Kun Song

1.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
51 papers, 780 citations indexed

About

Kun Song is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Civil and Structural Engineering and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Kun Song has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 780 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 45 papers in Materials Chemistry, 25 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering and 17 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in Kun Song's work include Thermal properties of materials (37 papers), Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices (36 papers) and Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies (23 papers). Kun Song is often cited by papers focused on Thermal properties of materials (37 papers), Advanced Thermoelectric Materials and Devices (36 papers) and Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies (23 papers). Kun Song collaborates with scholars based in China, Canada and Italy. Kun Song's co-authors include Peter Schiavone, Cun‐Fa Gao, Xiaojian Tan, Jun Jiang, Guoqiang Liu, Zhe Guo, Peng Sun, Haoyang Hu, Gang Wu and Qiang Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Nature Communications and Applied Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

Kun Song

48 papers receiving 771 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.

  1. Construction of nanocomposite interphase with controllable thickness to relieve stress concentration and boost stress transfer from carbon fiber/epoxy resin interface
    2025 20 citations Amna Siddique, Chunying Min et al. Chemical Engineering Journal profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Kun Song China 16 645 248 209 128 114 51 780
Babu Madavali South Korea 14 530 0.8× 200 0.8× 149 0.7× 26 0.2× 189 1.7× 55 679
Č. Drašar Czechia 9 391 0.6× 149 0.6× 128 0.6× 184 1.4× 104 0.9× 16 610
Wenbin Qiu China 15 489 0.8× 84 0.3× 93 0.4× 62 0.5× 299 2.6× 61 614
Jianxu Shi United States 6 226 0.4× 126 0.5× 70 0.3× 156 1.2× 81 0.7× 10 401
Kechen Tang China 8 401 0.6× 155 0.6× 149 0.7× 9 0.1× 56 0.5× 13 450
Yaoqi Xian China 9 430 0.7× 108 0.4× 71 0.3× 205 1.6× 178 1.6× 11 625
Xuelai Li China 14 257 0.4× 46 0.2× 220 1.1× 30 0.2× 244 2.1× 36 581
A. AL-Rjoub Portugal 12 151 0.2× 112 0.5× 149 0.7× 167 1.3× 107 0.9× 29 439

Countries citing papers authored by Kun Song

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Fields of papers citing papers by Kun Song

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kun Song

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Zhou, Min, Jun Pei, Li Wang, et al.. (2025). Ultrahigh thermoelectricity obtained in classical BiSbTe alloy processed under super-gravity. Nature Communications. 16(1). 7645–7645.
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Siddique, Amna, et al.. (2025). Construction of nanocomposite interphase with controllable thickness to relieve stress concentration and boost stress transfer from carbon fiber/epoxy resin interface. Chemical Engineering Journal. 505. 159542–159542. 20 indexed citations breakdown →
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Yang, Hao, Yanan Li, Chuanbin Yu, et al.. (2024). Effect of heat dissipation on the performance of thermoelectric generator. Applied Thermal Engineering. 245. 122815–122815. 8 indexed citations
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Li, Yanan, Hao Yang, Chuanbin Yu, et al.. (2024). Measurement Error in Thermoelectric Generator Induced by Temperature Fluctuation. Energies. 17(5). 1036–1036. 1 indexed citations
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Yang, Hao, Yanan Li, Zhe Guo, et al.. (2023). Optimizing GeTe-based thermoelectric generator for low-grade heat recovery. Applied Energy. 349. 121584–121584. 10 indexed citations
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Guo, Zhe, Kun Song, Ruoyu Wang, et al.. (2022). A high-efficiency GeTe-based thermoelectric module for low-grade heat recovery. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 10(14). 7677–7683. 15 indexed citations
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Guo, Zhe, Gang Wu, Xiaojian Tan, et al.. (2022). Synergistic Manipulation of Interdependent Thermoelectric Parameters in SnTe–AgBiTe2 Alloys by Mn Doping. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 14(25). 29032–29038. 14 indexed citations
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Song, Kun, et al.. (2022). Suppressing thermal stress in the vicinity of a circular nano-inhomogeneity via the mechanism of size effects. Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids. 28(8). 1863–1876. 1 indexed citations
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Tan, Xiaojian, Jiehua Wu, Kun Song, et al.. (2022). Enhanced Thermoelectric Properties of p-Type Bi0.5Sb1.5Te3-Cu8GeSe6 Composite Materials. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 14(50). 55780–55786. 18 indexed citations
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Zhang, Qiang, Zhe Guo, Ruoyu Wang, et al.. (2022). High‐Performance Thermoelectric Material and Module Driven by Medium‐Entropy Engineering in SnTe. Advanced Functional Materials. 32(35). 77 indexed citations
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Zhu, Yuke, Yuxin Sun, Jianbo Zhu, et al.. (2022). Mediating Point Defects Endows n‐Type Bi2Te3 with High Thermoelectric Performance and Superior Mechanical Robustness for Power Generation Application. Small. 18(23). e2201352–e2201352. 103 indexed citations
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Wu, Gang, Xuemei Wang, Xiaojian Tan, et al.. (2021). Optimized Thermoelectric Properties of Bi0.48Sb1.52Te3 through AgCuTe Doping for Low-Grade Heat Harvesting. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 13(48). 57514–57520. 31 indexed citations
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Song, Kun, et al.. (2021). Seeking high energy conversion efficiency in a fully temperature-dependent thermoelectric medium. Energy. 239. 122440–122440. 12 indexed citations
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Song, Kun, Deshun Yin, & Peter Schiavone. (2021). Thermal-electric-elastic analyses of a thermoelectric material containing two circular holes. International Journal of Solids and Structures. 213. 111–120. 8 indexed citations
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Song, Kun, et al.. (2019). The influence of an arbitrarily shaped hole on the effective properties of a thermoelectric material. Acta Mechanica. 230(10). 3693–3702. 7 indexed citations
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Song, Kun, et al.. (2019). Temperature and thermal stress around an elliptic functional defect in a thermoelectric material. Mechanics of Materials. 130. 58–64. 26 indexed citations
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Yu, Chuanbin, et al.. (2019). Closed‐form solutions for a circular inhomogeneity in nonlinearly coupled thermoelectric materials. ZAMM ‐ Journal of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics / Zeitschrift für Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik. 99(8). 12 indexed citations
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Song, Kun, et al.. (2017). Macro-performance of multilayered thermoelectric medium. Chinese Physics B. 26(12). 127307–127307. 13 indexed citations
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Pu, Liang, et al.. (2014). Thermal performance analysis of intermediate fluid vaporizer for liquefied natural gas. Applied Thermal Engineering. 65(1-2). 564–574. 66 indexed citations

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