Hongnian Cai

3.5k total citations · 2 hit papers
82 papers, 2.9k citations indexed

About

Hongnian Cai is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Hongnian Cai has authored 82 papers receiving a total of 2.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 55 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 45 papers in Materials Chemistry and 23 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in Hongnian Cai's work include High-Velocity Impact and Material Behavior (18 papers), Advanced materials and composites (16 papers) and High Entropy Alloys Studies (16 papers). Hongnian Cai is often cited by papers focused on High-Velocity Impact and Material Behavior (18 papers), Advanced materials and composites (16 papers) and High Entropy Alloys Studies (16 papers). Hongnian Cai collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Sweden. Hongnian Cai's co-authors include Fuchi Wang, Xingwang Cheng, Chengwen Tan, Zhaohui Zhang, Gang Bao, Yunfei Xue, Xiaonan Mu, H.M. Zhang, Qunbo Fan and Lu Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Nature Communications and Applied Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

Hongnian Cai

81 papers receiving 2.9k 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.

High-content ductile coherent nanoprecipitates achieve ultrastrong high-entropy alloys

2018 531 citations Yao-Jian Liang, Linjing Wang et al. Nature Communications profile →
Biomimetic Design of Breathable 2D Photothermal Fabric with Three‐Layered Structure for Efficient Four‐Plane Evaporation of Seawater

2025 32 citations Jinjing Hu, Mohsen Salimi et al. Advanced Materials profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hongnian Cai China	31	2.3k	1.5k	764	629	274	82	2.9k
G. Dirras France	29	2.8k 1.2×	1.4k 0.9×	1.3k 1.6×	750 1.2×	154 0.6×	126	3.4k
Chaoli Ma China	26	1.8k 0.8×	1.4k 0.9×	414 0.5×	378 0.6×	282 1.0×	90	2.2k
Hesam Pouraliakbar Iran	41	2.8k 1.2×	1.2k 0.8×	1.2k 1.5×	545 0.9×	139 0.5×	71	3.2k
Chong Li China	31	2.9k 1.2×	1.4k 0.9×	997 1.3×	768 1.2×	122 0.4×	123	3.2k
V. C. Srivastava India	28	2.0k 0.9×	1.0k 0.7×	823 1.1×	253 0.4×	346 1.3×	116	2.3k
Yizhang Zhou United States	22	2.2k 1.0×	895 0.6×	1.1k 1.4×	278 0.4×	218 0.8×	53	2.4k
Indrajit Charit United States	29	3.7k 1.6×	2.6k 1.7×	1.1k 1.5×	715 1.1×	186 0.7×	119	4.6k
K. Sivaprasad India	33	3.1k 1.4×	1.4k 0.9×	1.2k 1.6×	430 0.7×	541 2.0×	129	3.4k
T. S. Srivatsan United States	27	2.0k 0.9×	862 0.6×	620 0.8×	550 0.9×	453 1.7×	140	2.5k
A. Abdollah-zadeh Iran	32	3.4k 1.5×	1.3k 0.8×	1.1k 1.5×	719 1.1×	177 0.6×	82	3.7k

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He, Siliang, Kaya Wei, Ying Xu, et al.. (2025). Effect of Re addition on microstructure and mechanical properties of Ir Rh alloy. International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials. 134. 107479–107479.

Hu, Jinjing, Mohsen Salimi, Hongnian Cai, et al.. (2025). Biomimetic Design of Breathable 2D Photothermal Fabric with Three‐Layered Structure for Efficient Four‐Plane Evaporation of Seawater. Advanced Materials. 37(14). e2420482–e2420482. 32 indexed citations breakdown →

Cui, Jiaxiang, Songshen Chen, Fuxin Liu, et al.. (2024). Effect of B2 nanoprecipitates on mechanical behavior of TiZrNbVAl lightweight high entropy alloys upon dynamic loading. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 1002. 175311–175311. 9 indexed citations

Cui, Jiaxiang, Qian Zhao, Yuxue Liu, et al.. (2024). Effect of TiN on the microstructure and mechanical property of As-cast TiZrNbVAl lightweight high entropy alloy. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 1010. 178063–178063. 1 indexed citations

Li, Zhijie, Zhaolong Ma, Xingwang Cheng, & Hongnian Cai. (2024). The effect of Hf on the microstructure, transformation temperature, and the shape memory properties of Zr–Cu-based high-entropy shape memory alloys. Journal of Materials Research and Technology. 29. 3585–3590. 3 indexed citations

Li, Da, Zhiqing Zhang, Qiuhong Zhang, et al.. (2021). An as-cast Ti-V-Cr-Al light-weight medium entropy alloy with outstanding tensile properties. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 877. 160199–160199. 43 indexed citations

Xiao, Qian, Yao-Jian Liang, Qi Chen, et al.. (2020). Towards stronger high-entropy alloy by nanoprecipitation-hardened ultrafine-/nano-grains. Materials Science and Engineering A. 787. 139474–139474. 13 indexed citations

Cheng, Xingwang, et al.. (2019). Microstructure, mechanical and physical properties of FeCoNiAlMnW high-entropy films deposited by magnetron sputtering. Applied Surface Science. 507. 145131–145131. 30 indexed citations

Tan, Y., Hongnian Cai, Xingwang Cheng, et al.. (2018). Microstructural and mechanical properties of in-situ micro-laminated TiC/Ti composite synthesised. Materials Letters. 228. 1–4. 27 indexed citations

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Liang, Yao-Jian, Linjing Wang, Y. R. Wen, et al.. (2018). High-content ductile coherent nanoprecipitates achieve ultrastrong high-entropy alloys. Nature Communications. 9(1). 4063–4063. 531 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ren, Yu, Zhiyong Xue, Xiaodong Yu, et al.. (2017). Spall strength and fracture behavior of Ti–10V–2Fe–3Al alloy during one-dimensional shock loading. International Journal of Impact Engineering. 111. 77–84. 14 indexed citations

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Mu, Xiaonan, Hongnian Cai, H.M. Zhang, et al.. (2017). Interface evolution and superior tensile properties of multi-layer graphene reinforced pure Ti matrix composite. Materials & Design. 140. 431–441. 121 indexed citations

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Wang, Tingyu, Yun Zhang, Junping Li, et al.. (2015). Synthesis of ZrB₂ and ZrB₂-SiC Powders Using a Sucrose-Containing System. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. 15(9). 7402–7406. 5 indexed citations

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Zhang, Youjing, Xingwang Cheng, & Hongnian Cai. (2015). Fabrication, characterization and tensile property of a novel Ti2Ni/TiNi micro-laminated composite. Materials & Design. 92. 486–493. 64 indexed citations

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Wang, Pei, Hongnian Cai, & Xingwang Cheng. (2015). Effect of Ni/Cr ratio on phase, microstructure and mechanical properties of NixCoCuFeCr2−x (x = 1.0, 1.2, 1.5, 1.8 mol) high entropy alloys. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 662. 20–31. 54 indexed citations

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Sun, Kai, Xiaodong Yu, Chengwen Tan, et al.. (2014). Influence of adiabatic shear bands intersection on the ballistic impact of Ti–6Al–4V alloys with three microstructures. Materials Science and Engineering A. 606. 257–267. 33 indexed citations

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Ren, Yu, Fuchi Wang, Chengwen Tan, et al.. (2013). Shock-induced mechanical response and spall fracture behavior of an extra-low interstitial grade Ti–6Al–4V alloy. Materials Science and Engineering A. 578. 247–255. 24 indexed citations

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Zhang, Jing, Chengwen Tan, Yu Ren, et al.. (2011). Adiabatic shear fracture in Ti-6Al-4V alloy. Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China. 21(11). 2396–2401. 22 indexed citations

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Zhang, Fan, Kexiang Zhang, Chengwen Tan, et al.. (2011). Microstructure and mechanical properties of Mg-Gd-Y-Zr alloy processed by equal channel angular pressing. Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China. 21(10). 2140–2146. 38 indexed citations

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Chen, Zhiyong, Hongnian Cai, Saiyi Li, et al.. (2007). Analysis of crystallographic twinning and slip in fcc crystals under plane strain compression. Materials Science and Engineering A. 464(1-2). 101–109. 9 indexed citations

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