S. Kou

2.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
67 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

S. Kou is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, S. Kou has authored 67 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 31 papers in Materials Chemistry and 21 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in S. Kou's work include Solidification and crystal growth phenomena (24 papers), Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties (21 papers) and Advanced Welding Techniques Analysis (10 papers). S. Kou is often cited by papers focused on Solidification and crystal growth phenomena (24 papers), Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties (21 papers) and Advanced Welding Techniques Analysis (10 papers). S. Kou collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and Poland. S. Kou's co-authors include Guoping Cao, Yi Le, R. Mehrabian, Yilin Le, Tao Yuan, Z. Luo, Tayfun Soysal, Timotius Pasang, C.W. Lan and Shih‐Chieh Hsu and has published in prestigious journals such as Acta Materialia, Journal of Materials Chemistry A and Progress in Materials Science.

In The Last Decade

S. Kou

64 papers receiving 2.2k 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.

Control of grain structure, phases, and defects in additive manufacturing of high-performance metallic components

2023 137 citations Tuhin Mukherjee, J. W. Elmer et al. Progress in Materials Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
S. Kou United States	29	2.0k	920	653	361	247	67	2.3k
Sindo Kou United States	32	4.2k 2.1×	2.0k 2.2×	1.0k 1.6×	352 1.0×	493 2.0×	91	4.5k
Subhasis Sinha India	28	1.6k 0.8×	773 0.8×	931 1.4×	154 0.4×	373 1.5×	51	2.1k
Jiashi Miao United States	26	2.5k 1.3×	1.4k 1.6×	948 1.5×	375 1.0×	735 3.0×	62	3.0k
Levente Balogh Canada	28	2.0k 1.0×	452 0.5×	2.0k 3.1×	263 0.7×	472 1.9×	83	2.8k
O. Vöhringer Germany	20	2.5k 1.3×	485 0.5×	1.8k 2.7×	545 1.5×	865 3.5×	90	3.1k
H. W. Kerr Canada	29	2.0k 1.0×	876 1.0×	961 1.5×	50 0.1×	349 1.4×	77	2.3k
Bo Chen China	32	2.4k 1.2×	440 0.5×	893 1.4×	85 0.2×	612 2.5×	141	2.6k
Chad W. Sinclair Canada	30	2.2k 1.1×	790 0.9×	1.8k 2.8×	498 1.4×	662 2.7×	93	2.8k
Frank Goodwin United States	26	1.6k 0.8×	345 0.4×	852 1.3×	92 0.3×	360 1.5×	142	2.2k
R. W. Fonda United States	26	2.2k 1.1×	895 1.0×	834 1.3×	100 0.3×	216 0.9×	63	2.4k

Countries citing papers authored by S. Kou

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of S. Kou

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of S. Kou. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of S. Kou 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 S. Kou. S. Kou is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Wang, Chen, Dongliang Yang, Wei Zhang, et al.. (2025). Synthesis and characterization of a novel high temperature resistant hydrophobic associative polymer for hydraulic fracturing. Petroleum. 11(4). 496–503.

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Mukherjee, Tuhin, J. W. Elmer, Huiliang Wei, et al.. (2023). Control of grain structure, phases, and defects in additive manufacturing of high-performance metallic components. Progress in Materials Science. 138. 101153–101153. 137 indexed citations breakdown →

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Soysal, Tayfun, et al.. (2016). Macrosegregation in dissimilar-metal fusion welding. Acta Materialia. 110. 149–160. 193 indexed citations

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Ma, Shengqiang, et al.. (2015). High strength steel (600–900 MPa) deposited metals: microstructure and mechanical properties. Science and Technology of Welding & Joining. 21(3). 186–193. 29 indexed citations

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Cao, Guoping, et al.. (2010). Onset of Hot Tearing in Ternary Mg-Al-Sr Alloy Castings. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A. 41(8). 2139–2150. 52 indexed citations

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Cao, Huatang, et al.. (2008). Liquation of Mg Alloys in Friction Stir Spot Welding. Welding Journal. 87(7). 21 indexed citations

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Cao, Guoping, Hongseok Choi, Hiromi Konishi, et al.. (2008). Mg–6Zn/1.5%SiC nanocomposites fabricated by ultrasonic cavitation-based solidification processing. Journal of Materials Science. 43(16). 5521–5526. 72 indexed citations

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Kou, S., et al.. (2007). Mechanisms of Macrosegregation Formation near Fusion Boundary in Welds Made with Dissimilar Filler Metals. 4 indexed citations

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Cao, Guoping & S. Kou. (2006). Hot tearing of ternary Mg−Al−Ca alloy castings. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A. 37(12). 3647–3663. 106 indexed citations

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Cao, Guoping, et al.. (2004). Liquation cracking in partial penetration aluminium welds: Assessing tendencies to liquate, crack and backfill. Science and Technology of Welding & Joining. 9(2). 149–157. 36 indexed citations

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Kou, S., et al.. (2003). Growth of Ga1−xInxSb alloy crystals by conventional Czochralski pulling. Journal of Crystal Growth. 249(3-4). 470–476. 9 indexed citations

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Kou, S., et al.. (2001). Temperature oscillation in a tin liquid bridge and critical Marangoni number dependency on Prandtl number. Journal of Crystal Growth. 222(1-2). 135–143. 26 indexed citations

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Limmaneevichitr, Chaowalit & S. Kou. (2000). Visualization of Marangoni convection in simulated weld pools. Welding Journal. 79(5). 28 indexed citations

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Kou, S., et al.. (2000). Partially melted zone in aluminum welds -- Liquation mechanism and directional solidification. Welding Journal. 79(5). 129–41; discussion 141. 54 indexed citations

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Kou, S., et al.. (1994). Modified floating-zone growth of organic single crystals. Journal of Crystal Growth. 137(3-4). 663–666. 3 indexed citations

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Min, Lü & S. Kou. (1988). POWER AND CURRENT DISTRIBUTIONS IN GAS TUNGSTEN ARCS. 12 indexed citations

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Kou, S., et al.. (1988). An experimental study on process variables in crystal growth by ohno continuous casting. Metallurgical Transactions A. 19(7). 1849–1852. 3 indexed citations

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Kou, S. & R. Mehrabian. (1986). Modeling and control of casting and welding processes. OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information). 60 indexed citations

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Sekhar, J. A., S. Kou, & R. Mehrabian. (1983). Heat flow model for surface melting and solidification of an alloy. Metallurgical Transactions A. 14(6). 1169–1177. 16 indexed citations

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Hsu, Shih‐Chieh, S. Kou, & R. Mehrabian. (1980). Rapid melting and solidification of surface due to stationary heat flux. Metallurgical Transactions B. 11(1). 29–38. 34 indexed citations

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