Yong Shen

4.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
130 papers, 3.3k citations indexed

About

Yong Shen is a scholar working on Biomaterials, Molecular Biology and Process Chemistry and Technology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yong Shen has authored 130 papers receiving a total of 3.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 59 papers in Biomaterials, 41 papers in Molecular Biology and 38 papers in Process Chemistry and Technology. Recurrent topics in Yong Shen's work include biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties (50 papers), Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis (38 papers) and Plant-based Medicinal Research (25 papers). Yong Shen is often cited by papers focused on biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties (50 papers), Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis (38 papers) and Plant-based Medicinal Research (25 papers). Yong Shen collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and France. Yong Shen's co-authors include Zhibo Li, Wenxin Fu, Xiaohui Fu, Dake Zhao, Fusheng Liu, Qin Liu, Rüssel J. Reiter, Yang Yu, Ramaswamy Sharma and Na Zhao and has published in prestigious journals such as Chemical Society Reviews, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Yong Shen

124 papers receiving 3.3k 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.

Melatonin Synthesis and Function: Evolutionary History in Animals and Plants

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yong Shen China	31	1.4k	1.1k	846	709	398	130	3.3k
Jean Raynaud France	28	354 0.2×	1.2k 1.1×	516 0.6×	388 0.5×	230 0.6×	111	2.5k
Kyung‐Jin Kim South Korea	32	1.3k 0.9×	566 0.5×	2.2k 2.5×	51 0.1×	268 0.7×	176	4.9k
Xiaoli Sun China	27	580 0.4×	339 0.3×	469 0.6×	24 0.0×	194 0.5×	134	2.5k
Lucia Gardossi Italy	30	866 0.6×	560 0.5×	2.7k 3.2×	119 0.2×	230 0.6×	119	4.1k
Krishna K. Sharma India	33	285 0.2×	808 0.7×	769 0.9×	29 0.0×	137 0.3×	101	3.2k
Lei Yu China	49	155 0.1×	4.3k 4.0×	657 0.8×	164 0.2×	130 0.3×	282	7.0k
Ke Yang China	31	170 0.1×	452 0.4×	506 0.6×	95 0.1×	94 0.2×	98	3.8k
Tadanobu Utsuki United States	19	580 0.4×	468 0.4×	658 0.8×	67 0.1×	163 0.4×	33	2.6k
Lucia Panzella Italy	41	546 0.4×	796 0.7×	811 1.0×	12 0.0×	402 1.0×	149	5.0k
Bo Wang China	35	93 0.1×	1.3k 1.2×	966 1.1×	55 0.1×	129 0.3×	174	3.7k

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Zhang, Min, Yan Qin, Xinxin Yu, Yong Shen, & Zhibo Li. (2025). High performance polyurethanes with extraordinary hydrolytic resistance prepared from bio-renewable alkyl-δ-lactones: Synthesis, properties and chemical recycling. Polymer Degradation and Stability. 237. 111322–111322. 1 indexed citations

Yu, Xinxin, et al.. (2025). Tough and Closed‐Loop Recyclable Thermoplastic Elastomers From Sequential Ring‐Opening Copolymerization of Bio‐Renewable β‐Methyl‐δ‐Valerolactone and δ‐Valerolactone. Advanced Functional Materials. 35(26). 4 indexed citations

Luo, Jixun, Xiaojun Su, Yong Shen, et al.. (2024). Understanding the triacylglycerol-based carbon anabolic differentiation in Cyperus esculentus and Cyperus rotundus developing tubers via transcriptomic and metabolomic approaches. BMC Plant Biology. 24(1). 1269–1269. 2 indexed citations

Shen, Yong, et al.. (2024). A Decision Model for Ship Overtaking in Straight Waterway Channels. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 12(11). 1976–1976. 1 indexed citations

Shen, Yong, et al.. (2024). Ring-Opening Polymerization of Lactones to Prepare Closed-Loop Recyclable Polyesters. Macromolecules. 57(5). 1919–1940. 61 indexed citations

Liu, Shaofeng, et al.. (2024). Bifunctional and recyclable polyesters by chemoselective ring-opening polymerization of a δ-lactone derived from CO2 and butadiene. Nature Communications. 15(1). 8698–8698. 10 indexed citations

Wang, Liying, Ying‐Ying Liu, Yong Shen, & Zhibo Li. (2024). Ring-opening polymerization of cyclic esters mediated by base/(thio)urea binary catalysts toward sustainable polyesters. Polymer Chemistry. 15(38). 3832–3846. 10 indexed citations

Wang, Liying, et al.. (2024). Ring‐Opening Copolymerization of Biorenewable δ‐Caprolactone with trans‐Hexahydro‐(4,5)‐benzofuranone toward Closed‐Loop Recyclable Copolyesters and Their Application as Pressure‐Sensitive Adhesives^†. Chinese Journal of Chemistry. 42(17). 2035–2042. 4 indexed citations

Zhang, Jiqing, Yingying Liu, & Yong Shen. (2024). Reprocessable and Chemically Recyclable Polyester Elastomers via a Tandem Ring‐Opening Polymerization and Photo‐Crosslinking Strategy From Bio‐Renewable β‐Methyl‐δ‐Valerolactone. Journal of Polymer Science. 63(3). 639–649. 1 indexed citations

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Wang, Kanming, Huan Ma, Yong Shen, et al.. (2023). Magnetic biochar derived from peanut shells facilitates antibiotic degradation and fouling control in anaerobic membrane bioreactor for antibiotic pharmaceutical wastewater treatment. Journal of Water Process Engineering. 55. 104249–104249. 13 indexed citations

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Li, Zheng, et al.. (2023). Crystalline Stereoregular Poly(ether-ester) via MeAl[Salen]-Catalyzed Well-Controlled Ring-Opening Polymerization of Enantiopure Cyclic Ether-Ester Monomer. Macromolecules. 56(15). 6019–6026. 11 indexed citations

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Li, Zheng, et al.. (2023). Ring‐opening Polymerization of Enantiopure Bicyclic Ether‐ester Monomers toward Closed‐loop Recyclable and Crystalline Stereoregular Polyesters via Chemical Upcycling of Bioplastic. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 62(23). e202302101–e202302101. 48 indexed citations

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Li, Zheng, et al.. (2022). Chemical Upcycling of Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (P3HB) toward Functional Poly(amine-alt-ester) via Tandem Degradation and Ring-Opening Polymerization. Macromolecules. 55(21). 9697–9704. 16 indexed citations

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Li, Kai, et al.. (2021). Organobase/urea catalyzed ring opening polymerization of 3‐methyl‐1, 4‐dioxan‐2‐one to prepare chemically recyclable poly(ether ester). Journal of Polymer Science. 60(24). 3331–3340. 9 indexed citations

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Li, Kai, Zheng Li, Yong Shen, et al.. (2021). Organobase 1,1,3,3-tetramethyl guanidine catalyzed rapid ring-opening polymerization of α-amino acid N-carboxyanhydrides adaptive to amine, alcohol and carboxyl acid initiators. Polymer Chemistry. 13(5). 586–591. 20 indexed citations

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Zhao, Dake, Yana Shi, Qin Qiao, et al.. (2018). Enriched networks ‘nucleoside/nucleotide and ribonucleoside/ribonucleotide metabolic processes’ and ‘response to stimulus’ potentially conferred to drought adaptation of the epiphytic orchid Dendrobium wangliangii. Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants. 25(1). 31–45. 9 indexed citations

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Zhao, Dake, et al.. (2018). Probing the transcriptome of Aconitum carmichaelii reveals the candidate genes associated with the biosynthesis of the toxic aconitine-type C19-diterpenoid alkaloids. Phytochemistry. 152. 113–124. 25 indexed citations

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Ji, Shilei, Nan Li, Yong Shen, et al.. (2016). Poly(amino acid)-based thermoresponsive molecularly imprinted magnetic nanoparticles for specific recognition and release of lysozyme. Analytica Chimica Acta. 909. 60–66. 35 indexed citations

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Chen, Qingyi, Hongwei Kang, Hua Zhou, et al.. (2013). Cloud: Complex Adaptive Service System. 89–92. 2 indexed citations

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Xu, Jun‐Ju, Guang‐Zhi Zeng, Shengchao Yang, Yong Shen, & Ning‐Hua Tan. (2013). 8-9′ linked neolignans with cytotoxicity from Alpinia conchigera. Fitoterapia. 91. 82–86. 10 indexed citations

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