Zilan Shen

755 total citations · 1 hit paper
5 papers, 654 citations indexed

About

Zilan Shen is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Polymers and Plastics. According to data from OpenAlex, Zilan Shen has authored 5 papers receiving a total of 654 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 4 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 2 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 2 papers in Polymers and Plastics. Recurrent topics in Zilan Shen's work include Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (4 papers), Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research (3 papers) and Conducting polymers and applications (2 papers). Zilan Shen is often cited by papers focused on Organic Electronics and Photovoltaics (4 papers), Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Research (3 papers) and Conducting polymers and applications (2 papers). Zilan Shen collaborates with scholars based in United States. Zilan Shen's co-authors include Stephen R. Forrest, P. E. Burrows, Mark E. Thompson, Vladimir Bulović and G. Gu and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Advanced Materials and Physical review. B, Condensed matter.

In The Last Decade

Zilan Shen

5 papers receiving 639 citations

Hit Papers

Three-Color, Tunable, Organic Light-Emitting Devices 1997 2026 2006 2016 1997 100 200 300 400 500
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. Three-Color, Tunable, Organic Light-Emitting Devices
    1997 523 citations Zilan Shen, P. E. Burrows et al. Science profile →

Peers

Zilan Shen
H. Heil Germany
Y.‐H. Tak Germany
Benjamin C. Krummacher Germany
Taishi Tsuji Japan
Mathew Mathai United States
Seunguk Noh South Korea
Sang‐Hyun Eom United States
Gyeong Woo Kim South Korea
Takeo Wakimoto Japan
H. Mellor United Kingdom
H. Heil Germany
Zilan Shen
Citations per year, relative to Zilan Shen Zilan Shen (= 1×) peers H. Heil

Countries citing papers authored by Zilan Shen

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zilan Shen

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zilan Shen

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

All Works

5 of 5 papers shown
1.
Gu, G., Zilan Shen, P. E. Burrows, & Stephen R. Forrest. (1997). Transparent flexible organic light‐emitting devices. Advanced Materials. 9(9). 725–728. 51 indexed citations
2.
Shen, Zilan, P. E. Burrows, Vladimir Bulović, Stephen R. Forrest, & Mark E. Thompson. (1997). Three-Color, Tunable, Organic Light-Emitting Devices. Science. 276(5321). 2009–2011. 523 indexed citations breakdown →
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Shen, Zilan & Stephen R. Forrest. (1997). Quantum size effects of charge-transfer excitonsin nonpolar molecular organic thin films. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 55(16). 10578–10592. 31 indexed citations
4.
Shen, Zilan, et al.. (1996). Temperature Dependence of Current Transport and Electroluminescence in Vacuum Deposited Organic Light Emitting Devices. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics. 35(3B). L401–L401. 46 indexed citations
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Shen, Zilan & Stephen R. Forrest. (1993). Theory of Stark shifts in quantum wells consisting of highly anisotropic molecular-crystalline layers. Physical review. B, Condensed matter. 48(23). 17584–17587. 3 indexed citations

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