Kai Chen

2.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
86 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Kai Chen is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Kai Chen has authored 86 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 53 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 23 papers in Materials Chemistry and 13 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Kai Chen's work include Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes (18 papers), High Temperature Alloys and Creep (18 papers) and High Entropy Alloys Studies (15 papers). Kai Chen is often cited by papers focused on Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes (18 papers), High Temperature Alloys and Creep (18 papers) and High Entropy Alloys Studies (15 papers). Kai Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Singapore. Kai Chen's co-authors include Nobumichi Tamura, Yao Li, Ju Li, Andrew M. Minor, Raja K. Mishra, Qi Liang, Qian Yu, Weifeng He, Upadrasta Ramamurty and Sihai Luo and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Nature Communications and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Kai Chen

79 papers receiving 1.9k citations

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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.

A strong fracture-resistant high-entropy alloy with nano-bridged honeycomb microstructure intrinsically toughened by 3D-printing

2024 53 citations Punit Kumar, Sheng Huang et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kai Chen China	25	1.0k	720	300	223	198	86	1.9k
Liang Qi China	27	1.2k 1.2×	1.2k 1.6×	506 1.7×	227 1.0×	132 0.7×	119	2.3k
Desiderio Kovar United States	21	707 0.7×	624 0.9×	271 0.9×	207 0.9×	179 0.9×	79	1.7k
Ling Liu China	26	815 0.8×	930 1.3×	591 2.0×	439 2.0×	108 0.5×	146	2.3k
Carsten Gundlach Denmark	25	481 0.5×	909 1.3×	170 0.6×	228 1.0×	127 0.6×	88	2.2k
James M. Fitz‐Gerald United States	26	578 0.6×	880 1.2×	455 1.5×	480 2.2×	181 0.9×	110	2.2k
P. M. Adams United States	22	728 0.7×	641 0.9×	378 1.3×	230 1.0×	478 2.4×	138	2.0k
J. B. Ferguson United States	26	1.6k 1.5×	1.5k 2.1×	367 1.2×	193 0.9×	143 0.7×	56	3.0k
Tatsuya Tanaka Japan	20	486 0.5×	296 0.4×	126 0.4×	317 1.4×	178 0.9×	121	1.8k
Xin Tao China	25	516 0.5×	823 1.1×	332 1.1×	99 0.4×	54 0.3×	70	1.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kai Chen

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kai Chen. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kai Chen based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Kai Chen. Kai Chen is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Chen, Kai, et al.. (2025). The reform of tax policies and the differentiation of Chinese peasants during the Tang and Song dynasties. Labor History. 66(6). 853–869.

Sun, Huibin, et al.. (2025). A rotor tip assembly clearance prediction method considering multi-sources uncertainties. Aerospace Science and Technology. 162. 110186–110186.

Zhang, Hongfei, et al.. (2025). High-temperature deformation of Ni-based superalloy and recrystallization prevention by recovery. Scripta Materialia. 265. 116732–116732. 1 indexed citations

Shen, Siyuan, et al.. (2025). CircGO: Predicting circRNA Functions Through Self-Supervised Learning of Heterogeneous Networks. PubMed. 22(5). 1991–2000. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Kai, et al.. (2025). DeepHeteroCDA: circRNA–drug sensitivity associations prediction via multi-scale heterogeneous network and graph attention mechanism. Briefings in Bioinformatics. 26(2). 2 indexed citations

Wang, Zhaowei, et al.. (2025). Cooling rate and solution temperature dependent γ' coarsening mechanism in DZ125 Ni-based superalloy. Materials Characterization. 228. 115429–115429.

Wang, Zhaowei, et al.. (2025). Synchrotron-Based Micro-Laue Diffraction for Advanced Functional Materials: Achievements and Challenges. 1(2). 91–103.

Chen, Kai, et al.. (2024). Microstructural evolution and its influence on the wear resistance of a laser directed energy deposited Ni-based single crystal superalloy. Journal of Material Science and Technology. 205. 127–138. 8 indexed citations

Chen, Kai, et al.. (2024). Effect of laser energy on the fretting wear resistance of femtosecond laser shock peened Ti6Al4V. Surface and Coatings Technology. 494. 131353–131353. 9 indexed citations

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Tian, Bing, et al.. (2024). Photoluminescence properties of Eu3+ and Al3+-doped Ca2ZnSi2O7 red phosphors for plant growth LEDs. Journal of Materials Science Materials in Electronics. 35(12).

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Zhu, Yucheng, et al.. (2024). The effects of Si content in ERNiMo-2 deposited metals on deformation and fracture behavior during creep process. Materials Science and Engineering A. 923. 147673–147673.

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Kumar, Punit, Sheng Huang, David H. Cook, et al.. (2024). A strong fracture-resistant high-entropy alloy with nano-bridged honeycomb microstructure intrinsically toughened by 3D-printing. Nature Communications. 15(1). 841–841. 53 indexed citations breakdown →

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Kou, Jiawei & Kai Chen. (2024). PYXIS: an integrated software package for synchrotron micro/nanodiffraction data analysis. Journal of Applied Crystallography. 57(2). 539–551. 4 indexed citations

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Chen, Kai, et al.. (2023). Climbing robot based on triangle wheels obstacle crossing design: modeling simulation and motion analysis. Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering. 45(10). 3 indexed citations

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Du, Yao, et al.. (2023). Cyanine dyes grafted onto collagen molecules for 3D printing of fluorescent biological scaffolds. Dyes and Pigments. 219. 111551–111551. 6 indexed citations

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Chen, Kai, et al.. (2018). Inspection of Iron-Copper Bimetal Performance in Chemically Altered Atmosphere. Kyushu University Institutional Repository (QIR) (Kyushu University). 66–69. 1 indexed citations

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Zhang, Shuwen, Kaiyuan Liu, Minglong Xu, et al.. (2017). Investigation of the 2312 flexoelectric coefficient component of polyvinylidene fluoride: Deduction, simulation, and mensuration. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 3134–3134. 45 indexed citations

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Qian, Dan, Anfeng Zhang, Yao Li, et al.. (2017). Statistical study of ductility-dip cracking induced plastic deformation in polycrystalline laser 3D printed Ni-based superalloy. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 2859–2859. 30 indexed citations

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Hu, Lifang, et al.. (2016). Structural Features and Photocatalytic Performance of TiO<sub>2</sub>-HNbMoO<sub>6</sub> Composite. Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica. 32(3). 737–744. 6 indexed citations

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Cui, Mingqi, Lijuan Sun, Jie Zhu, et al.. (2010). The Soft X-ray Polarimeter and Applications at BSRF. AIP conference proceedings. 641–644. 6 indexed citations

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