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Jian Gan

Materials Science · Purdue University West Lafayette

Established · publishing since 1981

Publications

215

Citations

4,514

Est. group size

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

46

Publishing since 1981

Research summary
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This publication record appears to mix work from multiple researchers sharing the same name, spanning nuclear materials science (e.g., uranium carbide irradiation, atom probe tomography of nuclear fuels, transition metal carbide defects) alongside unrelated topics like bamboo materials, polymer surface chemistry, medical studies, and nanomaterials for sensing. Because the OpenAlex topic scores are all listed as 0.00, the underlying nuclear-materials focus cannot be confidently confirmed from this data alone. Prospective students should independently verify which specific publications and topics belong to this particular researcher before drawing conclusions about their expertise.

Nuclear materials and irradiation effectsAtom probe tomography and microstructural characterizationPolymer surface scienceSustainable/bio-based structural materialsMiscellaneous topics (medical, sensing, catalysis) of uncertain attribution

Publication counts over the last decade fluctuate between roughly 6 and 20 per year with no clear steady trend, and the topical breadth suggests this record may combine outputs from more than one author.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 10.6/year recently
2017: 11 publications172018: 9 publications182019: 6 publications192020: 10 publications202021: 20 publications20212022: 10 publications222023: 12 publications232024: 18 publications242025: 11 publications252026: 2 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Journal of Nuclear Materials×21
  • Materialia×5
  • Microscopy and Microanalysis×5
  • SSRN Electronic Journal×5
  • Acta Materialia×4
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Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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