Shaofan Zhao

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
24 papers, 1.1k citations indexed

About

Shaofan Zhao is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Ceramics and Composites. According to data from OpenAlex, Shaofan Zhao has authored 24 papers receiving a total of 1.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 12 papers in Materials Chemistry and 4 papers in Ceramics and Composites. Recurrent topics in Shaofan Zhao's work include Metallic Glasses and Amorphous Alloys (16 papers), High Entropy Alloys Studies (7 papers) and Phase-change materials and chalcogenides (6 papers). Shaofan Zhao is often cited by papers focused on Metallic Glasses and Amorphous Alloys (16 papers), High Entropy Alloys Studies (7 papers) and Phase-change materials and chalcogenides (6 papers). Shaofan Zhao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Australia. Shaofan Zhao's co-authors include Yang Shao, Kefu Yao, Guannan Yang, N. Chen, K. Yao, Z. Han, Fan Liu, Hongyu Ding, Pan Gong and Xue Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Scientific Reports, RSC Advances and Journal of Alloys and Compounds.

In The Last Decade

Shaofan Zhao

24 papers receiving 1.1k 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.

Effect of Ti additions on mechanical properties of NbMoTaW and VNbMoTaW refractory high entropy alloys

2017 392 citations Z. Han, N. Chen et al. Intermetallics profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Shaofan Zhao China	18	991	422	406	148	111	24	1.1k
Peter Kalu United States	15	678 0.7×	362 0.9×	596 1.5×	42 0.3×	96 0.9×	67	917
Torbjörn Carlberg Sweden	17	365 0.4×	253 0.6×	424 1.0×	41 0.3×	19 0.2×	59	744
Dong Qu China	15	467 0.5×	38 0.1×	309 0.8×	171 1.2×	51 0.5×	42	694
Gaoyuan Ouyang United States	19	799 0.8×	187 0.4×	339 0.8×	85 0.6×	407 3.7×	44	1.1k
Ben-Lian Zhou China	13	303 0.3×	116 0.3×	207 0.5×	138 0.9×	17 0.2×	26	566
S. Annavarapu United States	10	242 0.2×	202 0.5×	250 0.6×	25 0.2×	68 0.6×	13	550
R. T. Huang Taiwan	16	393 0.4×	207 0.5×	288 0.7×	45 0.3×	94 0.8×	37	742
Bowen Lv China	14	277 0.3×	429 1.0×	307 0.8×	219 1.5×	47 0.4×	30	697
Kyoko Kawagishi Japan	18	758 0.8×	577 1.4×	359 0.9×	45 0.3×	52 0.5×	78	1.0k
Rodolfo Rodríguez United States	10	572 0.6×	185 0.4×	470 1.2×	60 0.4×	32 0.3×	20	691

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Shaofan Zhao

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

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Shao, Ling, Jittisa Ketkaew, Pan Gong, et al.. (2020). Effect of chemical composition on the fracture toughness of bulk metallic glasses. Materialia. 12. 100828–100828. 34 indexed citations

Han, Z., Hengwei Luan, Shaofan Zhao, et al.. (2018). Microstructures and Mechanical Properties of AlCrFeNiMo _0.5 Ti _x High Entropy Alloys. Chinese Physics Letters. 35(3). 36102–36102. 9 indexed citations

Shao, Ling, Sujun Wu, Shaofan Zhao, et al.. (2018). Evolution of microstructure and microhardness of the weld simulated heat-affected zone of Ti-22Al-25Nb (at.%) alloy with continuous cooling rate. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 744. 487–492. 8 indexed citations

Han, Z., N. Chen, Shaofan Zhao, et al.. (2017). Effect of Ti additions on mechanical properties of NbMoTaW and VNbMoTaW refractory high entropy alloys. Intermetallics. 84. 153–157. 392 indexed citations breakdown →

Gu, Jialun, Yang Shao, Shaofan Zhao, et al.. (2017). Effects of Cu addition on the glass forming ability and corrosion resistance of Ti-Zr-Be-Ni alloys. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 725. 573–579. 42 indexed citations

Liu, Xue, Jing Du, Yang Shao, Shaofan Zhao, & Kefu Yao. (2017). One-pot preparation of nanoporous Ag-Cu@Ag core-shell alloy with enhanced oxidative stability and robust antibacterial activity. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 10249–10249. 39 indexed citations

Shao, Ling, Amit Datye, Jun Huang, et al.. (2017). Pulsed Laser Beam Welding of Pd43Cu27Ni10P20 Bulk Metallic Glass. Scientific Reports. 7(1). 7989–7989. 30 indexed citations

Li, Yanglin, Shaofan Zhao, Yanhui Liu, Pan Gong, & Jan Schroers. (2017). How Many Bulk Metallic Glasses Are There?. ACS Combinatorial Science. 19(11). 687–693. 57 indexed citations

Li, Jinfeng, Xin Wang, Xue Liu, Shaofan Zhao, & Kefu Yao. (2017). Effect of fluxing treatment on the properties of Fe 66 Co 15 Mo 1 P 7.5 C 5.5 B 2 Si 3 bulk metallic glass by water quenching. Physica B Condensed Matter. 528. 24–26. 11 indexed citations

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Yang, Guannan, Shuangqin Chen, Jialun Gu, et al.. (2016). Serration behaviours in metallic glasses with different plasticity. The Philosophical Magazine A Journal of Theoretical Experimental and Applied Physics. 96(21). 2243–2255. 24 indexed citations

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Zhao, Shaofan, N. Chen, Pan Gong, & Kefu Yao. (2015). New centimeter-sized quaternary Ti–Zr–Be–Cu bulk metallic glasses with large glass forming ability. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 647. 533–538. 18 indexed citations

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Zhao, Shaofan, Na Chen, Pan Gong, & Kefu Yao. (2015). Centimeter‐Sized Quaternary Ti‐Based Bulk Metallic Glasses with High Ti Content of 50 at%. Advanced Engineering Materials. 18(2). 231–235. 11 indexed citations

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Gong, Pan, Shaofan Zhao, Xin Wang, & Kefu Yao. (2015). Non-isothermal crystallization kinetics and glass-forming ability of Ti41Zr25Be28Fe6 bulk metallic glass investigated by differential scanning calorimetry. Applied Physics A. 120(1). 145–153. 16 indexed citations

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Han, Z., Xue Liu, Shaofan Zhao, et al.. (2015). Microstructure, phase stability and mechanical properties of Nb–Ni–Ti–Co–Zr and Nb–Ni–Ti–Co–Zr–Hf high entropy alloys. Progress in Natural Science Materials International. 25(5). 365–369. 34 indexed citations

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Gong, Pan, Shaofan Zhao, Hongyu Ding, Kefu Yao, & Xin Wang. (2015). Nonisothermal crystallization kinetics, fragility and thermodynamics of Ti₂₀Zr₂₀Cu₂₀Ni₂₀Be₂₀ high entropy bulk metallic glass. Journal of materials research/Pratt's guide to venture capital sources. 30(18). 2772–2782. 38 indexed citations

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Zhao, Shaofan, et al.. (2015). Quaternary Ti–Zr–Be–Ni bulk metallic glasses with large glass-forming ability. Materials & Design. 85. 564–573. 32 indexed citations

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Zhao, Shaofan, Yang Shao, Xue Liu, et al.. (2015). Pseudo-quinary Ti20Zr20Hf20Be20(Cu20-xNix) high entropy bulk metallic glasses with large glass forming ability. Materials & Design. 87. 625–631. 93 indexed citations

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Zhao, Shaofan, Yang Shao, Pan Gong, & Kefu Yao. (2014). A Centimeter-Sized Quaternary Ti-Zr-Be-Ag Bulk Metallic Glass. Advances in Materials Science and Engineering. 2014. 1–5. 18 indexed citations

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Liu, Xue, Shaofan Zhao, Yang Shao, & Kefu Yao. (2014). Facile synthesis of air-stable nano/submicro dendritic copper structures and their anti-oxidation properties. RSC Advances. 4(63). 33362–33365. 16 indexed citations

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Zhao, Shaofan, G.S.P. Castle, & Kazimierz Adamiak. (2008). Factors affecting deposition in electrostatic pesticide spraying. Journal of Electrostatics. 66(11-12). 594–601. 38 indexed citations

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