Okan Ünal

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
65 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Okan Ünal is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Mechanics of Materials and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Okan Ünal has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 65 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 37 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 32 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Okan Ünal's work include Surface Treatment and Residual Stress (50 papers), Metal and Thin Film Mechanics (31 papers) and Erosion and Abrasive Machining (21 papers). Okan Ünal is often cited by papers focused on Surface Treatment and Residual Stress (50 papers), Metal and Thin Film Mechanics (31 papers) and Erosion and Abrasive Machining (21 papers). Okan Ünal collaborates with scholars based in Türkiye, Italy and Iran. Okan Ünal's co-authors include Erfan Maleki, Remzi Varol, Kazem Reza Kashyzadeh, Sara Bagherifard, Mario Guagliano, Auezhan Amanov, Ruslan Karimbaev, Michele Bandini, Young Sik Pyun and G.H. Farrahi and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Scientific Reports and Materials Science and Engineering A.

In The Last Decade

Okan Ünal

57 papers receiving 2.5k 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.

The effects of shot peening, laser shock peening and ultrasonic nanocrystal surface modification on the fatigue strength of Inconel 718

2021 196 citations Erfan Maleki, Okan Ünal et al. Materials Science and Engineering A profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Okan Ünal Türkiye	31	2.4k	1.2k	1.0k	656	309	65	2.6k
Delphine Retraint France	24	2.2k 0.9×	1.5k 1.3×	1.0k 1.0×	556 0.8×	131 0.4×	91	2.5k
B.N. Mordyuk Ukraine	28	2.3k 1.0×	1.2k 1.1×	602 0.6×	460 0.7×	252 0.8×	119	2.5k
Shu Huang China	29	2.0k 0.8×	821 0.7×	517 0.5×	480 0.7×	123 0.4×	155	2.3k
Young Sik Pyun South Korea	23	1.6k 0.7×	892 0.8×	754 0.7×	285 0.4×	95 0.3×	100	1.9k
Nikolai Kashaev Germany	32	2.8k 1.2×	838 0.7×	533 0.5×	332 0.5×	279 0.9×	138	3.0k
Xiankai Meng China	25	1.6k 0.7×	611 0.5×	386 0.4×	340 0.5×	142 0.5×	89	1.8k
Jiaren Jiang Canada	20	1.2k 0.5×	877 0.8×	1.0k 1.0×	157 0.2×	98 0.3×	47	1.6k
Berthold Scholtes Germany	26	2.3k 0.9×	1.1k 0.9×	926 0.9×	483 0.7×	44 0.1×	146	2.5k
Carlos Rubio‐González Mexico	25	1.2k 0.5×	680 0.6×	993 1.0×	380 0.6×	50 0.2×	92	1.9k
P. Ganesh India	22	1.4k 0.6×	448 0.4×	320 0.3×	221 0.3×	254 0.8×	71	1.5k

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Günen, Ali, Thomas Lindner, Mustafa Serdar Karakaş, et al.. (2025). Effect of vibratory peening pretreatment on boriding kinetics of Hadfield steel by Taylor expansion model. Surface and Coatings Technology. 514. 132550–132550.

Korkmaz, Mehmet Erdi, et al.. (2025). Tribological, microstructural and surface characteristics of additively manufactured AlSi10Mg to sequential vibratory peening and heat treatment. Surface and Coatings Technology. 511. 132307–132307.

Ünal, Okan, et al.. (2025). Effects of pack boriding temperature on wear and corrosion performance of high-strength armor steel. Emerging Materials Research. 14(1). 83–97.

Ünal, Okan, et al.. (2025). A comprehensive investigation on wear and corrosion performance of AISI 8620 steel after severe vibratory peening. Emerging Materials Research. 14(1). 52–69.

Gök, Mustafa Sabri, et al.. (2024). Study of the Wear Resistance Plasma Nitrided GGG60 by Optimization of Surface Treatment Conditions Using Response Surface Methodology. International Journal of Metalcasting. 19(1). 387–403. 2 indexed citations

Çetin, M. Hüseyin, et al.. (2024). Effect of Shot‐Peening Process and Nanoparticle‐Added Lubricant on the Tribological Performance of Aluminium‐Based Sliding Bearing Material. Lubrication Science. 36(8). 621–644. 1 indexed citations

Maleki, Erfan, Sara Bagherifard, Okan Ünal, & Mario Guagliano. (2024). Hybrid Intelligence approach to study post-processing impact on the mechanical performance of notched additively manufactured AlSi10Mg. Materials & Design. 248. 113462–113462. 3 indexed citations

Maleki, Erfan, et al.. (2024). Application of impact-based and laser-based surface severe plastic deformation methods on additively manufactured 316L: Microstructure, tensile and fatigue behaviors. Materials Science and Engineering A. 916. 147360–147360. 11 indexed citations

Maleki, Erfan, et al.. (2023). Enhancing Friction Stir Welding in Fishing Boat Construction through Deep Learning-Based Optimization. 5(2). 1–14. 1 indexed citations

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Maleki, Erfan, et al.. (2023). The efficiency of tumble finishing as a final post-treatment for fatigue enhancement of notched laser powder bed fusion AlSi10Mg. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 4602–4602. 17 indexed citations

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Maleki, Erfan, Okan Ünal, Shuai Shao, & Nima Shamsaei. (2023). Effects of Laser Shock Peening on Corrosion Resistance of Additive Manufactured AlSi10Mg. Coatings. 13(5). 874–874. 15 indexed citations

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Kashyzadeh, Kazem Reza, Nima Amiri, Erfan Maleki, & Okan Ünal. (2023). A Critical Review on Improving the Fatigue Life and Corrosion Properties of Magnesium Alloys via the Technique of Adding Different Elements. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 11(3). 527–527. 20 indexed citations

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Maleki, Erfan, Sara Bagherifard, Okan Ünal, Michele Bandini, & Mario Guagliano. (2022). On the effects of laser shock peening on fatigue behavior of V-notched AlSi10Mg manufactured by laser powder bed fusion. International Journal of Fatigue. 163. 107035–107035. 61 indexed citations

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Maleki, Erfan, et al.. (2022). Fatigue crack growth rate of AISI 4140 low alloy steel treated via shot peening and plasma nitriding. Vacuum. 207. 111552–111552. 25 indexed citations

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Ünal, Okan, et al.. (2021). Effects of conventional shot peening, severe shot peening, re-shot peening and precised grinding operations on fatigue performance of AISI 1050 railway axle steel. International Journal of Fatigue. 155. 106613–106613. 78 indexed citations

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Maleki, Erfan, Sara Bagherifard, Okan Ünal, et al.. (2021). Introducing gradient severe shot peening as a novel mechanical surface treatment. Scientific Reports. 11(1). 22035–22035. 54 indexed citations

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Ünal, Okan, Erfan Maleki, & Remzi Varol. (2021). Comprehensive analysis of pulsed plasma nitriding preconditions on the fatigue behavior of AISI 304 austenitic stainless steel. International Journal of Minerals Metallurgy and Materials. 28(4). 657–664. 8 indexed citations

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Erdoğan, Azmi, et al.. (2020). Effect of severe vibratory peening on microstructural and tribological properties of hot rolled AISI 1020 mild steel. Surface and Coatings Technology. 403. 126383–126383. 34 indexed citations

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Ünal, Okan. (2018). EFFECT OF PRE-HEAT TREATMENT ON FATIGUE BEHAVIOR OF SEVERE SHOT PEENED AND PLASMA NITRIDED AISI 4140 STEEL. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 11(1). 57–63.

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Ünal, Okan, et al.. (2017). Effect of Severe Plastic Deformation on Wear Properties of Aluminum Matrix Composites. Acta Physica Polonica A. 131(3). 487–490. 16 indexed citations

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