Zhicai Wang

5.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
197 papers, 4.5k citations indexed

About

Zhicai Wang is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhicai Wang has authored 197 papers receiving a total of 4.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 125 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 49 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 33 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Zhicai Wang's work include Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes (84 papers), Lignin and Wood Chemistry (65 papers) and Coal and Its By-products (28 papers). Zhicai Wang is often cited by papers focused on Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes (84 papers), Lignin and Wood Chemistry (65 papers) and Coal and Its By-products (28 papers). Zhicai Wang collaborates with scholars based in China, Canada and United States. Zhicai Wang's co-authors include Hengfu Shui, Zhiping Lei, Shibiao Ren, Dewen Zheng, Shigang Kang, Chunxiu Pan, Zhan‐Ku Li, Jingchong Yan, Daoyang Yuan and Kenneth A. Farley and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Zhicai Wang

183 papers receiving 4.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Early Cenozoic faulting of the northern Tibetan Plateau margin from apatite (U–Th)/He ages

2010 445 citations Zhicai Wang et al. profile →
Expansion of the Tibetan Plateau during the Neogene

2017 232 citations Zhicai Wang et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zhicai Wang China	34	1.9k	1.1k	959	650	625	197	4.5k
Isabel Suárez‐Ruíz Spain	34	852 0.4×	343 0.3×	498 0.5×	292 0.4×	1.1k 1.7×	102	3.5k
Ángeles G. Borrego Spain	32	1.2k 0.6×	97 0.1×	581 0.6×	254 0.4×	549 0.9×	98	2.4k
N. Wagner South Africa	23	552 0.3×	231 0.2×	460 0.5×	211 0.3×	1.1k 1.8×	90	3.0k
Jonathan P. Mathews United States	47	2.2k 1.2×	133 0.1×	1.3k 1.3×	989 1.5×	3.5k 5.7×	131	6.6k
Alexandra Guedes Portugal	27	497 0.3×	248 0.2×	239 0.2×	665 1.0×	356 0.6×	114	2.5k
Alan Davis United States	28	673 0.3×	210 0.2×	418 0.4×	158 0.2×	1.1k 1.8×	54	2.7k
Ruoyu Sun China	38	476 0.2×	131 0.1×	239 0.2×	218 0.3×	637 1.0×	132	4.1k
Shuhai Guo China	32	352 0.2×	438 0.4×	332 0.3×	175 0.3×	158 0.3×	131	2.8k
Alan L. Chaffee Australia	41	2.5k 1.3×	40 0.0×	2.8k 2.9×	1.8k 2.8×	1.3k 2.1×	218	7.0k
Bruno Valentim Portugal	22	330 0.2×	144 0.1×	248 0.3×	115 0.2×	519 0.8×	85	1.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Zhicai Wang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zhicai Wang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhicai Wang

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

All Works

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Pan, Junwei, Yu Han, Xiangyang Xie, et al.. (2025). Molecular engineering on self-floating phenolic aerogels for efficient solar vapor generation. Separation and Purification Technology. 362. 131733–131733.

Wang, Zhicai, Chunxiu Pan, Zhan‐Ku Li, et al.. (2024). Selective upgrading coal-based humic acid to fulvic acid through electrochemical oxidation coupled with hydrogen production. Separation and Purification Technology. 359. 130566–130566. 3 indexed citations

Duan, Ke, Jingchong Yan, Zhiping Lei, et al.. (2024). Ash melting behaviors of high-sodium coal and its co-combustion with coal gangue to inhibit slagging. Fuel. 367. 131537–131537. 9 indexed citations

Wang, Zhicai, Chunxiu Pan, Zhan‐Ku Li, et al.. (2024). Investigation of hydrothermal depolymerization of lignite under different conditions by 13C NMR spectroscopy. Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis. 180. 106562–106562. 5 indexed citations

Huang, S. M., Zhiping Lei, Zhan‐Ku Li, et al.. (2024). Slagging inhibition through co-firing of coal gangue and high sodium coal: An experimental and modelling study. Fuel. 378. 132897–132897. 2 indexed citations

Yuen, Muk‐Fung, Cheng Zhang, Zhicai Wang, et al.. (2024). Room-temperature phosphorescence in coal-based humic acid-derived carbon dots. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 12(17). 6333–6340. 7 indexed citations

Wang, Zhicai, et al.. (2024). One-Pot Two-Stage Biocatalytic Cascade to Produce l-Phosphinothricin by Two Enantioselective Complementary Aminotransferases at High Substrate Loading via a Deracemization Process. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 72(24). 13846–13855. 3 indexed citations

Yan, Xiao‐Biao, Ning Wang, Haiyan Ge, et al.. (2024). Nickel/Photoredox-Catalyzed Carbonylative Cross-Electrophile Coupling of Organohalides and Carboxylic Acid Esters with Phenyl Formate. Organic Letters. 26(30). 6518–6522. 3 indexed citations

Liu, Muxin, Zhiping Lei, Jingchong Yan, et al.. (2023). Hydro-liquefaction of the ashless coal from de-polymerization of Shengli lignite. Fuel. 349. 128653–128653. 8 indexed citations

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Yan, Hong‐Lei, Jinyuan Cheng, Zhan‐Ku Li, et al.. (2023). Self-floating, monolithic, and aligned phenolic carbon aerogels from coal tar for solar-driven evaporation. Fuel. 361. 130669–130669. 5 indexed citations

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Duan, Ke, Jingchong Yan, Lei Zhao, et al.. (2023). Interactions of co-firing coal gangue and high sodium coal: Combustion characteristics and emission behaviors of polluting gases. Fuel. 339. 127382–127382. 19 indexed citations

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Yao, Jingtao, Hengfu Shui, Zhan‐Ku Li, et al.. (2023). Machine learning prediction of pyrolytic sulfur migration based on coal compositions. Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis. 177. 106316–106316. 6 indexed citations

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Zhang, Zaixi, et al.. (2023). Backdoor Defense via Deconfounded Representation Learning. Rare & Special e-Zone (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology). 12228–12238. 15 indexed citations

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Wang, Zhicai, et al.. (2022). Efficient Synthesis of (S)-1-Boc-3-aminopiperidine in a Continuous Flow System Using ω-Transaminase-Immobilized Amino-Ethylenediamine-Modified Epoxide Supports. Organic Process Research & Development. 26(5). 1351–1359. 6 indexed citations

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Li, Ning, Shibiao Ren, Tao Jiang, et al.. (2022). Synergistic effects of hierarchical porous structure, acidity and nickel metal for hydro-liquefaction of thermal extracts from lignite over Ni/ZSM-5. International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering. 20(12). 1329–1339.

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Yu, Wenhao, Ping Zhu, Zhiping Lei, et al.. (2018). Study of Pyrolysis Behavior of Shenhua Coal Pretreated by Ionic Liquid 1-Ethyl-3-Methylimidazolium Acetate. International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering. 16(7). 3 indexed citations

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Wang, Zhicai. (2012). TEXTUAL RESEARCH OF THE QI-CHU EARTHQUAKE OF 179 BC AND DISCUSSION ON ITS SEISMOGENIC STRUCTURE. Seismology and Geology. 1 indexed citations

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Wang, Zhicai, Hengfu Shui, & Kang Sun. (2009). Catalysis and deactivation of SO2−4/ZrO2 solid acid on the alkylation of benzene with 1-dodecene. Kinetics and Catalysis. 50(3). 435–443. 3 indexed citations

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Wang, Zhicai. (2007). Swelling behavior of several bituminous coals and their thermally treated coals. Ranliao huaxue xuebao. 2 indexed citations

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Wang, Zhicai, et al.. (2006). Effect of hydrothermal treatment on some properties of Shenhua coal. Ranliao huaxue xuebao. 2 indexed citations

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