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Zenji Horita

Zenji Horita

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Materials Science
Japan
2022

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
118
Citations
53818
World Ranking
520
National Ranking
16

Zenji Horita publication distribution in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Materials Science in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Zenji Horita sits on this spectrum.

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50 publications 1,163+

This scientist: 726 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,163 publications or more.

Zenji Horita D-index placement in Materials Science in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Materials Science scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Zenji Horita sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 165+

This scientist: 118 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 165 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2022 - Research.com Materials Science in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Zenji Horita is affiliated with Kyushu University in Japan and has a significant research output in the fields of engineering and materials science. Their work primarily focuses on areas such as materials chemistry, mechanical engineering, and mechanics of materials, with additional contributions in aerospace engineering and biomaterials.

The scientist's research extensively covers topics related to microstructure and mechanical properties, aluminum alloys composites and microstructures, metal and thin film mechanics, microstructure and mechanical properties of steels, advanced materials and composites, and metallurgy and material forming.

Horita has published numerous papers in well-known journals. Some of the recent notable papers include:

  • Nanomaterials by severe plastic deformation: review of historical developments and recent advances, 2022, Materials Research Letters
  • Severe plastic deformation for producing superfunctional ultrafine-grained and heterostructured materials: An interdisciplinary review, 2024, Journal of Alloys and Compounds
  • Impact of severe plastic deformation on kinetics and thermodynamics of hydrogen storage in magnesium and its alloys, 2022, Journal of Material Science and Technology
  • Photocatalytic hydrogen generation on low-bandgap black zirconia (ZrO2) produced by high-pressure torsion, 2020, Journal of Materials Chemistry A
  • Achieving highly strengthened Al-Cu-Mg alloy by grain refinement and grain boundary segregation, 2020, Materials Science and Engineering A

Horita's frequent coauthors include Yongpeng Tang, Yoichi Takizawa, Takahiro Masuda, Kaveh Edalati, and Manabu Yumoto.

The scientist's research has been published frequently in the following venues:

  • MATERIALS TRANSACTIONS
  • Journal of the Japan Institute of Metals and Materials
  • Journal of Alloys and Compounds
  • Materials Science and Engineering A
  • Journal of Materials Science

Best Publications

  • Principle of equal-channel angular pressing for the processing of ultra-fine grained materials

    Yoshinori Iwahashi;Jingtao Wang;Zenji Horita;Minoru Nemoto

  • Producing bulk ultrafine-grained materials by severe plastic deformation

    Ruslan Z. Valiev;Yuri Estrin;Zenji Horita;Zenji Horita;Terence G. Langdon

  • The process of grain refinement in equal-channel angular pressing

    Yoshinori Iwahashi;Zenji Horita;Minoru Nemoto;Terence G Langdon

  • The shearing characteristics associated with equal-channel angular pressing

    Minoru Furukawa;Yoshinori Iwahashi;Zenji Horita;Minoru Nemoto

  • An investigation of microstructural evolution during equal-channel angular pressing

    Y. Iwahashi;Zenji Horita;M. Nemoto;T. G. Langdon

  • Improving the mechanical properties of magnesium and a magnesium alloy through severe plastic deformation

    Akihiro Yamashita;Zenji Horita;Terence G Langdon

  • A review on high-pressure torsion (HPT) from 1935 to 1988

    Kaveh Edalati;Kaveh Edalati;Zenji Horita;Zenji Horita

  • Microhardness measurements and the Hall-Petch relationship in an AlMg alloy with submicrometer grain size

    M. Furukawa;Z. Horita;M. Nemoto;R.Z. Valiev

  • Influence of channel angle on the development of ultrafine grains in equal-channel angular pressing

    Kiyotaka Nakashima;Zenji Horita;Minoru Nemoto;Terence G. Langdon

  • Nanomaterials by severe plastic deformation: review of historical developments and recent advances

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  • Grain boundaries in ultrafine grained materials processed by severe plastic deformation and related phenomena

    X. Sauvage;G. Wilde;S. V. Divinski;Zenji Horita

  • Review: Processing of metals by equal-channel angular pressing

    M. Furukawa;Zenji Horita;M. Nemoto;T. G. Langdon

  • Equal-channel angular pressing of commercial aluminum alloys: Grain refinement, thermal stability and tensile properties

    Zenji Horita;Takayoshi Fujinami;Minoru Nemoto;Terence G. Langdon

  • Producing Bulk Ultrafine-Grained Materials by Severe Plastic Deformation: Ten Years Later

    Ruslan Z. Valiev;Ruslan Z. Valiev;Yuri Estrin;Yuri Estrin;Zenji Horita;Terence G. Langdon;Terence G. Langdon

  • Developing superplasticity in a magnesium alloy through a combination of extrusion and ECAP

    K. Matsubara;Y. Miyahara;Z. Horita;T.G. Langdon

  • Microstructure of two-phase Al–1.7 at% Cu alloy deformed by equal-channel angular pressing

    M Murayama;Z Horita;K Hono

  • Influence of scandium and zirconium on grain stability and superplastic ductilities in ultrafine-grained Al-Mg alloys

    S Lee;A Utsunomiya;H Akamatsu;K Neishi

  • Grain refinement and superplastic flow in an aluminum alloy processed by high-pressure torsion

    Sergey V. Dobatkin;Elena N. Bastarache;Genki Sakai;Takeshi Fujita

  • Development of a multi-pass facility for equal-channel angular pressing to high total strains

    Kiyotaka Nakashima;Zenji Horita;Minoru Nemoto;Terence G Langdon

  • AN INVESTIGATION OF GRAIN BOUNDARIES IN SUBMICROMETER-GRAINED AL-MG SOLID SOLUTION ALLOYS USING HIGH-RESOLUTION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY

    Zenji Horita;David J. Smith;Minoru Furukawa;Minoru Nemoto

  • The evolution of homogeneity in processing by high-pressure torsion

    Cheng Xu;Zenji Horita;Terence G. Langdon

Frequent Co-Authors

Terence G. Langdon
Terence G. Langdon University of Southern California
Kaveh Edalati
Kaveh Edalati Kyushu University
Minoru Nemoto
Minoru Nemoto Kyushu University
Minoru Furukawa
Minoru Furukawa University of Teacher Education Fukuoka
Kenji Kaneko
Kenji Kaneko Kyushu University
Ruslan Z. Valiev
Ruslan Z. Valiev Ufa State Aviation Technical University
Etsuo Akiba
Etsuo Akiba Kyushu University
Yuntian Zhu
Yuntian Zhu City University of Hong Kong
Takeshi Fujita
Takeshi Fujita Kochi University of Technology
Xavier Sauvage
Xavier Sauvage University of Rouen

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