Yan Ma

3.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
78 papers, 2.1k citations indexed

About

Yan Ma is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Yan Ma has authored 78 papers receiving a total of 2.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 56 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 41 papers in Materials Chemistry and 18 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in Yan Ma's work include Iron and Steelmaking Processes (22 papers), Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels (19 papers) and Metallurgical Processes and Thermodynamics (16 papers). Yan Ma is often cited by papers focused on Iron and Steelmaking Processes (22 papers), Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels (19 papers) and Metallurgical Processes and Thermodynamics (16 papers). Yan Ma collaborates with scholars based in Germany, China and Netherlands. Yan Ma's co-authors include Dierk Raabe, Wolfgang Bleck, Dirk Ponge, Isnaldi Rodrigues de Souza Filho, Xiaofei Guo, Baptiste Gault, Wenwen Song, Binhan Sun, Hauke Springer and Xu Lu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Yan Ma

70 papers receiving 2.1k 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.

Ductilization of 2.6-GPa alloys via short-range ordered interfaces and supranano precipitates

2025 26 citations Sida Liu, Yan Ma et al. Science profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yan Ma Germany	26	1.8k	1.0k	484	398	385	78	2.1k
A. Pineau France	12	2.0k 1.1×	1.3k 1.2×	457 0.9×	282 0.7×	888 2.3×	12	2.4k
Isnaldi Rodrigues de Souza Filho Germany	22	1.3k 0.8×	482 0.5×	421 0.9×	177 0.4×	130 0.3×	48	1.6k
Shouwen Shi China	26	856 0.5×	562 0.6×	261 0.5×	238 0.6×	649 1.7×	81	1.9k
Olena Volkova Germany	20	1.4k 0.8×	578 0.6×	202 0.4×	259 0.7×	204 0.5×	150	1.6k
Yanfei Wang China	28	1.3k 0.7×	1.3k 1.3×	151 0.3×	1.2k 3.0×	459 1.2×	74	2.3k
Li Zhou China	22	1.2k 0.6×	1.1k 1.1×	121 0.3×	118 0.3×	263 0.7×	115	1.8k
Wei Ke China	24	713 0.4×	812 0.8×	291 0.6×	349 0.9×	371 1.0×	110	1.7k
Julia Claudia Mirza Rosca Spain	20	665 0.4×	1.5k 1.4×	480 1.0×	547 1.4×	342 0.9×	115	2.0k
Chiaki Ouchi Japan	20	1.1k 0.6×	1.1k 1.1×	138 0.3×	165 0.4×	546 1.4×	78	1.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yan Ma

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Li, Jie, Yunzhu Shi, Shuo Wang, et al.. (2026). A 3-GPa ductile martensitic alloy enabled by interface complexes and dislocations. Nature Materials. 25(3). 395–404.

Ratzker, Barak, et al.. (2026). Unveiling Hydrogen-Based Direct Reduction Mechanisms of Multicomponent Oxides via In Situ High-Energy X-ray Diffraction. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. 14(4). 1762–1768.

Jiang, Chunhe, et al.. (2025). Green steel at atomistic scale: Ab initio simulation of surface reduction mechanism of Wüstite (FeO) by hydrogen. Applied Surface Science. 698. 163031–163031. 1 indexed citations

Ma, Yan, et al.. (2025). Effect of lipid addition on the physiochemical, structural, and photoactive antibacterial properties of cornstarch-chlorophyllin composite film. Food Research International. 202. 115699–115699. 6 indexed citations

Ma, Yan, Julie Villanova, Guillermo Requena, et al.. (2025). A percolating path to green iron. Cell Reports Physical Science. 6(8). 102729–102729. 1 indexed citations

Shi, Yunzhu, Junyang He, Jie Hou, et al.. (2025). Ultrastrong and ductile precipitation-hardened alloy via high antiphase boundary energy. Science Advances. 11(29). eadu7566–eadu7566. 4 indexed citations

Ratzker, Barak, Alisson Kwiatkowski da Silva, Tim M. Schwarz, et al.. (2025). Unraveling the thermodynamics and mechanism behind the lowering of direct reduction temperatures in oxide mixtures. Materials Today. 90. 43–51. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Sida, Yan Ma, Junhua Luan, et al.. (2025). Ductilization of 2.6-GPa alloys via short-range ordered interfaces and supranano precipitates. Science. 387(6732). 401–406. 26 indexed citations breakdown →

Ratzker, Barak, et al.. (2025). Hydrogen-based direct reduction of multicomponent oxides: Insights from powder and pre-sintered precursors toward sustainable alloy design. Acta Materialia. 301. 121528–121528. 1 indexed citations

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Shi, Yunzhu, Pere Barriobero‐Vila, Chao Ma, et al.. (2024). Ultrastrong and ductile NiTi-based composite with large recoverable strain mediated by a compositionally complex phase. Applied Materials Today. 39. 102347–102347. 1 indexed citations

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Rao, Zhonghao, et al.. (2024). Wear and corrosion resistance of cathodic plasma electrolytic deposited Al2O3-ZrO2 composite ceramic coatings on sintered NdFeB magnet. Ceramics International. 51(5). 5695–5705. 3 indexed citations

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Wei, Shaolou, Yan Ma, & Dierk Raabe. (2024). Reactive vapor-phase dealloying-alloying turns oxides into sustainable bulk nano-structured porous alloys. Science Advances. 10(51). eads2140–eads2140. 4 indexed citations

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Filho, Isnaldi Rodrigues de Souza, Yan Ma, Dierk Raabe, & Hauke Springer. (2023). Fundamentals of Green Steel Production: On the Role of Gas Pressure During Hydrogen Reduction of Iron Ores. JOM. 75(7). 2274–2286. 29 indexed citations

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Xu, J.L., et al.. (2023). Preparation, microstructure and corrosion resistance of Al2O3 coatings by cathodic plasma electrolytic deposition on sintered NdFeB permanent magnet. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 969. 172442–172442. 12 indexed citations

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Zhang, Shujie, et al.. (2023). The Adsorption Mechanism of Hydrogen on FeO Crystal Surfaces: A Density Functional Theory Study. Nanomaterials. 13(14). 2051–2051. 9 indexed citations

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Ma, Yan, Jae Wung Bae, Se‐Ho Kim, et al.. (2023). Reducing Iron Oxide with Ammonia: A Sustainable Path to Green Steel (Adv. Sci. 16/2023). Advanced Science. 10(16). 2 indexed citations

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Qi, Manlin, J.L. Xu, Tao Lai, et al.. (2022). Novel bioactive Ti-Zn alloys with high strength and low modulus for biomedical applications. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 931. 167555–167555. 17 indexed citations

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Ma, Yan, Isnaldi Rodrigues de Souza Filho, Yang Bai, et al.. (2022). Hierarchical nature of hydrogen-based direct reduction of iron oxides. Scripta Materialia. 213. 114571–114571. 101 indexed citations

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Sun, Binhan, Yan Ma, Nicolas Vanderesse, et al.. (2019). Macroscopic to nanoscopic in situ investigation on yielding mechanisms in ultrafine grained medium Mn steels: Role of the austenite-ferrite interface. Acta Materialia. 178. 10–25. 125 indexed citations

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Song, Wenwen, et al.. (2019). Influence of Microstructural Morphology on Hydrogen Embrittlement in a Medium-Mn Steel Fe-12Mn-3Al-0.05C. Metals. 9(9). 929–929. 16 indexed citations

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