Gang-Feng Wang

5.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
170 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Gang-Feng Wang is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Materials Chemistry and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Gang-Feng Wang has authored 170 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 115 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 72 papers in Materials Chemistry and 51 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Gang-Feng Wang's work include Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions (50 papers), Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (36 papers) and Nonlocal and gradient elasticity in micro/nano structures (36 papers). Gang-Feng Wang is often cited by papers focused on Adhesion, Friction, and Surface Interactions (50 papers), Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications (36 papers) and Nonlocal and gradient elasticity in micro/nano structures (36 papers). Gang-Feng Wang collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and Canada. Gang-Feng Wang's co-authors include Xi‐Qiao Feng, Simin Yu, Yue Ding, Jianmin Long, Weike Yuan, Wenxiu Que, Jianlin Liu, Hui Fan, Shou-Wen Yu and Jianjun Bian and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied Physics Letters, PLoS ONE and Journal of Applied Physics.

In The Last Decade

Gang-Feng Wang

164 papers receiving 4.7k citations

Hit Papers

Effects of surface elasticity and residual surface tensio... 2007 2026 2013 2019 2007 100 200 300 400
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. Effects of surface elasticity and residual surface tension on the natural frequency of microbeams
    2007 409 citations Gang-Feng Wang, Xi‐Qiao Feng profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Gang-Feng Wang China 36 2.9k 2.4k 835 731 667 170 4.8k
Catalin R. Picu United States 42 2.2k 0.8× 3.2k 1.3× 428 0.5× 2.0k 2.8× 1.4k 2.1× 235 6.7k
Chenhui Zhang China 44 3.3k 1.1× 2.6k 1.1× 1.8k 2.2× 3.8k 5.2× 491 0.7× 198 6.1k
Yilun Liu China 37 669 0.2× 2.4k 1.0× 737 0.9× 1.4k 1.9× 1.4k 2.1× 187 4.7k
E. Bertrán Spain 31 778 0.3× 2.4k 1.0× 433 0.5× 297 0.4× 744 1.1× 229 3.9k
Shaohua Chen China 28 1.2k 0.4× 813 0.3× 329 0.4× 532 0.7× 505 0.8× 134 2.5k
Ai Kah Soh Hong Kong 32 1.3k 0.5× 2.0k 0.8× 295 0.4× 543 0.7× 1.0k 1.5× 174 3.8k
Jincan Zhang China 32 337 0.1× 1.6k 0.7× 209 0.3× 821 1.1× 631 0.9× 84 3.3k
Helen M. Chan United States 45 720 0.3× 3.6k 1.5× 318 0.4× 2.3k 3.2× 1.2k 1.8× 184 6.9k
Z. H. Stachurski Australia 33 780 0.3× 833 0.3× 121 0.1× 1.2k 1.6× 398 0.6× 110 3.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Gang-Feng Wang

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Gang-Feng Wang

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ding, Yue, et al.. (2025). Relaxation and creep responses of biological materials under spherical indentation considering surface tension. Mechanics of Materials. 202. 105257–105257. 2 indexed citations
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Bian, Jianjun, et al.. (2025). Tunable mechanical properties of high-entropy alloy nanoparticles with core-shell structure. Materials Today Communications. 49. 113839–113839. 1 indexed citations
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Liang, Xinmiao, Gang-Feng Wang, & M. Ciavarella. (2025). Simple models of viscoelastic fibrillar adhesion to a rigid sphere. Extreme Mechanics Letters. 77. 102316–102316. 1 indexed citations
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Lü, Pin, et al.. (2024). Influence of strain rate on the compressive behavior of heterogeneous Cu/Ta multilayer: A molecular dynamics simulation study. Solid State Communications. 379. 115432–115432. 7 indexed citations
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Yuan, Weike, Jingyi Zhang, Xinrui Niu, & Gang-Feng Wang. (2024). Axisymmetric Hertzian contact problem accounting for surface tension and strain gradient elasticity. Applied Mathematical Modelling. 137. 115698–115698. 7 indexed citations
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Wang, Gang-Feng, et al.. (2024). Experimental studies on the interfacial separation and stiffness of rough elastic-plastic solids. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 296. 112846–112846. 5 indexed citations
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Yuan, Weike, et al.. (2024). Analytical Expression for the Atomic Friction of a Single Asperity Based on the Prandtl–Tomlinson Model. Acta Mechanica Solida Sinica. 37(3). 416–422. 1 indexed citations
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Bian, Jianjun, et al.. (2024). Influence of planar defects on the mechanical behaviors of spherical metallic nanoparticles. Physica Scripta. 100(1). 15921–15921. 3 indexed citations
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Wang, Gang-Feng, et al.. (2023). Experimental study on the load-area relation of rough surfaces and comparison with theoretical model. European Journal of Mechanics - A/Solids. 99. 104934–104934. 6 indexed citations
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Ding, Yue, et al.. (2023). An Incremental Contact Model for Rough Viscoelastic Solids. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences. 255. 108483–108483. 10 indexed citations
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Zhai, Hua, et al.. (2023). Atomistic simulations of compressive response and deformation mechanisms of body-centered-cubic AlCrFeCoNi high-entropy alloys. Physica B Condensed Matter. 671. 415414–415414. 3 indexed citations
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Yuan, Weike, Yue Ding, & Gang-Feng Wang. (2023). Universal contact stiffness of elastic solids covered with tensed membranes and its application in indentation tests of biological materials. Acta Biomaterialia. 171. 202–208. 10 indexed citations
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Yuan, Weike, et al.. (2023). Contact of Rough Surfaces: An Incremental Model Accounting for Strain Gradient Plasticity. Lubricants. 11(3). 140–140. 2 indexed citations
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Ding, Yue, et al.. (2021). Elastic-Perfectly Plastic Contact of Rough Surfaces: An Incremental Equivalent Circular Model. Journal of Tribology. 144(5). 20 indexed citations
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Yuan, Weike, Jianmin Long, Yue Ding, & Gang-Feng Wang. (2018). Statistical contact model of rough surfaces: The role of surface tension. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 138. 217–223. 33 indexed citations
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Long, Jianmin, Gang-Feng Wang, Xi‐Qiao Feng, & Shou-Wen Yu. (2016). Effects of surface tension on the adhesive contact between a hard sphere and a soft substrate. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 84. 133–138. 35 indexed citations
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Long, Jianmin, et al.. (2012). Two-dimensional Hertzian contact problem with surface tension. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 49(13). 1588–1594. 62 indexed citations
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Wang, Gang-Feng, et al.. (2007). Variability of phytoplankton absorption in the northern South China Sea: influence of the size structure and pigment composition of algal populations. 海洋学报(英文版). 26(2). 7 indexed citations
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Wang, Gang-Feng, et al.. (2000). AN ANALYSIS OF INTERFACE BOUNDARY LAYERS BASED ON THE COUPLE STRESS THEORY. 固体力学学报：英文版. 299–305. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Gang-Feng, et al.. (1999). THE BOUNDARY LAYER SOLUTIONS OF THE INTERFACE PROBLEM CONSIDERING THE STRAIN GRADIENT. 固体力学学报：英文版. 206–210. 1 indexed citations

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