Yu Chen

5.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
207 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Yu Chen is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Organic Chemistry and Polymers and Plastics. According to data from OpenAlex, Yu Chen has authored 207 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 83 papers in Materials Chemistry, 82 papers in Organic Chemistry and 78 papers in Polymers and Plastics. Recurrent topics in Yu Chen's work include Dendrimers and Hyperbranched Polymers (46 papers), Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization (37 papers) and Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (35 papers). Yu Chen is often cited by papers focused on Dendrimers and Hyperbranched Polymers (46 papers), Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization (37 papers) and Luminescence and Fluorescent Materials (35 papers). Yu Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, Germany and United States. Yu Chen's co-authors include Hua‐Ji Liu, Zhong Shen, Fa Cheng, Salah‐Eddine Stiriba, Holger Frey, Huaji Liu, Xunyong Liu, Lourdes Pastor‐Pérez, You Fan and Shichun Jiang and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

Yu Chen

197 papers receiving 4.4k 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.

  1. Miniaturized Hard Carbon Nanofiber Aerogels: From Multiscale Electromagnetic Response Manipulation to Integrated Multifunctional Absorbers
    2024 89 citations Gaofeng Shao, Yu Chen et al. Advanced Functional Materials profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yu Chen China 37 1.8k 1.6k 1.5k 615 572 207 4.5k
Huijuan Zhang China 38 870 0.5× 1.7k 1.1× 587 0.4× 725 1.2× 847 1.5× 143 4.3k
Xingyuan Zhang China 34 763 0.4× 1.5k 0.9× 1.1k 0.7× 974 1.6× 693 1.2× 178 3.6k
Shengyu Feng China 40 1.5k 0.8× 4.5k 2.8× 2.0k 1.3× 910 1.5× 1.2k 2.1× 359 7.4k
Patrice Woisel France 29 1.3k 0.7× 1.0k 0.6× 467 0.3× 452 0.7× 821 1.4× 135 3.3k
Li Yang China 35 1.1k 0.6× 2.9k 1.8× 517 0.3× 724 1.2× 629 1.1× 289 4.6k
Cheng Zhang Australia 41 948 0.5× 2.0k 1.2× 524 0.3× 1.2k 1.9× 943 1.6× 151 5.1k
Guodong Liang China 41 1.3k 0.7× 3.7k 2.3× 1.4k 0.9× 1.7k 2.8× 1.2k 2.2× 177 6.1k
Apostolos Avgeropoulos Greece 42 2.2k 1.2× 3.4k 2.1× 2.0k 1.3× 1.3k 2.1× 1.0k 1.8× 247 6.3k
Lon J. Mathias United States 37 2.4k 1.3× 1.2k 0.7× 2.2k 1.4× 328 0.5× 437 0.8× 243 4.9k
Zhiqiang Wang China 28 2.2k 1.2× 1.7k 1.1× 849 0.6× 300 0.5× 1.0k 1.8× 88 4.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Yu Chen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yu Chen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yu Chen

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

All Works

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Chen, Yu, Bin Quan, Gaoyuan Yu, et al.. (2025). Recyclable construction of multi-layer films with an impedance gradient design for high-efficiency electromagnetic absorption performance. Chemical Communications. 61(21). 4180–4183. 2 indexed citations
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Huang, Zhenlong, Yiqiang Wang, Fangrui Lin, et al.. (2025). Polarity-responsive fluorescence lifetime probe for in vivo imaging of Aβ plaque dynamics: Unveiling PBM-induced Aβ polarity reversal. Matter. 8(5). 102102–102102. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Xiaolian, Jianfei Li, Junlin Yu, et al.. (2024). The effect of STF-Kevlar composite materials on the impact response of fibre metal laminates. Composites Communications. 48. 101936–101936. 3 indexed citations
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Chen, Weiguang, et al.. (2024). Visible-light excitable polymers with ultra-long phosphorescence afterglow achieved by boron-based dative bonds. Chemical Engineering Journal. 503. 158381–158381. 7 indexed citations
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Chen, Yu, et al.. (2024). Lyapunov stability of fuzzy dynamical systems based on fuzzy-number-valued function granular differentiability. Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation. 133. 107984–107984. 3 indexed citations
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Wang, Xiaodong, Jun Shen, Yu Chen, & Lin Li. (2024). A wood wax oil-based nanocomposite coating with excellent durability, ultraviolet and water resistance for wood finishing. Progress in Organic Coatings. 190. 108408–108408. 3 indexed citations
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Shao, Gaofeng, Yu Chen, Gaoyuan Yu, et al.. (2024). Miniaturized Hard Carbon Nanofiber Aerogels: From Multiscale Electromagnetic Response Manipulation to Integrated Multifunctional Absorbers. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(48). 89 indexed citations breakdown →
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Li, Mengqian, Yuan Li, Xiaoyi Meng, et al.. (2024). An Integrated All-Natural Conductive Supramolecular Hydrogel Wearable Biosensor with Enhanced Biocompatibility and Antibacterial Properties. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 16(38). 51618–51629. 14 indexed citations
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Chen, Weiguang, et al.. (2023). High‐Brightness, Hundred‐Second Level Ultralong Afterglow Polymers Built via Ultrasound‐Synchronized B‐O‐Click Strategy. Advanced Optical Materials. 12(7). 10 indexed citations
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Hu, Yimin, et al.. (2023). Unusual Increasing Viscoelasticity of Wormlike Micelles Composed of Imidazolium Gemini Surfactants with Temperature. Langmuir. 39(20). 7143–7153. 4 indexed citations
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Yu, Gaoyuan, Gaofeng Shao, Yu Chen, & Xiaogu Huang. (2023). Nanolayered Ceramic-Confined Graphene Aerogel with Conformal Heterointerfaces for Low-Frequency Microwave Absorption. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 15(33). 39559–39569. 36 indexed citations
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Yuan, Yuhang, Wei Yuan, Yaopeng Wu, et al.. (2023). High‐Performance All‐Printed Flexible Micro‐Supercapacitors with Hierarchical Encapsulation. Energy & environment materials. 7(4). 17 indexed citations
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Zhou, Jing, Vikram Thapar, Yu Chen, et al.. (2021). Self-Aligned Assembly of a Poly(2-vinylpyridine)-b-Polystyrene-b-Poly(2-vinylpyridine) Triblock Copolymer on Graphene Nanoribbons. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 13(34). 41190–41199. 2 indexed citations
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Zhu, Dandan, Huanle Zhang, Chi Ma, et al.. (2021). A Self-Assembling Amphiphilic Peptide Dendrimer-Based Drug Delivery System for Cancer Therapy. Pharmaceutics. 13(7). 1092–1092. 23 indexed citations
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Zhou, Jianguo, et al.. (2020). DFT Study on Oxidative Cyclization of o‐ Alkynylbenzoates Mediated by Hypervalent Iodine Reagent: Mechanism and Substituent Effect. ChemistrySelect. 5(10). 3113–3118. 4 indexed citations
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Yang, Wen, et al.. (2019). Iron‐Promoted Reductive Ring‐Opening and Isomerization Reactions of C4‐Alkynylisoxazoles Leading to 2‐Alkynylenaminones and Polysubstituted Furans. Advanced Synthesis & Catalysis. 361(24). 5634–5642. 8 indexed citations
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Wang, Bin, Hua‐Ji Liu, Xiaobin Fu, Ye‐Feng Yao, & Yu Chen. (2015). Three‐Component Supramolecular System with Multistimuli‐Responsive Properties in Water. Chemistry - An Asian Journal. 10(8). 1690–1697. 2 indexed citations

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