Weihua Sun

1.2k total citations
50 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Weihua Sun is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Weihua Sun has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 37 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 17 papers in Materials Chemistry and 14 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Weihua Sun's work include Intermetallics and Advanced Alloy Properties (11 papers), Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties (11 papers) and Metallurgical and Alloy Processes (11 papers). Weihua Sun is often cited by papers focused on Intermetallics and Advanced Alloy Properties (11 papers), Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties (11 papers) and Metallurgical and Alloy Processes (11 papers). Weihua Sun collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Sweden. Weihua Sun's co-authors include Alan A. Luo, Yong Du, Shuhong Liu, Lijun Zhang, Donald S. Stone, Honghui Xu, Xuejun Huang, Chengying Tang, Jiashi Miao and Baiyun Huang and has published in prestigious journals such as Acta Materialia, Journal of Materials Science and Corrosion Science.

In The Last Decade

Weihua Sun

47 papers receiving 976 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Weihua Sun China 17 757 473 388 248 95 50 1.0k
Osamu Umezawa Japan 22 1.3k 1.7× 1.0k 2.2× 233 0.6× 54 0.2× 560 5.9× 168 1.7k
Sebastian A. Kube United States 15 596 0.8× 394 0.8× 245 0.6× 18 0.1× 71 0.7× 29 971
Silvia E. Urreta Argentina 14 227 0.3× 304 0.6× 80 0.2× 35 0.1× 37 0.4× 71 612
A. Gaber Egypt 19 387 0.5× 627 1.3× 358 0.9× 38 0.2× 67 0.7× 49 935
Tian T. Li United States 13 353 0.5× 250 0.5× 188 0.5× 13 0.1× 33 0.3× 30 566
W. Pies Brazil 3 244 0.3× 232 0.5× 46 0.1× 12 0.0× 28 0.3× 5 509
P. Yu. Butyagin Russia 12 238 0.3× 369 0.8× 19 0.0× 39 0.2× 85 0.9× 47 668
Kazuki Morita Japan 17 310 0.4× 374 0.8× 107 0.3× 17 0.1× 16 0.2× 48 820
Y. K. Rao United States 17 740 1.0× 380 0.8× 51 0.1× 21 0.1× 29 0.3× 60 1.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Weihua Sun

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Weihua Sun

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sun, Weihua, et al.. (2025). Enhanced flexural properties of bionic carbon fiber-Mg foam sandwiches inspired by the cattle vertebral body. Materials Today Communications. 46. 112428–112428.
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Sun, Weihua, et al.. (2023). Enhancing compressive properties and sound absorption characteristic of open-cell Mg foams through plasma electrolytic oxidation treatment. Journal of Materials Research and Technology. 25. 1263–1272. 3 indexed citations
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Song, Da, et al.. (2021). Microstructure and compressive properties of solution heat-treated magnesium-Mg2Si in-situ composite foams after complex modification. Journal of Materials Research and Technology. 15. 3673–3682. 9 indexed citations
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Sun, Menglong, Qian Wang, Weihua Sun, et al.. (2020). Construction of a Facile Recyclable Graphene-Like C3N4 Cilia Array for Effective Visible-Light-Responsive Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production. Energy & Fuels. 34(8). 10290–10298. 11 indexed citations
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Wang, Long, Ting‐an Zhang, Guozhi Lv, et al.. (2019). Titanium Extraction from Fly Ash by Carbochlorination. JOM. 71(12). 4624–4630. 10 indexed citations
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Miao, Jiashi, et al.. (2018). The Effects of Silicon Addition on the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of a Mg-Al-Sn Alloy Produced by Vacuum Assisted High Pressure Die Casting. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A. 50(3). 1522–1533. 8 indexed citations
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Miao, Jiashi, et al.. (2018). Interphase boundary segregation of silver and enhanced precipitation of Mg17Al12 Phase in a Mg-Al-Sn-Ag alloy. Scripta Materialia. 154. 192–196. 54 indexed citations
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Zhan, Xiaohong, Junjie Zhou, Weihua Sun, Jicheng Chen, & Yanhong Wei. (2017). Effect of external applied steady magnetic field on the morphology of laser welding joint of 4-mm 2024 aluminum alloy. Applied Physics A. 123(1). 31 indexed citations
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Sun, Weihua, et al.. (2016). Investigation of the non-equilibrium solidification microstructure of a Mg–4Al–2RE (AE42) alloy. Journal of Materials Science. 51(13). 6287–6294. 14 indexed citations
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Yu, Shasha, Renxiang Mou, Zhaoyun Cao, et al.. (2015). Identification of ustiloxins in false smut balls of rice based on high performance liquid chromatography-high resolution mass spectrometry. Chinese Journal of Chromatography. 33(10). 1046–1046. 2 indexed citations
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Hu, Biao, Yong Du, Jörg Schuster, et al.. (2014). Thermodynamic modeling of the Cr–Ni–Ti system using a four-sublattice model for ordered/disordered bcc phases. Thermochimica Acta. 578. 35–42. 24 indexed citations
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Sun, Weihua, et al.. (2013). Effect of liquid diffusion coefficients on microstructure evolution during solidification of Al356.1 alloy. Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China. 23(12). 3722–3728. 9 indexed citations
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Du, Yong, Lijun Zhang, Senlin Cui, et al.. (2011). Atomic mobilities and diffusivities in Al alloys. Science China Technological Sciences. 55(2). 306–328. 29 indexed citations
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Sun, Weihua, et al.. (2010). Microstructure transformation behaviour of 610 MPa HSLA steel plate for 150000 m3 oil storage tank construction. Journal of Iron and Steel Research International. 17(2). 48–52. 3 indexed citations
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Chang, Keke, Yong Du, Weihua Sun, et al.. (2010). Experimental investigation and thermodynamic modeling of the Cu–Mn–Zn system. International Journal of Materials Research (formerly Zeitschrift fuer Metallkunde). 101(11). 1376–1391. 1 indexed citations
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Kong, Yi, Wei Xiong, Haibo Guo, et al.. (2010). Elastic and thermodynamic properties of the Ni–B system studied by first-principles calculations and experimental measurements. Calphad. 34(2). 245–251. 17 indexed citations
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Chang, Keke, Yong Du, Weihua Sun, Honghui Xu, & Liangcai Zhou. (2009). Thermodynamic assessment of the V–Zn system supported by key experiments and first-principles calculations. Calphad. 34(1). 75–80. 16 indexed citations
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Zhang, Weiwei, Yong Du, Honghui Xu, et al.. (2009). Thermodynamic Assessment of the Cu-B System Supported by Key Experiment and First-Principles Calculations. Journal of Phase Equilibria and Diffusion. 30(5). 480–486. 5 indexed citations
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Sun, Weihua, Yong Du, Yi Kong, et al.. (2009). Reassessment of the Ni–B system supported by key experiments and first-principles calculation. International Journal of Materials Research (formerly Zeitschrift fuer Metallkunde). 100(1). 59–67. 11 indexed citations
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Jiang, Zhengyi, et al.. (2005). Analysis of Oxidation and Surface Characteristics in Hot Strip Rolling. Journal of Material Science and Technology. 21. 91–94. 1 indexed citations

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