Ning Gao

2.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
118 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Ning Gao is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, Ning Gao has authored 118 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 101 papers in Materials Chemistry, 39 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 20 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in Ning Gao's work include Fusion materials and technologies (76 papers), Nuclear Materials and Properties (55 papers) and Microstructure and mechanical properties (29 papers). Ning Gao is often cited by papers focused on Fusion materials and technologies (76 papers), Nuclear Materials and Properties (55 papers) and Microstructure and mechanical properties (29 papers). Ning Gao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Canada. Ning Gao's co-authors include Fei Gao, Huiqiu Deng, Guang-Hong Lü, Wangyu Hu, Dong Wang, Yangchun Chen, Song Jiang, Chang Liu, Kaiping Tai and Qun Jin and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Nature Communications and Nature Materials.

In The Last Decade

Ning Gao

111 papers receiving 2.3k 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.

Flexible layer-structured Bi2Te3 thermoelectric on a carbon nanotube scaffold

2018 404 citations Ning Gao et al. profile →
Radiation-induced segregation on defect clusters in single-phase concentrated solid-solution alloys

2017 262 citations Ning Gao, Fei Gao et al. Acta Materialia profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ning Gao China	24	1.9k	777	346	221	216	118	2.3k
Alexander E. Mayer Russia	30	1.9k 1.0×	1.0k 1.3×	345 1.0×	187 0.8×	298 1.4×	134	2.4k
Douglas E. Spearot United States	28	2.4k 1.3×	1.4k 1.8×	363 1.0×	289 1.3×	198 0.9×	104	3.1k
Xudong Zhang China	24	753 0.4×	1.2k 1.6×	213 0.6×	161 0.7×	111 0.5×	116	1.8k
Danny J. Edwards United States	30	2.2k 1.2×	945 1.2×	304 0.9×	330 1.5×	335 1.6×	116	2.8k
Paulo S. Branı́cio United States	31	2.4k 1.3×	1.6k 2.1×	172 0.5×	386 1.7×	172 0.8×	110	3.4k
H. Saka Japan	26	1.4k 0.8×	832 1.1×	262 0.8×	379 1.7×	131 0.6×	149	2.2k
Chuang Deng Canada	25	1.7k 0.9×	1.2k 1.6×	548 1.6×	275 1.2×	130 0.6×	99	2.4k
Jae-Hyeok Shim South Korea	27	1.7k 0.9×	1.4k 1.9×	323 0.9×	378 1.7×	78 0.4×	95	2.8k
Laurent Karim Béland Canada	27	1.5k 0.8×	1.4k 1.8×	975 2.8×	239 1.1×	317 1.5×	80	2.5k
Pierre Hirel France	14	1.4k 0.8×	941 1.2×	256 0.7×	313 1.4×	100 0.5×	27	2.0k

Countries citing papers authored by Ning Gao

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Ning Gao

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20 of 20 papers shown

Gao, Ning, et al.. (2025). First-principles study on the interfacial stability, mechanical behavior and failure mechanism of Al4C3(0 0 0 1)/Al (1 1 1) interfaces. Surfaces and Interfaces. 62. 106277–106277. 1 indexed citations

Gao, Ning, Guoke Wei, Ming Yang, et al.. (2025). Atomistic study of thermodynamic stability and fracture mechanisms in Al4C3(0001)/SiC(111) interfaces. Computational Materials Science. 260. 114248–114248.

Ma, Wen‐Xiu, et al.. (2024). Formation of large loop-hydrogen complexes and related effects on mechanical properties of Zirconium investigated with molecular dynamics method. Materials Today Communications. 38. 108362–108362. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Ziqiang, Yang Chen, Ning Gao, Xuebang Wu, & Zhongwen Yao. (2024). Machine learning - assisted prediction of yield strength in irradiated type 316 stainless steels. Fusion Engineering and Design. 208. 114691–114691. 1 indexed citations

Fang, Jingzhong, Huiqiu Deng, Wangyu Hu, et al.. (2024). Influence of temperature gradients on helium diffusion and clustering in tungsten: A molecular dynamics study. Fusion Engineering and Design. 208. 114687–114687. 3 indexed citations

Chen, Yangchun, Yong Liu, Ning Gao, et al.. (2024). A new interatomic potential of W-Ni-Fe systems for point defects and mechanical property studies. Journal of Nuclear Materials. 594. 155040–155040. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Tao, et al.. (2024). Radiation defect formation and effect on mechanical property in octahydro-1,3,5,7-tetranitro-1,3,5,7-tetrazocine investigated by molecular dynamics method. Chemical Engineering Journal Advances. 20. 100653–100653. 2 indexed citations

Chen, Yangchun, Ning Gao, Xinfu He, et al.. (2023). Molecular dynamics simulations of displacement cascades in vanadium: Generation and types of dislocation loops. Nuclear Materials and Energy. 34. 101394–101394. 6 indexed citations

Guo, Long, Liang Wang, Ning Gao, et al.. (2022). Orientation dependence of shock-induced change of habit plane for the 1/2<111> dislocation loop and plasticity in tungsten. International Journal of Plasticity. 155. 103329–103329. 22 indexed citations

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Fang, Jingzhong, Lixia Liu, Ning Gao, Wangyu Hu, & Huiqiu Deng. (2021). Molecular dynamics simulation of the behavior of typical radiation defects under stress gradient field in tungsten. Journal of Applied Physics. 130(12). 7 indexed citations

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Gao, Ning, Zhongwen Yao, Guang-Hong Lü, Huiqiu Deng, & Fei Gao. (2021). Mechanisms for <100> interstitial dislocation loops to diffuse in BCC iron. Nature Communications. 12(1). 225–225. 35 indexed citations

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Chen, Yangchun, Jingzhong Fang, Ning Gao, et al.. (2021). Energetics and diffusional properties of helium in W-Ta systems studied by a new ternary potential. Journal of Nuclear Materials. 549. 152913–152913. 19 indexed citations

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Liu, Lixia, Ning Gao, Yangchun Chen, et al.. (2021). Formation mechanism of 〈111〉 interstitial dislocation loops from irradiation-induced C15 clusters in tungsten. Physical Review Materials. 5(9). 6 indexed citations

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Fang, Jingzhong, Lixia Liu, Ning Gao, et al.. (2020). Molecular dynamics simulation of the diffusion of self-interstitial atoms and interstitial loops under temperature gradient field in tungsten. Journal of Applied Physics. 128(6). 6 indexed citations

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Chen, Yangchun, Ning Gao, Wangyu Hu, et al.. (2019). Atomistic simulations of the interaction between transmutation-produced Re and grain boundaries in tungsten. Computational Materials Science. 173. 109412–109412. 14 indexed citations

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Li, Yu‐Hao, Hong-Bo Zhou, Linyun Liang, et al.. (2019). Transition from ductilizing to hardening in tungsten: The dependence on rhenium distribution. Acta Materialia. 181. 110–123. 36 indexed citations

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Fang, Jingzhong, Yangchun Chen, Ning Gao, et al.. (2019). Clustering and dislocation loop punching induced by different noble gas bubbles in tungsten: a molecular dynamics study. Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering. 27(8). 84002–84002. 4 indexed citations

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Chen, Yangchun, Jingzhong Fang, Lixia Liu, et al.. (2019). Development of the interatomic potentials for W-Ta system. Computational Materials Science. 163. 91–99. 33 indexed citations

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Chen, Yangchun, Jingzhong Fang, Lixia Liu, et al.. (2019). The interactions between rhenium and interstitial-type defects in bulk tungsten: A combined study by molecular dynamics and molecular statics simulations. Journal of Nuclear Materials. 522. 200–211. 40 indexed citations

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Chen, Yangchun, Ning Gao, Hong-Bo Zhou, et al.. (2018). New interatomic potentials of W, Re and W-Re alloy for radiation defects. Journal of Nuclear Materials. 502. 141–153. 70 indexed citations

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