrer‐Sueta Uruguay	36	537 0.5×	1.4k 1.4×	467 0.6×	513 0.7×	2.5k 3.7×	65	4.9k
Dongdong Su China	30	1.8k 1.6×	950 1.0×	398 0.5×	1.5k 2.1×	1.1k 1.6×	86	3.6k
Yuan Wang China	32	1.7k 1.6×	540 0.5×	431 0.5×	1.4k 1.9×	643 0.9×	124	3.0k
Yongfei Li China	40	2.0k 1.8×	1.0k 1.1×	440 0.5×	1.7k 2.3×	1.2k 1.7×	137	4.4k
Yongzhou Hu China	38	592 0.5×	451 0.5×	2.1k 2.5×	574 0.8×	2.0k 2.9×	244	5.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Yong Qian

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yong Qian

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

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Liu, Huan, Xueting Wang, Xinyi Cai, et al.. (2025). Light-activated fluorescent NO donor enables spatiotemporal tracking and stomatal closure in Arabidopsis thaliana. Talanta. 296. 128460–128460. 1 indexed citations

Sun, Shan, Dan Yang, Zheng Li, et al.. (2025). Detection of biogenic amines using a ylidenemalononitrile enamine-based fluorescence probe: Applications in food quality control. Spectrochimica Acta Part A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy. 331. 125808–125808. 1 indexed citations

Yuan, Jiwen, Meng Xu, Rui Wang, et al.. (2025). H ₂ O ₂ ‐Activated Serotonin Precursor Probe for Mapping Neuronal Redox Homeostasis Reveals 5‐HT Interactions with Neighboring Proteins Under Oxidative Stress. Advanced Science. 12(39). e02360–e02360. 2 indexed citations

Luo, Xiangjie, Rong Xia, Yu Zeng, & Yong Qian. (2025). 19F-labeled molecular probes for fingerprint identification and quantitative analysis of malondialdehyde in urine. Talanta. 289. 127786–127786. 1 indexed citations

Luo, Xiangjie, Lin Li, Zheng Li, et al.. (2025). Mitochondria-Targeted Quinoline-Based Fluorescent Probes for Imaging of Viscosity and MAO-A with High-Throughput Inhibitor Screening. Chemical & Biomedical Imaging. 4(3). 422–430.

You, B.S., Ling Li, Zheng Li, et al.. (2024). Imaging of zinc ions across diverse biological samples with a quinoline-based tris(2-pyridylmethyl)amine fluorescent probe. Talanta. 284. 127267–127267. 3 indexed citations

Zhang, Bo, Bo Zhang, Chenwen Shao, et al.. (2024). An enzyme-responsive double-locked amonafide prodrug for the treatment of glioblastoma with minimal side effects. Chemical Science. 15(46). 19336–19344. 6 indexed citations

Liu, Yani, Xueting Wang, Wei Cheng, et al.. (2023). 3D dynamic tracking Aβ plaques in live brains using vinyl-bridged dyes with two-photon excitation/NIR emission and large Stokes shifts. Biosensors and Bioelectronics. 238. 115563–115563. 13 indexed citations

Shao, Chenwen, Jian Wu, Siqi Han, et al.. (2021). Biotinylated curcumin as a novel chemosensitizer enhances naphthalimide-induced autophagic cell death in breast cancer cells. European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. 228. 114029–114029. 16 indexed citations

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Xue, Xuling, Ying Fu, Liang He, et al.. (2021). Photoactivated Osmium Arene Anticancer Complexes. Inorganic Chemistry. 60(23). 17450–17461. 33 indexed citations

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Wang, Mengmeng, Xuling Xue, Yan Su, et al.. (2020). Unveiling the anti-cancer mechanism for half-sandwich and cyclometalated Ir(iii)-based complexes with functionalized α-lipoic acid. RSC Advances. 10(9). 5392–5398. 22 indexed citations

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Yang, Jing, Ziyou Zhang, Yong Qian, et al.. (2019). Enhanced Catalytic Performance for Oxygen Reduction Reaction Derived from Nitrogen-Rich Tetrazolate-Based Heterometallic Metal–Organic Frameworks. Crystal Growth & Design. 19(5). 2991–2999. 18 indexed citations

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He, Bin, Chunyu Xu, Yawen Tang, et al.. (2019). Facile fabrication of a hierarchical NiCoFeP hollow nanoprism for efficient oxygen evolution in the Zn–air battery. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 7(43). 24964–24972. 71 indexed citations

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Zhang, Ziyou, Ling‐Yan Kong, Baocai Xu, et al.. (2019). Tetrazolate‐Based Cadmium(II) Fluorescent Metal‐Organic Frameworks for Iron(III) Sensing and Methylene Blue (MB) Capture. European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry. 2019(48). 5066–5072. 8 indexed citations

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Qian, Yong, Marc Schürmann, Petra Janning, Christian Hedberg, & Herbert Waldmann. (2016). Activity‐Based Proteome Profiling Probes Based on Woodward's Reagent K with Distinct Target Selectivity. Angewandte Chemie. 128(27). 7897–7902. 6 indexed citations

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Li, Dong‐Dong, Jian Sun, Fei Fang, et al.. (2013). Optimization of Substituted 6-Salicyl-4-Anilinoquinazoline Derivatives as Dual EGFR/HER2 Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors. PLoS ONE. 8(8). e69427–e69427. 20 indexed citations

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Fei, Yuhong, et al.. (2011). Occurrence features and leaching migration of chloroform in shallow groundwater. 28. 31–34. 2 indexed citations

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Qian, Yong, Gaoyuan Ma, Ying Yang, et al.. (2010). Synthesis, molecular modeling and biological evaluation of dithiocarbamates as novel antitubulin agents. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 18(12). 4310–4316. 50 indexed citations

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Zheng, Qing‐Zhong, Fei Zhang, Kui Cheng, et al.. (2009). Synthesis, biological evaluation and molecular docking studies of amide-coupled benzoic nitrogen mustard derivatives as potential antitumor agents. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry. 18(2). 880–886. 20 indexed citations

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Ranjan, Ramanathan Sri, et al.. (2006). Effects of Electrokinetics and Cationic Surfactant Cetyltrimethylammonium Bromide [CTAB] on the Hydrocarbon Removal and Retention from Contaminated Soils. Environmental Technology. 27(7). 767–776. 23 indexed citations

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