Yu Lan

20.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
553 papers, 17.5k citations indexed

About

Yu Lan is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Yu Lan has authored 553 papers receiving a total of 17.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 415 papers in Organic Chemistry, 104 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 71 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Yu Lan's work include Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (227 papers), Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (96 papers) and Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (87 papers). Yu Lan is often cited by papers focused on Catalytic C–H Functionalization Methods (227 papers), Catalytic Cross-Coupling Reactions (96 papers) and Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (87 papers). Yu Lan collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Singapore. Yu Lan's co-authors include Xiaotian Qi, Ruopeng Bai, Song Liu, Lei Zhu, Xingwei Li, Aiwen Lei, Zhaoyuan Yu, Shijun Li, K. N. Houk and Qiang Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Chemical Reviews and Journal of the American Chemical Society.

In The Last Decade

Yu Lan

520 papers receiving 17.3k citations

Hit Papers

Visible‐Light‐Mediated Decarboxylation/Oxidative Amidatio... 2013 2026 2017 2021 2013 100 200 300 400
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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. Visible‐Light‐Mediated Decarboxylation/Oxidative Amidation of α‐Keto Acids with Amines under Mild Reaction Conditions Using O2
    2013 403 citations Qiang Liu, Ruopeng Bai et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 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 Lan China 70 14.7k 3.8k 1.7k 1.4k 1.2k 553 17.5k
Yixin Lü Singapore 69 12.0k 0.8× 3.9k 1.0× 2.4k 1.4× 988 0.7× 848 0.7× 292 14.7k
Peng Liu United States 78 15.3k 1.0× 4.4k 1.1× 2.5k 1.5× 1.2k 0.9× 606 0.5× 431 18.2k
Min Shi China 78 28.2k 1.9× 5.8k 1.5× 3.5k 2.1× 1.6k 1.1× 1.6k 1.3× 956 30.3k
Xin Hong China 62 9.2k 0.6× 2.6k 0.7× 1.3k 0.7× 697 0.5× 508 0.4× 290 12.3k
Troels Skrydstrup Denmark 68 10.6k 0.7× 2.7k 0.7× 3.1k 1.9× 1.3k 1.0× 1.9k 1.5× 353 16.1k
Lukas J. Gooßen Germany 73 17.0k 1.2× 4.9k 1.3× 1.4k 0.8× 2.1k 1.5× 1.6k 1.3× 269 19.0k
Shengming Ma China 69 27.1k 1.8× 5.4k 1.4× 1.9k 1.1× 1.2k 0.9× 1.1k 0.9× 635 28.5k
Paolo Melchiorre Spain 80 19.4k 1.3× 3.3k 0.9× 2.4k 1.4× 1.7k 1.2× 268 0.2× 209 20.6k
Zhang‐Jie Shi China 82 23.1k 1.6× 5.2k 1.4× 1.1k 0.6× 984 0.7× 1.4k 1.2× 230 24.8k
Mu‐Hyun Baik South Korea 60 7.7k 0.5× 3.8k 1.0× 1.4k 0.8× 413 0.3× 791 0.7× 304 12.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Yu Lan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yu Lan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yu Lan

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

All Works

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Huang, Kun, Ziyuan Wang, Tianyu Zhong, et al.. (2025). N-type Bi2Se2S materials with high ZT > 1 engineered by multi-scale second phases designing. Journal of the European Ceramic Society. 45(6). 117192–117192. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Xiuwen, Tingting Su, Zhaohui Lu, et al.. (2025). Morphological engineering of monodispersed Co2P nanocrystals for efficient alkaline water and seawater splitting. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 691. 137389–137389. 6 indexed citations
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Wu, Yang, Zheng‐Yang Gu, Shijun Li, et al.. (2025). Ruthenium-Catalyzed Regioselective Migratory Hydroacylation of Nonactivated Allenes with Alcohols Enabled by 1,4-Ru/H Migration. ACS Catalysis. 15(23). 19907–19917.
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Yang, Haobo, Shihan Liu, Hao Dong, et al.. (2025). Amplifying the Reactivity of Anionic Mn(I)–H Catalysts via the Cation Effect: Mechanistic Investigation and Application to the Hydrogenation of α-Trisubstituted Carboxylic Esters. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147(16). 13491–13501. 2 indexed citations
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Zhao, Yankun, Yulian Zhang, Ling He, et al.. (2025). Copper-catalysed homo-Mannich reaction of cyclopropanol for chiral piperidine synthesis. Nature Catalysis. 8(11). 1169–1177.
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Zhou, You, Li‐Sheng Wang, Zehua Li, et al.. (2025). Ring-Opening Reconstruction of Indoles Enabled by C–N Bond Cleavage: Synthesis of Benzo[ c ]pyrazolo[3,4- h ][2,6]naphthyridine Derivatives. Organic Letters. 27(42). 11848–11853.
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Yang, Wei, Yu Lan, Y. H. Bai, et al.. (2025). Manganese low-energy photocatalysis for remodeling nitrogenation of alkenes. Chem. 12(1). 102702–102702.
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Wang, Yanan, Wangyang Li, Mingxing Ye, et al.. (2024). Chemo-, regio- and stereoselective access to polysubstituted 1,3-dienes via Nickel-catalyzed four-component reactions. Nature Communications. 15(1). 5479–5479. 17 indexed citations
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Xie, Hui, Haohua Chen, Uttam Dutta, Yu Lan, & Bernhard Breit. (2024). Photochemical Asymmetric Palladium-Catalyzed Allylation Reaction: Expeditious Entry to Chiral 1,2-Amino Alcohols and 1,2-Diamines. ACS Catalysis. 14(17). 13352–13361. 10 indexed citations
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Lan, Yu, et al.. (2024). Heterogeneous carbon coated resin-based hard carbon anode material for high-performance sodium ion batteries. Materials Today Communications. 40. 109854–109854. 11 indexed citations
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Li, Chao, Xiao‐Wang Chen, Li‐Li Liao, et al.. (2024). Nickel‐Catalyzed Atroposelective Carbo‐Carboxylation of Alkynes with CO2: En Route to Axially Chiral Carboxylic Acids. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(1). e202413305–e202413305. 12 indexed citations
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Yang, Haobo, Yanan Wang, Yujie Wang, et al.. (2024). Enhancing Hydride Transfer in Catalytic Hydrogenation via σ-Electron-Induced Polarization of Imines. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(24). 16357–16362. 12 indexed citations
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Guo, Yuqin, et al.. (2024). Preparation and Antibacterial Activity Evaluation of Daphnetin-Loaded Poloxamers/Polyvinylpyrrolidone Thermosensitive Hydrogels. ACS Applied Bio Materials. 8(1). 374–385. 2 indexed citations
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Liu, Mingyu, Tao Zhang, Yi Ding, et al.. (2022). Regio‐ and Stereoselective 1,2‐Oxyhalogenation of Non‐Conjugated Alkynes via Directed Nucleopalladation: Catalytic Access to Tetrasubstituted Alkenes**. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 61(43). e202209099–e202209099. 14 indexed citations
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Shi, Qianqian, Zhipeng Pei, Jinshuai Song, et al.. (2022). Diradical Generation via Relayed Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 144(7). 3137–3145. 63 indexed citations
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Yu, Lingyun, et al.. (2010). Simultaneous determination of Cl- and S2- in tannery effluents by LP ion-exclusion chromatography. Journal of The Society of Leather Technologists and Chemists. 94(5). 220–224. 1 indexed citations

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