A systematic study was done on the effect of La–Zn substitution of Ni2Y.
The crystallite size of this ferrites is in the range of 31.4–41.3 nm.
Coercivity of synthesis samples monotonously decreased from 1313 to 569 Oe.
The magnetization and the coercivity strongly depend on La–Zn substitution.
The soft magnetic properties of ferrites improved by increasing of dopant cations.