Yan Zou

1.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
34 papers, 926 citations indexed

About

Yan Zou is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering and Aerospace Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Yan Zou has authored 34 papers receiving a total of 926 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 24 papers in Materials Chemistry, 21 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 20 papers in Aerospace Engineering. Recurrent topics in Yan Zou's work include Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties (20 papers), Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties (17 papers) and Microstructure and mechanical properties (15 papers). Yan Zou is often cited by papers focused on Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties (20 papers), Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties (17 papers) and Microstructure and mechanical properties (15 papers). Yan Zou collaborates with scholars based in China, Australia and Canada. Yan Zou's co-authors include Lingfei Cao, Guohua Wu, Songbai Tang, Hui Song, Qianqian Zhu, Mingxing Guo, Yichang Wang, Malcolm J. Couper, Xiaodong Wu and Kai Zhao and has published in prestigious journals such as Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Materials Science and Engineering A and Corrosion Science.

In The Last Decade

Yan Zou

30 papers receiving 892 citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Investigation on microstructure and mechanical properties of Al-Zn-Mg-Cu alloys with various Zn/Mg ratios

2021 244 citations Yan Zou, Guohua Wu et al. Journal of Material Science and Technology profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yan Zou China	17	738	717	532	124	67	34	926
Hengcheng Liao China	18	888 1.2×	765 1.1×	503 0.9×	100 0.8×	60 0.9×	54	1.0k
Yunjia Shi China	17	1.1k 1.5×	683 1.0×	531 1.0×	116 0.9×	19 0.3×	39	1.3k
Chun Guo China	17	945 1.3×	298 0.4×	342 0.6×	352 2.8×	41 0.6×	58	1.0k
M. Sharifitabar Iran	17	940 1.3×	198 0.3×	408 0.8×	115 0.9×	113 1.7×	32	995
Francisco Gil Coury Brazil	19	1.1k 1.5×	659 0.9×	337 0.6×	142 1.1×	30 0.4×	72	1.2k
Chuang Guan China	17	756 1.0×	242 0.3×	264 0.5×	139 1.1×	123 1.8×	47	828
Yaping Bai China	16	612 0.8×	233 0.3×	292 0.5×	176 1.4×	105 1.6×	54	712
Benjamin Milkereit Germany	22	1.2k 1.7×	1.0k 1.4×	767 1.4×	195 1.6×	22 0.3×	65	1.4k
Hanbing Xu United States	10	434 0.6×	238 0.3×	225 0.4×	66 0.5×	44 0.7×	13	568
Yanqing Su China	15	937 1.3×	649 0.9×	255 0.5×	116 0.9×	27 0.4×	23	1.0k

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Zou, Yan, et al.. (2025). Core–Shell CoS2/FeS2 Heterojunction Encapsulated in N-Doped Carbon Nanocubes Derived from Coordination Polymers for Electrocatalytic Alkaline Water/Seawater Splitting. Polymers. 17(12). 1701–1701. 1 indexed citations

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Tang, Songbai, Guohua Wu, Lingfei Cao, et al.. (2025). Anomalous precipitation behavior in T-phase strengthened Al-Mg-Zn(-Cu) alloys: Effects of aging temperatures and Cu contents. Materials Science and Engineering A. 933. 148287–148287. 2 indexed citations

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Liu, Yinan, Yuying Wang, Xiaoshu Lv, et al.. (2025). Breaking Linear Scaling Relation Limitations on a Dual‐Driven Single‐Atom Copper‐Tungsten Oxide Catalyst for Ammonia Synthesis. Angewandte Chemie. 137(21). 3 indexed citations

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Zou, Yan, Xing’an Dong, Jiazhen Liao, et al.. (2025). Usage of Bi–O Channels and Internal Electric Field in Nanosheet/Hollow-Cube Heterojunction for Photocatalytic NO Purification. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 8(2). 1147–1159.

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Tang, Songbai, Lingfei Cao, Guohua Wu, et al.. (2025). Tailoring two-step ageing and Cu content for rapid ageing response and high strength in T-phase reinforced Al-Mg-Zn alloys. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 1029. 180792–180792. 1 indexed citations

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Lin, Jing, Wendong Zhang, Xing’an Dong, et al.. (2025). Plasmonic metallic Bi-modified defective Bi4Ti3O12 nanosheets with upward migrating electrons for efficient photocatalytic NO removal and NO2 inhibition. Chinese Chemical Letters. 37(2). 111357–111357.

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Liu, Yinan, Yuying Wang, Xiaoshu Lv, et al.. (2025). Breaking Linear Scaling Relation Limitations on a Dual‐Driven Single‐Atom Copper‐Tungsten Oxide Catalyst for Ammonia Synthesis. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(21). e202423154–e202423154. 14 indexed citations

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Zou, Yan, Peng Cheng, Zhaojie Jiao, et al.. (2024). Sulfo-group intercalated-layered double hydroxide array grown on carbon cloth membrane for selective adsorption of phosphate from contaminated water. Separation and Purification Technology. 360. 131076–131076.

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Wu, Guohua, et al.. (2024). Revealing the mechanisms of exfoliation corrosion and stress corrosion cracking for an Al-Zn-Mg-Cu alloy after continuous retrogression and re-ageing treatment. Corrosion Science. 240. 112474–112474. 17 indexed citations

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Xia, Bin, Yuan Yuan, Yan Jiang, et al.. (2024). Research Progress on Oil–Water Separation Materials Based on Polyurethane Modification. ACS Omega. 10(1). 16–25. 2 indexed citations

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Zou, Yan, et al.. (2024). Revealing the coarsening behavior of precipitates and its effect on the thermal stability in Tʹ and ηʹ dual-phase strengthened Al-Zn-Mg-Cu alloys. Journal of Material Science and Technology. 220. 54–66. 18 indexed citations

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Tang, Songbai, Xiaodong Wu, Lingfei Cao, et al.. (2024). The significant ageing hardening in an Al-Mg alloy triggered by minor additions of Cu and Si. Materials Science and Engineering A. 923. 147718–147718.

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Zou, Yan, et al.. (2023). Tuning the membrane rejection behavior by surface wettability engineering for an effective water-in-oil emulsion separation. Chinese Chemical Letters. 35(6). 109090–109090. 6 indexed citations

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Cheng, Peng, Guangming Jiang, Yiming Li, et al.. (2023). Hierarchical flower-like MgAl layered double hydroxide microparticles as phosphate porter for its recovery from phosphate-contaminated water. Separation and Purification Technology. 330. 125384–125384. 17 indexed citations

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Cao, Lingfei, et al.. (2023). Effect of continuous retrogression and re-ageing treatment on mechanical properties, corrosion behavior and microstructure of an Al-Zn-Mg-Cu alloy. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 970. 172592–172592. 26 indexed citations

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Zou, Yan, et al.. (2023). Unusual secondary precipitation within the primary precipitation free zone substantially enhances the ductility of Al–Zn–Mg–Cu alloy. Materials Science and Engineering A. 881. 145384–145384. 21 indexed citations

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Zou, Yan, Guohua Wu, Songbai Tang, Kai Zhao, & Lingfei Cao. (2022). Tailoring phase fractions of T’ and η’ phases in dual-phase strengthened Al-Zn-Mg-Cu alloy via ageing treatment. Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China. 32(10). 3182–3196. 16 indexed citations

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Wu, Xiaodong, et al.. (2022). Effect of Nb Content on Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of K4169-Type Superalloy. Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance. 31(5). 4204–4213. 9 indexed citations

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Zou, Yan, Guohua Wu, Songbai Tang, et al.. (2021). The effect of pre-ageing/stretching on the ageing-hardening behavior of Al–Zn–Mg–Cu alloys correlated with Zn/Mg ratio. Materials Science and Engineering A. 830. 142331–142331. 62 indexed citations

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Zou, Yan, Guohua Wu, Songbai Tang, et al.. (2020). Co-precipitation of T′ and η′ phase in Al-Zn-Mg-Cu alloys. Materials Characterization. 169. 110610–110610. 76 indexed citations

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