Lei Kang

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
94 papers, 930 citations indexed

About

Lei Kang is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Mechanical Engineering and Ocean Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Lei Kang has authored 94 papers receiving a total of 930 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 79 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 38 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 24 papers in Ocean Engineering. Recurrent topics in Lei Kang's work include Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation (64 papers), Non-Destructive Testing Techniques (37 papers) and Geophysical Methods and Applications (22 papers). Lei Kang is often cited by papers focused on Ultrasonics and Acoustic Wave Propagation (64 papers), Non-Destructive Testing Techniques (37 papers) and Geophysical Methods and Applications (22 papers). Lei Kang collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and Brazil. Lei Kang's co-authors include Steve Dixon, Guofu Zhai, Alan C. Kubrusly, Andrew Feeney, Tao Jiang, Shujuan Wang, Jingmin Dai, Xiaoyang Chen, Shujuan Wang and Zhichao Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied Physics Letters, Journal of Applied Physics and The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America.

In The Last Decade

Lei Kang

88 papers receiving 910 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.

Multicell interlacing IWP lattice metamaterials with superior low-frequency vibration isolation performance fabricated by laser powder bed fusion

2025 27 citations Di Lin, Lei Yang et al. Additive manufacturing profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Lei Kang China	17	757	520	247	243	140	94	930
Lei Qin China	17	361 0.5×	112 0.2×	180 0.7×	116 0.5×	56 0.4×	72	667
Vinay Dayal United States	15	466 0.6×	254 0.5×	98 0.4×	85 0.3×	54 0.4×	60	614
Juliusz B. Gajewski Poland	17	189 0.2×	290 0.6×	161 0.7×	30 0.1×	404 2.9×	50	714
Tao Luo China	13	277 0.4×	475 0.9×	391 1.6×	123 0.5×	58 0.4×	36	873
Jun Guo China	14	167 0.2×	142 0.3×	92 0.4×	37 0.2×	32 0.2×	79	617
Hailong Chen China	16	368 0.5×	302 0.6×	127 0.5×	337 1.4×	25 0.2×	73	926
Sadegh Dabiri United States	19	122 0.2×	254 0.5×	461 1.9×	230 0.9×	86 0.6×	49	1.0k
Pavel Rudolf Czechia	15	366 0.5×	240 0.5×	29 0.1×	58 0.2×	131 0.9×	80	647
Jean-Paul Balayssac France	26	464 0.6×	316 0.6×	343 1.4×	965 4.0×	134 1.0×	69	1.7k
Sergey Martynov United Kingdom	21	100 0.1×	386 0.7×	291 1.2×	183 0.8×	44 0.3×	61	1.1k

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Lin, Di, Lei Yang, Cong Zhang, et al.. (2025). Multicell interlacing IWP lattice metamaterials with superior low-frequency vibration isolation performance fabricated by laser powder bed fusion. Additive manufacturing. 99. 104681–104681. 27 indexed citations breakdown →

Zhang, Cong, et al.. (2025). Ultra-broadband wave attenuation performance in the low band achieved by a simple X-shaped elastic metamaterial. Smart Materials and Structures. 34(3). 35058–35058. 2 indexed citations

Hamilton, A. R., Mahshid Hafezi, Yuchen Liu, et al.. (2025). Stereolithography for Tailoring the Dynamics of Flexural Ultrasonic Transducers. IEEE Sensors Journal. 25(10). 16693–16701.

Kang, Lei, et al.. (2025). A Review of Recent Advances in Unidirectional Ultrasonic Guided Wave Techniques for Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation. Sensors. 25(4). 1050–1050. 5 indexed citations

Luo, Yimin, Lei Kang, Zhiyong Ma, et al.. (2024). Energy release effect of micro-nano self-assembled aluminum powders and application in composite explosives. Case Studies in Thermal Engineering. 61. 105024–105024. 3 indexed citations

Kubrusly, Alan C., Lei Kang, & Steve Dixon. (2023). Measurement of Plate Thickness Based on the Optimal Unidirectional Generation of Ultrasonic Waves Using Dual Electromagnetic Acoustic Transducer. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement. 72. 1–9. 8 indexed citations

Feeney, Andrew, et al.. (2022). Design and Dynamics of Oil Filled Flexural Ultrasonic Transducers for Elevated Pressures. IEEE Sensors Journal. 22(13). 12673–12680. 2 indexed citations

Kubrusly, Alan C., Lei Kang, & Steve Dixon. (2022). Selective simultaneous generation of distinct unidirectional wave modes in different directions using dual-array transducer. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing. 187. 109942–109942. 15 indexed citations

Kubrusly, Alan C., et al.. (2021). Unidirectional Shear Horizontal Wave Generation by Periodic Permanent Magnets Electromagnetic Acoustic Transducer With Dual Linear-Coil Array. IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control. 68(10). 3135–3142. 32 indexed citations

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Feeney, Andrew, Lei Kang, & Steve Dixon. (2021). Higher order modal dynamics of the flexural ultrasonic transducer. Journal of Physics D Applied Physics. 55(7). 07LT01–07LT01. 4 indexed citations

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Kang, Lei, Andrew Feeney, & Steve Dixon. (2020). The High Frequency Flexural Ultrasonic Transducer for Transmitting and Receiving Ultrasound in Air. IEEE Sensors Journal. 20(14). 7653–7660. 14 indexed citations

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Dixon, Steve, et al.. (2020). Active damping of ultrasonic receiving sensors through engineered pressure waves. Journal of Physics D Applied Physics. 54(13). 13LT01–13LT01. 5 indexed citations

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Kubrusly, Alan C., Lei Kang, & Steve Dixon. (2020). Unidirectional Shear Horizontal Wave Generation With Side-Shifted Periodic Permanent Magnets Electromagnetic Acoustic Transducer. IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control. 67(12). 2757–2760. 25 indexed citations

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Feeney, Andrew, et al.. (2019). Dynamic Nonlinearity in Piezoelectric Flexural Ultrasonic Transducers. IEEE Sensors Journal. 19(15). 6056–6066. 14 indexed citations

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Feeney, Andrew, Lei Kang, & Steve Dixon. (2018). High-Frequency Measurement of Ultrasound Using Flexural Ultrasonic Transducers. IEEE Sensors Journal. 18(13). 5238–5244. 23 indexed citations

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Unger, Alexander, et al.. (2017). Ultrasonic phased array for sound drift compensation in gas flow metering. 2017 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS). 1–1. 8 indexed citations

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Kang, Lei. (2013). Analytical Modeling and Analysis of Electromagnetic Acoustic Transducers With Spiral Coils. Proceedings of the CSEE. 1 indexed citations

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Zhai, Guofu, Tao Jiang, Lei Kang, & Shujuan Wang. (2010). A method for optimizing excitation of electromagnetic ultrasonic Lamb wave. 104–108. 4 indexed citations

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Kang, Lei. (2010). Pulsed Electromagnet Applied in Electromagnetic Ultrasonic Detection for Aluminium Plate. Low Voltage Apparatus. 1 indexed citations

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Kang, Lei, et al.. (2009). 3-D Finite Element Analysis and Optimum Design of Electromagnetic Acoustic Transducers. Proceedings of the CSEE. 3 indexed citations

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