Ningning Liang

2.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
50 papers, 2.2k citations indexed

About

Ningning Liang is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Ningning Liang has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 2.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 26 papers in Materials Chemistry and 16 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Ningning Liang's work include High Entropy Alloys Studies (16 papers), Microstructure and mechanical properties (14 papers) and Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties (13 papers). Ningning Liang is often cited by papers focused on High Entropy Alloys Studies (16 papers), Microstructure and mechanical properties (14 papers) and Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties (13 papers). Ningning Liang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Ningning Liang's co-authors include Yonghao Zhao, Gang Sha, Jizi Liu, Guanzhong Wu, Xuzhou Gao, Yiping Lu, Bo Zhang, Yuntian Zhu, Dan Song and Lingling Tang and has published in prestigious journals such as Acta Materialia, Scientific Reports and Journal of Membrane Science.

In The Last Decade

Ningning Liang

47 papers receiving 2.2k citations

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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.

Microstructural origins of high strength and high ductility in an AlCoCrFeNi2.1 eutectic high-entropy alloy

2017 682 citations Ningning Liang, Gang Sha et al. Acta Materialia profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ningning Liang China	24	1.8k	979	961	365	266	50	2.2k
Qingzhong Mao China	25	1.7k 0.9×	510 0.5×	1.2k 1.2×	237 0.6×	412 1.5×	71	1.9k
Jun Du China	23	1.2k 0.7×	660 0.7×	920 1.0×	567 1.6×	242 0.9×	107	1.7k
Peng Dong China	24	1.7k 0.9×	637 0.7×	807 0.8×	184 0.5×	298 1.1×	78	2.2k
Jan Halvor Nordlien Norway	23	1.1k 0.6×	1.0k 1.0×	1.7k 1.7×	748 2.0×	190 0.7×	33	2.1k
R. Azari Khosroshahi Iran	23	1.7k 0.9×	450 0.5×	843 0.9×	113 0.3×	229 0.9×	57	2.0k
Yao Qiu Australia	20	1.7k 0.9×	1.3k 1.3×	633 0.7×	229 0.6×	208 0.8×	45	2.0k
Sigurd Wenner Norway	26	1.3k 0.7×	1.3k 1.3×	1.2k 1.2×	107 0.3×	189 0.7×	76	1.8k
J. Mizera Poland	22	1.1k 0.6×	368 0.4×	825 0.9×	324 0.9×	416 1.6×	161	1.6k
Joseph R. McDermid Canada	28	1.4k 0.8×	457 0.5×	1.6k 1.7×	391 1.1×	355 1.3×	92	2.2k
Tahir I. Khan Canada	27	1.7k 0.9×	532 0.5×	787 0.8×	238 0.7×	431 1.6×	104	2.1k

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Wang, Luling, B.L. Zhu, Jizi Liu, et al.. (2025). Short-range ordering suppresses mechanical annealing in CoCrNi alloy nanopillars. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences. 287. 109979–109979. 3 indexed citations

Liang, Ningning, et al.. (2025). Experimental and numerical study of flame characteristics of NH ₃ /C ₃ H ₈ /H ₂ laminar premixed combustion. Energy Sources Part A Recovery Utilization and Environmental Effects. 47(2).

Xu, Junqiang, et al.. (2025). Tuning the microstructures and mechanical properties of heterostructured steel fabricated via arc-based directed energy deposition and hot rolling. Journal of Materials Processing Technology. 343. 118985–118985.

Li, Hongjun, et al.. (2024). Investigation on the correlation between grain boundary character distribution and precipitate behavior in T91 ferritic/martensitic steel. Materials Characterization. 212. 113960–113960. 8 indexed citations

Xu, Junqiang, Ningning Liang, Jian Kong, et al.. (2024). Droplet transition behavior and compositional homogenization of TiAl alloys fabricated via dual-wire electron beam-directed energy deposition. Journal of Manufacturing Processes. 131. 270–282. 8 indexed citations

Jiang, Yao, Ningning Liang, Si Lan, et al.. (2024). Revealing the high strength and high thermal stability of a nano-lamellar Cu-0.1 at.% Zr alloy. Acta Materialia. 276. 120163–120163. 13 indexed citations

Tang, Lingling, et al.. (2024). Alloying effects on the microstructure and properties of CoCrFeMnNiX0.1 high-entropy alloys via rolling and thermal treatment. Journal of Materials Science. 59(17). 7529–7546. 3 indexed citations

Zhao, Yonghao, Rui Hou, Fei Liang, et al.. (2024). Ultrastrong and ductile medium-entropy alloys via hierarchical ordering. Science Advances. 10(22). eadn7553–eadn7553. 25 indexed citations

Xu, Junqiang, Yong Peng, Ningning Liang, et al.. (2024). Effects of heat treatment on microstructures and properties of a heterostructured alloy with dissimilar components fabricated by WAAM. Rare Metals. 43(9). 4441–4461. 8 indexed citations

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Xu, Junqiang, Yong Peng, Ningning Liang, et al.. (2024). Novel orientation relationships and mechanical properties of in situ synthesized Ti5Si3-reinforced TiAl composite via electron beam-directed energy deposition. Journal of Material Science and Technology. 224. 125–141. 4 indexed citations

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Xu, Junqiang, et al.. (2023). Microstructure and mechanical properties of the laminated heterostructured material with 316L stainless steel/18Ni300 maraging steel fabricated by WAAM. Materials Science and Engineering A. 881. 145300–145300. 36 indexed citations

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Liu, Weilin, Qiuyue Wang, Ningning Liang, et al.. (2023). Revealing the Enhanced Passivation and Anti-Corrosion Performance of Surface-Nanocrystallization-Modified Cr-Alloyed Rebar via Electrochemical Testing and XPS Depth Analysis. Coatings. 13(1). 192–192. 3 indexed citations

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Shao, Yanyan, et al.. (2023). Microstructure refinement and enhanced mechanical properties in rapid-quenched MnCrFeCoNi high-entropy alloy. Heliyon. 9(12). e22530–e22530. 5 indexed citations

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Chen, Cai, Mingchuan Wang, Ningning Liang, et al.. (2022). The Effect of Rotary-Die Equal-Channel Angular Pressing Process on the Microstructure, the Mechanical and Friction Properties of GW103 Alloy. Materials. 15(24). 9005–9005. 4 indexed citations

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Gao, Bo, Qingquan Lai, Yuanxun Cao, et al.. (2020). Ultrastrong low-carbon nanosteel produced by heterostructure and interstitial mediated warm rolling. Science Advances. 6(39). 117 indexed citations

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Song, Dan, Guowei Wang, Ningning Liang, et al.. (2020). Microstructure and deformation behavior of a novel steel rebar: Effect of the heterogeneous microstructure of soft ferrite and Hard bainite. Journal of Materials Research and Technology. 9(6). 12281–12292. 31 indexed citations

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Zhao, Jingna, Xiaohua Zhang, Yu‐Yao Huang, et al.. (2018). A comparison of the twisted and untwisted structures for one-dimensional carbon nanotube assemblies. Materials & Design. 146. 20–27. 28 indexed citations

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Liang, Ningning, Yonghao Zhao, Y. Li, et al.. (2018). Influence of microstructure on thermal stability of ultrafine-grained Cu processed by equal channel angular pressing. Journal of Materials Science. 53(18). 13173–13185. 30 indexed citations

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Shan, G.B., et al.. (2018). Irradiation resistance of a thermally stable nanocrystalline Fe-1 at.% Zr alloy. Materials Letters. 238. 261–263. 7 indexed citations

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Liang, Ningning, Yonghao Zhao, Jing Tao Wang, & Yuntian Zhu. (2017). Effect of grain structure on Charpy impact behavior of copper. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 44783–44783. 26 indexed citations

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