Wei Gao

19.4k total citations · 3 hit papers
799 papers, 15.5k citations indexed

About

Wei Gao is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Wei Gao has authored 799 papers receiving a total of 15.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 351 papers in Materials Chemistry, 248 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 217 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Wei Gao's work include High-Temperature Coating Behaviors (77 papers), ZnO doping and properties (76 papers) and Metal and Thin Film Mechanics (72 papers). Wei Gao is often cited by papers focused on High-Temperature Coating Behaviors (77 papers), ZnO doping and properties (76 papers) and Metal and Thin Film Mechanics (72 papers). Wei Gao collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand, China and United States. Wei Gao's co-authors include Yedong He, Jie Han, Shanghai Wei, Zhengwei Li, Chunhua Xu, Zhenmin Liu, Zhenyu Liu, Weiwei Chen, Tianping Zhu and Yangsi Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Angewandte Chemie International Edition.

In The Last Decade

Wei Gao

759 papers receiving 15.0k citations

Hit Papers

align trajectories sort by overperformance

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.

Hydrogen embrittlement behavior of SUS301L-MT stainless steel laser-arc hybrid welded joint localized zones

2019 269 citations Wei Gao et al. profile →
Green credit and corporate ESG performance: Evidence from China

2023 92 citations Wei Gao et al. profile →
Research progress on spherical carbon-based electromagnetic wave absorbing composites

2024 88 citations Wei Gao et al. profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author						Papers	Cites
Wei Gao	7.5k	4.9k	4.6k	2.1k	2.1k	799	15.5k
Peng Wang	10.0k 1.3×	5.3k 1.1×	2.8k 0.6×	2.7k 1.3×	819 0.4×	628	18.0k
Qian Li	13.9k 1.9×	6.6k 1.3×	6.6k 1.4×	4.7k 2.2×	3.1k 1.5×	814	24.4k
Wei Jiang	6.9k 0.9×	2.4k 0.5×	1.5k 0.3×	2.2k 1.0×	2.3k 1.1×	558	14.8k
Lianjun Wang	7.9k 1.0×	4.9k 1.0×	2.8k 0.6×	2.4k 1.1×	1.3k 0.6×	458	15.6k
Ming Yan	8.5k 1.1×	4.4k 0.9×	5.7k 1.2×	6.5k 3.0×	1.1k 0.6×	391	19.2k
Digby D. Macdonald	15.1k 2.0×	4.1k 0.8×	4.7k 1.0×	1.2k 0.6×	2.8k 1.3×	544	22.5k
Bin Chen	5.6k 0.8×	1.5k 0.3×	3.7k 0.8×	933 0.4×	1.3k 0.6×	373	9.7k
Zhiping Luo	7.2k 1.0×	2.8k 0.6×	2.8k 0.6×	1.7k 0.8×	658 0.3×	330	15.8k
Zhengxiao Guo	15.0k 2.0×	7.2k 1.5×	5.6k 1.2×	8.1k 3.8×	1.1k 0.5×	416	24.0k
F. Mansfeld	12.7k 1.7×	3.9k 0.8×	3.1k 0.7×	659 0.3×	1.1k 0.5×	301	18.7k

Countries citing papers authored by Wei Gao

Since Specialization

Citations

This map shows the geographic impact of Wei Gao's research. It shows the number of citations coming from papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of citations received by Wei Gao with the expected number of citations based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country cites Wei Gao more than expected).

Fields of papers citing papers by Wei Gao

Since Specialization

Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Wei Gao. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Wei Gao. The network helps show where Wei Gao may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wei Gao

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

All Works

Sort: Min cites: Since: Top N: Style:

20 of 20 papers shown

Wang, Erlong, et al.. (2025). A vibrating-needle based non-destructive tearing method for mechanical specimen preparation in length and strength testing of cotton fibers. Industrial Crops and Products. 225. 120478–120478. 1 indexed citations

Mack, Judith T., Kerstin Weidner, Wei Gao, et al.. (2025). The associations between paternal postpartum depressive symptoms and testosterone and cortisol levels in hair over the first two years postpartum. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry. 137. 111245–111245.

Wang, Chengjun, et al.. (2025). A novel strategy for high entropy alloy coating of nuclear fuel cladding: Design, preparation, microstructure, and high-temperature steam oxidation. International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials. 128. 107043–107043. 3 indexed citations

Bi, Yubo, et al.. (2025). Ultrafast ppb-level triethylamine detection sensor based on self-assembled hierarchical structures of Ag/WO3 nanoflowers. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 1013. 178540–178540. 5 indexed citations

Su, Chao, et al.. (2024). Effects of salinity and driving pressure on water imbibition during shale formation. 11(3). 70–80. 3 indexed citations

Liu, Songyang, et al.. (2024). Capric-lauric & capric-palmitic/modified bentonite composite as phase change materials for thermal energy storage. Journal of Energy Storage. 99. 113315–113315. 9 indexed citations

Gao, Wei, et al.. (2024). A novel strategy for efficient uranium extraction and energy storage: Uranium extraction cell. Separation and Purification Technology. 339. 126723–126723. 11 indexed citations

Zhang, Ting, et al.. (2024). CoNi alloy nanoparticles confined by N-doped carbon matrix with tailored d-Band center for electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution. Fuel. 365. 131176–131176. 16 indexed citations

Zhao, Kun, et al.. (2024). Flexible neodymium iron boron/polyvinyl chloride (Nd2Fe14B/PVC) composite film based hybrid nanogenerator for efficient mechanical energy harvesting. Energy. 300. 131656–131656. 6 indexed citations

10.

Wang, Long, et al.. (2023). Study on formation damage mechanism of carbonate reservoir in Shunbei No.2 area of northwest oil field. IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science. 1152(1). 12010–12010. 1 indexed citations

11.

Yang, Meng, et al.. (2023). Microstructure and corrosion resistance of ultrahigh pressure Mg-8Li based alloys. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 966. 171543–171543. 4 indexed citations

12.

Zhuo, Xiaoru, Wei Gao, Huan Liu, et al.. (2023). A bimodal grain structured Zn–0.5Ag–0.2Mg alloy with high strength and ductility achieved through combined ECAP and cold rolling. Journal of Materials Research and Technology. 24. 3222–3234. 20 indexed citations

13.

Zhao, Jiangshan, Leifang Liu, Xiaohui Wang, et al.. (2023). The influence of anionic surfactant (SDS) on the optical, magnetic and capacitive properties of NiO nanocrystals via gas-liquid diffusion synthesis. Materials Science and Engineering B. 299. 116970–116970. 6 indexed citations

14.

Wu, Huilu, et al.. (2023). Two mononuclear ferrous complexes as molecular electrocatalysts immobilized on carbon paste electrodes for the hydrogen evolution reaction. Journal of Molecular Structure. 1294. 136408–136408. 4 indexed citations

15.

Wang, Yuxin, Gaofeng Zhang, Zhen He, et al.. (2023). Superhydrophobic Ni nanocone surface prepared by electrodeposition and its overall performance. Surface and Coatings Technology. 464. 129548–129548. 29 indexed citations

16.

Chen, Jiahuan, Zhen He, Jiaming Liu, et al.. (2023). Antibacterial anodic aluminium oxide-copper coatings on aluminium alloys: preparation and long-term antibacterial performance. Chemical Engineering Journal. 461. 141873–141873. 52 indexed citations

17.

Gao, Wei, et al.. (2023). Recycling of Silicomanganese Slag and Fly Ash for Preparation of Environment-Friendly Foamed Ceramics. Materials. 16(20). 6724–6724. 14 indexed citations

18.

He, Dong, Yifan Xing, Yi Wang, et al.. (2022). Improved functional properties of wheat gluten hydrolysate by covalent conjugation with chlorogenic acid. International Journal of Food Science & Technology. 58(1). 454–462. 20 indexed citations

19.

Li, He, et al.. (2013). Pervasive and Unobtrusive Emotion Sensing for Human Mental Health. 5 indexed citations

20.

Gao, Wei, et al.. (1998). The formation and distribution of texture microstructure produced by mechanical deformation in silver-sheathed BSCCO superconductors. Superconductor Science and Technology. 11(10). 1011–1016. 11 indexed citations

Rankless uses publication and citation data sourced from OpenAlex, an open and comprehensive bibliographic database. While OpenAlex provides broad and valuable coverage of the global research landscape, it—like all bibliographic datasets—has inherent limitations. These include incomplete records, variations in author disambiguation, differences in journal indexing, and delays in data updates. As a result, some metrics and network relationships displayed in Rankless may not fully capture the entirety of a scholar's output or impact.

Explore authors with similar magnitude of impact