Kai Ye

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
30 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Kai Ye is a scholar working on Geophysics, Artificial Intelligence and Geochemistry and Petrology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kai Ye has authored 30 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Geophysics, 7 papers in Artificial Intelligence and 4 papers in Geochemistry and Petrology. Recurrent topics in Kai Ye's work include Geological and Geochemical Analysis (24 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (15 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (14 papers). Kai Ye is often cited by papers focused on Geological and Geochemical Analysis (24 papers), High-pressure geophysics and materials (15 papers) and earthquake and tectonic studies (14 papers). Kai Ye collaborates with scholars based in China, Singapore and United Kingdom. Kai Ye's co-authors include Bolin Cong, Danian Ye, Jingbo Liu, Yi Chen, Hong‐Rui Fan, Haijin Xu, Qian Mao, Shun Guo, Qingchen Wang and Changqian Ma and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Construction and Building Materials and Chemical Geology.

In The Last Decade

Kai Ye

25 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

The possible subduction of continental material to depths... 2000 2026 2008 2017 2000 100 200 300 400 500
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.

  1. The possible subduction of continental material to depths greater than 200 km
    2000 532 citations Kai Ye, Bolin Cong et al. Nature profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kai Ye China 15 1.3k 274 120 37 32 30 1.4k
Hao Cheng China 19 1.0k 0.8× 380 1.4× 108 0.9× 25 0.7× 48 1.5× 54 1.1k
Xiao‐Ying Gao China 19 1.3k 1.0× 430 1.6× 102 0.8× 54 1.5× 18 0.6× 50 1.4k
Qian W.L. Zhang China 20 763 0.6× 346 1.3× 104 0.9× 36 1.0× 29 0.9× 70 998
Biswajit Ghosh India 18 716 0.6× 213 0.8× 88 0.7× 22 0.6× 27 0.8× 70 824
В. А. Коваленкер Russia 13 406 0.3× 311 1.1× 121 1.0× 40 1.1× 19 0.6× 58 512
Powell Australia 7 1.3k 1.0× 405 1.5× 68 0.6× 29 0.8× 38 1.2× 17 1.4k
R. K. W. Merkle South Africa 14 528 0.4× 383 1.4× 172 1.4× 17 0.5× 12 0.4× 50 713
Xing‐Wang Xu China 16 842 0.7× 547 2.0× 112 0.9× 55 1.5× 11 0.3× 75 928
Chong‐Jin Pang China 17 859 0.7× 349 1.3× 93 0.8× 65 1.8× 15 0.5× 29 943

Countries citing papers authored by Kai Ye

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kai Ye

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kai Ye

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Kai Ye. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Kai Ye 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 Ye. Kai Ye is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Ye, Kai, Pio John S. Buenconsejo, Kai Xue, & Aravind Dasari. (2025). Understanding the transparent to cloudy transition of silicate interlayers in fire-resistant glass. Construction and Building Materials. 497. 143832–143832.
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Li, Li, et al.. (2025). Piezoelectric-Driven Microneedle Array Delivery of Methotrexate for Enhanced Psoriasis Treatment. ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering. 11(7). 4515–4522.
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Wang, Zhigang, Jiaopeng Sun, Kai Ye, et al.. (2024). Depicting Permian to Triassic thickness variation of the Kunlun-Qaidam Continental Arc: Implication for tectonic evolution of the South Kunlun Ocean. Acta Geochimica. 44(3). 599–608. 1 indexed citations
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Ye, Kai, Aravind Dasari, & Thomas J. N. Hooper. (2023). Structural characterization and fire performance of geopolymer-glass fiber composite panels. Construction and Building Materials. 400. 132633–132633. 3 indexed citations
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Guo, Shun, Kai Ye, Yue‐Heng Yang, et al.. (2014). In situ Sr isotopic analyses of epidote: tracing the sources of multi-stage fluids in ultrahigh-pressure eclogite (Ganghe, Dabie terrane). Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology. 167(2). 28 indexed citations
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Ye, Kai, et al.. (2013). Partial melting time of the Sulu UHP terrane: Constraints from zircon U-Pb age,trace element and Lu-Hf isotope composition of leucosome in Rongcheng granitic gneiss. 29(5). 1594–1606. 12 indexed citations
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Liu, Jingbo, et al.. (2013). Study on the relationship between the fluid salinity and chlorine content of apatites in eclogite and veins from HP and UHP metamorphic belt of the Dabie-Sulu. 29(5). 1525–1539. 1 indexed citations
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Liu, Jingbo, Wenyuan Liu, Kai Ye, & Qian Mao. (2010). Chlorine-rich amphibole in Yangkou eclogite, Sulu ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic terrane, China. European Journal of Mineralogy. 21(6). 1265–1285. 23 indexed citations
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Xiong, Dehua, Jinshu Cheng, Hong Li, Wei Deng, & Kai Ye. (2009). Anodic bonding of glass–ceramics to stainless steel coated with intermediate SiO2 layer. Microelectronic Engineering. 87(9). 1741–1746. 24 indexed citations
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Wen, Su, Zhendong You, Bolin Cong, & Kai Ye. (2003). Role of Water in Deformed Omphacite in UHP Eclogite from the Dabie Mountains, Eastern China. Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition. 77(3). 320–325. 8 indexed citations
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Liu, Jingbo, et al.. (2001). Mineral Inclusions in Zircon from Gneisses in the Ultrahigh‐Pressure Zone of the Dabie Mountains, China. The Journal of Geology. 109(4). 523–535. 156 indexed citations
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Ye, Kai, Bolin Cong, & Danian Ye. (2000). The possible subduction of continental material to depths greater than 200 km. Nature. 407(6805). 734–736. 532 indexed citations breakdown →
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Ye, Kai, et al.. (1996). Plastic deformation of garnet in eclogite. Science China Earth Sciences. 39(1). 18–25. 14 indexed citations
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Cong, Bolin, et al.. (1994). Ultra‐high pressure metamorphic rocks in the Dabie‐Su‐Lu region, China: Their formation and exhumation. Island Arc. 3(3). 135–150. 58 indexed citations
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Hirajima, Takaο, Simon Wallis, Mingguo Zhai, & Kai Ye. (1993). Eclogitized Metagranitoid from the Su-Lu Ultra-High Pressure (UHP) Province, Eastern China.. Proceedings of the Japan Academy Series B. 69(10). 249–254. 64 indexed citations

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