Lei Guo

20.5k total citations · 11 hit papers
426 papers, 16.4k citations indexed

About

Lei Guo is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Civil and Structural Engineering and Metals and Alloys. According to data from OpenAlex, Lei Guo has authored 426 papers receiving a total of 16.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 322 papers in Materials Chemistry, 166 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering and 96 papers in Metals and Alloys. Recurrent topics in Lei Guo's work include Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition (221 papers), Concrete Corrosion and Durability (164 papers) and Hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals (96 papers). Lei Guo is often cited by papers focused on Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition (221 papers), Concrete Corrosion and Durability (164 papers) and Hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals (96 papers). Lei Guo collaborates with scholars based in China, Saudi Arabia and Morocco. Lei Guo's co-authors include Shengtao Zhang, Yujie Qiang, Savaş Kaya, Xingwen Zheng, Bochuan Tan, Wenpo Li, Shijin Chen, Cemal Kaya, I.B. Obot and Zaki Safi and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Applied Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

Lei Guo

413 papers receiving 15.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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. Experimental and theoretical studies of four allyl imidazolium-based ionic liquids as green inhibitors for copper corrosion in sulfuric acid
    2017 540 citations Lei Guo, Xingwen Zheng et al. profile →
  2. Fabrication of environmentally friendly Losartan potassium film for corrosion inhibition of mild steel in HCl medium
    2020 425 citations Lei Guo et al. Chemical Engineering Journal profile →
  3. Theoretical insight into an empirical rule about organic corrosion inhibitors containing nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur atoms
    2017 383 citations Lei Guo, I.B. Obot et al. profile →
  4. Toward understanding the anticorrosive mechanism of some thiourea derivatives for carbon steel corrosion: A combined DFT and molecular dynamics investigation
    2017 339 citations Lei Guo, Savaş Kaya et al. profile →
  5. Multidimensional insights into the corrosion inhibition of 3,3-dithiodipropionic acid on Q235 steel in H2SO4 medium: A combined experimental and in silico investigation
    2020 247 citations Lei Guo, Savaş Kaya et al. profile →
  6. Insight into anti-corrosion mechanism of Dalbergia odorifera leaves extract as a biodegradable inhibitor for X70 steel in sulfuric acid medium
    2023 126 citations Bochuan Tan, Lei Guo et al. profile →
  7. Pyracantha fortuneana alcohol extracts as biodegradable corrosion inhibitors for copper in H2SO4 media
    2024 100 citations Bochuan Tan, Yan Liu et al. Journal of Molecular Liquids profile →
  8. Insight into the anti-corrosion mechanism of crop waste Arachis hypogaea L. leaf extract for copper in sulfuric acid medium
    2024 71 citations Bochuan Tan, Zhili Gong et al. Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy profile →
  9. Insight into the anti-corrosion performance of crop waste as a degradable corrosion inhibitor for copper in sulfuric acid medium
    2024 70 citations Bochuan Tan, Yan Liu et al. profile →
  10. Nepeta cataria L. leaf extracts as eco-conscious corrosion inhibitor for copper in H2SO4 medium
    2025 50 citations Bochuan Tan, Haiqin Ren et al. Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects profile →
  11. Insight into anti-corrosion mechanism of copper in 0.5 M sulfuric acid solution via microwave-assisted synthesis of carbon quantum dots as novel inhibitors
    2025 35 citations Bochuan Tan, Yan Liu et al. Sustainable materials and technologies profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Lei Guo 13.5k 8.1k 4.9k 2.2k 1.7k 426 16.4k
Shengtao Zhang 12.0k 0.9× 7.7k 1.0× 4.6k 0.9× 2.7k 1.2× 1.1k 0.7× 309 14.6k
I.B. Obot 18.1k 1.3× 13.8k 1.7× 9.0k 1.8× 1.4k 0.6× 2.6k 1.5× 255 20.3k
Fouad Bentiss 15.1k 1.1× 12.6k 1.6× 9.3k 1.9× 1.0k 0.5× 2.0k 1.2× 246 17.4k
Hongfang Liu 7.6k 0.6× 2.1k 0.3× 1.6k 0.3× 8.2k 3.6× 708 0.4× 426 17.5k
Ivan Cole 6.6k 0.5× 2.0k 0.3× 1.5k 0.3× 1.3k 0.6× 222 0.1× 261 9.0k
Ying Li 6.5k 0.5× 370 0.0× 609 0.1× 2.1k 1.0× 1.9k 1.2× 546 12.8k
Karl J. J. Mayrhofer 11.0k 0.8× 386 0.0× 424 0.1× 23.0k 10.2× 1.3k 0.8× 296 33.8k
Enrique Rodrı́guez-Castellón 11.4k 0.8× 455 0.1× 148 0.0× 3.4k 1.5× 2.4k 1.5× 685 20.7k
Yali Liu 2.9k 0.2× 413 0.1× 193 0.0× 1.5k 0.7× 651 0.4× 180 6.2k
Jing Jiang 8.9k 0.7× 585 0.1× 71 0.0× 7.2k 3.2× 2.6k 1.5× 314 18.9k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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He, Zhongyi, Lili Li, Lei Guo, et al.. (2025). On mechanism of corrosion inhibition of green inhibitor polyvinyl alcohol in aluminum-air batteries. Journal of Power Sources. 631. 236233–236233. 4 indexed citations
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Zhao, Wenting, Rui Wan, Xiao Wei Sun, et al.. (2025). Inhibition mechanism of phosphorus-doped carbon quantum dots on anodic corrosion in neutral Mg-air batteries. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 1037. 182609–182609. 9 indexed citations
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Du, Kaifa, Peilin Wang, Lei Guo, et al.. (2024). Calcium titanate corrosion inhibitor enabling carbon as inert anode for oxygen evolution in molten chlorides. Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China. 34(10). 3400–3411. 2 indexed citations
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Tan, Bochuan, Yan Liu, Haiqin Ren, et al.. (2024). N, S-carbon quantum dots as inhibitor in pickling process of heat exchangers for enhanced performance in multi-stage flash seawater desalination. Desalination. 589. 117969–117969. 72 indexed citations
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Guo, Lei, Lei Zhu, Savaş Kaya, et al.. (2024). Electrochemical and surface investigations of N, S codoped carbon dots as effective corrosion inhibitor for mild steel in acidic solution. Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. 702. 135062–135062. 15 indexed citations
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Guo, Lei, Yongbiao Huang, Rui Sun, et al.. (2024). Regulating the Helmholtz plane by trace ionic liquid additive for advanced Al-air battery. Journal of Power Sources. 625. 235672–235672. 7 indexed citations
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Deng, Hongda, Бо Ли, Haiqin Ren, et al.. (2024). Investigation of the corrosion inhibitory effectiveness of castor leaf extract as a corrosion inhibitor for steel in a sulfuric acid environment. Journal of environmental chemical engineering. 12(5). 113974–113974. 20 indexed citations
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Zhu, Chong, Yuying Han, Liang Luo, et al.. (2024). Dual modulation of electrolyte inner solvent structure and anode interface for high performance alkaline Al-air battery. Chemical Engineering Journal. 496. 153814–153814. 7 indexed citations
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Zhang, Shihao, Fangyuan Wang, Pengzhan Liu, et al.. (2024). Enhanced particle removal ability of two representative nonionic surfactants: A reasonable interpretation based on DFT and coarse-grained molecular dynamics methods. Journal of Molecular Liquids. 413. 125984–125984. 1 indexed citations
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Guo, Lei, Lei Zhu, Chin‐Hung Lai, et al.. (2024). Mango leaves extract as sustainable corrosion inhibitor for X70 steel in HCl medium: Integrated experimental analysis and computational electronic/atomic-scale simulation. Sustainable materials and technologies. 42. e01167–e01167. 16 indexed citations
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Wu, Yundong, Zhili Gong, Lei Guo, & Abeer A. AlObaid. (2024). Batatas lam leaf extract as a biodegradable corrosion inhibitor for copper in 0.5 M H2SO4 solution. Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy. 39. 101601–101601. 16 indexed citations
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Guo, Lei, Shuaibo Gao, Yu Zhang, et al.. (2023). Fundamentals of liquid metal displacement reactions: Emf measurements of Na-Sn, Li-Sn, Mg-Sn, and Ca-Sn. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry. 945. 117669–117669. 1 indexed citations
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Wu, Yinglei, et al.. (2023). Tribochemistry of mercaptoimidazoline as an additive in emulsion between self-mated GCr15 ball interfaces and its friction-reduction mechanism. Surface Topography Metrology and Properties. 12(1). 15002–15002. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Fei, Yuxuan Sun, Lei Guo, et al.. (2023). Microstructural Welding Engineering of Carbon Nanotube/Polydimethylsiloxane Nanocomposites with Improved Interfacial Thermal Transport. Advanced Functional Materials. 34(10). 44 indexed citations
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Ji, Jinbo, Baimei Tan, Nannan Zhang, et al.. (2023). Effects of two mild amino acids on benzotriazole residue desorption during cobalt post-chemical mechanical polishing cleaning: Experimental and theoretical studies. Colloids and Surfaces A Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects. 683. 133052–133052. 8 indexed citations
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Iravani, Danial, Naser Esmaeili, Lei Guo, & E. Akbarinezhad. (2023). Experimental and computational study of aromatic ring effects on corrosion inhibition in the H2S media. Materials Today Communications. 35. 105559–105559. 18 indexed citations
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Veeman, Dhinakaran, et al.. (2023). Machine learning model for predicting the hardness of additively manufactured acrylonitrile butadiene styrene. Materials Today Communications. 35. 106147–106147. 18 indexed citations
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Guo, Lei, Savaş Kaya, Xingwen Zheng, et al.. (2023). Effect of an imidazole-based ionic liquid as anti-corrosion additive on the performance of Al-air batteries. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry. 941. 117535–117535. 23 indexed citations
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Xu, Zhixiong, Bochuan Tan, Jida Chen, et al.. (2023). Insight into the anti-corrosion mechanism of Chinese mahonia leaves as a green and bio-degradable against copper corrosion in sulfuric acid medium. Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers. 150. 105044–105044. 11 indexed citations

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