Y. Cai

1.9k total citations
115 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Y. Cai is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Y. Cai has authored 115 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 71 papers in Materials Chemistry, 50 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 31 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in Y. Cai's work include High-Velocity Impact and Material Behavior (31 papers), Microstructure and mechanical properties (26 papers) and High Entropy Alloys Studies (26 papers). Y. Cai is often cited by papers focused on High-Velocity Impact and Material Behavior (31 papers), Microstructure and mechanical properties (26 papers) and High Entropy Alloys Studies (26 papers). Y. Cai collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Y. Cai's co-authors include Sheng‐Nian Luo, HengAn Wu, Pengfei Gao, Mei Zhan, Zhenni Lei, Xiaoguang Fan, N.B. Zhang, Liang Wang, Lei Lu and Xiaojun Zhao and has published in prestigious journals such as Physical Review Letters, Nature Communications and The Journal of Chemical Physics.

In The Last Decade

Y. Cai

101 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Y. Cai China 22 915 773 471 318 138 115 1.4k
Saryu Fensin United States 29 1.5k 1.6× 1.4k 1.8× 534 1.1× 448 1.4× 248 1.8× 124 2.3k
Justin Wilkerson United States 20 764 0.8× 653 0.8× 453 1.0× 124 0.4× 128 0.9× 55 1.4k
Eric R. Homer United States 26 1.3k 1.5× 1.2k 1.6× 345 0.7× 204 0.6× 55 0.4× 80 1.9k
Ronan Madec France 12 936 1.0× 661 0.9× 387 0.8× 141 0.4× 89 0.6× 23 1.2k
Carlos J. Ruestes Argentina 24 1.3k 1.5× 1.0k 1.3× 744 1.6× 274 0.9× 168 1.2× 57 1.9k
Pierre Hirel France 14 1.4k 1.6× 941 1.2× 382 0.8× 256 0.8× 166 1.2× 27 2.0k
L. Dupuy France 19 879 1.0× 468 0.6× 302 0.6× 123 0.4× 61 0.4× 37 1.2k
Xudong Zhang China 24 753 0.8× 1.2k 1.6× 341 0.7× 213 0.7× 87 0.6× 116 1.8k
L. Margulies Denmark 21 1.6k 1.7× 1.3k 1.7× 620 1.3× 243 0.8× 131 0.9× 48 2.2k
Alfred Scholz Germany 20 761 0.8× 862 1.1× 461 1.0× 341 1.1× 48 0.3× 84 1.5k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

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Song, Haoyang, Junchi Ma, Y. Cai, et al.. (2025). Superhydrophobic carbon nanodot-tube/MXene/microfiber coupling textile for highly reliable amphibious human motion monitoring. Composites Part B Engineering. 297. 112309–112309. 6 indexed citations
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Xu, J. Q., Weizong Wang, Ning Zhang, et al.. (2025). Impact response of polycrystalline nickel: Experiments and molecular dynamics simulations. Materials Science and Engineering A. 926. 147882–147882. 2 indexed citations
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Xu, Jingyu, et al.. (2024). Enhanced spall strength of an Al0.1CoCrFeNi high-entropy alloy by the pre-strain method. Materials Letters. 376. 137270–137270. 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, N.B., Y. Cai, Qi Wang, et al.. (2024). Dynamic response of equiatomic and non-equiatomic CrMnFeCoNi high-entropy alloys under plate impact. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 1002. 175465–175465. 2 indexed citations
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Mi, Chen, J.C. Cheng, Jian Wu, et al.. (2024). High-speed perforation of IN718 plates by spherical TC4 Ti alloy projectiles: Experiments and modeling. Aerospace Science and Technology. 152. 109356–109356. 9 indexed citations
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Liu, Yongsheng, Zhengxiang Wang, Jia Deng, et al.. (2024). Impact response of metastable body-centered cubic high-entropy alloy HfZrTiTa0.53: Deformation and spallation damage. Materials Science and Engineering A. 924. 147727–147727. 4 indexed citations
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Cai, Y., et al.. (2024). Effects of microstructures on dynamic deformation and spallation damage of high-entropy alloy Al0.3CoCrFeNi under plate impact loading. Materials Characterization. 216. 114282–114282. 4 indexed citations
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Lin, Zirui, Y. Cai, Jingyu Xu, et al.. (2024). Effects of pre-strain on shock compression and spallation damage of titanium. Materialia. 36. 102181–102181. 3 indexed citations
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He, Daihua, Min Shang, Y. Cai, et al.. (2024). Shock consolidation and spallation in nanopowdered Mg: Contributed by deformation twinning and disordering. Journal of Material Science and Technology. 224. 105–124. 1 indexed citations
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Huang, Jianling, et al.. (2024). Enhancing the cycle stability of milled Mg-Ni alloys: The role of Pd substitution on reversible electrochemical hydrogenation/dehydrogenation reactions. Electrochemistry Communications. 170. 107860–107860. 3 indexed citations
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Fan, D., Y. Cai, Honglan Xie, et al.. (2024). Shock and spallation behavior of ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene. International Journal of Mechanical Sciences. 267. 108984–108984. 6 indexed citations
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Wang, Zhipeng, et al.. (2024). Improving ductility and strength of high-entropy alloyFe50Mn30Co10Cr10via multi-directional forging and annealing. Materials Science and Engineering A. 915. 147258–147258. 7 indexed citations
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Fan, D., et al.. (2023). High-speed projectile perforation of nickel-based Inconel 718 superalloy plates: Experiments and modeling. Thin-Walled Structures. 192. 111181–111181. 13 indexed citations
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Xu, Jingyu, Y. Cai, Lei Lu, et al.. (2023). Shock compression and spall damage of dendritic high-entropy alloy CoCrFeNiCu. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 947. 169650–169650. 18 indexed citations
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Liang, Zhenquan, Shulong Xiao, Y. Cai, et al.. (2023). Compressive creep behavior of selective electron beam melted high Nb containing TiAl alloy. Vacuum. 219. 112731–112731. 13 indexed citations
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Zhao, Jing, Zhong Tao, Tao Sun, et al.. (2021). Strain rate effects on the mechanical behavior of porous titanium with different pore sizes. Materials Science and Engineering A. 821. 141593–141593. 22 indexed citations
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Zhou, Xianming, et al.. (2018). Birefringence and incipient plastic deformation in elastically overdriven [100] CaF2 under shock compression. Journal of Applied Physics. 123(16). 1 indexed citations
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Cai, Y., Xiaohu Yao, Xianming Zhou, et al.. (2018). Spin transition of ferropericlase under shock compression. AIP Advances. 8(7). 4 indexed citations

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