Baowen Lou

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
40 papers, 758 citations indexed

About

Baowen Lou is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Building and Construction and Pollution. According to data from OpenAlex, Baowen Lou has authored 40 papers receiving a total of 758 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 8 papers in Building and Construction and 6 papers in Pollution. Recurrent topics in Baowen Lou's work include Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation (23 papers), Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring (13 papers) and Concrete and Cement Materials Research (12 papers). Baowen Lou is often cited by papers focused on Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation (23 papers), Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring (13 papers) and Concrete and Cement Materials Research (12 papers). Baowen Lou collaborates with scholars based in Norway, China and United States. Baowen Lou's co-authors include Aimin Sha, Diego Maria Barbieri, Zhuangzhuang Liu, Wei Jiang, Fan Zhang, Inge Hoff, Wentong Wang, Fusong Wang, Meng Jia and Yangsen Cao and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Cleaner Production and Construction and Building Materials.

In The Last Decade

Baowen Lou

34 papers receiving 746 citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Comprehensive evaluation of sulfur content and curing duration effects on the rheological performance of sulfur-extended bitumen

2025 21 citations Ke Shi, Feng Ma et al. Fuel profile →

Peers

Baowen Lou

CSE

POLLU

Diego Maria Barbieri Norway

Samuel B. Cooper United States

Issam I. A. Qamhia United States

Stephen A. Cross United States

Behzad Behnia United States

Maria Idrees Pakistan

Shihui Liu China

Paul Sargent United Kingdom

Diego Maria Barbieri Norway

Baowen Lou

977 ×1.8

CSE

198 ×1.6

POLLU

149 ×1.8

70 ×1.0

194 ×3.0

Citations per year, relative to Baowen Lou Baowen Lou (= 1×) peers Diego Maria Barbieri

Countries citing papers authored by Baowen Lou

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Fields of papers citing papers by Baowen Lou

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Baowen Lou

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Baowen Lou. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Baowen Lou based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Baowen Lou. Baowen Lou is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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20 of 20 papers shown

Lou, Baowen, et al.. (2025). Sustainability in Infrastructure Project Management—Analysis of Two European Megaprojects. Infrastructures. 10(5). 113–113.

Ma, Feng, Ke Shi, Zhen Fu, et al.. (2025). Stiffness, fatigue and cracking performance of porous asphalt concrete under varying freeze-thaw cycles. Construction and Building Materials. 483. 141709–141709.

Shi, Ke, Feng Ma, Zhen Fu, et al.. (2025). Comprehensive evaluation of sulfur content and curing duration effects on the rheological performance of sulfur-extended bitumen. Fuel. 393. 134979–134979. 21 indexed citations breakdown →

Lou, Baowen, et al.. (2024). A BIM-based carbon footprinting of earthworks in road construction process. Environmental Impact Assessment Review. 110. 107731–107731. 4 indexed citations

Lou, Baowen, et al.. (2024). The psychological implications of COVID-19 over the eighteen-month time span following the virus breakout in Italy. Frontiers in Psychology. 15. 1363922–1363922.

Barbieri, Diego Maria & Baowen Lou. (2024). Instrumentation and testing for road condition monitoring – A state-of-the-art review. NDT & E International. 146. 103161–103161. 8 indexed citations

Lou, Baowen, et al.. (2024). Characterization of two types of modified sulphur pellets for sulphur-extended asphalt mixtures. Results in Engineering. 22. 102335–102335. 1 indexed citations

Lou, Baowen, Diego Maria Barbieri, Tao Han, et al.. (2023). Coordinated Use of Digital Construction Tools for Renewal Design of Low-Volume Roads: A Norwegian Case Study. 1.

Lou, Baowen & Torbjørn Vrålstad. (2023). Strength Development of Metakaolin-Based Alkali-Activated Cement. Applied Sciences. 13(24). 13062–13062. 3 indexed citations

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Barbieri, Diego Maria, et al.. (2023). A Survey Dataset Evaluating Perceptions of Civil Engineering Students about Building Information Modelling (BIM). Data. 8(7). 114–114. 4 indexed citations

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Barbieri, Diego Maria, Baowen Lou, Hao Chen, et al.. (2022). Dataset of mechanical properties of coarse aggregates stabilized with traditional and nontraditional additives: Stiffness, deformation, resistance to freezing and stripping. Data in Brief. 46. 108781–108781. 5 indexed citations

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Barbieri, Diego Maria, et al.. (2022). Dataset regarding calcium bentonite and sodium bentonite as stabilizers for roads unbound. Data in Brief. 41. 107898–107898. 3 indexed citations

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Lou, Baowen, Aimin Sha, Diego Maria Barbieri, et al.. (2022). Evaluation of microwave aging impact on asphalt mixtures. Road Materials and Pavement Design. 24(3). 730–743. 9 indexed citations

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Sha, Aimin, Baowen Lou, Diego Maria Barbieri, & Inge Hoff. (2022). Microwave Heating as an Innovative Road Maintenance Technology: Aging Effect on Binder and Feasibility Evaluation. Materials. 15(1). 316–316. 10 indexed citations

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Passavanti, Marco, Diego Maria Barbieri, Baowen Lou, et al.. (2021). The psychological impact of COVID-19 and restrictive measures in the world. Journal of Affective Disorders. 283. 36–51. 123 indexed citations

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Barbieri, Diego Maria, Baowen Lou, Hao Chen, et al.. (2021). Dataset regarding the mechanical characterization of sedimentary rocks derived from Svalbard for possible use in local road constructions. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 34. 106735–106735. 11 indexed citations

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Barbieri, Diego Maria, et al.. (2021). Dataset regarding the mechanical properties of roads unbound treated with synthetic fluid based on isoalkane and tall oil. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 40. 107758–107758. 3 indexed citations

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Lou, Baowen, Aimin Sha, Yupeng Li, et al.. (2020). Effect of metallic-waste aggregates on microwave self-healing performances of asphalt mixtures. Construction and Building Materials. 246. 118510–118510. 67 indexed citations

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Lou, Baowen, Zhuangzhuang Liu, Aimin Sha, Meng Jia, & Yupeng Li. (2020). Microwave Absorption Ability of Steel Slag and Road Performance of Asphalt Mixtures Incorporating Steel Slag. Materials. 13(3). 663–663. 41 indexed citations

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Liu, Zhuangzhuang, et al.. (2019). Microstructure characterization of Portland cement pastes influenced by lower curing pressures. Construction and Building Materials. 227. 116636–116636. 25 indexed citations

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