Yongnan Chen

3.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
148 papers, 2.6k citations indexed

About

Yongnan Chen is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics of Materials. According to data from OpenAlex, Yongnan Chen has authored 148 papers receiving a total of 2.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 95 papers in Materials Chemistry, 94 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 40 papers in Mechanics of Materials. Recurrent topics in Yongnan Chen's work include Titanium Alloys Microstructure and Properties (33 papers), Advanced materials and composites (32 papers) and Metal and Thin Film Mechanics (29 papers). Yongnan Chen is often cited by papers focused on Titanium Alloys Microstructure and Properties (33 papers), Advanced materials and composites (32 papers) and Metal and Thin Film Mechanics (29 papers). Yongnan Chen collaborates with scholars based in China, Australia and United Kingdom. Yongnan Chen's co-authors include Qinyang Zhao, Yongqing Zhao, Yiku Xu, Mingpan Wan, Weidong Zeng, Shewei Xin, Jianwei Xu, Huan Wang, Cong Wu and Qiaoyan Sun and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Advanced Functional Materials and Acta Materialia.

In The Last Decade

Yongnan Chen

137 papers receiving 2.5k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

High-strength titanium alloys for aerospace engineering applications: A review on melting-forging process

2022 505 citations Qinyang Zhao, Yongnan Chen et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Yongnan Chen China	28	1.7k	1.5k	688	601	367	148	2.6k
Zhi Zeng China	13	2.6k 1.5×	1.8k 1.2×	461 0.7×	364 0.6×	277 0.8×	22	3.7k
S.C. Wang United Kingdom	21	1.8k 1.0×	1.6k 1.1×	601 0.9×	1.2k 2.0×	305 0.8×	26	2.4k
Qianying Guo China	32	2.5k 1.5×	1.3k 0.9×	801 1.2×	735 1.2×	129 0.4×	134	3.1k
B.A. Shollock United Kingdom	27	1.6k 1.0×	1.2k 0.8×	649 0.9×	709 1.2×	196 0.5×	84	2.3k
Wael Abuzaid United Arab Emirates	24	1.3k 0.7×	875 0.6×	497 0.7×	302 0.5×	130 0.4×	75	1.9k
Hongnian Cai China	31	2.3k 1.3×	1.5k 1.0×	629 0.9×	764 1.3×	115 0.3×	82	2.9k
Guangchun Xiao China	26	1.6k 0.9×	629 0.4×	666 1.0×	318 0.5×	236 0.6×	172	2.2k
Bin Gan China	25	1.8k 1.0×	981 0.7×	497 0.7×	657 1.1×	107 0.3×	118	2.8k
Guofu Xu China	31	1.7k 1.0×	1.4k 0.9×	422 0.6×	1.4k 2.4×	893 2.4×	118	3.1k
Dunji Yu China	26	1.7k 1.0×	670 0.5×	741 1.1×	444 0.7×	249 0.7×	96	2.2k

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Wang, Shuang, et al.. (2025). Effect of corrosion product on corrosion behavior of PEO coating based on its structure and semiconducting properties. Corrosion Science. 246. 112727–112727. 4 indexed citations

Chen, Yongnan, et al.. (2024). β phase morphology analysis for enhancing friction properties and wear resistance of Ti-6Al-4V alloy. Tribology International. 201. 110196–110196. 4 indexed citations

Xu, Yiku, et al.. (2024). Enhancement of wear and corrosion resistance of pulsed electrodeposited Ni–Mo amorphous/nanocrystalline coatings by heat treatment. Vacuum. 229. 113549–113549. 4 indexed citations

Zhang, Zhen, Weifeng Qian, Shuang Wang, et al.. (2024). Activating continuous dislocation pinning enhanced toughness of nanocomposite coating through specially oriented semicoherent heterointerface lattice distortion. Ceramics International. 50(7). 12028–12039. 9 indexed citations

Zhang, Xiaofang, et al.. (2024). The transition of strain rate sensitivity induced by Fe solutes in electrodeposited nanocrystalline Ni–Fe alloy. Intermetallics. 172. 108389–108389.

Xu, Yiku, Siyi Liu, Yuanyuan He, et al.. (2024). Formation of lamellar eutectic structure and improved mechanical properties of directional solidified Al0.9CoCrNi2.1 high-entropy alloy. Intermetallics. 173. 108430–108430. 4 indexed citations

Jiang, Chaoping, et al.. (2024). Effect of Al2O3 nanoparticles additions on wear resistance of plasma electrolytic oxidation coatings on TC4 alloys. Ceramics International. 50(11). 18484–18496. 24 indexed citations

Gong, Tao, Qinyang Zhao, Yong Zhang, et al.. (2024). Excellent synergies of mechanical properties and biological performance of additively-manufactured Ti Cu alloy. Materials Characterization. 216. 114255–114255. 1 indexed citations

Zhao, Qinyang, Weifeng Qian, Haiyan Zou, et al.. (2024). High-performance ceramic coatings for additive manufacturing biofunctional titanium alloy by regulating precipitation orientation. Chemical Engineering Journal. 489. 151325–151325. 5 indexed citations

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Wang, Nan, Yongnan Chen, Yiku Xu, et al.. (2024). Regulation the graphene oxide concentration for the low energy consumption ceramic coating. Progress in Organic Coatings. 188. 108200–108200. 3 indexed citations

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Lei, Li, et al.. (2024). Synthesis of bioinspired gradient MoS2/TiO2 coatings for enhancing tribological performance of titanium alloys. Applied Surface Science. 679. 161296–161296. 3 indexed citations

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Chen, Yongnan, et al.. (2024). Revealing the anti-friction mechanism of in-situ synthesized MoS2-S nanocomposite coating under different shear stress. Tribology International. 195. 109587–109587. 9 indexed citations

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Xu, Yiku, et al.. (2023). Pulse electrodeposition of a duplex-layer structured composite nickel-based coating with improved corrosion and abrasion resistance. Ceramics International. 50(7). 10515–10524. 8 indexed citations

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Zou, Haiyan, Weifeng Qian, Yongnan Chen, et al.. (2023). Cu ions release and the formation of CuO/Cu2O during PEO based on the work function. Surface and Coatings Technology. 477. 130344–130344. 4 indexed citations

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Jiang, Chaoping, et al.. (2023). The interrelation of crack propagation behaviors and lamellar structure in a new near α titanium alloy at low temperature. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 956. 170342–170342. 5 indexed citations

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Wang, Shuang, Zhen Zhang, Weifeng Qian, et al.. (2023). Enhancing corrosion resistance of AZ91D alloy through yttria-stabilized tetragonal zirconia (YSTZ)/MgO repaired ceramic coating with improved embrittlement cracking. Corrosion Science. 225. 111634–111634. 12 indexed citations

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Li, Jing, Zhen Zhang, Weifeng Qian, et al.. (2023). Improved corrosion resistance of ZrO2/MgO coating for magnesium alloys by manipulating the pore structure. Journal of Materials Research and Technology. 24. 2403–2415. 22 indexed citations

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Chen, Yongnan, Qinyang Zhao, Yiku Xu, et al.. (2023). Large lattice mismatch of nanocomposite coating: In-situ establishment of MoS2 by precursor and desulfurization reaction. Applied Surface Science. 639. 158147–158147. 7 indexed citations

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Chen, Yongnan, Songsong Liu, Lazaros G. Papageorgiou, Konstantinos Theofilatos, & Sophia Tsoka. (2023). Optimisation Models for Pathway Activity Inference in Cancer. Cancers. 15(6). 1787–1787. 3 indexed citations

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Chen, Yongnan, Qinyang Zhao, Haifei Zhan, et al.. (2021). Multiscale exploit the role of copper on the burn resistant behavior of Ti-Cu alloy. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 863. 158639–158639. 10 indexed citations

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