Yugen Zhang

15.0k total citations · 4 hit papers
198 papers, 13.0k citations indexed

About

Yugen Zhang is a scholar working on Organic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Yugen Zhang has authored 198 papers receiving a total of 13.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 92 papers in Organic Chemistry, 65 papers in Materials Chemistry and 61 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Yugen Zhang's work include Catalysis for Biomass Conversion (32 papers), Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis (26 papers) and Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (23 papers). Yugen Zhang is often cited by papers focused on Catalysis for Biomass Conversion (32 papers), Carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis (26 papers) and Asymmetric Hydrogenation and Catalysis (23 papers). Yugen Zhang collaborates with scholars based in Singapore, China and Japan. Yugen Zhang's co-authors include Siti Nurhanna Riduan, Jackie Y. Ying, Guangshun Yi, Siew Ping Teong, Dingyi Yu, Jinquan Wang, Xiukai Li, Yin Ngai Sum, Liuqun Gu and Zhaomin Hou and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Chemical Society Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Yugen Zhang

193 papers receiving 12.9k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Functional porous organic polymers for heterogeneous catalysis

2011 869 citations Yugen Zhang, Siti Nurhanna Riduan Chemical Society Reviews profile →
Conversion of Carbon Dioxide into Methanol with Silanes over N‐Heterocyclic Carbene Catalysts

2009 537 citations Siti Nurhanna Riduan, Yugen Zhang et al. Angewandte Chemie International Edition profile →
Recent developments in carbon dioxide utilization under mild conditions

2010 525 citations Siti Nurhanna Riduan, Yugen Zhang Dalton Transactions profile →
Hydroxymethylfurfural production from bioresources: past, present and future

2014 431 citations Siew Ping Teong, Guangshun Yi et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yugen Zhang

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Durable and superhydrophobic hydrogen elimination catalysts for enhanced hydrogen safety 2025 ·International Journal of Hydrogen Energy ·Xiukai Li, Jinquan Wang, Siew Ping Teong, (unknown), Yugen Zhang	0
2	Computational design of metal hydrides on a defective metal–organic framework HKUST-1 for ethylene dimerization 2024 ·Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics ·(unknown), (unknown), Kuiwei Yang, (unknown), Yugen Zhang, Jianwen Jiang	2
3	Self‐Promoted Hydroxyl Radical Releasing Magnetic Zn@Fe Particles 2024 ·Small ·Guangshun Yi, Shujun Gao, Arunmozhiarasi Armugam, Siti Nurhanna Riduan, Siew Ping Teong, Xiukai Li, Jinquan Wang, (unknown), Hongfang Lu, Jackie Y. Ying, Yugen Zhang	2
4	Noncrystalline Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks Tethered with Ionic Liquids as Catalysts for CO₂ Conversion into Cyclic Carbonates 2024 ·ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces ·Jinquan Wang, Xiukai Li, Guangshun Yi, Siew Ping Teong, (unknown), Xinglong Zhang, Yugen Zhang	11
5	Calcium carbide and its recent advances in biomass conversion 2020 ·Journal of Bioresources and Bioproducts ·Siew Ping Teong, Yugen Zhang	36
6	Enhanced biomimic bactericidal surfaces by coating with positively-charged ZIF nano-dagger arrays 2017 ·Nanomedicine Nanotechnology Biology and Medicine ·Yuan Yuan, Yugen Zhang	84
7	Ultrafast Killing and Self‐Gelling Antimicrobial Imidazolium Oligomers 2016 ·Small ·Siti Nurhanna Riduan, Yuan Yuan, Feng Zhou, Jiayu Leong, Haibin Su, Yugen Zhang	29
8	Synergistic Carbon Dioxide Capture and Conversion in Porous Materials 2015 ·ChemSusChem ·Yugen Zhang, Diane S. W. Lim	26
9	The Direct Conversion of Sugars into 2,5‐Furandicarboxylic Acid in a Triphasic System 2015 ·ChemSusChem ·Guangshun Yi, Siew Ping Teong, Yugen Zhang	67
10	Antiviral Activity of Human OASL Protein Is Mediated by Enhancing Signaling of the RIG-I RNA Sensor 2014 ·Immunity ·Jianzhong Zhu, Yugen Zhang, Arundhati Ghosh, Rolando Cuevas, Adriana Forero, Jayeeta Dhar, Mikkel Søes Ibsen, Jonathan L. Schmid‐Burgk, Tobias Schmidt, Madhavi K. Ganapathiraju, Takashi Fujita, Rune Hartmann, Sailen Barik, Veit Hornung, Carolyn B. Coyne, Saumendra N. Sarkar	199
11	Highly Efficient Chemical Process To Convert Mucic Acid into Adipic Acid and DFT Studies of the Mechanism of the Rhenium‐Catalyzed Deoxydehydration 2014 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Xiukai Li, Di Wu, Ting Lu, Guangshun Yi, Haibin Su, Yugen Zhang	125
12	Therapeutic effect of a multi-targeted imidazolium compound in hepatocellular carcinoma 2014 ·Biomaterials ·Began Gopalan, Karthikeyan Narayanan, Zhiyuan Ke, (unknown), Yugen Zhang, Lang Zhuo	9
13	Imidazolium salts and their polymeric materials for biological applications 2013 ·Chemical Society Reviews ·Siti Nurhanna Riduan, Yugen Zhang	245
14	Acetylide Ion (C₂²⁻) as a Synthon To Link Electrophiles and Nucleophiles: A Simple Method for Enaminone Synthesis 2013 ·Angewandte Chemie International Edition ·Dingyi Yu, Yin Ngai Sum, (unknown), (unknown), Yugen Zhang	97
15	One‐Pot Selective Conversion of Hemicellulose (Xylan) to Xylitol under Mild Conditions 2012 ·ChemSusChem ·Guangshun Yi, Yugen Zhang	63
16	Functional porous organic polymers for heterogeneous catalysis breakdown → 2011 ·Chemical Society Reviews ·Yugen Zhang, Siti Nurhanna Riduan	869
17	The Effect of Imidazolium Ionic Liquid on the Dehydration of Fructose to 5‐Hydroxymethylfurfural, and a Room Temperature Catalytic System 2010 ·ChemSusChem ·(unknown), Yugen Zhang	71
18	Recent developments in carbon dioxide utilization under mild conditions breakdown → 2010 ·Dalton Transactions ·Siti Nurhanna Riduan, Yugen Zhang	525
19	Selective Conversion of Fructose to 5‐Hydroxymethylfurfural Catalyzed by Tungsten Salts at Low Temperatures 2009 ·ChemSusChem ·(unknown), Yugen Zhang	152
20	Microporous Polyisocyanurate and Its Application in Heterogeneous Catalysis 2008 ·Chemistry - A European Journal ·Yugen Zhang, Siti Nurhanna Riduan, Jackie Y. Ying	66

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