Zhifeng Yao

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
50 papers, 881 citations indexed

About

Zhifeng Yao is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Pollution and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhifeng Yao has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 881 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Molecular Biology, 8 papers in Pollution and 7 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in Zhifeng Yao's work include Cavitation Phenomena in Pumps (7 papers), Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (7 papers) and Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses (5 papers). Zhifeng Yao is often cited by papers focused on Cavitation Phenomena in Pumps (7 papers), Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts (7 papers) and Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses (5 papers). Zhifeng Yao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Japan. Zhifeng Yao's co-authors include Zhifen Lin, Dali Wang, Wei Lü, Ting Wang, Shourong Zheng, Mengnan Qin, Lei Yu, Dongjian He, Daqiang Yin and Xiaoming Zou and has published in prestigious journals such as Environmental Science & Technology, Journal of the American College of Cardiology and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Zhifeng Yao

43 papers receiving 863 citations

Hit Papers

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  1. Study on pressure fluctuation and rotating stall characteristics in the vaneless space of a pump-turbine in pump mode
    2024 46 citations Zhifeng Yao, Baoshan Zhu et al. Journal of Energy Storage profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Zhifeng Yao China 15 254 158 155 127 116 50 881
Like Chen China 18 135 0.5× 361 2.3× 197 1.3× 123 1.0× 195 1.7× 58 1.1k
Jie Hou China 20 240 0.9× 173 1.1× 378 2.4× 281 2.2× 105 0.9× 80 1.4k
Chuanyong Li China 10 63 0.2× 117 0.7× 88 0.6× 69 0.5× 81 0.7× 21 618
Baoqin Zhang China 18 197 0.8× 67 0.4× 286 1.8× 113 0.9× 325 2.8× 53 1.6k
Qiqi Zhang China 17 319 1.3× 94 0.6× 197 1.3× 177 1.4× 97 0.8× 92 1.4k
Yankun Liu China 20 86 0.3× 93 0.6× 427 2.8× 177 1.4× 174 1.5× 81 1.3k
G. K. Suraishkumar India 21 167 0.7× 216 1.4× 279 1.8× 226 1.8× 78 0.7× 54 1.2k
Jingting Liu China 20 315 1.2× 47 0.3× 207 1.3× 193 1.5× 38 0.3× 80 1.3k
Honglei Liu China 20 80 0.3× 158 1.0× 213 1.4× 149 1.2× 68 0.6× 46 1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Zhifeng Yao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zhifeng Yao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Zhifeng Yao. 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 Zhifeng Yao. The network helps show where Zhifeng Yao may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhifeng Yao

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

All Works

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Zhou, Peijian, et al.. (2025). Improved prediction model of energy performance for variable-speed pumps-as-turbines (PATs) in micro-hydropower schemes. Journal of Energy Storage. 120. 116388–116388. 1 indexed citations
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Chang, Yizhe, et al.. (2025). Research on the evolution law and energy loss characteristics of rotating stall in a pump-turbine under pump mode. Energy. 330. 136696–136696. 6 indexed citations
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Yao, Zhifeng, Junting Li, Ye Cheng, et al.. (2025). Glycometabolic Regulation of Angiogenesis: Mechanisms and Therapeutic Strategies. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 26(6). 2386–2386. 2 indexed citations
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Zhuo, J. & Zhifeng Yao. (2025). SiO2 doped halogen-rich argyrodites for high-performance all-solid-state lithium–sulfur batteries. Solid State Ionics. 423. 116813–116813.
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Hu, Liwei, et al.. (2024). Energy performance and unsteady gas-liquid flow characteristics of a multiphase rotodynamic pump: An experiment. Applied Energy. 375. 124112–124112. 33 indexed citations
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Tao, Ran, et al.. (2024). Pulsation temporal-spatial characteristics of vortex-shedding flow under different hydrofoil trailing edge shapes. Engineering Applications of Computational Fluid Mechanics. 18(1).
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Yao, Zhifeng, et al.. (2022). Experimental Investigation on Damping Characteristics of a Vibrating Hydrofoil in Low-Order Modes. Journal of Mechanical Engineering. 58(5). 108–108. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Zi, et al.. (2020). MiR-223 levels predicting perioperative bleeding in off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting. Annals of Translational Medicine. 8(21). 1341–1341. 5 indexed citations
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Xu, Xiaoping, Yao Zhu, Hengchuan Su, et al.. (2016). Preliminary clinical study of (99m)Tc-labelled small molecules against PSMA for prostate cancer imaging. Zhongguo aizheng zazhi. 26(7). 608–615. 1 indexed citations
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Wang, Dali, et al.. (2016). Mechanism-based QSAR Models for the Toxicity of Quorum Sensing Inhibitors to Gram-negative and Gram-positive Bacteria. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 97(1). 145–150. 5 indexed citations
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Wang, Dali, Zhifen Lin, Ting Wang, et al.. (2016). Where does the toxicity of metal oxide nanoparticles come from: The nanoparticles, the ions, or a combination of both?. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 308. 328–334. 274 indexed citations
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Yao, Zhifeng, et al.. (2015). Impeller-volute interaction around tongue region in centrifugal pump under rotating stall condition.. Nongye gongcheng xuebao. 31(7). 85–90. 4 indexed citations
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Yao, Zhifeng. (2013). Radiation enhancement of cetuximab on human breast adenoma MDA-MB-231 cells line. Zhonghua zhongliu fangzhi zazhi. 1 indexed citations
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Yao, Zhifeng, Zhifen Lin, Ting Wang, et al.. (2013). Using molecular docking-based binding energy to predict toxicity of binary mixture with different binding sites. Chemosphere. 92(9). 1169–1176. 39 indexed citations
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Yao, Zhifeng. (2010). Effects of antioxidant enzyme in liver and acute toxicity of Cu~(2+) on juvenile Chinese sturgeon. Journal of Fishery Sciences of China. 1 indexed citations
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Xia, Bing, et al.. (2008). A phantom study of optimal threshold segmentation for target volume delineation in 18 F-FDG PET/CT image of lung cancer. 28(6). 407–410. 1 indexed citations
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Hu, Weigang, et al.. (2008). impact of three threshold segmentation of 18 FDG PET image on target volume delineation and radiotherapy treatment planning of non-small cell lung cancer. Zhonghua fangshe zhongliuxue zazhi. 17(3). 192–197. 1 indexed citations

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