Yuchao Chai

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
54 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Yuchao Chai is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis. According to data from OpenAlex, Yuchao Chai has authored 54 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 33 papers in Materials Chemistry, 29 papers in Inorganic Chemistry and 19 papers in Catalysis. Recurrent topics in Yuchao Chai's work include Zeolite Catalysis and Synthesis (23 papers), Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (22 papers) and Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (10 papers). Yuchao Chai is often cited by papers focused on Zeolite Catalysis and Synthesis (23 papers), Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (22 papers) and Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications (10 papers). Yuchao Chai collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Yuchao Chai's co-authors include Landong Li, Naijia Guan, Guangjun Wu, Weili Dai, Shanshan Liu, Weixiang Shang, Dannong He, Lin Lin, Qunwei Tang and Naijia Guan and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Yuchao Chai

48 papers receiving 2.2k citations

Hit Papers

Confinement in a Zeolite and Zeolite Catalysis 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 50 100 150 200 250
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. Confinement in a Zeolite and Zeolite Catalysis
    2021 288 citations Yuchao Chai, Weili Dai et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yuchao Chai China 23 1.5k 1.1k 624 543 448 54 2.2k
Chaoqun Bian China 21 1.4k 0.9× 902 0.8× 497 0.8× 364 0.7× 510 1.1× 43 1.9k
Nao Tsunoji Japan 30 1.9k 1.3× 1.1k 1.0× 553 0.9× 396 0.7× 549 1.2× 128 2.6k
Elisabetta Rombi Italy 29 1.5k 1.0× 636 0.6× 800 1.3× 590 1.1× 200 0.4× 86 2.0k
Griselda A. Eimer Argentina 28 1.5k 1.0× 573 0.5× 420 0.7× 342 0.6× 375 0.8× 121 2.2k
Anand Ramanathan India 31 1.7k 1.1× 692 0.6× 557 0.9× 542 1.0× 250 0.6× 78 2.4k
Ioana Fechete France 22 1.2k 0.8× 384 0.4× 521 0.8× 377 0.7× 346 0.8× 66 1.7k
Guodong Wen China 25 1.1k 0.7× 404 0.4× 393 0.6× 444 0.8× 412 0.9× 57 1.8k
Changbum Jo South Korea 28 2.4k 1.6× 2.1k 1.9× 653 1.0× 535 1.0× 306 0.7× 58 3.0k
Aída Gutiérrez‐Alejandre Mexico 34 1.8k 1.2× 962 0.9× 507 0.8× 1.5k 2.8× 257 0.6× 84 2.7k
Emil Dumitriu Romania 35 2.2k 1.5× 956 0.9× 740 1.2× 700 1.3× 272 0.6× 84 3.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Yuchao Chai

Since Specialization
Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Yuchao Chai's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Yuchao Chai with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Yuchao Chai more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Yuchao Chai

Since Specialization
Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Yuchao Chai. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Yuchao Chai. The network helps show where Yuchao Chai may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yuchao Chai

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
1.
Li, Ting, Baotong Huang, Xin Deng, et al.. (2025). Palladium-catalyzed selective oxidation of ethane to acetate acid. National Science Review. 12(11). nwaf355–nwaf355.
2.
Wang, Li, Jun Ke, Yuchao Chai, et al.. (2025). Additive‐Free Ethylene Dimerization Over Well‐Defined Nickel‐Zeolite Catalysts. Angewandte Chemie. 137(19).
3.
Chai, Yuchao, et al.. (2025). Integrated catalysis of zeolite confined and dynamic cobalt species for propane dehydrogenation. Chemical Engineering Journal. 519. 165035–165035.
4.
Qin, Bin, Shichao Zhu, Guangjun Wu, et al.. (2025). Zeolite-stabilized trinuclear Zn1Cu2 sites catalyze CO2 hydrogenation to methanol. Chem. 12(2). 102743–102743.
5.
Ni, Yuwen, Zhe Han, Weijie Li, et al.. (2025). Cobalt-promoted ruthenium catalysts on acidic zeolite for hydrogen production from ammonia borane hydrolysis. Chemical Engineering Journal. 521. 167130–167130. 1 indexed citations
6.
Wang, Li, Jun Ke, Yuchao Chai, et al.. (2025). Additive‐Free Ethylene Dimerization Over Well‐Defined Nickel‐Zeolite Catalysts. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(19). e202502563–e202502563. 1 indexed citations
7.
Yang, Yuqing, et al.. (2025). Oxygen Vacancy Engineering on Pt/WOx/Nb2O5 Catalysts toward Efficient 1,3-Propanediol Production from Glycerol Hydrogenolysis. ACS Catalysis. 15(6). 5142–5154. 7 indexed citations
8.
Ni, Yuwen, Jingqing Tian, Zhe Han, et al.. (2025). Catalysis in sustainable energy resources: overview studies of hydrogen, methane, biomass and plastics. 3(3). 257–276. 4 indexed citations
9.
Chai, Yuchao, et al.. (2024). Extra-framework cations promoted zeolite-encaged cobalt catalysts towards efficient ethylbenzene dehydrogenation. Chemical Engineering Journal. 499. 156467–156467. 4 indexed citations
10.
Lian, Xin, et al.. (2024). Molecular Trapdoor in HEU Zeolite Enables Inverse CO2‐C2H2 Separation. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(7). e202419091–e202419091. 5 indexed citations
11.
Yang, Di, Weijie Li, Xin Deng, et al.. (2024). Foam Ti Supported Pd Catalysts for the Selective Hydrogenation of Nitroaromatics. Chemistry - An Asian Journal. 19(23). e202400878–e202400878. 2 indexed citations
12.
Li, Weijie, et al.. (2024). Self-adjusted reaction pathway enables efficient oxidation of aromatic C–H bonds over zeolite-encaged single-site cobalt catalyst. CHINESE JOURNAL OF CATALYSIS (CHINESE VERSION). 57. 133–142. 9 indexed citations
13.
Wu, Guangjun, et al.. (2024). Synthesis of TS-1 macro-nanosheets with improved catalytic performance in alkene epoxidation. Science China Chemistry. 68(9). 4389–4398. 1 indexed citations
14.
Liu, Shanshan, Xin Lian, Shutao Xu, et al.. (2024). Control of Zeolite Local Polarity toward Efficient Xenon/Krypton Separation. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146(12). 8335–8342. 19 indexed citations
15.
Chai, Yuchao, Bin Qin, Bonan Li, et al.. (2023). Zeolite-encaged mononuclear copper centers catalyze CO2 selective hydrogenation to methanol. National Science Review. 10(7). nwad043–nwad043. 33 indexed citations
16.
Liu, Shanshan, Yuchao Chai, Naijia Guan, & Landong Li. (2021). Small Molecule Adsorption and Separation on Zeolites. Gaodeng xuexiao huaxue xuebao. 42(1). 268. 2 indexed citations
17.
Chai, Yuchao, Xue Han, Weiyao Li, et al.. (2020). Control of zeolite pore interior for chemoselective alkyne/olefin separations. Science. 368(6494). 1002–1006. 294 indexed citations
18.
Chai, Yuchao, Guangjun Wu, Xiaoyan Liu, et al.. (2019). Acetylene-Selective Hydrogenation Catalyzed by Cationic Nickel Confined in Zeolite. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 141(25). 9920–9927. 160 indexed citations
19.
Chai, Yuchao, Sihang Liu, Zhi‐Jian Zhao, et al.. (2018). Selectivity Modulation of Encapsulated Palladium Nanoparticles by Zeolite Microenvironment for Biomass Catalytic Upgrading. ACS Catalysis. 8(9). 8578–8589. 133 indexed citations
20.
Lin, Lin, Yingchao Yang, Long Men, et al.. (2012). A highly efficient TiO2@ZnO n–p–n heterojunction nanorod photocatalyst. Nanoscale. 5(2). 588–593. 162 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact

Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Chaoqun Bian Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Nao Tsunoji Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Elisabetta Rombi Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Griselda A. Eimer Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Anand Ramanathan Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Ioana Fechete Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Guodong Wen Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Changbum Jo Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Aída Gutiérrez‐Alejandre Breakdown of academic impact, for papers by Emil Dumitriu
Rankless by CCL
2026