Yanhua Zhao

6.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
206 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Yanhua Zhao is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Molecular Biology and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Yanhua Zhao has authored 206 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 47 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 45 papers in Molecular Biology and 25 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Yanhua Zhao's work include Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes (22 papers), Advanced Welding Techniques Analysis (16 papers) and Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties (13 papers). Yanhua Zhao is often cited by papers focused on Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes (22 papers), Advanced Welding Techniques Analysis (16 papers) and Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties (13 papers). Yanhua Zhao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Yanhua Zhao's co-authors include Zuankai Wang, Guoqing Wang, Jie Sun, Alicia Kyoungjin An, Jiaxin Guo, Jianfeng Li, TorOve Leiknes, Eui-Jong Lee, Sanghyun Jeong and Lin Wu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Nano Letters.

In The Last Decade

Yanhua Zhao

184 papers receiving 4.3k citations

Hit Papers

Bio-inspired reversible underwater adhesive 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 2023 100 200 300 400
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.

  1. Bio-inspired reversible underwater adhesive
    2017 430 citations Yanhua Zhao et al. Nature Communications profile →
  2. Pore defects in Laser Powder Bed Fusion: Formation mechanism, control method, and perspectives
    2023 108 citations Yanhua Zhao, Nan Li et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Yanhua Zhao China 34 1.2k 886 828 723 706 206 4.4k
Xueli Liu China 33 647 0.5× 2.1k 2.3× 930 1.1× 632 0.9× 887 1.3× 184 4.6k
Jun Huang China 37 528 0.4× 1.6k 1.8× 1.1k 1.3× 875 1.2× 1.2k 1.7× 170 5.6k
Xin Yi China 36 986 0.8× 1.2k 1.4× 1.1k 1.3× 1.3k 1.7× 280 0.4× 146 4.4k
Wenlong Xu China 41 943 0.8× 1.7k 1.9× 376 0.5× 1.2k 1.6× 343 0.5× 210 5.2k
Chuan Li Taiwan 31 751 0.6× 1.1k 1.2× 815 1.0× 1.6k 2.2× 206 0.3× 242 5.1k
Tian Tang Canada 38 732 0.6× 1.1k 1.2× 693 0.8× 1.1k 1.5× 522 0.7× 246 5.3k
Nan Zhang China 45 2.4k 2.0× 1.7k 1.9× 403 0.5× 1.6k 2.2× 217 0.3× 333 6.7k
Jieyu Zhang China 42 1.4k 1.2× 1.5k 1.7× 557 0.7× 2.1k 2.9× 293 0.4× 278 5.8k
Xili Duan Canada 27 1.1k 0.9× 825 0.9× 193 0.2× 642 0.9× 753 1.1× 137 3.6k
Guangyong Li China 39 1.1k 0.9× 1.6k 1.8× 438 0.5× 1.3k 1.7× 286 0.4× 264 6.4k

Countries citing papers authored by Yanhua Zhao

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yanhua Zhao

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

This network shows the impact of papers produced by Yanhua Zhao. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Yanhua Zhao. The network helps show where Yanhua Zhao may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yanhua Zhao

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yanhua Zhao. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yanhua Zhao 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 Yanhua Zhao. Yanhua Zhao 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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Zhou, Yu, Yong Liu, Yanhua Zhao, et al.. (2025). Development of thermally conductive flame-retardant materials with flexible form stability for battery thermal safety. Journal of Energy Storage. 132. 117899–117899. 1 indexed citations
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Liang, Shanshan, et al.. (2025). Challenges in LDL-C measurement in lipemic specimens: a comparative evaluation of four homogeneous assays. Clinica Chimica Acta. 579. 120607–120607.
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Liu, Yukun, et al.. (2025). Visible-light-driven four-component diacylation of styrenes with acyl azolium salts: carbonylative synthesis of 1,4-diketones. Science China Chemistry. 68(6). 2485–2490. 6 indexed citations
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Yang, Jincai, Shang Wu, Shuo Tian, et al.. (2024). The preparation of Fe, N Co-doped ZIF-derived carbon nanosheet catalysts for oxygen reduction electrocatalyst in zinc-air batteries. Diamond and Related Materials. 151. 111848–111848. 2 indexed citations
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Zhao, Cheng, et al.. (2024). Identification of homer protein homolog 3 as a prognostic marker of colon adenocarcinoma. Heliyon. 10(13). e33344–e33344.
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Zhao, Yanhua, et al.. (2024). Ligand-controlled regiodivergent aminocarbonylation of cyclobutanols toward 1,1- and 1,2-substituted cyclobutanecarboxamides. Nature Communications. 15(1). 9412–9412. 7 indexed citations
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Zhao, Yanhua, Qian Wang, Yujing Sun, et al.. (2023). Effect of beam energy density characteristics on microstructure and mechanical properties of Nickel-based alloys manufactured by laser directed energy deposition. Journal of Materials Processing Technology. 319. 118074–118074. 26 indexed citations
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Tong, Wei, Jun Xu, Yanhua Zhao, et al.. (2023). Evidence for austenite to non-modulated martensite transformation crystallography and variant organization in Ni-Mn-Ga-Co ferromagnetic shape memory alloys. Acta Materialia. 254. 119022–119022. 10 indexed citations
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Xiong, Pei, Yanhua Zhao, Wei Jiang, et al.. (2023). Persistently high serum aspartate aminotransferase level in an asymptomatic young patient. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 11(9). e7912–e7912. 1 indexed citations
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Xiong, Wei, et al.. (2023). Revealing Landscape of Competing Endogenous RNA Networks in Sepsis-Induced Cardiovascular Diseases. Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine. 24(7). 214–214.
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Sun, Jie, et al.. (2021). Investigation of the Wear Behavior of Surface Welding AZ91 and AZ91+Gd Alloys under Variable Loading Conditions. Crystals. 11(5). 554–554. 7 indexed citations
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Liu, Qiqi, et al.. (2018). Effects of packing in plastic bags and oxygenating transport stress on antioxidant system and effects of anti-stress agent in juvenile Eleutheronema tetradactylum.. Dongwuxue zazhi. 53(1). 82–91. 1 indexed citations
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Zhao, Yanhua, et al.. (2018). Performance evaluation of a new automated fourth-generation HIV Ag/Ab combination chemiluminescence immunoassay. Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CCLM). 56(5). e115–e117. 2 indexed citations
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Zhao, Yanhua, et al.. (2016). STATE-OF-THE-ART of WOOD FRACTURE TOUGHNESS ALONG THE GRAIN. Lixue yu shijian. 38(5). 493. 1 indexed citations
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Yang, Liping, et al.. (2006). Experimental research on the displacement of single slab in the invert arch plunge pool. 1 indexed citations
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Zhai, Zhiyang, et al.. (2003). Genetic stability assessments of plantlets regenerated from cryopreserved in vitro cultured grape and kiwi shoot-tips using RAPD.. PubMed. 24(5). 315–22. 35 indexed citations
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Wu, Yongjie, et al.. (1999). Cryopreservation of apple shoot tips : importance of cryopreservation technique and of conditioning of donor plants. Cryoletters. 20(2). 121–130. 29 indexed citations

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