Haiyang Niu

5.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
47 papers, 4.0k citations indexed

About

Haiyang Niu is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Geophysics and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Haiyang Niu has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 4.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 32 papers in Materials Chemistry, 9 papers in Geophysics and 9 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Haiyang Niu's work include Machine Learning in Materials Science (11 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (9 papers) and Boron and Carbon Nanomaterials Research (8 papers). Haiyang Niu is often cited by papers focused on Machine Learning in Materials Science (11 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (9 papers) and Boron and Carbon Nanomaterials Research (8 papers). Haiyang Niu collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Russia. Haiyang Niu's co-authors include Xing‐Qiu Chen, Dianzhong Li, Yiyi Li, Michele Parrinello, Artem R. Oganov, Pablo M. Piaggi, Cesare Franchini, Luigi Bonati, Yi Yang and Peitao Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Haiyang Niu

41 papers receiving 3.9k 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.

Modeling hardness of polycrystalline materials and bulk metallic glasses

2011 2.1k citations Xing‐Qiu Chen, Haiyang Niu et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Haiyang Niu China	21	3.2k	1.2k	978	419	386	47	4.0k
A. Iwase Japan	29	2.0k 0.6×	745 0.6×	428 0.4×	453 1.1×	536 1.4×	267	3.3k
Vladimir L. Solozhenko France	36	5.3k 1.7×	739 0.6×	1.7k 1.7×	608 1.5×	419 1.1×	191	5.8k
Oleksandr O. Kurakevych France	29	2.9k 0.9×	432 0.4×	690 0.7×	486 1.2×	266 0.7×	70	3.3k
José Pedro Rino Brazil	26	2.7k 0.9×	664 0.6×	528 0.5×	373 0.9×	670 1.7×	113	3.7k
A. Fernández Guillermet Argentina	33	2.2k 0.7×	2.4k 2.0×	873 0.9×	349 0.8×	401 1.0×	131	3.8k
Xiaohui Yu China	26	1.5k 0.5×	387 0.3×	479 0.5×	438 1.0×	334 0.9×	104	2.2k
S. V. Khare United States	34	2.3k 0.7×	586 0.5×	1.1k 1.1×	526 1.3×	899 2.3×	97	3.4k
B. Johansson Sweden	26	2.5k 0.8×	929 0.8×	366 0.4×	589 1.4×	389 1.0×	47	3.7k
Е. А. Екимов Russia	26	2.4k 0.8×	457 0.4×	452 0.5×	494 1.2×	400 1.0×	142	2.9k
H. Aourag France	31	2.0k 0.6×	610 0.5×	633 0.6×	499 1.2×	919 2.4×	160	3.0k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Haiyang Niu

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Niu, Haiyang, et al.. (2026). The potential for bridgmanite megacrysts to drive magma ocean segregation. Nature. 650(8101). 361–366.

Niu, Haiyang, et al.. (2025). Structure exploration of gallium based on machine-learning potential. Journal of Material Science and Technology. 232. 239–245.

Zhang, Haolan, Xiang-Rong Chen, Yi Zeng, et al.. (2025). The S-Al2CuMg precipitates and L12-Al3(Sc,Zr) dispersoids co-existing in the SLM fabricated Al-Cu-Mg-Sc-Zr alloy. Materials Science and Engineering A. 945. 149069–149069.

Sun, Xuecheng, et al.. (2025). Structural Heterogeneity of MgSiO3 Liquid and Its Connection with Dynamical Properties. Physical Review Letters. 134(20). 204101–204101. 2 indexed citations

Niu, Haiyang, et al.. (2025). Deep potential-driven structure exploration of ice polymorphs. The Innovation. 6(5). 100881–100881. 4 indexed citations

Xu, Zan, Mingze Liu, Xue Bai, et al.. (2025). Spatiotemporal Self‐Encrypted Interlock‐Cascade‐Hashing Optical Storage Based on Multicolor Photochromic Lithographic Array. Advanced Materials. 38(9). e06247–e06247.

Liu, Mingfeng, Jian-Tao Wang, Peitao Liu, et al.. (2024). Layer-by-layer phase transformation in Ti3O5 revealed by machine-learning molecular dynamics simulations. Nature Communications. 15(1). 3079–3079. 16 indexed citations

Niu, Haiyang, et al.. (2024). Measuring fluidization behaviors of monodisperse non-spherical particles and binary mixtures of spheres with cylinders. Advanced Powder Technology. 36(1). 104755–104755. 2 indexed citations

San, Xingyuan, Haiyang Niu, Paul J. M. Smeets, et al.. (2023). Unlocking the mysterious polytypic features within vaterite CaCO3. Nature Communications. 14(1). 7858–7858. 13 indexed citations

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Yang, Manyi, et al.. (2023). Unveiling the crystallization mechanism of cadmium selenide via molecular dynamics simulation with machine-learning-based deep potential. Journal of Material Science and Technology. 185. 23–31. 9 indexed citations

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Niu, Haiyang, et al.. (2021). Tuning of electronic and optical properties of a predicted silicon allotrope: Hexagonal silicon h10-Si. Physical review. B.. 104(12). 9 indexed citations

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Yang, Yi, Haiyang Niu, & Michele Parrinello. (2018). Combining Metadynamics and Integrated Tempering Sampling. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 9(22). 6426–6430. 33 indexed citations

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Niu, Haiyang, Pablo M. Piaggi, Michele Invernizzi, & Michele Parrinello. (2018). Molecular dynamics simulations of liquid silica crystallization. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 115(21). 5348–5352. 90 indexed citations

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Niu, Haiyang, Artem R. Oganov, Xing‐Qiu Chen, & Dianzhong Li. (2016). Novel stable compounds in the Mg-Si-O system under exoplanet pressures and their implications in planetary science. Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 2016. 2 indexed citations

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Qian, Guang‐Rui, Haiyang Niu, Chaohao Hu, et al.. (2016). Diverse Chemistry of Stable Hydronitrogens, and Implications for Planetary and Materials Sciences. Scientific Reports. 6(1). 25947–25947. 32 indexed citations

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Rakitin, Maksim, Artem R. Oganov, Haiyang Niu, et al.. (2015). A novel phase of beryllium fluoride at high pressure. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 17(39). 26283–26288. 7 indexed citations

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Niu, Haiyang, Artem R. Oganov, Xing‐Qiu Chen, & Dianzhong Li. (2015). Prediction of novel stable compounds in the Mg-Si-O system under exoplanet pressures. Scientific Reports. 5(1). 18347–18347. 53 indexed citations

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Chen, Xing‐Qiu, Haiyang Niu, Cesare Franchini, Dianzhong Li, & Yiyi Li. (2011). Hardness ofT-carbon: Density functional theory calculations. Physical Review B. 84(12). 154 indexed citations

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Khan, Atta Ullah, Pavel Brož, Haiyang Niu, et al.. (2011). The system Ta–V–Si: Crystal structure and phase equilibria. Journal of Solid State Chemistry. 187. 114–123. 8 indexed citations

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Niu, Haiyang, Yan Sun, Xing‐Qiu Chen, et al.. (2011). Electronic, optical, and mechanical properties of superhard cold-compressed phases of carbon. Applied Physics Letters. 99(3). 72 indexed citations

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