Yi Zhang

12.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
439 papers, 10.4k citations indexed

About

Yi Zhang is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Yi Zhang has authored 439 papers receiving a total of 10.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 189 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 179 papers in Materials Chemistry and 95 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in Yi Zhang's work include Microstructure and mechanical properties (84 papers), Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties (76 papers) and Metallurgy and Material Forming (53 papers). Yi Zhang is often cited by papers focused on Microstructure and mechanical properties (84 papers), Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties (76 papers) and Metallurgy and Material Forming (53 papers). Yi Zhang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Russia. Yi Zhang's co-authors include Yi Huang, Zhiyu Huang, Peishuang Xiao, Honghui Chen, Yongsheng Chen, Tengfei Zhang, Huicong Chang, Baohong Tian, Alex A. Volinsky and Guanglei Wu and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of the American Chemical Society, Advanced Materials and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Yi Zhang

407 papers receiving 10.2k citations

Hit Papers

1 papers align trajectories

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.

Broadband and Tunable High‐Performance Microwave Absorption of an Ultralight and Highly Compressible Graphene Foam

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Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yi Zhang China	48	4.4k	4.3k	3.6k	3.4k	1.1k	439	10.4k
Lei Liu China	44	1.2k 0.3×	1.8k 0.4×	2.1k 0.6×	1.1k 0.3×	694 0.6×	220	6.1k
Wei Jiang China	60	2.3k 0.5×	2.3k 0.5×	6.9k 1.9×	1.5k 0.5×	2.3k 2.0×	558	14.8k
Di Lan China	63	5.0k 1.1×	7.4k 1.7×	2.4k 0.7×	748 0.2×	145 0.1×	263	9.7k
Yong Peng China	58	1.2k 0.3×	2.3k 0.5×	5.2k 1.4×	2.3k 0.7×	310 0.3×	434	13.3k
Haojie Yu China	53	959 0.2×	1.4k 0.3×	3.1k 0.9×	750 0.2×	880 0.8×	379	10.4k
Yujie Wei China	54	1.1k 0.2×	677 0.2×	7.1k 2.0×	5.5k 1.6×	2.2k 2.0×	292	13.1k
Peitao Xie China	45	2.3k 0.5×	4.2k 1.0×	2.1k 0.6×	481 0.1×	150 0.1×	182	7.6k
Hongxia Li China	49	976 0.2×	3.0k 0.7×	3.9k 1.1×	952 0.3×	190 0.2×	414	9.3k
Lin Liu China	49	1.5k 0.3×	474 0.1×	3.5k 1.0×	5.1k 1.5×	1.2k 1.1×	563	10.4k
Yahong Zhang China	59	1.1k 0.3×	2.4k 0.5×	5.7k 1.6×	1.6k 0.5×	166 0.1×	364	12.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Yi Zhang

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Li, Xiaobo, Ke Jing, Meng Zhou, et al.. (2025). Microstructure and hot deformation behavior of the Cu-0.3Zr(-0.2Mg) alloys. Materials Today Communications. 42. 111539–111539. 1 indexed citations

Liu, Yan, Byung‐Chul Chang, Jing Gao, et al.. (2025). Exogenous nano-silicon treatment enhanced the low temperature tolerance of tomato seedlings. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 13. 100183–100183.

Wang, Xinxin, et al.. (2025). TREM2+ macrophages: a key role in disease development. Frontiers in Immunology. 16. 1550893–1550893. 3 indexed citations

Shi, Ke, Yi Zhang, Yanqiu Li, et al.. (2025). High-density lipoprotein cholesterol as a prognostic marker for 90-day transplant-free mortality in hepatitis B virus-related acute-on-chronic liver failure. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology. 14. 1458818–1458818.

Cheng, Qiang, E Pang, Beibei Yang, et al.. (2025). Visible and Long-Lasting Chemiluminescence System for Dual Colorimetric and Chemiluminescent Humidity Monitoring. Analytical Chemistry. 97(44). 24477–24485. 1 indexed citations

Ban, Yijie, Liang Huang, Zhonghao Li, et al.. (2024). Overcoming the strength and ductility trade-off in Ni-based alloy through tailoring of bimodal grain structures, hierarchical twins and coherent nanoprecipitates. International Journal of Plasticity. 183. 104147–104147. 32 indexed citations

Zhang, Yi, et al.. (2024). Electrochemical behavior and passivation film characterization of TiZrHfNb multi-principal element alloys in NaCl-containing solution. Corrosion Science. 235. 112185–112185. 56 indexed citations

Liu, Heng, et al.. (2024). Influence of protein migration on the fretting-corrosion behavior of 316 L stainless steel with artificial crevices. Corrosion Science. 230. 111924–111924. 4 indexed citations

Zhou, Meng, Ke Jing, Yi Zhang, et al.. (2024). Effect of Mg addition on the microstructure and mechanical properties of Cu-Ti-Zr alloy. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 1004. 175897–175897. 23 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yi, Yuanhui Wang, Tingting Hu, et al.. (2024). In situ construction of efficient electromagnetic function Graphene/PES composites based on liquid phase exfoliation strategy. Materials Today Physics. 43. 101408–101408. 12 indexed citations

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Wang, Xiaoshuang, et al.. (2024). Dielectric properties and temperature dependence of holey graphene/resin composites. Ceramics International. 50(24). 54089–54098. 1 indexed citations

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Zhang, Tao, Limin Zhang, Pengfei Yin, et al.. (2023). Impedance optimization by inserting of flaky Fe3O4/FeS in PANI-derived amorphous carbon for wide band electromagnetic protection. Materials Chemistry and Physics. 307. 128230–128230. 3 indexed citations

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Zhang, Hailin, Xin Zhang, Trent R. Graham, et al.. (2021). Crystallization and Phase Transformations of Aluminum (Oxy)hydroxide Polymorphs in Caustic Aqueous Solution. Inorganic Chemistry. 60(13). 9820–9832. 21 indexed citations

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Liang, Shengli, Meng Zhou, Yi Zhang, et al.. (2021). Thermal deformation behavior of GO/CeO2 in-situ reinforced Cu30Cr10W electrical contact material. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 899. 163266–163266. 10 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yi, et al.. (2015). Effects of postcure temperature on mechanical properties of resin mineral composite for precision machine tool. Advances in engineering research. 12. 2 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yi, Xiaoxia Li, Jingya Ruan, et al.. (2015). Oleanane type saponins from the stems of Astragalus membranaceus (Fisch.) Bge. var. mongholicus (Bge.) Hsiao. Fitoterapia. 109. 99–105. 31 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yi, et al.. (2014). Noether＇s theorems of a fractional Birkhoffian system within Riemann-Liouville derivatives. 中国物理B：英文版. 281–288. 1 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yi, et al.. (2011). Affects on Cyclooxygenase Activities and Anti-inflammations Effects of Tetra-acetylated Puerarin. The Chinese Journal of Modern Applied Pharmacy. 28(1). 8–10. 1 indexed citations

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Yi, Xiong, et al.. (2011). Effect of severe deformation under different temperatures and annealing on microstructure of commercial pure aluminum. Cailiao rechuli xuebao. 32(9). 63–66. 1 indexed citations

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Zhang, Yi. (2006). Review on Deformation-processed Cu-based In-situ Composite. Cailiao daobao. 1 indexed citations

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