Gengkai Hu

11.1k total citations · 3 hit papers
202 papers, 9.0k citations indexed

About

Gengkai Hu is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Mechanics of Materials and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Gengkai Hu has authored 202 papers receiving a total of 9.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 107 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 67 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 66 papers in Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials. Recurrent topics in Gengkai Hu's work include Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research (96 papers), Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications (65 papers) and Composite Material Mechanics (33 papers). Gengkai Hu is often cited by papers focused on Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research (96 papers), Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications (65 papers) and Composite Material Mechanics (33 papers). Gengkai Hu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Canada. Gengkai Hu's co-authors include Xiaoning Liu, Xiaoming Zhou, Guoliang Huang, Quan Zhang, Yangyang Chen, Rui Zhu, Guoliang Huang, C.T. Sun, Yi Chen and Shanshan Yao and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Advanced Materials and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Gengkai Hu

198 papers receiving 8.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Negative refraction of elastic waves at the deep-subwavelength scale in a single-phase metamaterial

2014 536 citations Rui Zhu, Xiaoning Liu et al. Nature Communications profile →
Ultrathin low-frequency sound absorbing panels based on coplanar spiral tubes or coplanar Helmholtz resonators

2014 361 citations Qiuquan Guo, Gengkai Hu et al. Applied Physics Letters profile →
Tailored Mechanical Metamaterials with Programmable Quasi‐Zero‐Stiffness Features for Full‐Band Vibration Isolation

2021 213 citations Quan Zhang, Gengkai Hu et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Gengkai Hu China	50	6.1k	2.7k	2.5k	1.8k	1.7k	202	9.0k
Guoliang Huang United States	50	6.2k 1.0×	2.4k 0.9×	1.9k 0.8×	1.3k 0.7×	1.3k 0.8×	152	8.2k
Massimo Ruzzene United States	67	8.6k 1.4×	2.0k 0.7×	5.7k 2.3×	3.7k 2.0×	3.6k 2.1×	357	14.1k
Badreddine Assouar France	50	7.2k 1.2×	2.8k 1.1×	1.1k 0.4×	1.1k 0.6×	625 0.4×	172	8.2k
Chuanzeng Zhang Germany	56	5.0k 0.8×	1.0k 0.4×	2.3k 0.9×	6.5k 3.6×	3.3k 2.0×	417	12.2k
Bahram Djafari‐Rouhani France	51	10.4k 1.7×	2.8k 1.0×	1.2k 0.5×	2.6k 1.4×	1.3k 0.8×	357	13.5k
Sébastien Guenneau France	43	4.9k 0.8×	4.5k 1.7×	1.3k 0.5×	962 0.5×	1.6k 1.0×	234	8.3k
Jihong Wen China	56	8.7k 1.4×	1.6k 0.6×	2.1k 0.8×	1.1k 0.6×	2.2k 1.3×	217	9.5k
Muamer Kadic France	40	3.9k 0.7×	2.2k 0.8×	4.1k 1.6×	896 0.5×	1.8k 1.1×	132	8.5k
Johan Christensen Spain	35	5.5k 0.9×	3.1k 1.2×	1.6k 0.6×	597 0.3×	777 0.5×	118	8.5k
Yue‐Sheng Wang China	66	8.2k 1.4×	2.6k 1.0×	3.2k 1.3×	8.5k 4.7×	2.2k 1.3×	517	16.6k

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Chen, Yi, Romain Fleury, Pierre Seppecher, Gengkai Hu, & Martin Wegener. (2025). Nonlocal metamaterials and metasurfaces. Nature Reviews Physics. 7(6). 299–312. 5 indexed citations

Tan, Zhifei, et al.. (2025). Upcycling waste wind turbine blades into fiber-reinforced asphalt mortar: A chemical recycling approach and performance assessment. Construction and Building Materials. 489. 142352–142352. 2 indexed citations

Li, Fangfei, et al.. (2025). Toward Sustainable Geohazard Assessment: Dynamic Response and Failure Characteristics of Layered Rock Slopes Under Earthquakes via DEM Simulations. Sustainability. 17(16). 7374–7374. 1 indexed citations

Hu, Gengkai, et al.. (2025). Effect of Ag Doping on the Photocatalytic Performance of Bismuth Ferrite-based Compounds. Acta Chimica Sinica. 83(3). 229–229. 1 indexed citations

Hu, Gengkai, et al.. (2025). High-performance flame-retarded natural rubber: Synergistic optimization of flame retardancy and mechanical properties via dual interfacial engineering. Polymer. 334. 128753–128753.

Hu, Gengkai, et al.. (2024). Elastic birefringent metamaterials and quarter-wave plate. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences. 281. 109684–109684. 4 indexed citations

Zhang, Lei, Yonghui Zhang, Qiuquan Guo, et al.. (2024). Acoustic chiral mode transfer for symmetry-broken states in anti-parity-time symmetric systems. Extreme Mechanics Letters. 73. 102261–102261.

Zhang, Quan, Gengkai Hu, & Stephan Rudykh. (2024). Magnetoactive asymmetric mechanical metamaterial for tunable elastic cloaking. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 289. 112648–112648. 20 indexed citations

Liu, Zhiyuan, Kaijun Yi, Rui Zhu, et al.. (2024). Inherent Temporal Metamaterials with Unique Time‐Varying Stiffness and Damping. Advanced Science. 11(43). e2404695–e2404695. 7 indexed citations

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Zhang, Hongkuan, et al.. (2023). Elastic energy and polarization transport through spatial modulation. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 182. 105475–105475. 6 indexed citations

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Wang, Peng, et al.. (2023). Underwater Directional Acoustic Source Based on Pentamode Material. Acta Mechanica Solida Sinica. 37(1). 1–9. 3 indexed citations

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Hu, Gengkai, et al.. (2022). Optimization design on resonance avoidance for 3D piping systems based on wave approach. International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping. 201. 104872–104872. 8 indexed citations

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Chen, Yangyang, Xiaopeng Li, Gengkai Hu, Michael R. Haberman, & Guoliang Huang. (2020). An active mechanical Willis meta-layer with asymmetric polarizabilities. Nature Communications. 11(1). 3681–3681. 88 indexed citations

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Chen, Hui, Hussein Nassar, Andrew N. Norris, Gengkai Hu, & Guoliang Huang. (2018). Elastic quantum spin Hall effect in kagome lattices. Physical review. B.. 98(9). 79 indexed citations

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Wang, Yaxi, Xiaoning Liu, Rui Zhu, & Gengkai Hu. (2018). Wave propagation in tunable lightweight tensegrity metastructure. Scientific Reports. 8(1). 11482–11482. 41 indexed citations

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Du, Zhibo, et al.. (2017). A low-frequency sound absorbing material with subwavelength thickness. Applied Physics Letters. 110(22). 163 indexed citations

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Wang, Xuelin, et al.. (2015). On interfacial energy of macroscopic domains in polycrystalline NiTi shape memory alloys. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 80. 445–455. 17 indexed citations

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Zhou, Xiaoming & Gengkai Hu. (2007). Acoustic wave transparency for a multilayered sphere with acoustic metamaterials. Physical Review E. 75(4). 46606–46606. 37 indexed citations

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Ma, Hansong & Gengkai Hu. (2006). Eshelby tensors for an ellipsoidal inclusion in a microstretch material. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 44(9). 3049–3061. 13 indexed citations

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Liu, Xiaoning & Gengkai Hu. (2004). A continuum micromechanical theory of overall plasticity for particulate composites including particle size effect. International Journal of Plasticity. 21(4). 777–799. 62 indexed citations

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