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Zhigang Xu

Zhigang Xu publishes mostly in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Chemistry, on topics such as Magnesium Alloys: Properties and Applications, Fuel Cells and Related Materials and Advanced Welding Techniques Analysis.

World rank
#67,896
of 1,633,909 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#30,621
of 358,040
Works
41
Citations
387
Citations per work
9.4

What does Zhigang Xu research?

Electrical and Electronic Engineering: 21.7%Mechanical Engineering: 17.4%Materials Chemistry: 10.9%Biomaterials: 8.7%other fields: 41.3%22%top field
Electrical and Electronic Engineering21.7%Mechanical Engineering17.4%Materials Chemistry10.9%Biomaterials8.7%other fields41.3%

Shares of their own output, by the field each of their topics belongs to. The grey slice is everything not listed.

  1. 1Electrical and Electronic Engineering22% of their works
  2. 2Mechanical Engineering17% of their works
  3. 3Materials Chemistry11% of their works
  4. 4Biomaterials9% of their works
  5. 5Mechanics of Materials6% of their works
  6. 6Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Zhigang Xu's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Mechanical Properties, Coatings, Biodegradable Materials, Magnesium Alloys, Friction Stir Welding, Nanoindentation, Polymer Electrolyte Membranes and Processing.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 18 words, with their numbers
  1. Mechanical Properties104 topics
  2. Coatings52 topics
  3. Biodegradable Materials41 topic
  4. Magnesium Alloys41 topic
  5. Friction Stir Welding31 topic
  6. Nanoindentation31 topic
  7. Polymer Electrolyte Membranes31 topic
  8. Processing31 topic
  9. Proton Exchange Membranes31 topic
  10. Thin Films31 topic
  11. Aerospace Applications21 topic
  12. Aluminium Alloys21 topic
  13. Atomic Layer Deposition21 topic
  14. Ceramic Materials21 topic
  15. Electrophoretic Deposition21 topic
  16. Finite Element Modeling21 topic
  17. High-k Dielectrics21 topic
  18. Laser Forming21 topic

Where does Zhigang Xu work?

Zhigang Xu's main affiliation in the publication record is North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, United States.

How many publications and citations does Zhigang Xu have?

Science Explorer counts 41 works and 387 citations for Zhigang Xu, ranking #67,896 of 1,633,909 researchers worldwide on the composite score.

Ranked on field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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