Ping Wang

6.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
346 papers, 4.9k citations indexed

About

Ping Wang is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Mechanics of Materials and Civil and Structural Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Ping Wang has authored 346 papers receiving a total of 4.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 243 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 124 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 96 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering. Recurrent topics in Ping Wang's work include Railway Engineering and Dynamics (150 papers), Civil and Geotechnical Engineering Research (60 papers) and Mechanical stress and fatigue analysis (51 papers). Ping Wang is often cited by papers focused on Railway Engineering and Dynamics (150 papers), Civil and Geotechnical Engineering Research (60 papers) and Mechanical stress and fatigue analysis (51 papers). Ping Wang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Netherlands. Ping Wang's co-authors include Mingyuan Gao, Jingmang Xu, Rong Chen, Yuan Wang, Yifeng Wang, Qing He, Rong Chen, Caiyou Zhao, Ye Yao and Jianli Cong and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Energy & Environmental Science and Journal of Cleaner Production.

In The Last Decade

Ping Wang

324 papers receiving 4.7k 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.

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ping Wang China	34	3.2k	1.4k	1.2k	897	600	346	4.9k
R.S. Dwyer-Joyce United Kingdom	41	4.1k 1.3×	473 0.3×	3.3k 2.7×	408 0.5×	558 0.9×	229	5.4k
David Thambiratnam Australia	42	2.0k 0.6×	4.9k 3.4×	1.4k 1.1×	195 0.2×	148 0.2×	362	6.1k
Xuesong Jin China	46	4.8k 1.5×	1.4k 1.0×	2.9k 2.4×	162 0.2×	116 0.2×	244	5.6k
Hongtao Zhu Australia	37	3.7k 1.1×	293 0.2×	2.5k 2.0×	290 0.3×	565 0.9×	332	5.4k
J. R. Barber United States	46	3.3k 1.0×	616 0.4×	5.6k 4.6×	228 0.3×	618 1.0×	265	7.2k
M. Ciavarella Italy	37	2.9k 0.9×	508 0.4×	4.4k 3.7×	165 0.2×	376 0.6×	244	5.4k
Gang Wang China	35	1.3k 0.4×	1.0k 0.7×	956 0.8×	687 0.8×	1.9k 3.2×	294	4.6k
Zhenyu Huang China	37	1.7k 0.5×	2.2k 1.5×	878 0.7×	750 0.8×	2.0k 3.3×	148	6.0k
Y. L. Mo United States	48	1.1k 0.4×	6.3k 4.3×	2.3k 1.9×	354 0.4×	983 1.6×	290	7.5k
Kwan-Soo Lee South Korea	47	5.0k 1.5×	443 0.3×	395 0.3×	667 0.7×	1.0k 1.7×	255	6.8k

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Wang, Shuguo, et al.. (2025). Influence of vertical rotation angle at bridge end on the motion law and force characteristics of beam-end expansion device in large-span bridge. Structures. 73. 108415–108415. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Xiaoming, et al.. (2025). An element-based peridynamics modeling method for contact problems with material fracture. Applied Mathematical Modelling. 150. 116359–116359. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Ping, et al.. (2024). Investigating the dispersion characteristics of symmetric and asymmetric modes in rails: A theoretical and experimental study. Applied Acoustics. 220. 109931–109931. 3 indexed citations

He, Qing, et al.. (2024). 3D tensor-based point cloud and image fusion for robust detection and measurement of rail surface defects. Automation in Construction. 161. 105342–105342. 14 indexed citations

Wang, Kai, Jingmang Xu, Jian Yang, et al.. (2024). Crystal plasticity modeling of grain boundary softening and fatigue in U75V pearlite steel under low strain conditions: A study of cyclic rolling contact fatigue. Materials Science and Engineering A. 903. 146633–146633. 9 indexed citations

Li, Kang, et al.. (2024). Dispersion characteristics of arc-axis waveguides. Ultrasonics. 142. 107361–107361. 1 indexed citations

Yan, Xinlong, et al.. (2024). Low-cost preparation of multifunctional anti-fog coating with double-layer composite structure. Optical Materials. 157. 116022–116022. 1 indexed citations

Chen, Shuai, Guotang Zhao, Shuai Liu, Ping Wang, & Hengyu Wang. (2023). Study on the evolution of material microstructure and constitutive relation during rail corrugation development. Wear. 532-533. 205123–205123. 2 indexed citations

Wang, Kai, Jingmang Xu, Tao Liao, et al.. (2023). Multiscale analysis of wheel-rail rolling contact wear and damage mechanisms using molecular dynamics and explicit finite elements. Tribology International. 185. 108574–108574. 15 indexed citations

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Yang, Fan, et al.. (2023). Refined nonlinear fractional derivative model of vehicle-track coupling dynamics. International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics. 154. 104444–104444. 6 indexed citations

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Zhang, Hua, Wenjian Wang, Qiang Lin, et al.. (2023). Effect of third mediums on the formation and evolution of rail corrugation. Wear. 523. 204810–204810. 7 indexed citations

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Wang, Xiaoming, et al.. (2023). Nonlocal thermomechanical coupled analysis of wheel-rail contact using a peridynamic model. Wear. 528-529. 204954–204954. 12 indexed citations

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Kan, Qianhua, et al.. (2023). Time-delayed layer-based piezoelectric transducer for unidirectional excitation and reception of SH guided wave. Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing. 193. 110268–110268. 13 indexed citations

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Xu, Jingmang, Kai Wang, Ping Wang, et al.. (2023). Study on acoustic emission properties and crack growth rate identification of rail steels under different fatigue loading conditions. International Journal of Fatigue. 172. 107638–107638. 20 indexed citations

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Qiang, Yi, Jun Dai, Boyang An, et al.. (2023). Dual-mode electromagnetic energy harvester by Halbach arrays. Energy Conversion and Management. 286. 117038–117038. 34 indexed citations

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Wang, Kai, Tao Liao, Jingmang Xu, et al.. (2023). Identification of elastoplastic properties of materials with gradient residual stresses using a co-simulation method and nanoindentation experiments. NDT & E International. 139. 102940–102940. 6 indexed citations

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Zhang, Aihua, et al.. (2023). Weld Cross-Section Profile Fitting and Geometric Dimension Measurement Method Based on Machine Vision. Applied Sciences. 13(7). 4455–4455. 5 indexed citations

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Wang, Ping, et al.. (2023). Approximate Bayesian Estimation of Suspension Parameters of In-service High-speed Trains Based on Kriging Surrogate Model. Journal of Mechanical Engineering. 59(12). 139–139.

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Hao, Xianchao, et al.. (2023). Effects of Orthogonal Heat Treatment on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of GN9 Ferritic/Martensitic Steel. Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering. 36(1). 1 indexed citations

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An, Boyang, Ping Wang, Jieling Xiao, Jingmang Xu, & Rong Chen. (2017). Dynamic Response of Wheel-Rail Interaction at Rail Weld in High-Speed Railway. Shock and Vibration. 2017. 1–11. 12 indexed citations

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