Christian Widener

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
41 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Christian Widener is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Christian Widener has authored 41 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 28 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 27 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 9 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Christian Widener's work include High-Temperature Coating Behaviors (19 papers), Advanced Welding Techniques Analysis (15 papers) and Advanced materials and composites (11 papers). Christian Widener is often cited by papers focused on High-Temperature Coating Behaviors (19 papers), Advanced Welding Techniques Analysis (15 papers) and Advanced materials and composites (11 papers). Christian Widener collaborates with scholars based in United States, Iran and United Arab Emirates. Christian Widener's co-authors include M.R. Rokni, Grant A. Crawford, Victor K. Champagne, Ozan Ç. Özdemir, Steven Nutt, Masoud Rokni, Rob Hrabe, Michael Carter, Bharat K. Jasthi and Haiping Hong and has published in prestigious journals such as Electrochimica Acta, Materials Science and Engineering A and Applied Surface Science.

In The Last Decade

Christian Widener

41 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Review of Relationship Between Particle Deformation, Coating Microstructure, and Properties in High-Pressure Cold Spray
    2017 236 citations M.R. Rokni, Steven Nutt et al. Journal of Thermal Spray Technology profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Christian Widener United States 21 1.1k 1.0k 361 317 162 41 1.5k
Hirotaka FUKANUMA Japan 18 1.1k 1.0× 848 0.8× 243 0.7× 367 1.2× 203 1.3× 46 1.3k
Renzhong Huang China 23 934 0.8× 1.1k 1.0× 252 0.7× 428 1.4× 145 0.9× 63 1.5k
Kicheol Kang South Korea 16 1.1k 1.0× 900 0.9× 429 1.2× 335 1.1× 179 1.1× 35 1.4k
Marie-Pierre Planche France 24 999 0.9× 854 0.8× 248 0.7× 469 1.5× 318 2.0× 62 1.4k
Christophe Verdy France 18 693 0.6× 643 0.6× 201 0.6× 222 0.7× 170 1.0× 54 1.0k
Mahnaz Jahedi Australia 17 871 0.8× 622 0.6× 258 0.7× 265 0.8× 117 0.7× 27 1.1k
Saden H. Zahiri Australia 20 912 0.8× 893 0.9× 245 0.7× 532 1.7× 371 2.3× 53 1.4k
M. Yandouzi Canada 19 872 0.8× 765 0.8× 275 0.8× 413 1.3× 214 1.3× 33 1.2k
Vincent Guipont France 17 567 0.5× 490 0.5× 207 0.6× 306 1.0× 228 1.4× 60 956
M.R. Rokni United States 17 1.0k 0.9× 909 0.9× 254 0.7× 504 1.6× 384 2.4× 18 1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Christian Widener

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Fields of papers citing papers by Christian Widener

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Christian Widener

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

All Works

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Lou, Ding, Hammad Younes, Jack Yang, et al.. (2021). Enhanced electrical conductivity of anticorrosive coatings by functionalized carbon nanotubes: effect of hydrogen bonding. Nanotechnology. 33(15). 155704–155704. 12 indexed citations
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Özdemir, Ozan Ç., Sinan Müftü, Grant A. Crawford, et al.. (2021). High Rate Deposition in Cold Spray. Journal of Thermal Spray Technology. 30(1-2). 344–357. 12 indexed citations
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Qiao, Qiquan, et al.. (2019). Electrochemical stability of lithium halide electrolyte with antiperovskite crystal structure. Electrochimica Acta. 306. 498–505. 28 indexed citations
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Christensen, Greg, et al.. (2019). Nanofluids as Media for High Capacity Anodes of Lithium-Ion Battery—A Review. Journal of Nanofluids. 8(4). 657–670. 11 indexed citations
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Hong, Haiping, Greg Christensen, & Christian Widener. (2018). Carbon nanotube grease and sustainable manufacturing. Procedia Manufacturing. 21. 623–629. 7 indexed citations
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Özdemir, Ozan Ç. & Christian Widener. (2017). Influence of Powder Injection Parameters in High-Pressure Cold Spray. Journal of Thermal Spray Technology. 26(7). 1411–1422. 21 indexed citations
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Rokni, M.R., Steven Nutt, Christian Widener, Victor K. Champagne, & Rob Hrabe. (2017). Review of Relationship Between Particle Deformation, Coating Microstructure, and Properties in High-Pressure Cold Spray. Journal of Thermal Spray Technology. 26(6). 1308–1355. 236 indexed citations breakdown →
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Rokni, Masoud, Christian Widener, Victor K. Champagne, Grant A. Crawford, & Steven Nutt. (2016). The effects of heat treatment on 7075 Al cold spray deposits. Surface and Coatings Technology. 310. 278–285. 110 indexed citations
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Rokni, Masoud, Christian Widener, Victor K. Champagne, & Grant A. Crawford. (2015). Microstructure and mechanical properties of cold sprayed 7075 deposition during non-isothermal annealing. Surface and Coatings Technology. 276. 305–315. 58 indexed citations
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Shamsujjoha, Md, et al.. (2015). Friction Stir Lap Welding of Aluminum to Steel Using Refractory Metal Pin Tools. Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology. 137(2). 16 indexed citations
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Rokni, M.R., et al.. (2014). An investigation into microstructure and mechanical properties of cold sprayed 7075 Al deposition. Materials Science and Engineering A. 625. 19–27. 93 indexed citations
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Rokni, M.R., et al.. (2013). Microstructural stability of ultrafine grained cold sprayed 6061 aluminum alloy. Applied Surface Science. 290. 482–489. 47 indexed citations
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Rokni, M.R., et al.. (2013). Annealing behaviour of 6061 aluminium deposited by high pressure cold spray. Surface Engineering. 30(5). 361–368. 28 indexed citations
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Rokni, M.R., et al.. (2013). Microstructural Evolution of 6061 Aluminum Gas-Atomized Powder and High-Pressure Cold-Sprayed Deposition. Journal of Thermal Spray Technology. 23(3). 514–524. 95 indexed citations
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Widener, Christian, et al.. (2008). Development of an End-Effector for Friction Stir Spot Welding. SAE technical papers on CD-ROM/SAE technical paper series. 1. 1 indexed citations
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Widener, Christian, et al.. (2007). Path Independence of Allowables Based Friction Stir Butt Welds. 2 indexed citations
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Widener, Christian. (2006). Evaluation of post-weld heat treatments for corrosion protection in 2024 and 7075 aluminum alloys. Holmes Museum Of Anthropology (Wichita State University). 4 indexed citations
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Widener, Christian, et al.. (2006). Effect of Fit-Up Tolerances on the Strength of Friction Stir Welds. 7 indexed citations
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Widener, Christian, et al.. (2006). Advances in Friction Stir Welding for Aerospace Applications. 33 indexed citations

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