Wenzhen Xia

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
40 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Wenzhen Xia is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Mechanics of Materials and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Wenzhen Xia has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 21 papers in Mechanics of Materials and 12 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Wenzhen Xia's work include High Entropy Alloys Studies (10 papers), Tribology and Wear Analysis (9 papers) and Lubricants and Their Additives (9 papers). Wenzhen Xia is often cited by papers focused on High Entropy Alloys Studies (10 papers), Tribology and Wear Analysis (9 papers) and Lubricants and Their Additives (9 papers). Wenzhen Xia collaborates with scholars based in China, Germany and Australia. Wenzhen Xia's co-authors include Zhengyi Jiang, Hui Wu, Jingwei Zhao, Sihai Jiao, Gerhard Dehm, Xiawei Cheng, Chang Liu, Lianzhou Wang, Anshun He and Han Huang and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Nature Communications and Acta Materialia.

In The Last Decade

Wenzhen Xia

39 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

Reactive wear protection through strong and deformable oxide nanocomposite surfaces

2021 164 citations Chang Liu, Zhiming Li et al. Nature Communications profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Wenzhen Xia China	18	1.2k	749	485	237	123	40	1.3k
Qingsong Pan China	15	1.2k 1.0×	310 0.4×	766 1.6×	407 1.7×	71 0.6×	28	1.4k
Tiehui Fang China	7	1.4k 1.2×	498 0.7×	1.3k 2.7×	180 0.8×	73 0.6×	20	1.7k
Zhao Cheng China	12	1.0k 0.9×	345 0.5×	910 1.9×	199 0.8×	61 0.5×	23	1.3k
Pantcho Stoyanov Canada	22	952 0.8×	743 1.0×	437 0.9×	503 2.1×	64 0.5×	106	1.4k
J. Pfetzing‐Micklich Germany	19	549 0.5×	318 0.4×	708 1.5×	175 0.7×	105 0.9×	47	1.0k
Baosen Zhang China	24	1.5k 1.3×	644 0.9×	584 1.2×	629 2.7×	87 0.7×	97	1.8k
Xing Zhao China	19	717 0.6×	263 0.4×	679 1.4×	270 1.1×	58 0.5×	57	966
Y.Q. Wang China	21	891 0.8×	436 0.6×	804 1.7×	349 1.5×	112 0.9×	66	1.3k
Yixiong Wu China	15	876 0.7×	435 0.6×	255 0.5×	393 1.7×	54 0.4×	32	1.0k
Filipe Fernandes Portugal	22	861 0.7×	988 1.3×	789 1.6×	179 0.8×	134 1.1×	117	1.4k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Wenzhen Xia

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Song, Lulu, et al.. (2025). Structure and phase engineering afforded gradient manganese dioxide composites for impedance matching toward electromagnetic wave absorption. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. 691. 137445–137445. 3 indexed citations

Wan, Zhenyu, Long Liu, Zhigang Xu, et al.. (2025). Hard and Wear-resistant microstructural gradient CrMoNbV MPEA coatings. Applied Surface Science. 689. 162471–162471. 2 indexed citations

Kong, Zhengyi, Xiaofei Wang, Ningning Hu, et al.. (2024). Mechanical properties of SLM 316L stainless steel plate before and after exposure to elevated temperature. Construction and Building Materials. 444. 137786–137786. 8 indexed citations

Song, Lulu, et al.. (2024). Designing high-performance microwave absorption materials through co-doping strategy: Experimental and theoretical insights. Materials Research Bulletin. 173. 112679–112679. 2 indexed citations

Long, Qiang, Sheng Lu, Kang Wang, et al.. (2024). Enhanced strength-ductility synergy in medium entropy alloy via phase selective precipitation. International Journal of Plasticity. 184. 104204–104204. 9 indexed citations

Han, Liuliu, Zhongji Sun, Wenzhen Xia, et al.. (2024). Thermodynamics‐Guided High‐Throughput Discovery of Eutectic High‐Entropy Alloys for Rapid Solidification. Advanced Science. 11(31). e2401559–e2401559. 9 indexed citations

Liu, Chang, Zhongji Sun, Wenjun Lu, et al.. (2024). Near-theoretical strength and deformation stabilization achieved via grain boundary segregation and nano-clustering of solutes. Nature Communications. 15(1). 9283–9283. 26 indexed citations

Xia, Wenzhen, Jiaqi Hu, Jingfan Zhang, et al.. (2024). Strong and stable ultrafine-grained Al-Mg alloys via polymer-derived in situ nanoparticles. Materials Science and Engineering A. 915. 147298–147298. 3 indexed citations

Wang, Fangyuan, Bin-Jiang Lv, Qinglong Chen, et al.. (2024). Grain-scale microtribological behavior of VCoNi medium-entropy alloy. Tribology International. 203. 110412–110412. 3 indexed citations

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Zhang, Wenbin, Miao Jin, Shuo Hao, et al.. (2024). The interfacial damage of the deformation heterogeneity in the transformation-induced plasticity (TRIP)-assisted duplex stainless steel. International Journal of Plasticity. 184. 104209–104209. 3 indexed citations

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Xia, Wenzhen, et al.. (2023). A novel microwall sliding test uncovering the origin of grain refined tribolayers. Acta Materialia. 246. 118670–118670. 21 indexed citations

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Wu, Ge, Sida Liu, Qing Wang, et al.. (2023). Substantially enhanced homogeneous plastic flow in hierarchically nanodomained amorphous alloys. Nature Communications. 14(1). 3670–3670. 29 indexed citations

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Zhu, Shichao, Wenzhen Xia, Linhan Ouyang, et al.. (2023). Deep learning-driven precision control of dilution rate in multi-pass laser cladding: experiment and simulation. The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology. 127(11-12). 5353–5371. 11 indexed citations

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Liu, Chang, Wenjun Lu, Wenzhen Xia, et al.. (2022). Massive interstitial solid solution alloys achieve near-theoretical strength. Nature Communications. 13(1). 1102–1102. 89 indexed citations

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Liu, Chang, Zhiming Li, Wenjun Lu, et al.. (2021). Reactive wear protection through strong and deformable oxide nanocomposite surfaces. Nature Communications. 12(1). 5518–5518. 164 indexed citations breakdown →

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Xia, Wenzhen, et al.. (2020). On the commensuration of plastic plowing at the microscale. Tribology International. 151. 106477–106477. 13 indexed citations

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Xia, Wenzhen, Gerhard Dehm, & Steffen Brinckmann. (2020). Investigation of single asperity wear at the microscale in an austenitic steel. Wear. 452-453. 203289–203289. 14 indexed citations

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Xia, Wenzhen, Gerhard Dehm, & Steffen Brinckmann. (2020). Insight into indentation-induced plastic flow in austenitic stainless steel. Journal of Materials Science. 55(21). 9095–9108. 16 indexed citations

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Xia, Wenzhen, Jingwei Zhao, Hui Wu, Sihai Jiao, & Zhengyi Jiang. (2017). Effects of oil-in-water based nanolubricant containing TiO2 nanoparticles on the tribological behaviour of oxidised high-speed steel. Tribology International. 110. 77–85. 38 indexed citations

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Xia, Wenzhen, Jingwei Zhao, Hui Wu, et al.. (2016). Effects of Nano-TiO₂ Additive in Oil-in-Water Lubricant on Contact Angle and Antiscratch Behavior. Tribology Transactions. 60(2). 362–372. 27 indexed citations

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