Tiancai Xu

992 total citations · 1 hit paper
18 papers, 825 citations indexed

About

Tiancai Xu is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Biomaterials and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Tiancai Xu has authored 18 papers receiving a total of 825 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 15 papers in Biomaterials and 9 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Tiancai Xu's work include Magnesium Alloys: Properties and Applications (15 papers), Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties (14 papers) and Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties (9 papers). Tiancai Xu is often cited by papers focused on Magnesium Alloys: Properties and Applications (15 papers), Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties (14 papers) and Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties (9 papers). Tiancai Xu collaborates with scholars based in China and Canada. Tiancai Xu's co-authors include Xiaodong Peng, Yan Yang, Fusheng Pan, Jiangfeng Song, Guobing Wei, Weidong Xie, Jihui Qin, Zhenduo Ma, Yan Yang and Junwei Jiang and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied Surface Science, Journal of Alloys and Compounds and Journal of Materials Processing Technology.

In The Last Decade

Tiancai Xu

18 papers receiving 808 citations

Hit Papers

Overview of advancement and development trend on magnesiu... 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 100 200 300 400
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.

  1. Overview of advancement and development trend on magnesium alloy
    2019 439 citations Tiancai Xu, Yan Yang et al. Journal of Magnesium and Alloys profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Tiancai Xu China 11 645 622 348 203 191 18 825
Qiyu Liao China 16 711 1.1× 638 1.0× 424 1.2× 269 1.3× 294 1.5× 71 943
Weidong Xie China 14 547 0.8× 499 0.8× 278 0.8× 174 0.9× 184 1.0× 46 684
Wei Fu China 17 798 1.2× 444 0.7× 363 1.0× 199 1.0× 311 1.6× 30 953
Cheng Qiu China 20 1.0k 1.6× 519 0.8× 441 1.3× 181 0.9× 438 2.3× 48 1.3k
Yuandong Li China 15 616 1.0× 437 0.7× 289 0.8× 110 0.5× 256 1.3× 71 743
Guobing Wei China 21 980 1.5× 913 1.5× 547 1.6× 336 1.7× 330 1.7× 85 1.2k
Eric A. Nyberg United States 16 734 1.1× 485 0.8× 508 1.5× 159 0.8× 204 1.1× 30 937
Yunus Türen Türkiye 18 857 1.3× 763 1.2× 459 1.3× 164 0.8× 247 1.3× 68 1.0k
Xi Zhao China 17 550 0.9× 490 0.8× 279 0.8× 164 0.8× 236 1.2× 72 738
Ik Min Park South Korea 15 602 0.9× 522 0.8× 387 1.1× 135 0.7× 201 1.1× 53 736

Countries citing papers authored by Tiancai Xu

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Fields of papers citing papers by Tiancai Xu

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Tiancai Xu

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

All Works

18 of 18 papers shown
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Sun, Jianfeng, et al.. (2025). Numerical Analysis of Shear Contribution of CFRP-Strengthened RC Beams by Different Bond-Slip Models. International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials. 19(1). 2 indexed citations
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Ma, Zhenduo, Qiang Peng, Guobing Wei, et al.. (2020). Improvement of Microstructure, Mechanical Property and Corrosion Resistance of Mg–9Li–3Al–1Ca Alloy Through Centrifugal Casting. Metals and Materials International. 27(11). 4498–4509. 8 indexed citations
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Xu, Tiancai, Xia Shen, Boxin Li, et al.. (2019). Effect of Nd on microstructure and mechanical properties of dual-phase Mg-9Li-3Al alloys. Materials Research Express. 6(7). 76548–76548. 2 indexed citations
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Ma, Zhenduo, Hao Chen, Gang Liu, et al.. (2019). Effect of eutectic coating on the microstructure, compression property and corrosion behavior of Mg–Li alloy fabricated by co-extrusion. Materials Express. 9(4). 365–370. 1 indexed citations
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Xu, Tiancai, Yan Yang, Xiaodong Peng, Jiangfeng Song, & Fusheng Pan. (2019). Overview of advancement and development trend on magnesium alloy. Journal of Magnesium and Alloys. 7(3). 536–544. 439 indexed citations breakdown →
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Liu, Gang, Guobing Wei, Yan Yang, et al.. (2018). Dynamic Recrystallization Behavior and Corrosion Resistance of a Dual-Phase Mg-Li Alloy. Materials. 11(3). 408–408. 33 indexed citations
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Liu, Gang, Zhenduo Ma, Guobing Wei, et al.. (2018). Microstructure, tensile properties and corrosion behavior of friction stir processed Mg-9Li-1Zn alloy. Journal of Materials Processing Technology. 267. 393–402. 61 indexed citations
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Liu, Gang, Zhenduo Ma, Xuesong Fu, et al.. (2018). Effects of Welding Speed and Post-weld Hot Rolling on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Friction Stir-Welded AZ31 Magnesium Alloy. Acta Metallurgica Sinica (English Letters). 31(8). 853–864. 17 indexed citations
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Xu, Tiancai, Xia Shen, Zhenduo Ma, et al.. (2018). Study on the fatigue properties of as-extruded α + β dual phase Mg-Li-Al alloy. Materials Research Express. 6(3). 36518–36518. 1 indexed citations
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Ma, Zhenduo, Gang Liu, Yan Yang, et al.. (2018). Effects of heat treatment on the microstructure and mechanical property of Mg 6Zn 1Cu-0.5Ce alloy. Vacuum. 157. 1–8. 5 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xi, Faping Hu, Gang Liu, et al.. (2017). Effects of surface treatments and bonding types on the interfacial behavior of fiber metal laminate based on magnesium alloy. Applied Surface Science. 427. 897–906. 47 indexed citations
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Ma, Qingyu, Yan Dai, Fengping Hu, et al.. (2016). Effect of surface treatment on the corrosion properties of magnesium-based fibre metal laminate. Applied Surface Science. 396. 1264–1272. 32 indexed citations
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Wei, Guobing, Yahya Mahmoodkhani, Xiaodong Peng, et al.. (2015). Microstructure evolution and simulation study of a duplex Mg–Li alloy during Double Change Channel Angular Pressing. Materials & Design. 90. 266–275. 32 indexed citations
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Xu, Tiancai, et al.. (2015). Comparative study on the microstructure and mechanical properties of Mg-Li-Al based alloys with yttrium and strontium addition. Journal of Wuhan University of Technology-Mater Sci Ed. 30(3). 626–630. 2 indexed citations
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Wei, Guobing, Xiaodong Peng, Bao Zhang, et al.. (2015). Influence of I-phase and W-phase on microstructure and mechanical properties of Mg–8Li–3Zn alloy. Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China. 25(3). 713–720. 16 indexed citations
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Xu, Tiancai, et al.. (2015). Dynamic recrystallization behavior of Mg–Li–Al–Nd duplex alloy during hot compression. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 639. 79–88. 77 indexed citations
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Xu, Tiancai, Xiaodong Peng, Junwei Jiang, Guobing Wei, & Bao Zhang. (2014). Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Superlight Mg-Li-Al-Zn Wrought Alloy. Rare Metal Materials and Engineering. 43(8). 1815–1820. 15 indexed citations
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Xu, Tiancai, Xiaodong Peng, Junwei Jiang, et al.. (2014). Effect of Sr content on microstructure and mechanical properties of Mg-Li-Al-Mn alloy. Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China. 24(9). 2752–2760. 35 indexed citations

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