Kefu Gan

1.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
67 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Kefu Gan is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Kefu Gan has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 63 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 35 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 23 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Kefu Gan's work include High Entropy Alloys Studies (35 papers), High-Temperature Coating Behaviors (31 papers) and Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes (22 papers). Kefu Gan is often cited by papers focused on High Entropy Alloys Studies (35 papers), High-Temperature Coating Behaviors (31 papers) and Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes (22 papers). Kefu Gan collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and Germany. Kefu Gan's co-authors include Dingshun Yan, Zhiming Li, Pengfei Wu, Zhenghong Fu, Shuya Zhu, A.H.W. Ngan, Yong Zhang, Yongjiang Huang, Pengda Niu and Ruidi Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Nature Communications and Journal of Applied Physics.

In The Last Decade

Kefu Gan

64 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

A non-equiatomic FeNiCoCr high-entropy alloy with excelle... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 2024 50 100 150 200
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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.

  1. A non-equiatomic FeNiCoCr high-entropy alloy with excellent anti-corrosion performance and strength-ductility synergy
    2021 203 citations Pengfei Wu, Kefu Gan et al. Corrosion Science profile →
  2. Manipulating Stacking Fault Energy to Achieve Crack Inhibition and Superior Strength–Ductility Synergy in an Additively Manufactured High‐Entropy Alloy
    2024 70 citations Pengda Niu, Ruidi Li et al. Advanced Materials profile →

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kefu Gan China 22 1.4k 709 471 219 112 67 1.5k
Liangshun Luo China 22 1.5k 1.1× 815 1.1× 792 1.7× 307 1.4× 94 0.8× 72 1.8k
Yuan Wu China 21 1.1k 0.8× 424 0.6× 625 1.3× 249 1.1× 89 0.8× 51 1.3k
Xianfei Ding China 21 1.2k 0.9× 373 0.5× 660 1.4× 210 1.0× 101 0.9× 82 1.3k
Y.Z. Chen China 21 951 0.7× 374 0.5× 838 1.8× 234 1.1× 98 0.9× 53 1.2k
Yizhu He China 24 2.0k 1.5× 1.4k 1.9× 492 1.0× 454 2.1× 67 0.6× 70 2.2k
Kristopher A. Darling United States 23 1.2k 0.9× 337 0.5× 819 1.7× 294 1.3× 48 0.4× 50 1.4k
Ujjwal Prakash India 23 1.8k 1.3× 330 0.5× 871 1.8× 196 0.9× 49 0.4× 114 1.9k
A. Sambasiva Rao India 15 738 0.5× 307 0.4× 385 0.8× 143 0.7× 57 0.5× 37 876
Saumyadeep Jana United States 21 1.2k 0.9× 413 0.6× 516 1.1× 204 0.9× 54 0.5× 50 1.3k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kefu Gan

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All Works

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Gan, Kefu, Tong Wang, Peng Dong, et al.. (2025). Potent interplay between L12 nanoprecipitates and 9R phase enabling strength-ductility synergy in a 650 MPa-class additively manufactured aluminum alloy. International Journal of Plasticity. 197. 104595–104595.
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Li, Ying, Weiying Huang, Kefu Gan, et al.. (2025). Synergistic effect of solution-aging on phase evolution and high-temperature creep resistance in inertia-friction-welded Ti–6Al–4V aerospace components. Journal of Materials Research and Technology. 38. 2875–2885.
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Yuan, Xiaohui, Pengda Niu, Dan Zheng, et al.. (2025). Influence of stacking fault energy synergistic non-equilibrium solidification on dislocation substructures and mechanical properties of Ti alloys. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 1039. 183134–183134. 1 indexed citations
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Yin, Rong, et al.. (2024). Minor element doping effects on microstructure and mechanical properties of a non-equiatomic FeNiCoCr high-entropy alloy. Materials Characterization. 215. 114178–114178. 4 indexed citations
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Huang, Weiying, Kefu Gan, Jian Chen, et al.. (2024). Effects of extrusion temperature on the microstructure and mechanical properties of low-alloyed Mg-Bi-Ca-Mn alloy. Intermetallics. 175. 108480–108480. 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, Wei, Yong Zhang, Dingshun Yan, et al.. (2024). Excellent radiation resistance via enforced local non-directional He diffusion in a WTaCrV multicomponent alloy containing coherent ordered nanoprecipitates. Acta Materialia. 282. 120501–120501. 2 indexed citations
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Huang, Weiying, et al.. (2024). A promising strategy of multicomponent alloy intermedium for enhancing the mechanical performance of inertia friction welding joints of Inconel 718 alloys. Materials Science and Engineering A. 899. 146480–146480. 13 indexed citations
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Niu, Pengda, Ruidi Li, Kefu Gan, et al.. (2024). Manipulating Stacking Fault Energy to Achieve Crack Inhibition and Superior Strength–Ductility Synergy in an Additively Manufactured High‐Entropy Alloy. Advanced Materials. 36(34). e2310160–e2310160. 70 indexed citations breakdown →
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Long, Qiang, Sheng Lu, Kang Wang, et al.. (2024). Enhanced strength-ductility synergy in medium entropy alloy via phase selective precipitation. International Journal of Plasticity. 184. 104204–104204. 9 indexed citations
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Gan, Kefu, et al.. (2024). An ultrafine-grained low-activation multicomponent alloy with exceptional thermal stability and ultrahigh-temperature mechanical properties. Journal of Material Science and Technology. 197. 116–128. 8 indexed citations
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Gan, Kefu, et al.. (2023). Dual-interstitials promoted multiple mechanisms enhance strength-ductility synergy of an equiatomic high-entropy alloy. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 968. 172271–172271. 3 indexed citations
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Huang, Weiying, Song Zhang, Yonggang Tong, Pengfei Wu, & Kefu Gan. (2023). Exceptional creep resistance enabled by thermally stable cellular dislocation structures in an additively manufactured multicomponent alloy. Materials Science and Engineering A. 890. 145902–145902. 16 indexed citations
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Wu, Pengfei, Yong Zhang, Liuliu Han, et al.. (2023). Unexpected sluggish martensitic transformation in a strong and super-ductile high-entropy alloy of ultralow stacking fault energy. Acta Materialia. 261. 119389–119389. 42 indexed citations
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Zhu, Shuya, et al.. (2023). Superhard bulk high-entropy carbides with enhanced toughness via metastable in-situ particles. Nature Communications. 14(1). 5717–5717. 49 indexed citations
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Gan, Kefu, Dingshun Yan, Yong Zhang, & Pengda Niu. (2023). Atomic insights into the effects of Al element on the nanoindentation behavior of single-crystal FeNiCoCr-based multicomponent alloys. Materials Today Communications. 37. 107433–107433. 6 indexed citations
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Xiao, Xiao, Youjie Guo, Ruifeng Zhang, et al.. (2022). Achieving uniform plasticity in a high strength Al-Mn-Sc based alloy through laser-directed energy deposition. Additive manufacturing. 60. 103273–103273. 23 indexed citations
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Fu, Zhenghong, Bangjian Yang, Kefu Gan, et al.. (2021). Improving the hydrogen embrittlement resistance of a selective laser melted high-entropy alloy via modifying the cellular structures. Corrosion Science. 190. 109695–109695. 66 indexed citations

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