Boxuan Cao

2.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
55 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Boxuan Cao is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Boxuan Cao has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 42 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 22 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 10 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Boxuan Cao's work include High Entropy Alloys Studies (29 papers), High-Temperature Coating Behaviors (22 papers) and High Temperature Alloys and Creep (10 papers). Boxuan Cao is often cited by papers focused on High Entropy Alloys Studies (29 papers), High-Temperature Coating Behaviors (22 papers) and High Temperature Alloys and Creep (10 papers). Boxuan Cao collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and United States. Boxuan Cao's co-authors include Tao Yang, C.T. Liu, Junhua Luan, Zengbao Jiao, Haojie Kong, Zhiyi Ding, Ji‐Jung Kai, Yilu Zhao, Can Wang and Tianlong Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nano Letters, Applied Physics Letters and Advanced Functional Materials.

In The Last Decade

Boxuan Cao

45 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

Designing nanoparticles-strengthened high-entropy alloys ... 2022 2026 2023 2024 2022 40 80 120
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. Designing nanoparticles-strengthened high-entropy alloys with simultaneously enhanced strength-ductility synergy at both room and elevated temperatures
    2022 126 citations Junhua Hou, Shaofei Liu et al. Acta Materialia profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Boxuan Cao China 20 1.2k 826 255 148 96 55 1.4k
Jixiang Cai China 8 1.3k 1.0× 911 1.1× 281 1.1× 120 0.8× 94 1.0× 17 1.4k
Peijian Shi China 13 1.8k 1.5× 1.3k 1.5× 501 2.0× 128 0.9× 124 1.3× 28 1.9k
M. Vaidya India 16 1.9k 1.5× 1.5k 1.8× 284 1.1× 128 0.9× 104 1.1× 32 2.0k
Francisco Gil Coury Brazil 19 1.1k 0.9× 659 0.8× 337 1.3× 91 0.6× 142 1.5× 72 1.2k
Yunzhu Shi China 8 1.1k 0.9× 915 1.1× 227 0.9× 70 0.5× 141 1.5× 10 1.3k
Mathilde Laurent‐Brocq France 18 1.5k 1.2× 1.1k 1.4× 359 1.4× 152 1.0× 190 2.0× 42 1.7k
Yuxian Wu China 9 2.5k 2.0× 1.9k 2.3× 445 1.7× 180 1.2× 172 1.8× 28 2.6k
Gian Song South Korea 19 1.7k 1.4× 1.2k 1.5× 397 1.6× 99 0.7× 289 3.0× 40 1.8k
Wei–Bing Liao China 20 1.0k 0.9× 772 0.9× 274 1.1× 65 0.4× 268 2.8× 52 1.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Boxuan Cao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Boxuan Cao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Boxuan Cao

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Yang, Zhe, Shuo Qu, Boxuan Cao, et al.. (2025). Ultrastrong yet ductile additively manufactured multicomponent alloy-based composite strengthened by triple nanoprecipitates. Materials Research Letters. 14(2). 142–151.
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Hou, Jinxiong, Lijun Jing, Boxuan Cao, et al.. (2025). Heterostructure-enabled creep resistance and deformation mechanisms in a new Ni-Co-based high-entropy alloy. Materials Research Letters. 13(12). 1242–1251.
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Zhu, Jesse, Shiwei Wu, Chang Ren, et al.. (2025). Quad-heterostructure precipitation-strengthened high-entropy alloy overcomes strength-ductility trade-off from cryogenic to intermediate temperatures. Materials Research Letters. 13(4). 411–419. 3 indexed citations
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Cao, Boxuan, Shanshan Wang, Weiwei Xu, et al.. (2025). Laser powder bed fusion of a high-performance high-entropy alloy produced by designed powder blending and tailored post-treatment. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 1049. 185335–185335.
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Cao, Boxuan, Lijun Jing, Yilu Zhao, et al.. (2024). Heterostructure high-entropy alloys with exceptional thermal stability and resistance towards intermediate temperature embrittlement. Journal of Material Science and Technology. 188. 228–233. 9 indexed citations
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Kong, Haojie, Tao Yang, Rong Chen, et al.. (2023). Design of ultra-strong but ductile iron-based alloys with low supersaturations. Acta Materialia. 256. 119000–119000. 8 indexed citations
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Wu, Zhining, Shanshan Wang, Boxuan Cao, et al.. (2023). Ultrahigh-strength and ductile CoCrFeNi-based high-entropy alloys manufactured by laser powder bed fusion with multiple strengthening mechanisms. Journal of Materials Research and Technology. 25. 2948–2960. 25 indexed citations
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Hou, Junhua, Shaofei Liu, Boxuan Cao, et al.. (2022). Designing nanoparticles-strengthened high-entropy alloys with simultaneously enhanced strength-ductility synergy at both room and elevated temperatures. Acta Materialia. 238. 118216–118216. 126 indexed citations breakdown →
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Cao, Boxuan, Weiwei Xu, Shiwei Wu, et al.. (2022). L12-strengthened multicomponent Co-Al-Nb-based alloys with high strength and matrix-confined stacking-fault-mediated plasticity. Acta Materialia. 229. 117763–117763. 76 indexed citations
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Cao, Boxuan, Haojie Kong, Zhiyi Ding, et al.. (2021). A novel L12-strengthened multicomponent Co-rich high-entropy alloy with both high γ′-solvus temperature and superior high-temperature strength. Scripta Materialia. 199. 113826–113826. 87 indexed citations
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Kong, Haojie, Tao Yang, Tianlong Zhang, Boxuan Cao, & C.T. Liu. (2021). Nanostructured steels for advanced structural applications. CityU Scholars. 1(1). 13501–13501. 4 indexed citations
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Wu, Shiwei, Tao Yang, Boxuan Cao, et al.. (2021). Multicomponent Ni-rich high-entropy alloy toughened with irregular-shaped precipitates and serrated grain boundaries. Scripta Materialia. 204. 114066–114066. 50 indexed citations
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Zhang, Tianlong, Jiaming Zhu, Tao Yang, et al.. (2021). A new α + β Ti-alloy with refined microstructures and enhanced mechanical properties in the as-cast state. Scripta Materialia. 207. 114260–114260. 58 indexed citations
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Cao, Boxuan, et al.. (2021). Interstitially strengthened metastable FeCoCr-based medium-entropy alloys with both high strength and large ductility. Applied Physics Letters. 119(5). 4 indexed citations
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Cao, Boxuan, Haojie Kong, Lei Fan, et al.. (2020). Heterogenous columnar-grained high-entropy alloys produce exceptional resistance to intermediate-temperature intergranular embrittlement. Scripta Materialia. 194. 113622–113622. 36 indexed citations
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Kong, Haojie, Tao Yang, Tianlong Zhang, et al.. (2020). Breaking the strength-ductility paradox in advanced nanostructured Fe-based alloys through combined Cu and Mn additions. Scripta Materialia. 186. 213–218. 26 indexed citations
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Cao, Boxuan, Tao Yang, Weihong Liu, & C.T. Liu. (2019). Precipitation-hardened high-entropy alloys for high-temperature applications: A critical review. MRS Bulletin. 44(11). 854–859. 62 indexed citations

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