| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
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| 1 | Numerical simulation of temperature field and residual stress in multi-pass welds in stainless steel pipe and comparison with experimental measurements | Computational Materials Science | 2006 | 511 |
| 2 | Three defect types in friction stir welding of aluminum die casting alloy | Materials Science & Engineering A: Structural Materials: Properties, Microstructure and Processing | 2006 | 417 |
| 3 | Tensile properties and fracture locations of friction-stir-welded joints of 2017-T351 aluminum alloy | Journal of Materials Processing Technology | 2003 | 404 |
| 4 | Friction stir welding of carbon steels | Materials Science & Engineering A: Structural Materials: Properties, Microstructure and Processing | 2006 | 370 |
| 5 | MWCNTs/AZ31 surface composites fabricated by friction stir processing | Materials Science & Engineering A: Structural Materials: Properties, Microstructure and Processing | 2006 | 354 |
| 6 | Length effect of carbon nanotubes on the strengthening mechanisms in metal matrix composites | Acta Materialia | 2017 | 352 |
| 7 | Laser direct joining of metal and plastic | Scripta Materialia | 2008 | 351 |
| 8 | Strength and strain hardening of a selective laser melted AlSi10Mg alloy | Scripta Materialia | 2017 | 312 |
| 9 | Prediction of welding distortion and residual stress in a thin plate butt-welded joint | Computational Materials Science | 2008 | 303 |
| 10 | Solid-state interfacial reaction and load transfer efficiency in carbon nanotubes (CNTs)-reinforced aluminum matrix composites | Carbon | 2017 | 302 |
| 11 | Dynamics of keyhole and molten pool in laser welding | Journal of Laser Applications | 1998 | 295 |
| 12 | Effect of friction stir processing with SiC particles on microstructure and hardness of AZ31 | Materials Science & Engineering A: Structural Materials: Properties, Microstructure and Processing | 2006 | 282 |
| 13 | Effect of carbide grain size on microstructure and sliding wear behavior of HVOF-sprayed WC–12% Co coatings | Wear | 2003 | 263 |
| 14 | Friction stir welding of a high carbon steel | Scripta Materialia | 2007 | 255 |
| 15 | Numerical simulation of welding distortion in large structures | Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering | 2007 | 248 |
| 16 | Phase transition and properties of Ti–Al–N thin films prepared by r.f.-plasma assisted magnetron sputtering | Thin Solid Films | 1999 | 245 |
| 17 | Friction stir lap joining aluminum and magnesium alloys | Scripta Materialia | 2008 | 239 |
| 18 | Microstructural characterization and mechanical properties in friction stir welding of aluminum and titanium dissimilar alloys | Materials & Design | 2009 | 226 |
| 19 | WPD-PCA-Based Laser Welding Process Monitoring and Defects Diagnosis by Using FNN and SVM | IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics | 2015 | 213 |
| 20 | Friction stir welding of dissimilar AA2024 and AA7075 aluminum alloys | Materials Science and Engineering B: Solid-State Materials for Advanced Technology | 2008 | 196 |
| 21 | A comparative study on hot corrosion resistance of three types of thermal barrier coatings: YSZ, YSZ+Al2O3 and YSZ/Al2O3 | Materials Science & Engineering A: Structural Materials: Properties, Microstructure and Processing | 2008 | 196 |
| 22 | Improvement of mechanical properties of aluminum die casting alloy by multi-pass friction stir processing | Materials Science & Engineering A: Structural Materials: Properties, Microstructure and Processing | 2006 | 182 |
| 23 | Direct joining of carbon-fiber–reinforced plastic to an aluminum alloy using friction lap joining | Composites Part B: Engineering | 2015 | 181 |
| 24 | Strengthening behavior of in situ -synthesized (TiC–TiB)/Ti composites by powder metallurgy and hot extrusion | Materials and Design | 2016 | 181 |
| 25 | Microstructure and mechanical properties of dissimilar Al alloy/steel joints prepared by a flat spot friction stir welding technique | Materials & Design | 2013 | 179 |
| 26 | Phase transition of pseudobinary Cr–Al–N films deposited by magnetron sputtering method | Surface and Coatings Technology | 1997 | 169 |
| 27 | Dense Ti3SiC2 prepared by reactive HIP | Journal of Materials Science | 1999 | 168 |
| 28 | Review of laser welding monitoring | Science and Technology of Welding and Joining | 2014 | 165 |
| 29 | Antibacterial properties of nine pure metals: a laboratory study usingStaphylococcus aureusandEscherichia coli | Biofouling | 2010 | 164 |
| 30 | Modelling of thermal plasmas for arc welding: the role of the shielding gas properties and of metal vapour | Journal Physics D: Applied Physics | 2009 | 162 |
| 31 | Microstructures and mechanical properties of friction stir welds of 60% Cu–40% Zn copper alloy | Materials Science & Engineering A: Structural Materials: Properties, Microstructure and Processing | 2004 | 161 |
| 32 | Laser ablation at solid–liquid interfaces: An approach from optical emission spectra | Journal of Chemical Physics | 2000 | 160 |
| 33 | Effect of tool geometry on microstructure and mechanical properties of friction stir lap welded magnesium alloy and steel | Materials & Design | 2009 | 154 |
| 34 | The effect of SiC particles on the microstructure and mechanical properties of friction stir welded pure copper joints | Materials Science & Engineering A: Structural Materials: Properties, Microstructure and Processing | 2011 | 152 |
| 35 | Effects of activating flux on arc phenomena in gas tungsten arc welding | Science and Technology of Welding and Joining | 2000 | 151 |
| 36 | Fullerene/A5083 composites fabricated by material flow during friction stir processing | Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing | 2007 | 151 |
| 37 | Powder metallurgy Ti–TiC metal matrix composites prepared by in situ reactive processing of Ti-VGCFs system | Carbon | 2013 | 148 |
| 38 | ‘LTE-diffusion approximation’ for arc calculations | Journal Physics D: Applied Physics | 2006 | 147 |
| 39 | Numerical and experimental investigations on welding residual stress in multi-pass butt-welded austenitic stainless steel pipe | Computational Materials Science | 2008 | 147 |
| 40 | Synthesis of pseudobinary Cr-Al-N films with B1 structure by rf-assisted magnetron sputtering method | Surface and Coatings Technology | 1998 | 141 |
| 41 | Characterization of Aluminum/Steel Lap Joint by Friction Stir Welding | Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance | 2005 | 140 |
| 42 | Weld appearance prediction with BP neural network improved by genetic algorithm during disk laser welding | Journal of Manufacturing Systems | 2015 | 138 |
| 43 | Rapid synthesis of dense Ti3SiC2 by spark plasma sintering | Journal of the European Ceramic Society | 2002 | 134 |
| 44 | Effect of vacuum on penetration and defects in laser welding | Journal of Laser Applications | 2001 | 133 |
| 45 | Marangoni convection and weld shape variations in Ar–O2 and Ar–CO2 shielded GTA welding | Materials Science & Engineering A: Structural Materials: Properties, Microstructure and Processing | 2004 | 131 |
| 46 | Measurement of residual stress in arc welded lap joints by cosα X-ray diffraction method | Journal of Materials Processing Technology | 2017 | 127 |
| 47 | High-purification of amorphous silica originated from rice husks by combination of polysaccharide hydrolysis and metallic impurities removal | Industrial Crops and Products | 2010 | 125 |
| 48 | Development of an advanced A-TIG (AA-TIG) welding method by control of Marangoni convection | Materials Science & Engineering A: Structural Materials: Properties, Microstructure and Processing | 2008 | 124 |
| 49 | Effect of Intermetallic Compound Layer on Tensile Strength of Dissimilar Friction-Stir Weld of a High Strength Mg Alloy and Al Alloy | Materials Transactions | 2009 | 124 |
| 50 | Fabrication of mesoporous polymer monolith: a template-free approach | Chemical Communications | 2011 | 124 |
