Ailian Chang

620 total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 450 citations indexed

About

Ailian Chang is a scholar working on Modeling and Simulation, Environmental Engineering and Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes. According to data from OpenAlex, Ailian Chang has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 450 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 6 papers in Modeling and Simulation, 4 papers in Environmental Engineering and 4 papers in Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes. Recurrent topics in Ailian Chang's work include Fractional Differential Equations Solutions (6 papers), Rheology and Fluid Dynamics Studies (4 papers) and Groundwater flow and contamination studies (4 papers). Ailian Chang is often cited by papers focused on Fractional Differential Equations Solutions (6 papers), Rheology and Fluid Dynamics Studies (4 papers) and Groundwater flow and contamination studies (4 papers). Ailian Chang collaborates with scholars based in China and United States. Ailian Chang's co-authors include HongGuang Sun, Yong Zhang, Wen Chen, Chunmiao Zheng, Fanlu Min, Bingqing Lu, Rui Ma, Chengpeng Lu, Kambiz Vafai and Yong Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Polymers and International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer.

In The Last Decade

Ailian Chang

11 papers receiving 444 citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

A Review on Variable-Order Fractional Differential Equations: Mathematical Foundations, Physical Models, Numerical Methods and Applications

2019 293 citations HongGuang Sun, Ailian Chang et al. Fractional Calculus and Applied Analysis profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Ailian Chang China	6	321	175	119	66	56	14	450
Tomasz Błaszczyk Poland	14	399 1.2×	178 1.0×	213 1.8×	228 3.5×	77 1.4×	40	590
John P. Hollkamp United States	6	196 0.6×	86 0.5×	61 0.5×	87 1.3×	42 0.8×	9	350
Gongsheng Li China	11	290 0.9×	125 0.7×	65 0.5×	214 3.2×	18 0.3×	47	453
M. Ghasemi Iran	11	175 0.5×	204 1.2×	42 0.4×	64 1.0×	68 1.2×	32	355
Esmail Hesameddini Iran	13	441 1.4×	328 1.9×	86 0.7×	152 2.3×	132 2.4×	45	533
Hui Wei China	5	341 1.1×	190 1.1×	78 0.7×	96 1.5×	107 1.9×	12	440
Jiaquan Xie China	12	239 0.7×	143 0.8×	57 0.5×	77 1.2×	97 1.7×	41	394
Kamran Kamran Pakistan	11	230 0.7×	177 1.0×	79 0.7×	75 1.1×	58 1.0×	48	333
Li Peng China	13	368 1.1×	144 0.8×	344 2.9×	31 0.5×	23 0.4×	29	540
Guang-Sheng Chen China	9	93 0.3×	35 0.2×	110 0.9×	95 1.4×	28 0.5×	37	322

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Shao, Minglu, Shanyong Zhang, Bowen Wu, et al.. (2025). Application and research progress of CO₂ foaming system for oil displacement in oil and gas field development: A review and prospect. Journal of Surfactants and Detergents. 28(5). 1087–1104.

Lin, Ji, et al.. (2024). Numerical analysis of heat transfer in mass concrete embedded with multi-pipes via a fast double-layer model based on generalized finite difference method. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer. 158. 107911–107911. 4 indexed citations

Chang, Ailian, et al.. (2024). A THEORETICAL INVESTIGATION ON GAS TRANSPORT BEHAVIORS IN NATURALLY GEOLOGICAL RESERVOIRS FOR THE HAUSDORFF FRACTAL DERIVATIVE MODEL. Journal of Porous Media. 28(4). 65–78.

Chang, Ailian, et al.. (2024). Interactive experimental study on microgroove structure and drag‐reducing additives in rotating disk apparatus. Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering. 19(5). 2 indexed citations

Chang, Ailian, et al.. (2024). Analysis of the Drag Reduction Performance and Rheological Properties of Drag-Reducing Additives. Polymers. 16(9). 1247–1247. 3 indexed citations

Chang, Ailian, et al.. (2023). Study on CO₂ transport in fractal porous media for a Hausdorff fractal derivative advection-dispersion model. International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow. 33(10). 3410–3424.

Chang, Ailian, Kambiz Vafai, & HongGuang Sun. (2021). Flow and heat transfer characteristics of non-Newtonian fluid over an oscillating flat plate. Numerical Heat Transfer Part A Applications. 79(10-12). 721–733. 4 indexed citations

Chang, Ailian, et al.. (2021). Numerical analysis of flow and forced convection heat transfer of non-Newtonian fluid in a pipe based on fractional constitutive model. International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow. 31(8). 2680–2697. 12 indexed citations

Sun, HongGuang, Ailian Chang, Yong Zhang, & Wen Chen. (2019). A Review on Variable-Order Fractional Differential Equations: Mathematical Foundations, Physical Models, Numerical Methods and Applications. Fractional Calculus and Applied Analysis. 22(1). 27–59. 293 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sun, HongGuang, Ailian Chang, Yong Zhang, & Wen Chen. (2018). A Survey on the Variable-Order Fractional Differential Equations: Mathematical Foundations, Models, Numerical Methods and Its Applications. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Chang, Ailian, HongGuang Sun, Chunmiao Zheng, et al.. (2018). A time fractional convection–diffusion equation to model gas transport through heterogeneous soil and gas reservoirs. Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications. 502. 356–369. 54 indexed citations

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Chang, Ailian & HongGuang Sun. (2018). Time-space fractional derivative models for CO2 transport in heterogeneous media. Fractional Calculus and Applied Analysis. 21(1). 151–173. 25 indexed citations

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Chang, Ailian, HongGuang Sun, Yong Zhang, Chunmiao Zheng, & Fanlu Min. (2018). Spatial fractional Darcy’s law to quantify fluid flow in natural reservoirs. Physica A Statistical Mechanics and its Applications. 519. 119–126. 43 indexed citations

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Chang, Ailian, Yong Zhang, Wen Chen, & HongGuang Sun. (2015). Anomalous diffusion: fractional derivative equation models and applications in environmental flows. Zhongguo kexue. Wulixue Lixue Tianwenxue. 45(10). 104702–104702. 9 indexed citations

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