Z. Conrad Zhang

6.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
124 papers, 5.5k citations indexed

About

Z. Conrad Zhang is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Inorganic Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Z. Conrad Zhang has authored 124 papers receiving a total of 5.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 52 papers in Materials Chemistry and 30 papers in Inorganic Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Z. Conrad Zhang's work include Catalysis for Biomass Conversion (53 papers), Biofuel production and bioconversion (29 papers) and Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (28 papers). Z. Conrad Zhang is often cited by papers focused on Catalysis for Biomass Conversion (53 papers), Biofuel production and bioconversion (29 papers) and Catalytic Processes in Materials Science (28 papers). Z. Conrad Zhang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Russia. Z. Conrad Zhang's co-authors include Heather M. Brown, Johnathan E. Holladay, Haibo Zhao, Peifang Yan, Zhanwei Xu, Wolfgang M.H. Sachtler, James E. Amonette, Songyan Jia, Xiao-Dong Zhou and Yu Su and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Chemical Society and Chemical Society Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Z. Conrad Zhang

121 papers receiving 5.4k citations

Hit Papers

Metal Chlorides in Ionic Liquid Solvents Convert Sugars t... 2007 2026 2013 2019 2007 500 1000 1.5k
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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. Metal Chlorides in Ionic Liquid Solvents Convert Sugars to 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural
    2007 1.8k citations Z. Conrad Zhang 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
Z. Conrad Zhang China 35 3.8k 1.7k 1.4k 1.1k 874 124 5.5k
Jan C. van der Waal Netherlands 34 3.6k 0.9× 1.9k 1.1× 1.3k 0.9× 1.3k 1.1× 632 0.7× 73 5.6k
Shunmugavel Saravanamurugan India 35 4.1k 1.1× 1.8k 1.1× 1.6k 1.2× 1.1k 1.0× 622 0.7× 100 5.4k
Basudeb Saha United States 47 5.5k 1.4× 1.8k 1.1× 2.3k 1.7× 1.5k 1.3× 701 0.8× 95 7.1k
Lu Lin China 40 2.3k 0.6× 1.8k 1.0× 1.2k 0.9× 1.5k 1.3× 500 0.6× 118 5.1k
Esben Taarning Denmark 35 4.2k 1.1× 2.2k 1.3× 1.5k 1.1× 1.3k 1.1× 743 0.9× 69 6.0k
Juben N. Chheda United States 9 6.3k 1.6× 2.0k 1.2× 2.4k 1.8× 1.2k 1.1× 1.0k 1.2× 12 7.0k
Sudipta De India 29 2.6k 0.7× 2.0k 1.2× 1.3k 0.9× 1.0k 0.9× 896 1.0× 44 4.8k
Guomin Xiao China 46 4.0k 1.0× 2.4k 1.4× 2.5k 1.8× 852 0.8× 1.1k 1.2× 240 6.9k
Alexandra Velty Spain 22 4.9k 1.3× 2.4k 1.5× 2.0k 1.5× 1.9k 1.7× 875 1.0× 36 7.3k
Antonio A. Romero Spain 44 3.0k 0.8× 2.9k 1.7× 1.4k 1.0× 1.6k 1.4× 881 1.0× 216 6.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Z. Conrad Zhang

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All Works

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Wang, Xuemeng, Z. Conrad Zhang, Yunjie Wang, et al.. (2025). Biogenic Cu2-xSe nanoparticles with vacancy engineering quickly upcycle cobalt from wastewater for photothermal antibacterial and desalination. Water Research. 284. 123989–123989. 1 indexed citations
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Li, Huixiang, Zhipeng Huang, Chaofeng Zhang, et al.. (2025). Affinity descriptor of metal catalysts: concept, measurement and application of oxygen affinity in the catalytic transformation of oxygenates. Chemical Society Reviews. 54(4). 1905–1923. 4 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yuxin, Jun Shen, Xiaoqiang Zhang, et al.. (2024). High-performance overall water electrolysis enabled by a one-step fabricated bifunctional Pt/NiFe LDH catalyst on iron nickel foam. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 94. 749–755. 4 indexed citations
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Wang, Xiangyou, et al.. (2024). Numerical Simulation and Quality Analysis of Carrot Crisps Drying Based on Freezing Pretreatment. Journal of Food Process Engineering. 47(11). 1 indexed citations
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Balla, Putrakumar, Xiaoqiang Zhang, Kishore Ramineni, et al.. (2023). Enhanced Cyclopentanone Yield from Furfural Hydrogenation: Promotional Effect of Surface Silanols on Ni-Cu/m-Silica Catalyst. Catalysts. 13(3). 580–580. 10 indexed citations
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Xu, Weizhuo, Bingjie Zhou, Qing Wang, et al.. (2023). Energy‐efficient Electrochemical Hydrogen Production Combined with Biomass Oxidation Using Polyoxometalate and Metal Salts. ChemCatChem. 15(15). 8 indexed citations
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Fan, Hongjun, Aiqun Kong, Peng Mao, et al.. (2023). Ethylene glycol diethyl ether accelerated in-situ growth of Pt/Ni(OH)2 nanosheets on Ni foam for efficient alkaline hydrogen evolution reaction. Applied Surface Science. 629. 157433–157433. 9 indexed citations
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Li, Huixiang, et al.. (2022). Bi/trinuclear Pt1,2Cu cluster assembly from isolated metal atoms. Chemical Communications. 58(26). 4176–4179. 3 indexed citations
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Zhong, Ruyi, Qi Wang, Lei Du, et al.. (2022). Ultrathin polycrystalline Co3O4 nanosheets with enriched oxygen vacancies for efficient electrochemical oxygen evolution and 5-hydroxymethylfurfural oxidation. Applied Surface Science. 584. 152553–152553. 43 indexed citations
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Xu, Zhanwei, Hong Du, Xiumei Liu, et al.. (2022). Increase the number of active sites in Cu-MOR through NO/NH3 pretreatment for catalytic oxidation of methane to methanol. Catalysis Communications. 163. 106411–106411. 5 indexed citations
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Ramineni, Kishore, Kairui Liu, Cheng Zhang, et al.. (2021). Synchronized C–H Activations at Proximate Dinuclear Pd2+ Sites on Silicotungstate for Oxidative C–C Coupling. ACS Catalysis. 11(6). 3455–3465. 3 indexed citations
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Liu, Kairui, Guangjin Hou, Jingbo Mao, et al.. (2019). Genesis of electron deficient Pt1(0) in PDMS-PEG aggregates. Nature Communications. 10(1). 996–996. 28 indexed citations
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Liu, Kairui, Xing Shen, Shi Bai, & Z. Conrad Zhang. (2019). Stable Discrete Pt1(0) in Crown Ether with Ultra‐High Hydrosilylation Activity. ChemCatChem. 12(1). 267–272. 9 indexed citations
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Walker, Theodore W., Alex K. Chew, Huixiang Li, et al.. (2018). Universal kinetic solvent effects in acid-catalyzed reactions of biomass-derived oxygenates. Energy & Environmental Science. 11(3). 617–628. 133 indexed citations
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Zhang, Z. Conrad, Yuan-Gen Yin, & Wolfgang M.H. Sachtler. (1993). A novel preparation method for zeolite encaged Co clusters. Catalysis Letters. 18(1-2). 73–79. 6 indexed citations
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Zhang, Z. Conrad, et al.. (1993). Deactivation mechanisms of palladium in methylcyclopentane conversion. Journal of the Chemical Society Faraday Transactions. 89(11). 1799–1799. 11 indexed citations
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Sachtler, Wolfgang M.H., et al.. (1991). Coordination, atom reorganization, and catalysis of palladium in zeolite cages. Catalysis Letters. 9(3-4). 261–271. 24 indexed citations

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