Yu Jun Tan

7.1k total citations · 6 hit papers
71 papers, 5.8k citations indexed

About

Yu Jun Tan is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Polymers and Plastics. According to data from OpenAlex, Yu Jun Tan has authored 71 papers receiving a total of 5.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 43 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 22 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 17 papers in Polymers and Plastics. Recurrent topics in Yu Jun Tan's work include Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (22 papers), Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies (14 papers) and 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (13 papers). Yu Jun Tan is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials (22 papers), Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies (14 papers) and 3D Printing in Biomedical Research (13 papers). Yu Jun Tan collaborates with scholars based in Singapore, United States and China. Yu Jun Tan's co-authors include Benjamin C. K. Tee, Shu Beng Tor, Xipeng Tan, Kah Fai Leong, Wai Yee Yeong, Huijun Li, Si Li, Ying Mei, Dylan Richards and Chee Kai Chua and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Yu Jun Tan

69 papers receiving 5.8k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Graded microstructure and mechanical properties of additive manufactured Ti–6Al–4V via electron beam melting

2015 570 citations Xipeng Tan, Yu Jun Tan et al. profile →
Self-healing electronic skins for aquatic environments

2019 542 citations Yu Jun Tan, Si Li et al. profile →
Engineering alginate as bioink for bioprinting

2014 425 citations Jia Jia, Dylan Richards et al. Acta Biomaterialia profile →
Metallic powder-bed based 3D printing of cellular scaffolds for orthopaedic implants: A state-of-the-art review on manufacturing, topological design, mechanical properties and biocompatibility

2017 416 citations Xipeng Tan, Yu Jun Tan et al. Materials Science and Engineering C profile →
Wireless body sensor networks based on metamaterial textiles

2019 341 citations Yu Jun Tan, Benjamin C. K. Tee et al. profile →
A transparent, self-healing and high-κ dielectric for low-field-emission stretchable optoelectronics

2019 260 citations Yu Jun Tan, Ge Chen et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yu Jun Tan Singapore	32	3.8k	1.5k	1.4k	1.1k	841	71	5.8k
Ryan L. Truby United States	23	7.7k 2.0×	2.9k 1.9×	2.6k 1.9×	933 0.8×	525 0.6×	47	9.4k
Bingheng Lu China	47	4.0k 1.1×	3.4k 2.2×	2.0k 1.5×	637 0.6×	927 1.1×	291	8.3k
Shaoting Lin United States	41	7.4k 2.0×	3.0k 2.0×	651 0.5×	2.5k 2.3×	778 0.9×	83	11.1k
Jun Fu China	49	5.5k 1.5×	1.8k 1.2×	357 0.3×	2.6k 2.3×	740 0.9×	172	8.6k
Fan Zhang China	40	3.6k 1.0×	2.2k 1.5×	406 0.3×	918 0.8×	1.7k 2.1×	195	6.9k
Daniel Therriault Canada	43	3.6k 0.9×	1.6k 1.1×	2.5k 1.8×	1.3k 1.1×	1.0k 1.2×	169	6.7k
German Alberto Parada United States	17	4.3k 1.1×	1.8k 1.2×	247 0.2×	1.2k 1.1×	392 0.5×	21	6.4k
Jun Yin China	36	3.8k 1.0×	1.0k 0.7×	1.7k 1.2×	648 0.6×	235 0.3×	130	5.6k
Qian Tang China	44	4.5k 1.2×	2.7k 1.8×	869 0.6×	2.7k 2.4×	520 0.6×	176	7.2k
Dirk W. Schubert Germany	47	3.9k 1.0×	505 0.3×	655 0.5×	2.3k 2.1×	1.5k 1.8×	247	7.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yu Jun Tan

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Zhang, Lishu, et al.. (2025). Self-healing and hyperelastic magneto-iono-elastomers through molecular confinement of magnetic anions. Science Advances. 11(1). eadq7441–eadq7441. 3 indexed citations

Feng, Qiang, Yu Jun Tan, Liang Chen, et al.. (2025). Ruthenium‐Catalyzed Cycloaddition of Azides and Selenoalkynes with Built‐in “Catch‐and‐Release” Functionality. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(39). e202513792–e202513792. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Mengmeng, Pengju Li, Yu Jun Tan, et al.. (2024). An Extreme Environment Capable Self‐Healing Single Active Layered Triboelectric Sensors as Fully Recyclable and Transparent Human‐Machine Interfaces. Advanced Functional Materials. 35(4). 11 indexed citations

Fu, Xuemei, Hongchen Guo, Han‐Joon Kim, et al.. (2024). Self-healing actuatable electroluminescent fibres. Nature Communications. 15(1). 10498–10498. 12 indexed citations

Koh, J. Justin, Xuan Zhang, Shaohua Ling, et al.. (2024). A Smart Self‐Healing Material with Reversible Optical, Mechanical, and Electrical Transition Induced by Humidity and Temperature. Advanced Materials Technologies. 9(16). 3 indexed citations

Zhao, Ting, Yu Jun Tan, Yitan Li, & Xu Wang. (2024). Ionic fuel-powered hydrogel actuators for soft robotics. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 677(Pt A). 739–749. 15 indexed citations

Tan, Yu Jun, et al.. (2023). A comparative study on silicon-based negatrode materials in metallic cavity electrode and button half cell — Uncovering unseen microscopic and dynamic features. Journal of Energy Storage. 73. 108854–108854. 5 indexed citations

Zhao, Jinsheng, et al.. (2022). Smart Adhesives via Magnetic Actuation. Advanced Materials. 34(8). e2107748–e2107748. 94 indexed citations

Tang, Yanmei, Yu Jun Tan, Kaili Lin, & Min Zhu. (2021). Research Progress on Polydopamine Nanoparticles for Tissue Engineering. Frontiers in Chemistry. 9. 727123–727123. 48 indexed citations

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Guo, Hongchen, Yu Jun Tan, Ge Chen, et al.. (2020). Artificially innervated self-healing foams as synthetic piezo-impedance sensor skins. Nature Communications. 11(1). 5747–5747. 162 indexed citations

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Zhao, Yue, Weidong Yang, Yu Jun Tan, et al.. (2019). Highly conductive 3D metal-rubber composites for stretchable electronic applications. APL Materials. 7(3). 26 indexed citations

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Zhang, Qihui, Yu Jun Tan, Lirong Luo, et al.. (2019). Roles of strontium and hierarchy structure on the in vitro biological response and drug release mechanism of the strontium-substituted bioactive glass microspheres. Materials Science and Engineering C. 107. 110336–110336. 13 indexed citations

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Richards, Dylan, Robert C. Coyle, Yu Jun Tan, et al.. (2017). Inspiration from heart development: Biomimetic development of functional human cardiac organoids. Biomaterials. 142. 112–123. 122 indexed citations

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Sun, Zhen, Wenyu Gou, Xiao Dong, et al.. (2017). Adipose Stem Cell Therapy Mitigates Chronic Pancreatitis via Differentiation into Acinar-like Cells in Mice. Molecular Therapy. 25(11). 2490–2501. 21 indexed citations

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Tan, Xipeng, Yu Jun Tan, Cheng-Ming Chow, Shu Beng Tor, & Wai Yee Yeong. (2017). Metallic powder-bed based 3D printing of cellular scaffolds for orthopaedic implants: A state-of-the-art review on manufacturing, topological design, mechanical properties and biocompatibility. Materials Science and Engineering C. 76. 1328–1343. 416 indexed citations breakdown →

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Tan, Yu Jun, Xipeng Tan, Wai Yee Yeong, & Shu Beng Tor. (2016). Hybrid microscaffold-based 3D bioprinting of multi-cellular constructs with high compressive strength: A new biofabrication strategy. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 39140–39140. 100 indexed citations

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Bi, Xiangdong, et al.. (2016). Thiol-ene crosslinking polyamidoamine dendrimer-hyaluronic acid hydrogel system for biomedical applications. Journal of Biomaterials Science Polymer Edition. 27(8). 743–757. 18 indexed citations

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Trusk, Thomas C., Dylan Richards, Jia Jia, et al.. (2015). Viability of Bioprinted Cellular Constructs Using a Three Dispenser Cartesian Printer. Journal of Visualized Experiments. 4 indexed citations

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Jia, Jia, Dylan Richards, Yu Jun Tan, et al.. (2014). Engineering alginate as bioink for bioprinting. Acta Biomaterialia. 10(10). 4323–4331. 425 indexed citations breakdown →

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Li, Xiaowei, et al.. (2012). Improve the viability of transplanted neural cells with appropriate sized neurospheres coated with mesenchymal stem cells. Medical Hypotheses. 79(2). 274–277. 18 indexed citations

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