Yi Kong

5.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
149 papers, 4.2k citations indexed

About

Yi Kong is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Yi Kong has authored 149 papers receiving a total of 4.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 87 papers in Materials Chemistry, 55 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 44 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in Yi Kong's work include Metal and Thin Film Mechanics (38 papers), Microstructure and mechanical properties (33 papers) and Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties (30 papers). Yi Kong is often cited by papers focused on Metal and Thin Film Mechanics (38 papers), Microstructure and mechanical properties (33 papers) and Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties (30 papers). Yi Kong collaborates with scholars based in China, Austria and United States. Yi Kong's co-authors include J. N. Hay, Yong Du, Gang Chen, Chade Lv, X. D. Dai, Chunshuang Yan, Lixiang Zhong, Zhiwei Fang, Shuzhou Li and Li Song and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Applied Physics Letters and Journal of Applied Physics.

In The Last Decade

Yi Kong

137 papers receiving 4.1k citations

Hit Papers

Selective electrocatalytic synthesis of urea with nitrate... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 200 400 600
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. Selective electrocatalytic synthesis of urea with nitrate and carbon dioxide
    2021 636 citations Yi Kong 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
Yi Kong China 28 1.9k 1.2k 989 767 594 149 4.2k
Bin Liu China 41 4.1k 2.1× 2.1k 1.7× 747 0.8× 654 0.9× 507 0.9× 203 6.6k
S.T. Aruna India 38 4.9k 2.5× 1.0k 0.8× 1.2k 1.2× 758 1.0× 487 0.8× 121 6.7k
Peide Han China 41 3.5k 1.8× 2.2k 1.8× 1.1k 1.2× 517 0.7× 222 0.4× 314 6.2k
Xiaobing Hu United States 37 1.8k 1.0× 1.2k 0.9× 1.3k 1.3× 799 1.0× 190 0.3× 145 4.2k
P.A.P. Nascente Brazil 32 1.8k 0.9× 661 0.5× 555 0.6× 310 0.4× 218 0.4× 140 3.5k
Tongxiang Liang China 39 2.8k 1.5× 1.2k 1.0× 1.6k 1.6× 180 0.2× 462 0.8× 256 5.6k
Dorothée Vinga Szabó Germany 33 1.8k 0.9× 661 0.5× 471 0.5× 320 0.4× 423 0.7× 94 3.3k
Ramana G. Reddy United States 39 1.6k 0.8× 2.0k 1.6× 1.2k 1.2× 858 1.1× 596 1.0× 197 5.3k
Mark Aindow United States 43 4.8k 2.5× 2.9k 2.4× 1.0k 1.0× 718 0.9× 362 0.6× 331 7.7k
Xiaoqiang Fan China 48 4.6k 2.4× 3.0k 2.4× 637 0.6× 1.3k 1.7× 831 1.4× 310 7.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Yi Kong

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Fields of papers citing papers by Yi Kong

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yi Kong

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Yi Kong. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Yi Kong 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 Yi Kong. Yi Kong 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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Li, Xiaolong, et al.. (2025). Mechanism of segregation on the tensile and fracture behaviors of CuSn10P1 alloy. Materials Science and Engineering A. 927. 148052–148052. 1 indexed citations
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Zhu, Yuanyuan, et al.. (2025). Tensile and shear deformation of Al/TiB2 interface with X-doped (X = Cr, Cu, Mg, Mn, Pb, Si, Zn): A first-principles study. Computational Materials Science. 250. 113683–113683. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Guoxiu, et al.. (2025). Fluorine‐Functionalized Chemistry Toward Stable Zn Anode in Aqueous Zn‐Ion Batteries. Advanced Energy Materials. 15(35). 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, Jie, Chun Hu, Jian W. Du, et al.. (2024). Effect of asymmetric interfaces on the spinodal decomposition of (Ti,Al)N/ZrN multilayers: First-principles and experimental investigations. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 1003. 175558–175558. 3 indexed citations
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Kong, Yi, Hui Li, Bin He, et al.. (2024). MnO2 nanoflowers in situ anchored on hollow carbon spheres with accelerated reaction kinetics for high-performance zinc-ion batteries. Journal of Energy Storage. 97. 112985–112985. 11 indexed citations
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Zhang, Jie, et al.. (2024). Impact of Y content on the properties of TiAlYN coatings: First-principle calculations and experiments. Surface and Coatings Technology. 487. 130977–130977. 2 indexed citations
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Du, Jian W., et al.. (2024). Investigation into the change of structure, mechanical properties and thermal stability for ZrN coating by oxygen addition. Surface and Coatings Technology. 493. 131276–131276. 4 indexed citations
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Kong, Yi, et al.. (2024). Controlled stiffness and diffusivity of poly(ethylene glycol) hydrogel formed with cellulose-nanofiber framework. Polymer. 313. 127753–127753. 3 indexed citations
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He, Meiling, Yuling Liu, Xiwu Li, et al.. (2024). Effect of grain orientation distribution on the mechanical properties of Al-7.02Mg-1.78Zn alloys. Multidiscipline Modeling in Materials and Structures. 20(4). 746–759. 2 indexed citations
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Liu, Yuling, Yong Du, Shiyi Wen, et al.. (2024). Interdiffusion and Atomic Mobility in BCC-A2 Mo-Zr and Mo-Nb-Zr Alloys with Very Steep Composition Profiles. Journal of Phase Equilibria and Diffusion. 45(3). 675–695.
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Hu, Chun, Jie Zhang, Huijun Liu, et al.. (2024). Ab initio supported development of Nb- and Ta-alloyed (Ti,Al)N thin films with improved thermal stability. Surface and Coatings Technology. 483. 130763–130763. 6 indexed citations
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Zhang, Jie, et al.. (2023). Ab initio supported study on the selective adsorption-induced microstructural difference of (Ti,Al)N/TiN and (Ti,Al)N/ZrN multilayers. Applied Surface Science. 636. 157861–157861. 3 indexed citations
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Wang, Song, et al.. (2023). Adsorption behavior of oxygen on Ti0.5Al0.5N (001) surface with X-doped (X = La, Ce, Y, Hf, Zr, Ta, Cr, Si): A first-principles study. Applied Surface Science. 639. 158245–158245. 10 indexed citations
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Wang, Song, Yi Kong, Li Chen, & Yong Du. (2023). Oscillating local minimum energy site and its effect on the spinodal decomposition of TiAlN: A first-principles study. Vacuum. 212. 112069–112069.
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Zhang, Jie, Chun Hu, Li Chen, & Yi Kong. (2023). Structure, mechanical properties and thermal decomposition of carbon-alloyed TiAlN thin films: A first-principle study. Vacuum. 221. 112952–112952. 7 indexed citations
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Ma, Yu, Han Chen, Mingxing Zhang, et al.. (2022). Break through the strength-ductility trade-off dilemma in aluminum matrix composites via precipitation-assisted interface tailoring. Acta Materialia. 242. 118470–118470. 131 indexed citations
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Du, Yong, Pizhi Zhao, Kaiming Cheng, et al.. (2017). Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME) for Developing Aluminum Alloys. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2 indexed citations
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Kong, Yi & J. N. Hay. (2002). The measurement of the crystallinity of polymers by DSC. Polymer. 43(14). 3873–3878. 486 indexed citations

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