Cheng Zhang

7.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
274 papers, 6.3k citations indexed

About

Cheng Zhang is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Cheng Zhang has authored 274 papers receiving a total of 6.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 181 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 145 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 71 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Cheng Zhang's work include Plasma Applications and Diagnostics (142 papers), Plasma Diagnostics and Applications (116 papers) and Electrohydrodynamics and Fluid Dynamics (54 papers). Cheng Zhang is often cited by papers focused on Plasma Applications and Diagnostics (142 papers), Plasma Diagnostics and Applications (116 papers) and Electrohydrodynamics and Fluid Dynamics (54 papers). Cheng Zhang collaborates with scholars based in China, Russia and United States. Cheng Zhang's co-authors include Tao Shao, Ping Yan, Bangdou Huang, Ping Yan, Chengyan Ren, В. Ф. Тарасенко, Zhi Fang, Shuai Zhang, Ruixue Wang and Fei Kong and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Cheng Zhang

259 papers receiving 6.0k citations

Hit Papers

Advanced Dielectric Materials for Triboelectric Nanogener... 2024 2026 2025 2024 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. Advanced Dielectric Materials for Triboelectric Nanogenerators: Principles, Methods, and Applications
    2024 124 citations Cheng Zhang, Jun‐Wei Zha et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Cheng Zhang China 44 3.9k 3.2k 2.1k 983 516 274 6.3k
John T. W. Yeow Canada 32 2.0k 0.5× 385 0.1× 2.1k 1.0× 2.4k 2.5× 96 0.2× 212 5.2k
Jianfeng Xu China 38 1.7k 0.4× 231 0.1× 2.2k 1.1× 1.9k 2.0× 218 0.4× 310 5.7k
Igor Levchenko Australia 37 2.2k 0.6× 364 0.1× 2.0k 1.0× 1.0k 1.0× 347 0.7× 170 4.4k
Xiaoping Ouyang China 45 4.8k 1.2× 152 0.0× 4.8k 2.3× 1.4k 1.4× 451 0.9× 573 9.8k
Shuyan Xu Singapore 34 2.3k 0.6× 271 0.1× 1.7k 0.8× 902 0.9× 344 0.7× 173 4.1k
Jiyan Dai Hong Kong 55 5.2k 1.3× 390 0.1× 7.9k 3.8× 2.8k 2.9× 157 0.3× 404 11.9k
Ju Tang China 40 3.4k 0.9× 218 0.1× 3.6k 1.7× 787 0.8× 94 0.2× 184 5.4k
Stanislaw Gubanski Sweden 50 4.8k 1.2× 137 0.0× 5.9k 2.8× 1.9k 2.0× 80 0.2× 309 7.3k
Tomoyuki Yamamoto Japan 35 802 0.2× 176 0.1× 1.5k 0.7× 683 0.7× 88 0.2× 207 3.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Cheng Zhang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Cheng Zhang

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Cheng Zhang

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

All Works

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Zhu, Shunwei, Ziyan Zhu, Cheng Zhang, et al.. (2025). Electric field variations across DLPFC targeting methods in TMS therapy for Alzheimer’s disease. NeuroImage Clinical. 48. 103847–103847.
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Zhang, Cheng, et al.. (2025). Direction of TIS envelope electric field: Perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the hippocampus. Journal of Neuroscience Methods. 418. 110416–110416. 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, Cheng, et al.. (2024). Processing parameter effect, formation mechanism and inhibition method of micro-hole exit defects in rotary ultrasonic pecking drilling of SiCf/SiC composites. Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing. 185. 108285–108285. 15 indexed citations
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Xue, Guangming, Cheng Zhang, Hongbai Bai, Xinxin Ren, & Zhiying Ren. (2024). An improvement of the Jiles-Atherton model at various magnetic field amplitudes using the example of Terfenol-D material. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials. 601. 172172–172172.
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Zhang, Chuansheng, Chengyan Ren, Jing Fu, et al.. (2024). Improving Energy Storage Density of Biaxially Oriented Polypropylene Film by Quickly Repairing Surface Insulation Defects. ACS Applied Polymer Materials. 6(18). 11110–11117. 5 indexed citations
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Ren, Chengyan, et al.. (2023). Improvement of surface insulating performance for polytetrafluoroethylene film by atmospheric pressure plasma deposition. Journal of Physics D Applied Physics. 56(38). 384004–384004. 11 indexed citations
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Zhang, Chuansheng, et al.. (2023). Repetitive High Boost Ratio Pulsed Power Generator for Dielectric Barrier Discharge Applications. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics. 71(7). 7053–7062. 6 indexed citations
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Huang, Bangdou, Cheng Zhang, Chuansheng Zhang, & Tao Shao. (2023). Accumulation effect of active species in atmospheric-pressure plasma jet driven by nanosecond high-voltage pulses with MHz pulse repetition rate. Journal of Physics D Applied Physics. 56(9). 95201–95201. 8 indexed citations
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Fan, Zhe, Hao Sun, Liguang Dou, et al.. (2023). One-step high-value conversion of heavy oil into H2, C2H2 and carbon nanomaterials by non-thermal plasma. Chemical Engineering Journal. 461. 141860–141860. 19 indexed citations
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Zhang, Cheng, Tanaji Paul, Cheol Park, et al.. (2022). Tribological and neutron radiation properties of boron nitride nanotubes reinforced titanium composites under lunar environment. Journal of materials research/Pratt's guide to venture capital sources. 37(24). 4582–4593. 28 indexed citations
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Panchenko, A. N., Cheng Zhang, В. Ф. Тарасенко, et al.. (2022). Emission spectra of argon and hydrogen excited by pulses with durations of 0.7 and 160 ns in an inhomogeneous electric field. Journal of Physics D Applied Physics. 55(40). 405202–405202. 3 indexed citations
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Jiang, Hui, Guanyi Li, Haibo Liu, Cheng Zhang, & Tao Shao. (2021). Numerical verification of the two-spike-current behavior in the initial stage of plasma formation in a pulsed surface dielectric barrier discharge. Journal of Physics D Applied Physics. 54(34). 345201–345201. 7 indexed citations
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Akishev, Yu. S., V B Karalnik, М. А. Медведев, et al.. (2021). About the possible source of seed electrons initiating the very first breakdown in a DBD operating with the air at atmospheric pressure. Plasma Sources Science and Technology. 30(2). 25008–25008. 7 indexed citations
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Wu, Shilin, Cheng Zhang, Xiaoyang Cui, et al.. (2021). Facile synthesis of nitrogen-doped and boron-doped reduced graphene oxide using radio-frequency plasma for supercapacitors. Journal of Physics D Applied Physics. 54(26). 265501–265501. 11 indexed citations
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Huang, Bangdou, et al.. (2021). Reaction mechanism in non-thermal plasma enabled methane conversion: correlation between optical emission spectroscopy and gaseous products. Journal of Physics D Applied Physics. 54(42). 424002–424002. 22 indexed citations
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Babaeva, Natalia Yu., G V Naĭdis, Д. В. Терешонок, et al.. (2021). Interaction of helium plasma jet with tilted targets: consequences of target permittivity, conductivity and incidence angle. Plasma Sources Science and Technology. 30(11). 115021–115021. 24 indexed citations
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Huang, Bangdou, et al.. (2019). The dynamics of discharge propagation and x-ray generation in nanosecond pulsed fast ionisation wave in 5 mbar nitrogen. Plasma Sources Science and Technology. 28(9). 95001–95001. 26 indexed citations

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