2026 Ji-Cheng Zhao: Materials Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Materials Science	55	8522	8231	2100	1947	227	12579

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Research.com Recognitions

2019 - Fellow of the Materials Research Society For pioneering research on high-throughput measurement in the field of structural materials through the invention and application of the diffusion-multiple approach and co-invention of ultrafast laser materials–property microscopy tools.

Overview

Ji-Cheng Zhao is affiliated with the University of Maryland, College Park in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on engineering with a significant emphasis on mechanical engineering, materials chemistry, biomedical engineering, aerospace engineering, and electrical and electronic engineering. Zhao's work covers various specialized topics in materials science and engineering.

The main topics of Zhao's research include:

Intermetallics and Advanced Alloy Properties
High Temperature Alloys and Creep
Advanced Materials Characterization Techniques
Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties
Aluminum Alloy Microstructure Properties
High Entropy Alloys Studies
Magnesium Alloys: Properties and Applications

Ji-Cheng Zhao has published extensively in several academic journals. Frequent publication venues include:

SSRN Electronic Journal
Journal of Phase Equilibria and Diffusion
Acta Materialia
Journal of Alloys and Compounds
Scripta Materialia

Selected recent publications highlight advancements in materials synthesis, sintering, and diffusion studies. These include:

"A general method to synthesize and sinter bulk ceramics in seconds" (2020, Science)
"Rapid Synthesis and Sintering of Metals from Powders" (2021, Advanced Science)
"A comprehensive diffusion mobility database comprising 23 elements for magnesium alloys" (2020, Acta Materialia)
"Ultrafast high-temperature sintering to avoid metal loss toward high-performance and scalable cermets" (2021, Matter)
"An integrated experimental and computational study of diffusion and atomic mobility of the aluminum-magnesium system" (2020, Acta Materialia)

Zhao frequently collaborates with several researchers, often coauthoring papers with:

Wei Zhong
Chuangye Wang
Liangbing Hu
Jingjin Li
Handa Dai

In 2019, Ji-Cheng Zhao was recognized as a Fellow of the Materials Research Society for contributions relating to high-throughput measurement in the field of structural materials. The fellowship citation includes pioneering work on the diffusion-multiple approach and the development of ultrafast laser materials-property microscopy tools.

Best Publications

A review of very-high-temperature Nb-silicide-based composites

B. P. Bewlay;M. R. Jackson;P. R. Subramanian;J. C. Zhao

940
Citations
A general method to synthesize and sinter bulk ceramics in seconds.

Chengwei Wang;Weiwei Ping;Qiang Bai;Huachen Cui;Huachen Cui

696
Citations
New frontiers for the materials genome initiative

Juan J. de Pablo;Nicholas E. Jackson;Michael A. Webb;Long Qing Chen

510
Citations
Ultrahigh-Temperature Materials for Jet Engines

Ji Cheng Zhao;Jack H. Westbrook

458
Citations
Ultrahigh-temperature Nb-silicide-based composites

B. P. Bewlay;M. R. Jackson;J.-C. Zhao;P. R. Subramanian

430
Citations
NMR Confirmation for Formation of [B12H12]2- Complexes during Hydrogen Desorption from Metal Borohydrides

Son-Jong Hwang;Robert C. Bowman;Joseph W. Reiter;Job Rijssenbeek

359
Citations
Spinodal decomposition, ordering transformation, and discontinuous precipitation in a Cu-15Ni-8Sn alloy

J.-C Zhao;M.R Notis

324
Citations
Combinatorial approaches as effective tools in the study of phase diagrams and composition-structure-property relationships

Ji-Cheng Zhao

293
Citations
Magnesium borohydride as a hydrogen storage material: Properties and dehydrogenation pathway of unsolvated Mg(BH4)2

Grigorii L. Soloveichik;Yan Gao;Job Rijssenbeek;Matthew Andrus

260
Citations
Structure of unsolvated magnesium borohydride Mg(BH4)2

Jae Hyuk Her;Peter W Stephens;Yan Gao;Grigorii L Soloveichik

253
Citations
Ammine Magnesium Borohydride Complex as a New Material for Hydrogen Storage: Structure and Properties of Mg(BH4)2·2NH3

Grigorii Soloveichik;Jae-Hyuk Her;Peter W. Stephens;Yan Gao

248
Citations
Phase precipitation and time–temperature-transformation diagram of Hastelloy X

J.-C Zhao;M Larsen;V Ravikumar

220
Citations
Thermal conductivity imaging at micrometre- scale resolution for combinatorial studies of materials

Scott Huxtable;David G. Cahill;Vincent Fauconnier;Jeffrey O. White

217
Citations
Methods for phase diagram determination

J.C. Zhao

216
Citations
Phase precipitation and phase stability in nimonic 263

J. C. Zhao;V. Ravikumar;A. M. Beltran

189
Citations
The roles of dihydrogen bonds in amine borane chemistry.

Xuenian Chen;Ji-Cheng Zhao;Sheldon G. Shore

188
Citations
A combinatorial approach for structural materials

Ji-Cheng Zhao

175
Citations
Method of forming hollow channels within a component

Ji-Cheng Zhao;Melvin Robert Jackson;Paul Leonard Dupree;James Ross Dobbs

157
Citations
Determination of the Nb–Cr–Si phase diagram using diffusion multiples

J.-C Zhao;M.R Jackson;L.A Peluso

144
Citations
Mapping of the Nb-Ti-Si phase diagram using diffusion multiples

J.-C. Zhao;M.R. Jackson;L.A. Peluso

142
Citations
A combinatorial approach for efficient mapping of phase diagrams and properties

Ji-Cheng Zhao

137
Citations