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Yifan Zhang

Materials Science · Purdue University West Lafayette

Established · publishing since 1987Rising activity

Publications

165

Citations

2,452

Est. group size

~12

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

40

Publishing since 1987

Research summary
AI-generated

This publication record appears to combine work from multiple distinct researchers sharing the name Yifan Zhang, spanning materials science topics like alloys, battery materials, and composites alongside unrelated fields such as adolescent psychology and nuclear physics. Because the underlying data mixes these very different research lines, it is not possible to give a coherent, reliable description of a single research program from this record. Prospective students should verify authorship and affiliation carefully before drawing conclusions about this individual's actual research focus.

Metal alloys and compositesEnergy storage materials (batteries, supercapacitors)Thin-film and electronic materialsNote: record appears to mix multiple unrelated fields (also includes adolescent mental health and nuclear physics topics)Data may represent several different researchers with the same name

Publication counts have generally increased over the last decade, rising from about 1 per year in 2017 to over 30 in 2025, though this trend likely reflects an amalgamation of multiple authors' outputs rather than one individual's steady growth.

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

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 17.6/year recently
2017: 1 publication172018: 7 publications182019: 6 publications192020: 19 publications202021: 16 publications212022: 15 publications222023: 11 publications232024: 29 publications242025: 32 publications32252026: 1 publication26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Acta Materialia×15
  • Scripta Materialia×7
  • SSRN Electronic Journal×7
  • Journal of Alloys and Compounds×5
  • Nanoscale×5
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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