Kaka Ma

4.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
65 papers, 3.5k citations indexed

About

Kaka Ma is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Kaka Ma has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 3.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 28 papers in Materials Chemistry and 22 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Kaka Ma's work include Microstructure and mechanical properties (17 papers), Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties (17 papers) and Advanced materials and composites (14 papers). Kaka Ma is often cited by papers focused on Microstructure and mechanical properties (17 papers), Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties (17 papers) and Advanced materials and composites (14 papers). Kaka Ma collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Kaka Ma's co-authors include Julie M. Schoenung, Enrique J. Lavernia, Tao Hu, Troy D. Topping, Haiming Wen, David N. Seidman, Dieter Isheim, Hanry Yang, Lianmeng Zhang and Corson L. Cramer and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Acta Materialia and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Kaka Ma

63 papers receiving 3.4k 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 behavior and strengthening mechanisms in ultrafine grain precipitation-strengthened aluminum alloy

2013 1.5k citations Kaka Ma, Haiming Wen et al. Acta Materialia profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kaka Ma United States	25	2.8k	1.9k	1.8k	401	360	65	3.5k
Rodney W. Trice United States	26	1.0k 0.4×	928 0.5×	1.1k 0.6×	279 0.7×	901 2.5×	74	2.3k
Alberto Fabrizi Italy	26	1.3k 0.5×	534 0.3×	1.1k 0.6×	343 0.9×	96 0.3×	82	2.0k
Yubo Zhang China	22	1.7k 0.6×	1.3k 0.7×	779 0.4×	209 0.5×	140 0.4×	116	2.4k
Abdullah Cahit Karaoğlanlı Türkiye	28	1.2k 0.4×	1.7k 0.9×	1.5k 0.8×	367 0.9×	424 1.2×	79	2.5k
Xiaomeng Fan China	33	1.2k 0.4×	975 0.5×	999 0.6×	203 0.5×	1.1k 3.1×	117	3.0k
V. Balasubramanian India	28	2.4k 0.8×	800 0.4×	984 0.6×	331 0.8×	70 0.2×	152	3.0k
Iakovos Tzanakis United Kingdom	32	1.2k 0.4×	859 0.5×	1.5k 0.9×	519 1.3×	49 0.1×	81	2.7k
Yaohe Zhou China	26	1.8k 0.6×	731 0.4×	1.2k 0.7×	159 0.4×	66 0.2×	130	2.4k
Francesco Marra Italy	25	775 0.3×	629 0.3×	634 0.4×	489 1.2×	280 0.8×	68	1.7k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Ma, Kaka, et al.. (2026). High temperature zirconium alloys Zr-Al-Sn-(Si,Cr,V) by near- α titanium analogy. Acta Materialia. 306. 121891–121891.

Ma, Kaka, et al.. (2025). Study on preparation, photocatalytic performance and degradation mechanism of Bi2WO6/Bi2S3/g-C3N4 composite. Inorganic Chemistry Communications. 178. 114542–114542.

Dupuy, Alexander D., et al.. (2024). The Reusability of AlSi10Mg Powder in Directed Energy Deposition. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). 28–43. 7 indexed citations

Chen, Yuan, Kaka Ma, Peixun Li, et al.. (2024). Manipulating the hydrophilic / hydrophobic balance in novel cationic surfactants by ethoxylation: The impact on adsorption and self-assembly. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 674. 405–415. 4 indexed citations

Petkova, R.E., et al.. (2022). Self-assembly in escin-nonionic surfactant mixtures: From micelles to vesicles. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 626. 305–313. 12 indexed citations

Ma, Kaka, et al.. (2021). Surface-Facet-Dependent Electrochromic Properties of WO₃ Nanorod Thin Films: Implications for Smart Windows. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 4(4). 3750–3759. 15 indexed citations

Tucker, I., R.E. Petkova, Sarah L. Hosking, et al.. (2021). Self-assembly in saponin/surfactant mixtures: Escin and sodium dodecylsulfate. Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. 626. 127019–127019. 10 indexed citations

Ma, Kaka, et al.. (2021). Insight into the effects of pore size and distribution on mechanical properties of austenite stainless steels. Journal of Materials Science. 56(30). 17278–17295. 2 indexed citations

Tucker, I., R.E. Petkova, Sarah L. Hosking, et al.. (2020). Surfactant/biosurfactant mixing: Adsorption of saponin/nonionic surfactant mixtures at the air-water interface. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 574. 385–392. 39 indexed citations

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Aguirre, Trevor G., et al.. (2019). Effects of the addition of boron nitride nanoplate on the fracture toughness, flexural strength, and Weibull Distribution of hydroxyapatite composites prepared by spark plasma sintering. Journal of the mechanical behavior of biomedical materials. 93. 105–117. 33 indexed citations

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Aguirre, Trevor G., et al.. (2018). Additive manufacturing of ceramic nanopowder by direct coagulation printing. Additive manufacturing. 23. 140–150. 18 indexed citations

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Cramer, Corson L., Trevor G. Aguirre, Troy B. Holland, & Kaka Ma. (2018). Prediction of continuous porosity gradients in ceramics using ZnO as a model material. Journal of the American Ceramic Society. 102(2). 587–594. 5 indexed citations

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Sanchez-Fernandez, Adrian, Oliver S. Hammond, Karen J. Edler, et al.. (2018). Counterion binding alters surfactant self-assembly in deep eutectic solvents. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 20(20). 13952–13961. 40 indexed citations

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Xu, Hui, Robert K. Thomas, J. Penfold, et al.. (2017). The impact of electrolyte on the adsorption of the anionic surfactant methyl ester sulfonate at the air-solution interface: Surface multilayer formation. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 512. 231–238. 18 indexed citations

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Wu, Chuandong, Kaka Ma, Dalong Zhang, et al.. (2017). Precipitation phenomena in Al-Zn-Mg alloy matrix composites reinforced with B4C particles. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 9589–9589. 57 indexed citations

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Ma, Kaka, et al.. (2015). An integrated approach for probing the structure and mechanical properties of diatoms: Toward engineered nanotemplates. Acta Biomaterialia. 25. 313–324. 29 indexed citations

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Yang, Hanry, Jianghua Shen, Kaka Ma, et al.. (2015). Quasi-static and high-rate mechanical behavior of aluminum-based MMC reinforced with boron carbide of various length scales. Materials Science and Engineering A. 650. 305–316. 32 indexed citations

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Ma, Kaka, Haiming Wen, Tao Hu, et al.. (2013). Mechanical behavior and strengthening mechanisms in ultrafine grain precipitation-strengthened aluminum alloy. Acta Materialia. 62. 141–155. 1548 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ma, Kaka, et al.. (2013). Atom-Probe Tomographic Study of Precipitation in an Ultrafine-Grained Al-Zn-Mg-Cu Alloy (Al 7075). Microscopy and Microanalysis. 19(S2). 1024–1025. 4 indexed citations

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Hu, Tao, Kaka Ma, Troy D. Topping, Julie M. Schoenung, & Enrique J. Lavernia. (2013). Precipitation phenomena in an ultrafine-grained Al alloy. Acta Materialia. 61(6). 2163–2178. 235 indexed citations

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