Yunfei Xue

4.9k total citations · 4 hit papers
154 papers, 3.8k citations indexed

About

Yunfei Xue is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Yunfei Xue has authored 154 papers receiving a total of 3.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 134 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 78 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 37 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Yunfei Xue's work include High Entropy Alloys Studies (101 papers), High-Temperature Coating Behaviors (78 papers) and Advanced materials and composites (40 papers). Yunfei Xue is often cited by papers focused on High Entropy Alloys Studies (101 papers), High-Temperature Coating Behaviors (78 papers) and Advanced materials and composites (40 papers). Yunfei Xue collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Hong Kong. Yunfei Xue's co-authors include Lu Wang, Tangqing Cao, Liang Wang, Yang Ren, Benpeng Wang, Yao-Jian Liang, Fuchi Wang, Xiaoyan Li, Hongnian Cai and Linjing Wang and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Nature Communications and Nature Materials.

In The Last Decade

Yunfei Xue

146 papers receiving 3.7k 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-content ductile coherent nanoprecipitates achieve ultrastrong high-entropy alloys

2018 531 citations Yao-Jian Liang, Tangqing Cao et al. profile →
Tailoring planar slip to achieve pure metal-like ductility in body-centred-cubic multi-principal element alloys

2023 215 citations Liang Wang, Jun Ding et al. Nature Materials profile →
Dynamic deformation behaviors and mechanisms of CoCrFeNi high-entropy alloys

2023 107 citations Tangqing Cao, Liang Wang et al. profile →
Substitution Index‐Prediction Rules for Low‐Potential Plateau of Hard Carbon Anodes in Sodium‐Ion Batteries

2025 29 citations Yunfei Xue, Yaxin Chen et al. Advanced Materials profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Yunfei Xue	3.5k	2.1k	965	419	206	154	3.8k
Xiubing Liang	2.2k 0.6×	1.3k 0.6×	647 0.7×	432 1.0×	123 0.6×	175	2.7k
Huijun Yang	3.1k 0.9×	1.9k 0.9×	659 0.7×	515 1.2×	121 0.6×	119	3.3k
Shenbao Jin	3.0k 0.8×	1.4k 0.7×	2.1k 2.2×	534 1.3×	174 0.8×	110	3.6k
Anil K. Sachdev	3.8k 1.1×	1.4k 0.7×	2.0k 2.1×	830 2.0×	119 0.6×	125	4.3k
Yizhang Zhou	2.2k 0.6×	1.1k 0.5×	895 0.9×	278 0.7×	126 0.6×	53	2.4k
Hongnian Cai	2.3k 0.7×	764 0.4×	1.5k 1.6×	629 1.5×	148 0.7×	82	2.9k
Ravi Sankar Kottada	3.3k 0.9×	2.4k 1.2×	608 0.6×	442 1.1×	92 0.4×	81	3.5k
Jinchuan Jie	4.9k 1.4×	3.8k 1.8×	1.9k 2.0×	377 0.9×	165 0.8×	176	5.3k
Qiang Du	2.0k 0.6×	1.7k 0.8×	1.5k 1.6×	448 1.1×	185 0.9×	103	2.7k

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Shang, Chen, Qiuhong Zhang, Lei Li, et al.. (2025). Suppressed defect production and hardening in refractory high entropy alloys under ion irradiation at early stage: A comparative study between VTaTi, HfNbZrTi, and conventional V-4Cr-4Ti. Journal of Material Science and Technology. 235. 1–11. 3 indexed citations

Huang, Chuan, Huibin Ke, Lu Wang, & Yunfei Xue. (2025). Design and characterization of TiZrNb-M (M = Fe, Co, Ni) eutectic multi-component alloys. Materials Characterization. 224. 114991–114991.

Qiu, Xia, Hang Xiong, Zhe Cui, et al.. (2025). Growth space engineering of closed pores in hard carbon for low-temperature sodium-ion batteries. Energy storage materials. 80. 104415–104415. 4 indexed citations

Cai, Hongmei, et al.. (2025). Engineering Ti–Cr–Mo-based alloys for hydrogen storage: Fe doping as a strategy for improved reversibility and stability. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 128. 499–510. 2 indexed citations

Xue, Yunfei, Yaxin Chen, Yi Liang, et al.. (2025). Substitution Index‐Prediction Rules for Low‐Potential Plateau of Hard Carbon Anodes in Sodium‐Ion Batteries. Advanced Materials. 37(28). e2417886–e2417886. 29 indexed citations breakdown →

Cui, Jiaxiang, Songshen Chen, Fuxin Liu, et al.. (2024). Effect of B2 nanoprecipitates on mechanical behavior of TiZrNbVAl lightweight high entropy alloys upon dynamic loading. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 1002. 175311–175311. 9 indexed citations

Xue, Yunfei, et al.. (2024). A new palynological assemblage of the Nantun Formation in the Huhehu Sag, Hailar Basin, NE China: Implications for paleoenvironments. Cretaceous Research. 167. 106054–106054. 1 indexed citations

Cui, Jiaxiang, Shien Liu, Tianrui Zhang, et al.. (2024). Modulus-mismatch strategy optimized lightweight refractory high-entropy alloys for superior synergy of mechanical properties and thermostability. Materials Science and Engineering A. 908. 146767–146767. 16 indexed citations

Zhang, Yufei, Jiaxiang Cui, Bolun Li, et al.. (2024). Grain refinement induced dynamic plasticity improvement in lightweight high entropy alloys. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 997. 174968–174968. 6 indexed citations

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Cheng, Bo, Hongmei Cai, Yunkai Li, et al.. (2024). Exploring microstructure variations and hydrogen storage characteristics in TiVNbCrNi high-entropy alloys with different Ni incorporation. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 72. 29–40. 15 indexed citations

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Fu, Engang, Xiangwei Chang, Lei Bao, et al.. (2024). Characterization of irradiation-induced dislocation loops in Vanadium at 25-500 °C. Journal of Nuclear Materials. 603. 155428–155428. 1 indexed citations

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Wang, Xutao, Tianxiang Li, Liang Wang, et al.. (2023). A lightweight orthorhombic-phase strengthened TiZrVNbAl multicomponent intermetallic alloy with promising ambient ductility and high-temperature strength. Materials Science and Engineering A. 865. 144644–144644. 9 indexed citations

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Shang, Chen, Shumin Wang, Lei Li, et al.. (2023). Towards a reliable nanohardness-dose correlation of ion-irradiated materials from nanoindentation tests: A case study in proton-irradiated vanadium. International Journal of Plasticity. 171. 103804–103804. 10 indexed citations

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Pan, Yu, Shien Liu, Benpeng Wang, et al.. (2023). Achieving outstanding strength-ductility matching in BCC light-weight high entropy alloys via high content ordered nanoprecipitates. Materials Science and Engineering A. 889. 145861–145861. 36 indexed citations

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Wang, Liang, Jun Ding, Songshen Chen, et al.. (2023). Tailoring planar slip to achieve pure metal-like ductility in body-centred-cubic multi-principal element alloys. Nature Materials. 22(8). 950–957. 215 indexed citations breakdown →

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Ru, Liyun, Yichao Zhu, Shihai Sun, et al.. (2023). A TiV-rich lightweight medium entropy alloy with excellent specific strength and good strain hardening ability. 301–301. 1 indexed citations

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Wang, Liang, Xudong Liu, Chunxi Li, et al.. (2021). Remarkable ductility in metastable refractory high entropy alloys via BCC-FCC/α″ martensitic transformations. Applied Physics Letters. 119(15). 3 indexed citations

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Liaw, Peter K., et al.. (2021). Temperature-dependent mechanical behavior of an Al0.5Cr0.9FeNi2.5V0.2 high-entropy alloy. Applied Physics Letters. 119(12). 18 indexed citations

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Ma, Lili, et al.. (2019). Microstructure transition and mechanical property variation of Al_0.6CoCrFeNi high-entropy alloys prepared under different cooling rates. Materials Research Express. 6(10). 1065h4–1065h4. 15 indexed citations

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Wang, Liang, Fei Zhang, Zhihua Nie, et al.. (2018). Abundant polymorphic transitions in the Al0.6CoCrFeNi high-entropy alloy. Materials Today Physics. 8. 1–9. 38 indexed citations

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