Lei Yan

1.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
55 papers, 1.2k citations indexed

About

Lei Yan is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Automotive Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Lei Yan has authored 55 papers receiving a total of 1.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 31 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 16 papers in Materials Chemistry and 8 papers in Automotive Engineering. Recurrent topics in Lei Yan's work include Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes (22 papers), Welding Techniques and Residual Stresses (9 papers) and High Entropy Alloys Studies (7 papers). Lei Yan is often cited by papers focused on Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes (22 papers), Welding Techniques and Residual Stresses (9 papers) and High Entropy Alloys Studies (7 papers). Lei Yan collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Hong Kong. Lei Yan's co-authors include Frank Liou, Yitao Chen, T.M. Yue, Wei Li, Yunlu Zhang, Joseph William Newkirk, H.C. Man, Xinchang Zhang, Jingwei Zhang and Sreekar Karnati and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Power Sources, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing and Electrochimica Acta.

In The Last Decade

Lei Yan

52 papers receiving 1.2k citations

Hit Papers

Additive manufacturing of functionally graded metallic ma... 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 50 100 150 200 250
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. Additive manufacturing of functionally graded metallic materials using laser metal deposition
    2019 286 citations Lei Yan, Yitao Chen et al. Additive manufacturing profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Lei Yan United States 19 883 380 294 198 196 55 1.2k
Peter Kayode Farayibi Nigeria 20 937 1.1× 329 0.9× 338 1.1× 149 0.8× 273 1.4× 51 1.3k
Magdalena Walczak Chile 19 655 0.7× 164 0.4× 405 1.4× 128 0.6× 150 0.8× 72 1.2k
Volker Wesling Germany 19 1.2k 1.3× 315 0.8× 307 1.0× 184 0.9× 172 0.9× 116 1.4k
Yong Hu China 17 697 0.8× 166 0.4× 350 1.2× 201 1.0× 176 0.9× 105 1.1k
Yongle Sun United Kingdom 23 1.2k 1.4× 236 0.6× 437 1.5× 408 2.1× 300 1.5× 62 1.6k
Mattia Merlin Italy 19 758 0.9× 188 0.5× 451 1.5× 377 1.9× 185 0.9× 91 1.1k
Umberto Prisco Italy 20 825 0.9× 151 0.4× 173 0.6× 209 1.1× 136 0.7× 58 1.0k
Richard Moat United Kingdom 22 1.4k 1.6× 276 0.7× 566 1.9× 153 0.8× 303 1.5× 60 1.6k

Countries citing papers authored by Lei Yan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Lei Yan

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Lei Yan. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Lei Yan. The network helps show where Lei Yan may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Lei Yan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Lei Yan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Lei Yan 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 Lei Yan. Lei Yan 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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Liu, Cheng, Lin Chen, Jianqiao Ye, et al.. (2025). Oxidation behaviors in additive manufacturing titanium alloys via multi-eutectoid elements alloying. Journal of Materials Research and Technology. 36. 1690–1704. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xin, et al.. (2022). Equivalent Modeling and Verification of a High-Steepness and Lightweight Elliptical Aluminum Mirror. Applied Sciences. 12(18). 9091–9091. 4 indexed citations
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Zhang, Kai, et al.. (2021). Design and Fabrication Technology of Metal Mirrors Based on Additive Manufacturing: A Review. Applied Sciences. 11(22). 10630–10630. 22 indexed citations
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Wang, Pei, A. Gebert, Lei Yan, et al.. (2020). Corrosion of Al-3.5Cu-1.5 Mg–1Si alloy prepared by selective laser melting and heat treatment. Intermetallics. 124. 106871–106871. 17 indexed citations
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Yeung, Ho, Zhuo Yang, & Lei Yan. (2020). A meltpool prediction based scan strategy for powder bed fusion additive manufacturing. Additive manufacturing. 35. 101383–101383. 51 indexed citations
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Li, Lan, Lei Yan, Yitao Chen, et al.. (2019). Predictive Model for Thermal and Stress Field in Selective Laser Melting Process—Part II. Procedia Manufacturing. 39. 547–555. 1 indexed citations
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Yan, Lei, Yitao Chen, & Frank Liou. (2019). Additive manufacturing of functionally graded metallic materials using laser metal deposition. Additive manufacturing. 31. 100901–100901. 286 indexed citations breakdown →
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Yan, Lei, Wenyuan Cui, Joseph William Newkirk, et al.. (2018). Build Strategy Investigation of Ti-6Al-4V Produced Via a Hybrid Manufacturing Process. JOM. 70(9). 1706–1713. 10 indexed citations
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Zhang, Jingwei, Wei Li, Lei Yan, & Frank Liou. (2018). A two-dimensional simulation of grain structure growth within the substrate and the fusion zone during direct metal deposition. Comptes Rendus Mécanique. 346(11). 1072–1086. 13 indexed citations
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Yan, Lei, Yunlu Zhang, & Frank Liou. (2018). A conceptual design of residual stress reduction with multiple shape laser beams in direct laser deposition. Finite Elements in Analysis and Design. 144. 30–37. 15 indexed citations
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Yan, Lei, et al.. (2018). Testing of Weakly Weathered Granites of Different Porosities Using a Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar Technique. Advances in Civil Engineering. 2018(1). 13 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yunlu, Lei Yan, & Frank Liou. (2017). Improved initial guess with semi-subpixel level accuracy in digital image correlation by feature-based method. Optics and Lasers in Engineering. 104. 149–158. 24 indexed citations
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Yan, Lei, et al.. (2016). Direct laser deposition of Ti-6Al-4V from elemental powder blends. Rapid Prototyping Journal. 22(5). 810–816. 36 indexed citations
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Zhao, Haimeng, et al.. (2014). Uncertainty Evaluation of an In-Flight Absolute Radiometric Calibration Using a Statistical Monte Carlo Method. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 53(5). 2925–2934. 15 indexed citations
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Dillard, David, et al.. (2011). Estimating the Stresses in Linear Viscoelastic Sealants Subjected to Thermally-Driven Deformations. The Journal of Adhesion. 87(2). 162–178. 4 indexed citations
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Yan, Lei, S. Ramamurthy, James J. Noël, & David W. Shoesmith. (2006). Hydrogen absorption into alpha titanium in acidic solutions. Electrochimica Acta. 52(3). 1169–1181. 38 indexed citations
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Yue, T.M., et al.. (2005). Stress corrosion cracking behavior of Nd:YAG laser-treated aluminum alloy 7075. Applied Surface Science. 252(14). 5026–5034. 61 indexed citations
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Yue, T.M., et al.. (2005). Stress corrosion cracking behaviour of laser treated aluminium alloy 7075 using a slow strain rate test. Materials Science and Technology. 21(8). 961–966. 13 indexed citations
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Yue, T.M., et al.. (2004). Effect of excimer laser surface melting on intergranular corrosion cracking of the aluminum–lithium alloy 8090. Journal of Laser Applications. 16(1). 31–39. 5 indexed citations

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