Guian Qian

3.5k total citations · 3 hit papers
69 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Guian Qian is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Mechanics of Materials and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Guian Qian has authored 69 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 51 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 34 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 18 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Guian Qian's work include Fatigue and fracture mechanics (29 papers), Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes (28 papers) and Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies (16 papers). Guian Qian is often cited by papers focused on Fatigue and fracture mechanics (29 papers), Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes (28 papers) and Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies (16 papers). Guian Qian collaborates with scholars based in China, Norway and Italy. Guian Qian's co-authors include Filippo Berto, Youshi Hong, Wenwang Wu, Wenxia Hu, Xiaoying Xu, Haitao Liao, Xiangnan Pan, Shun‐Peng Zhu, Behrooz Keshtegar and Qingyuan Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Acta Materialia, Scientific Reports and Carbon.

In The Last Decade

Guian Qian

67 papers receiving 2.7k 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.

Mechanical design and multifunctional applications of chiral mechanical metamaterials: A review

2019 556 citations Wenwang Wu, Wenxia Hu et al. Materials & Design profile →
Probabilistic framework for fatigue life assessment of notched components under size effects

2020 284 citations Guian Qian et al. profile →
Mechanostructures: Rational mechanical design, fabrication, performance evaluation, and industrial application of advanced structures

2022 135 citations Wenwang Wu, Re Xia et al. Progress in Materials Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Guian Qian China	27	2.2k	976	667	602	355	69	2.8k
Klaus Dilger Germany	27	2.0k 0.9×	1.0k 1.0×	538 0.8×	365 0.6×	279 0.8×	267	2.8k
Nicolas Saintier France	34	2.3k 1.0×	1.4k 1.5×	856 1.3×	761 1.3×	312 0.9×	150	3.6k
Liang Ying China	32	2.0k 0.9×	1.1k 1.1×	188 0.3×	773 1.3×	427 1.2×	210	2.8k
Éric Charkaluk France	27	1.7k 0.8×	1.2k 1.2×	314 0.5×	686 1.1×	247 0.7×	87	2.3k
Erfan Maleki Türkiye	36	2.9k 1.3×	1.0k 1.0×	795 1.2×	1.1k 1.8×	119 0.3×	83	3.4k
M. Benedetti Italy	34	3.9k 1.7×	1.6k 1.7×	1.7k 2.5×	1.2k 2.0×	476 1.3×	159	4.8k
Benjamin Klusemann Germany	31	2.3k 1.0×	1.0k 1.1×	287 0.4×	1.0k 1.7×	168 0.5×	181	3.2k
Guian Qian Switzerland	26	1.2k 0.5×	1.1k 1.1×	203 0.3×	626 1.0×	253 0.7×	74	1.9k
Zhongmin Xiao Singapore	28	1.1k 0.5×	1.8k 1.9×	192 0.3×	592 1.0×	583 1.6×	222	3.0k
Uwe Reisgen Germany	25	2.0k 0.9×	629 0.6×	243 0.4×	383 0.6×	171 0.5×	341	2.8k

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Zhang, Hongzhuang, et al.. (2025). Enhancing fatigue performance of laser powder bed fused metals through controlling contour parameters and structures. International Journal of Fatigue. 193. 108811–108811. 1 indexed citations

Zhao, Yang, et al.. (2025). In situ synthesis of TiB2-NiTi-TiB2 sandwich structure for tailoring Ti2Ni to synergistically optimize strength, ductility, and superelasticity of NiTi wires. Materials Science and Engineering A. 947. 149199–149199.

Tao, Zhiqiang, et al.. (2025). Numerical simulation of crack surface contacting behavior with stress-induced martensitic phase transformation in very-high-cycle fatigue regime. International Journal of Fatigue. 198. 109019–109019. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Wenqi, et al.. (2024). Pore-based prediction of crack initiation life in very-high-cycle fatigue. International Journal of Fatigue. 190. 108655–108655. 6 indexed citations

Tao, Zhiqiang, Xiangnan Pan, Xu Long, et al.. (2024). A new probabilistic control volume scheme to interpret specimen size effect on fatigue life of additively manufactured titanium alloys. International Journal of Fatigue. 183. 108262–108262. 17 indexed citations

Li, Jianghua, et al.. (2024). Crack-tip plasticity mediated grain refinement and its resisting effect on the fatigue short crack growth. International Journal of Plasticity. 181. 104102–104102. 18 indexed citations

Zhang, Hongzhuang, et al.. (2024). Deformation behavior, twinning propensity model, and twinnability map for laser powder bed fused austenitic steel homogenized by hot isostatic pressing. International Journal of Plasticity. 175. 103940–103940. 8 indexed citations

Xie, Jijia, et al.. (2024). Low-cycle and dwell fatigue properties for a near alpha titanium alloy Ti–6Al–3Nb–2Zr–1Mo. Journal of Materials Research and Technology. 29. 2204–2215. 7 indexed citations

Zhang, Hongzhuang, et al.. (2023). Laser powder bed fused 304L steel shot-peened with various ceramic shot sizes: Surface/subsurface characteristics, tensile behavior, and fatigue behavior. International Journal of Plasticity. 171. 103784–103784. 21 indexed citations

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Jiang, Zhimin, Jingyu Sun, Filippo Berto, Xiaodong Wang, & Guian Qian. (2023). Fatigue and Fracture Behavior of AlSi10Mg Manufactured by Selective Laser Melting: A Review. Physical Mesomechanics. 26(4). 367–390. 22 indexed citations

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Sun, Jingyu, et al.. (2023). A framework to simulate the crack initiation and propagation in very-high-cycle fatigue of an additively manufactured AlSi10Mg alloy. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. 175. 105293–105293. 32 indexed citations

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Qian, Guian, et al.. (2023). Effects of temperature on tensile and fracture performance of Ti6Al4V alloy fabricated by laser powder bed fusion. Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics. 125. 103931–103931. 9 indexed citations

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Li, Jianghua, et al.. (2023). Microstructural insights into fatigue short crack propagation resistance and rate fluctuation in a Ni-based superalloy manufactured by laser powder bed fusion. International Journal of Plasticity. 171. 103800–103800. 29 indexed citations

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Sun, Jingyu, et al.. (2022). Microstructure evolution and very-high-cycle fatigue crack initiation behavior of a structural steel with two loading intermittence modes. International Journal of Fatigue. 161. 106904–106904. 23 indexed citations

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Wu, Wenwang, Re Xia, Guian Qian, et al.. (2022). Mechanostructures: Rational mechanical design, fabrication, performance evaluation, and industrial application of advanced structures. Progress in Materials Science. 131. 101021–101021. 135 indexed citations breakdown →

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Xin, Haohui, Jielin Liu, José A.F.O. Correia, et al.. (2022). Mixed-mode fatigue crack propagation simulation by means of Geq and walker models of the structural steel S355. Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics. 123. 103717–103717. 13 indexed citations

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Zhao, Aiguo, Jijia Xie, Chuang Liu, et al.. (2022). Fatigue limit evaluation via infrared thermography for a high strength steel with two strength levels. Engineering Fracture Mechanics. 268. 108460–108460. 18 indexed citations

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Zhang, Jiamei, Jianghua Li, Shengchuan Wu, et al.. (2021). High-cycle and very-high-cycle fatigue lifetime prediction of additively manufactured AlSi10Mg via crystal plasticity finite element method. International Journal of Fatigue. 155. 106577–106577. 59 indexed citations

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Song, Wei, Ping Wang, Di Wan, et al.. (2021). Fatigue crack growth behavior of Ni-Cr-Mo-V steel welded joints considering strength mismatch effect. International Journal of Fatigue. 151. 106389–106389. 26 indexed citations

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Wu, Wenwang, Dexing Qi, Wenxia Hu, et al.. (2020). Synchrotron X-ray micro-computed tomography imaging of 3D re-entrant micro lattice during in situ micro compression experimental process. Materials & Design. 192. 108743–108743. 24 indexed citations

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