Wangfan Zhou

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
51 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Wangfan Zhou is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Wangfan Zhou has authored 51 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 46 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 23 papers in Materials Chemistry and 17 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in Wangfan Zhou's work include Surface Treatment and Residual Stress (37 papers), High-Velocity Impact and Material Behavior (16 papers) and High Entropy Alloys Studies (13 papers). Wangfan Zhou is often cited by papers focused on Surface Treatment and Residual Stress (37 papers), High-Velocity Impact and Material Behavior (16 papers) and High Entropy Alloys Studies (13 papers). Wangfan Zhou collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and Australia. Wangfan Zhou's co-authors include Xudong Ren, Zhaopeng Tong, Yang Yu, Yunpeng Ren, Jiafei Jiao, Yunxia Ye, Huaile Liu, Lan Chen, Enoch Asuako Larson and S.D. Xu and has published in prestigious journals such as Materials Science and Engineering A, Journal of Materials Science and Corrosion Science.

In The Last Decade

Wangfan Zhou

48 papers receiving 1.6k 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.

Laser additive manufacturing of FeCrCoMnNi high-entropy alloy: Effect of heat treatment on microstructure, residual stress and mechanical property

2019 254 citations Zhaopeng Tong, Xudong Ren et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Wangfan Zhou China	23	1.5k	614	470	348	270	51	1.7k
Xiankai Meng China	25	1.6k 1.0×	611 1.0×	235 0.5×	386 1.1×	340 1.3×	89	1.8k
Haifei Lu China	26	1.8k 1.2×	644 1.0×	278 0.6×	348 1.0×	181 0.7×	53	2.0k
K.M. Chen China	18	1.5k 1.0×	912 1.5×	148 0.3×	720 2.1×	353 1.3×	23	1.6k
Zhencheng Ren United States	24	1.2k 0.8×	684 1.1×	84 0.2×	491 1.4×	195 0.7×	42	1.4k
S. Swaroop India	23	1.5k 1.0×	686 1.1×	101 0.2×	542 1.6×	442 1.6×	65	1.6k
Rujian Sun China	18	1.1k 0.7×	467 0.8×	92 0.2×	218 0.6×	295 1.1×	24	1.2k
Stefan Riekehr Germany	24	1.4k 0.9×	421 0.7×	515 1.1×	246 0.7×	63 0.2×	72	1.6k
I. Altenberger Germany	22	2.1k 1.4×	1.3k 2.1×	192 0.4×	704 2.0×	705 2.6×	49	2.2k
P. Ganesh India	22	1.4k 0.9×	448 0.7×	149 0.3×	320 0.9×	221 0.8×	71	1.5k
Bo Mao United States	18	972 0.6×	359 0.6×	124 0.3×	463 1.3×	59 0.2×	44	1.1k

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Yu, Yang, Liang Tang, & Wangfan Zhou. (2025). Wear and corrosion performance of AZ31B magnesium alloy strengthened by combination of surface mechanical attrition treatment and laser shock peening. Journal of Materials Science. 60(38). 17953–17970.

Yu, Yang, Wangfan Zhou, & Xudong Ren. (2025). Enhancing fatigue resistance of single-lap bolted fiber metal laminates via laser shock peening without coating: experimental and numerical analysis. Engineering Failure Analysis. 179. 109816–109816.

Yu, Zhenglei, Chang Liu, Zhaopeng Tong, et al.. (2025). Expansion dynamics of the plume induced by a doughnut laser beam under the rigid confinement layer. Physics Letters A. 543. 130454–130454.

Chen, Lan, et al.. (2024). Microstructure Evolution and Mechanical Properties of Multilayer AA6061 Alloy Fabricated by Additive Friction Stir Deposition. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A. 55(4). 1049–1064. 17 indexed citations

Gu, Heng, Chao Wei, Lin Li, et al.. (2024). The impact of thermocapillary on equiaxed/columnar microstructure evolution in laser powder bed fusion: A high-fidelity ray-tracing based finite volume and cellular automaton study. Journal of Materials Processing Technology. 326. 118335–118335. 7 indexed citations

Zhao, Ying, Shuai Wang, Wangfan Zhou, et al.. (2024). Real-Time Monitoring of Laser-Layered Paint Removal from CFRP Based on the Synergy of Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy and PLS-DA Models. Journal of Russian Laser Research. 45(3). 354–364. 3 indexed citations

Yu, Zhenglei, Chang Liu, Zhaopeng Tong, et al.. (2024). The spatio-temporal evolution of shock wave pressure induced by laser: Effects of laser parameters and confinement layer. Physics Letters A. 526. 129896–129896. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Huaile, Haojie Yang, Zhaopeng Tong, et al.. (2023). Enhancing the forming quality of Al2024-T351 sheets in laser peen forming through a novel energy sequence arrangement strategy. Journal of Manufacturing Processes. 102. 814–826. 3 indexed citations

Liu, Xiaoting, et al.. (2023). A method to eliminate the cracking of Stellite 6 + WC laser cladding layers using ultrasonic impact treatment. Materials Letters. 355. 135491–135491. 5 indexed citations

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Liu, Huaile, Haojie Yang, Zhaopeng Tong, Wangfan Zhou, & Xudong Ren. (2023). Forming quality and residual stress analysis of Al2024-T351 perforated sheets with laser annulus and strip peening. Optics & Laser Technology. 171. 110333–110333. 4 indexed citations

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Chen, Lan, et al.. (2023). Numerical and experimental study of RHEAs surface morphology and defect in selective laser melting. International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials. 118. 106484–106484. 8 indexed citations

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Yu, Yang, Wangfan Zhou, Guo Yuan, et al.. (2023). Effect of laser shock peening without protective coating on surface integrity of titanium-based carbon-fibre/epoxy laminates. Optics & Laser Technology. 167. 109685–109685. 6 indexed citations

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Zhou, Wangfan, Yang Yu, WU Yong-sheng, et al.. (2023). Improving fatigue initiation life of open-hole fibre metal laminates by laser shock peening. Journal of Materials Research and Technology. 28. 2206–2218. 5 indexed citations

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Tong, Zhaopeng, Yuze Zhang, Huaile Liu, et al.. (2023). Laser shock peening of AlCoCrCuFeNi high-entropy alloy fabricated by laser powder bed fusion: An enhanced oxidation-resistance mechanism at high-temperature. Corrosion Science. 226. 111667–111667. 16 indexed citations

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Chen, Lan, Xinzhou Zhang, Yue Wu, et al.. (2022). Effect of surface morphology and microstructure on the hot corrosion behavior of TiC/IN625 coatings prepared by extreme high-speed laser cladding. Corrosion Science. 201. 110271–110271. 67 indexed citations

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Tong, Zhaopeng, et al.. (2021). Achieving excellent wear and corrosion properties in laser additive manufactured CrMnFeCoNi high-entropy alloy by laser shock peening. Surface and Coatings Technology. 422. 127504–127504. 84 indexed citations

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Tong, Zhaopeng, Huaile Liu, Jiafei Jiao, et al.. (2020). Microstructure, microhardness and residual stress of laser additive manufactured CoCrFeMnNi high-entropy alloy subjected to laser shock peening. Journal of Materials Processing Technology. 285. 116806–116806. 111 indexed citations

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Yu, Yang, Wangfan Zhou, Bingquan Chen, et al.. (2020). Fatigue behaviors of foreign object damaged Ti-6Al-4V alloys under laser shock peening. International Journal of Fatigue. 136. 105596–105596. 32 indexed citations

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Zhou, Wangfan, Xudong Ren, Yang Yu, Zhaopeng Tong, & Lan Chen. (2019). Tensile behavior of nickel with gradient microstructure produced by laser shock peening. Materials Science and Engineering A. 771. 138603–138603. 28 indexed citations

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Zhou, Wangfan, Xudong Ren, Fanfan Liu, Yunpeng Ren, & Lin Li. (2016). Nanocrystallization in the Duplex Ti-6Al-4V Alloy Processed by Multiple Laser Shock Peening. Metals. 6(12). 297–297. 26 indexed citations

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