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Researcher · Hefei University · China

Wei Yang

Wei Yang publishes mostly in Polymers and Plastics, Materials Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering, on topics such as Flame retardant materials and properties, Synthesis and properties of polymers and Polymer Nanocomposites and Properties.

ORCID 0000-0003-4759-4996 OpenAlex
World rank
#137,140
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in China
#12,772
of 978,568
Works
213
Citations
8.7k
Citations per work
40.7
h-index
51
i10-index 142Top 1.9% in Polymers and Plastics
Wei Yang

What does Wei Yang research?

Wei Yang's work is mostly in Materials Science (45%), Engineering (16%).

Physical Sciences: 131 works · 61.4% of their workMaterials Science: 96 works · 45.2% of their workPolymers and Plastics: 63 works · 29.8% of their workMaterials Chemistry: 33 works · 15.4% of their workEngineering: 35 works · 16.2% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 9 works · 4.2% of their workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 9 works · 4.2% of their workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 9 works · 4.0% of their workMechanical Engineering: 8 works · 3.8% of their workEverything else: 82 works · 38.6% of their workTHEIR WORKWei Yang213works
Physical Sciences61%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
    1. Materials Science9645.2%
    2. Engineering3516.2%
  2. Everything else8238.6%
  1. 1Polymers and Plastics30% of their works
  2. 2Materials Chemistry15% of their works
  3. 3Biomedical Engineering4% of their works
  4. 4Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality4% of their works
  5. 5Electrical and Electronic Engineering4% of their works
  6. 6Mechanical Engineering4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Wei Yang's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Nanocomposites, Fire-Retardant Materials, Flame Retardant Polymers, Two-Dimensional Materials, Biodegradable Polymers, Elemental Sulfur, Polyimides and Layered Silicate.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 19 words, with their numbers
  1. Nanocomposites1404 topics
  2. Fire-Retardant Materials841 topic
  3. Flame Retardant Polymers841 topic
  4. Two-Dimensional Materials322 topics
  5. Biodegradable Polymers312 topics
  6. Elemental Sulfur271 topic
  7. Polyimides271 topic
  8. Layered Silicate261 topic
  9. Polymer261 topic
  10. Smoke Control241 topic
  11. Tunnel Fires241 topic
  12. Energy Storage181 topic
  13. MXenes181 topic
  14. Polyhydroxyalkanoates161 topic
  15. Polylactic Acid161 topic
  16. Polymer Composites151 topic
  17. Self-Healing151 topic
  18. Carbon Nanotubes141 topic
  19. Graphene141 topic

Where does Wei Yang work?

Wei Yang's main affiliation in the publication record is Hefei University, China.

How many publications and citations does Wei Yang have?

OpenAlex counts 213 works and 8,665 citations for Wei Yang, an h-index of 51, ranking #137,140 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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