Zhidan Zeng

2.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
63 papers, 1.6k citations indexed

About

Zhidan Zeng is a scholar working on Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering and Ceramics and Composites. According to data from OpenAlex, Zhidan Zeng has authored 63 papers receiving a total of 1.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Materials Chemistry, 31 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 17 papers in Ceramics and Composites. Recurrent topics in Zhidan Zeng's work include Metallic Glasses and Amorphous Alloys (20 papers), Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research (15 papers) and Glass properties and applications (14 papers). Zhidan Zeng is often cited by papers focused on Metallic Glasses and Amorphous Alloys (20 papers), Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research (15 papers) and Glass properties and applications (14 papers). Zhidan Zeng collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Germany. Zhidan Zeng's co-authors include Qiaoshi Zeng, Wendy L. Mao, Hongbo Lou, Fei Zhang, Vitali B. Prakapenka, Jinyuan Yan, H. W. Sheng, Eran Greenberg, Benyuan Cheng and Yang Ren and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Physical Review Letters.

In The Last Decade

Zhidan Zeng

62 papers receiving 1.5k citations

Hit Papers

Polymorphism in a high-entropy alloy 2017 2026 2020 2023 2017 50 100 150 200 250
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. Polymorphism in a high-entropy alloy
    2017 288 citations Fei Zhang, Yuan Wu et al. Nature Communications profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Zhidan Zeng China 21 764 741 379 377 187 63 1.6k
Zhi-Gang Mei United States 24 593 0.8× 1.9k 2.5× 342 0.9× 458 1.2× 75 0.4× 70 2.3k
Avinash M. Dongare United States 29 637 0.8× 1.5k 2.0× 217 0.6× 374 1.0× 117 0.6× 90 2.0k
Damien Connétable France 26 800 1.0× 1.5k 2.1× 172 0.5× 183 0.5× 89 0.5× 65 2.0k
Sicong Jiang United States 13 1.4k 1.9× 1.1k 1.5× 734 1.9× 326 0.9× 211 1.1× 18 2.2k
M. Zinkevich Germany 23 742 1.0× 1.7k 2.3× 310 0.8× 332 0.9× 304 1.6× 51 2.2k
Dilpuneet S. Aidhy United States 26 692 0.9× 1.2k 1.6× 505 1.3× 236 0.6× 57 0.3× 62 1.7k
Hongbo Lou China 24 1.2k 1.5× 885 1.2× 313 0.8× 83 0.2× 371 2.0× 63 1.6k
J. P. Morniroli France 19 545 0.7× 790 1.1× 206 0.5× 151 0.4× 70 0.4× 70 1.3k
Naixie Zhou United States 17 2.0k 2.6× 1.5k 2.0× 973 2.6× 321 0.9× 231 1.2× 21 2.8k
G. Tichy Hungary 21 1.1k 1.4× 1.6k 2.1× 179 0.5× 156 0.4× 92 0.5× 45 2.1k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Zhidan Zeng

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Zhidan Zeng

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Zhidan Zeng. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Zhidan Zeng 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 Zhidan Zeng. Zhidan Zeng 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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Shi, Mengzhu, Di Peng, Yikang Li, et al.. (2025). Spin density wave rather than tetragonal structure is prerequisite for superconductivity in La3Ni2O7-δ. Nature Communications. 16(1). 9141–9141. 2 indexed citations
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Yang, Liuxiang, Kah Chun Lau, Zhidan Zeng, et al.. (2025). Synthesis of bulk hexagonal diamond. Nature. 644(8076). 370–375. 2 indexed citations
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Liang, Tao, Zhidan Zeng, Hongbo Lou, et al.. (2025). Preserving high-pressure solids via freestanding thin-film engineering. Nature Communications. 16(1). 5777–5777.
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Shi, Mengzhu, Di Peng, Shaohua Yang, et al.. (2025). Pressure induced superconductivity in hybrid Ruddlesden‒Popper La5Ni3O11 single crystals. Nature Physics. 21(11). 1780–1786. 4 indexed citations
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Dong, Hongliang, Ziang Li, Ziyou Zhang, et al.. (2024). In Situ High-Pressure Correlated Transportation of Heavy Rare-Earth Perovskite Nickelates as Batch Synthesized within Eutectic Molten Salts at MPa-pO2. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters. 15(30). 7716–7723. 1 indexed citations
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Cheng, Benyuan, Hongbo Lou, Zhidan Zeng, Yi Liu, & Qiaoshi Zeng. (2024). Structural Phase Transition in BiVO4 Nanosheets under High Pressure. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 128(29). 12267–12273. 2 indexed citations
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Zhang, Fei, Hongbo Lou, Zhidan Zeng, et al.. (2024). Compositional effect on pressure-induced polymorphism in high-entropy alloys. Materials Today Chemistry. 42. 102435–102435. 1 indexed citations
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Tang, Hu, Yong Cheng, Xiaohong Yuan, et al.. (2023). Toughening oxide glasses through paracrystallization. Nature Materials. 22(10). 1189–1195. 27 indexed citations
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Peng, Di, Qiaoshi Zeng, Zhidan Zeng, et al.. (2023). Origin of the near-room temperature resistance transition in lutetium with H2/N2 gas mixture under high pressure. National Science Review. 11(7). nwad337–nwad337. 4 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xin, Hongbo Lou, Beatrice Ruta, et al.. (2023). Pressure-induced nonmonotonic cross-over of steady relaxation dynamics in a metallic glass. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 120(24). e2302281120–e2302281120. 11 indexed citations
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Chen, Xiehang, Ye Liu, Tao Liang, et al.. (2022). Reversible linear-compression behavior of free volume in a metallic glass. Physical review. B.. 105(14). 11 indexed citations
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Tang, Hu, Xiaohong Yuan, Yong Cheng, et al.. (2021). Synthesis of paracrystalline diamond. Nature. 599(7886). 605–610. 138 indexed citations
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Zeng, Zhidan, Qiaoshi Zeng, Mingyuan Ge, et al.. (2020). Origin of Plasticity in Nanostructured Silicon. Physical Review Letters. 124(18). 185701–185701. 16 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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Zhang, Fei, Yuan Wu, Hongbo Lou, et al.. (2017). Polymorphism in a high-entropy alloy. Nature Communications. 8(1). 15687–15687. 288 indexed citations breakdown →
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Zeng, Zhidan, Liuxiang Yang, Qiaoshi Zeng, et al.. (2017). Synthesis of quenchable amorphous diamond. Nature Communications. 8(1). 322–322. 89 indexed citations
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Wen, Jianguo, Zhidan Zeng, Liuxiang Yang, et al.. (2017). TEM Study of Amorphous Carbon with Fully sp3-Bonded Structure. Microscopy and Microanalysis. 23(S1). 2268–2269. 10 indexed citations
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Ding, Yang, Liuxiang Yang, Cheng-Chien Chen, et al.. (2016). Pressure-Induced Confined Metal from the Mott InsulatorSr3Ir2O7. Physical Review Letters. 116(21). 216402–216402. 30 indexed citations
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Zeng, Qiaoshi, Yoshio Kono, Yu Lin, et al.. (2014). Universal Fractional Noncubic Power Law for Density of Metallic Glasses. Physical Review Letters. 112(18). 185502–185502. 67 indexed citations
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Zeng, Zhidan, Xiangyang Ma, Jiahe Chen, et al.. (2010). Effects of heavy phosphorus-doping on mechanical properties of Czochralski silicon. Journal of Applied Physics. 107(12). 28 indexed citations

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