Zhen Tan

1.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
82 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Zhen Tan is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering and Materials Chemistry. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhen Tan has authored 82 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 58 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 29 papers in Aerospace Engineering and 27 papers in Materials Chemistry. Recurrent topics in Zhen Tan's work include High-Temperature Coating Behaviors (26 papers), High Entropy Alloys Studies (25 papers) and Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes (19 papers). Zhen Tan is often cited by papers focused on High-Temperature Coating Behaviors (26 papers), High Entropy Alloys Studies (25 papers) and Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes (19 papers). Zhen Tan collaborates with scholars based in China, Germany and Portugal. Zhen Tan's co-authors include Dingyong He, Zheng Zhou, Yunfei Xue, Lijia Chen, Li‐Dong Zhao, Kirsten Bobzin, Tim Königstein, Mehmet Öte, Xingye Guo and Qinghuan Huo and has published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, Angewandte Chemie International Edition and Applied Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

Zhen Tan

76 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

Carbon Surface Chemistry: Benchmark for the Analysis of O... 2025 2026 2025 10 20 30
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. Carbon Surface Chemistry: Benchmark for the Analysis of Oxygen Functionalities on Carbon Materials
    2025 30 citations Zhen Tan, Zhen‐An Qiao 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
Zhen Tan China 19 1.1k 687 350 190 183 82 1.5k
Xianquan Jiang China 21 971 0.9× 369 0.5× 528 1.5× 203 1.1× 93 0.5× 66 1.4k
Honglei Zhou China 20 725 0.7× 278 0.4× 436 1.2× 170 0.9× 49 0.3× 43 1.0k
Zhongxia Liu China 22 1.1k 1.0× 668 1.0× 491 1.4× 358 1.9× 97 0.5× 86 1.4k
Xingchuan Xia China 24 1.6k 1.5× 540 0.8× 687 2.0× 392 2.1× 44 0.2× 89 1.8k
Daixiu Wei Japan 25 1.4k 1.3× 705 1.0× 630 1.8× 156 0.8× 119 0.7× 58 1.8k
Haidong Zhao China 20 1.5k 1.4× 681 1.0× 1.1k 3.1× 359 1.9× 70 0.4× 106 2.1k
Ashish K. Kasar United States 19 798 0.7× 268 0.4× 402 1.1× 308 1.6× 34 0.2× 47 1.1k
Cunguang Chen China 20 977 0.9× 383 0.6× 583 1.7× 164 0.9× 270 1.5× 90 1.4k
V. C. Srivastava India 28 2.0k 1.9× 823 1.2× 1.0k 2.9× 253 1.3× 76 0.4× 116 2.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Zhen Tan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zhen Tan

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhen Tan

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Zhen Tan. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Zhen Tan 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 Zhen Tan. Zhen Tan 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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Xiao, Yang, Zikui Bai, Zhen Tan, et al.. (2025). Effects of in situ TiO2 synthesis of oxide inclusions on weld microstructure and impact toughness of X80 pipeline steel. Materials & Design. 257. 114451–114451.
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Tan, Zhen, Zhenlu Zhou, Xiaoxuan Li, et al.. (2025). Microstructure and properties of W Mo Cu refractory alloys with skeleton structure fabricated by laser powder bed fusion. International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials. 133. 107392–107392.
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Wang, Jie, Dingyong He, Li Cui, et al.. (2025). Comparative study on microstructure and properties of laser cladded Fe-Cr-Ni-Mo-B coatings using water-atomized and water-gas combined atomization powders. Surface and Coatings Technology. 519. 132961–132961.
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Lu, Yang, Hanguang Fu, Dingyong He, et al.. (2024). Developing rotary swaging process for improving the performance of wire-arc sprayed Al/Al2O3 composite coating. Surface and Coatings Technology. 484. 130840–130840. 2 indexed citations
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Dong, Yangbo, et al.. (2024). An In Situ Oxidative Polymerization Method to Synthesize Mesoporous Polypyrrole/MnO2 Composites for Supercapacitors. Molecules. 30(1). 45–45. 5 indexed citations
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Liu, Wei, et al.. (2024). Alternating load failure analysis under the high-temperatures vibration of thermal barrier coatings. Surface and Coatings Technology. 487. 130972–130972. 2 indexed citations
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Wang, Liwei, Zhen Tan, Shaohui Chen, et al.. (2024). Microstructure and mechanical properties of Al-Zn-Mg-Cu alloy fabricated by multi-wire arc-based directed energy deposition. Journal of Manufacturing Processes. 124. 661–672. 15 indexed citations
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Wang, Liwei, Zhen Tan, Ming Liu, et al.. (2024). Pulsing-induced healing of a surface crack of a nickel-based alloy. Journal of Materials Research and Technology. 31. 733–738. 4 indexed citations
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Liu, Ziwei, Zhen Tan, Zheng Zhou, et al.. (2024). Hot isostatic pressing induced precipitation strengthening at room and high temperature of Ni-Fe-Cr-Al-V high-entropy alloy manufactured by laser powder bed fusion. Microstructures. 4(2). 2024024–2024024. 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, Liangliang, et al.. (2024). Molecular‐level Modulation of N, S‐Co‐Doped Mesoporous Carbon Nanospheres for Selective Aqueous Catalytic Oxidation of Ethylbenzene. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 64(7). e202419438–e202419438. 6 indexed citations
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Yao, Haihua, Xiangzhao Wang, Yong Zeng, et al.. (2023). Thermal transport property correlated with microstructure transformation and structure evolution of Fe-based amorphous coating. Surface and Coatings Technology. 457. 129298–129298. 11 indexed citations
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Jin, Ming, Dingyong He, Wei Shao, et al.. (2023). The microstructure and high-temperature oxidation resistance of Si-rich Mo-Si-B coatings prepared by ultrasonic vibration assisted laser cladding. Journal of Alloys and Compounds. 953. 170175–170175. 18 indexed citations
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Wang, Can, Dingyong He, Li Cui, et al.. (2023). Influence of surface pretreatment on porosity and microstructure of laser welding in AlSi10Mg alloys sheets fabricated by laser powder bed fusion. Welding in the World. 67(11). 2449–2462. 2 indexed citations
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Xiao, Xiangyun, Wenjun Zhu, Zhen Tan, et al.. (2018). Ultra-small Co/CNTs nanohybrid from metal organic framework with highly efficient microwave absorption. Composites Part B Engineering. 152. 316–323. 161 indexed citations
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Wang, Yiming, Xiaomei Liu, Tingting Fan, et al.. (2017). In vitro evaluation of hydroxyapatite coatings with (002) crystallographic texture deposited by micro-plasma spraying. Materials Science and Engineering C. 75. 596–601. 35 indexed citations
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Tan, Zhen. (2011). Study and Simulation of Brake Force Distribution Method for Brake-by-wire System. Jisuanji fangzhen. 1 indexed citations
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Hen, Zhang, et al.. (1991). Formation and stability of metallic glass Cu90?x Ni10P x. Journal of Materials Science Letters. 10(1). 45–46. 5 indexed citations

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