Zinan Wang

6.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
255 papers, 5.3k citations indexed

About

Zinan Wang is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Acoustics and Ultrasonics. According to data from OpenAlex, Zinan Wang has authored 255 papers receiving a total of 5.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 170 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 106 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 74 papers in Acoustics and Ultrasonics. Recurrent topics in Zinan Wang's work include Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors (110 papers), Random lasers and scattering media (74 papers) and Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (57 papers). Zinan Wang is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors (110 papers), Random lasers and scattering media (74 papers) and Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies (57 papers). Zinan Wang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Russia. Zinan Wang's co-authors include Yunjiang Rao, Han Wu, Weili Zhang, Mengqiu Fan, Xin-Hong Jia, Fei Peng, Ji Xiong, Jialin Jiang, Yue Wu and Bing Han and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Power Sources and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Zinan Wang

237 papers receiving 4.9k 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.

Coherent Φ-OTDR based on I/Q demodulation and homodyne detection

2016 362 citations Zinan Wang, Yunjiang Rao et al. profile →
Ultra-long high-sensitivity Φ-OTDR for high spatial resolution intrusion detection of pipelines

2014 331 citations Han Wu, Yunjiang Rao et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Zinan Wang China	38	3.9k	2.5k	1.7k	938	496	255	5.3k
Han Wu China	34	2.6k 0.7×	1.6k 0.6×	1.1k 0.7×	609 0.6×	243 0.5×	176	3.7k
Ping Lü Canada	34	3.1k 0.8×	1.6k 0.6×	480 0.3×	521 0.6×	157 0.3×	169	3.7k
Orlando Frazão Portugal	51	7.0k 1.8×	2.6k 1.0×	194 0.1×	1.1k 1.1×	97 0.2×	385	7.6k
Tao Zhu China	45	6.2k 1.6×	3.3k 1.3×	141 0.1×	974 1.0×	106 0.2×	356	7.4k
Xinyong Dong China	51	8.3k 2.1×	3.2k 1.3×	229 0.1×	1.1k 1.2×	88 0.2×	506	9.3k
Zuyuan He China	47	7.7k 2.0×	4.2k 1.6×	64 0.0×	796 0.8×	408 0.8×	600	8.2k
Hwa‐Yaw Tam Hong Kong	55	11.2k 2.9×	5.9k 2.3×	96 0.1×	1.5k 1.6×	90 0.2×	566	12.8k
Hugo F. Martins Spain	33	2.7k 0.7×	1.0k 0.4×	51 0.0×	380 0.4×	372 0.8×	123	3.6k
Manuel López-Amo Spain	33	3.5k 0.9×	1.6k 0.6×	521 0.3×	543 0.6×	183 0.4×	268	4.0k
Marcelo A. Soto Switzerland	35	4.0k 1.0×	2.3k 0.9×	32 0.0×	398 0.4×	132 0.3×	180	4.4k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Wang, Zinan, Tao Ji, Qilin Zhang, et al.. (2025). Biodegradable starch-based hydrogel as a multifunctional SEI for ultra-stable and flexible zinc-ion batteries. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 13(31). 25815–25828. 2 indexed citations

Wang, Zinan, Xiaoyi Ye, Ping Liang, et al.. (2025). Short-term methionine deprivation inhibits TCA cycle and regulates macrophage polarization through uncharged tRNA and PDHA1 phosphorylation. The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry. 143. 109939–109939. 2 indexed citations

Liao, Juan, Tao Wang, Hui Wang, et al.. (2024). Multi-scale monitoring for hazard level classification of Brown Planthopper damage in rice using hyperspectral technique. International journal of agricultural and biological engineering. 17(6). 202–211. 2 indexed citations

Lin, Shengtao, et al.. (2024). Characterization and tailoring of statistical properties of erbium-doped random fiber lasers. Chinese Optics Letters. 22(12). 121402–121402.

Han, Bing, Qian Cheng, Yiming Tao, et al.. (2024). Spectral Manipulations of Random Fiber Lasers: Principles, Characteristics, and Applications. Laser & Photonics Review. 18(7). 25 indexed citations

Wang, Yuyao, Jialei Zhang, Gulan Zhang, et al.. (2024). 2-D Phase Unwrapping in DAS Based on Transport-of-Intensity-Equation: Principle, Algorithm and Field Test. Journal of Lightwave Technology. 42(18). 6490–6500. 5 indexed citations

Wang, Zinan, Peng Wang, Xiaoyu Yang, et al.. (2024). Superhydrophobic metal-organic framework layers as multifunctional ion-conducting interfaces for ultra-stable Zn anodes. Journal of Power Sources. 622. 235364–235364. 13 indexed citations

Zhu, Jing, et al.. (2023). Intermittent protein restriction improves glucose homeostasis in Zucker diabetic fatty rats and single-cell sequencing reveals distinct changes in β cells. The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry. 114. 109275–109275. 3 indexed citations

Wei, Siying, Chenchen Li, Zinan Wang, & Yan Chen. (2023). Nutritional strategies for intervention of diabetes and improvement of β-cell function. Bioscience Reports. 43(2). 6 indexed citations

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Zhang, Jialei, et al.. (2023). Prediction of fiber Rayleigh scattering responses based on deep learning. Science China Information Sciences. 66(12). 5 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yong, Jie Xu, Di Zhou, et al.. (2023). Swimming exercise ameliorates insulin resistance and nonalcoholic fatty liver by negatively regulating PPARγ transcriptional network in mice fed high fat diet. Molecular Medicine. 29(1). 150–150. 15 indexed citations

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Wang, Zinan, Shan Liang, & Min Zhang. (2023). Investigating the changes of texture, physicochemical properties, microbial diversity, and volatile compounds of quinoa fresh noodles during storage time. Cereal Chemistry. 100(5). 1132–1143. 4 indexed citations

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Han, Bing, et al.. (2022). Cascaded Random Raman Fiber Laser With Low RIN and Wide Wavelength Tunability. Photonic Sensors. 12(4). 11 indexed citations

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Rao, Yunjiang, Zinan Wang, Huijuan Wu, Zengling Ran, & Bing Han. (2021). Recent Advances in Phase-Sensitive Optical Time Domain Reflectometry (Ф-OTDR). Photonic Sensors. 11(1). 1–30. 93 indexed citations

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Jiang, Jialin, et al.. (2021). Continuous chirped-wave phase-sensitive optical time domain reflectometry. Optics Letters. 46(3). 685–685. 28 indexed citations

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Chen, Yongxiang, Yun Fu, Ji Xiong, & Zinan Wang. (2020). Distributed Fiber Birefringence Measurement Using Pulse-Compression Φ-OTDR. Photonic Sensors. 11(4). 402–410. 8 indexed citations

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Chen, Yongxiang, Zinan Wang, Andrei Stancălie, et al.. (2020). Quantitative Measurement of γ-Ray and e-Beam Effects on Fiber Rayleigh Scattering Coefficient. Photonic Sensors. 11(3). 298–304. 1 indexed citations

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Wu, Han, et al.. (2019). LD-Pumped Random Fiber Laser Based on Erbium-Ytterbium Co-Doped Fiber. Photonic Sensors. 10(2). 181–185. 14 indexed citations

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Zhang, Hanwei, Long Huang, Jiaxin Song, et al.. (2019). Quasi-kilowatt random fiber laser. Optics Letters. 44(11). 2613–2613. 51 indexed citations

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Liang, Jing, Zinan Wang, & Qilian Liang. (2011). Adaptive sensor selection for multitarget detection in heterogeneous sensor networks. Ad Hoc & Sensor Wireless Networks. 12. 325–342. 3 indexed citations

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