Bichuan Zhang

814 total citations · 4 hit papers
23 papers, 614 citations indexed

About

Bichuan Zhang is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Ocean Engineering and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, Bichuan Zhang has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 614 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 14 papers in Ocean Engineering and 7 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Recurrent topics in Bichuan Zhang's work include Rock Mechanics and Modeling (18 papers), Coal Properties and Utilization (10 papers) and Geotechnical and Geomechanical Engineering (7 papers). Bichuan Zhang is often cited by papers focused on Rock Mechanics and Modeling (18 papers), Coal Properties and Utilization (10 papers) and Geotechnical and Geomechanical Engineering (7 papers). Bichuan Zhang collaborates with scholars based in China, Canada and Hong Kong. Bichuan Zhang's co-authors include Quanle Zou, Yunpei Liang, Qican Ran, Fanjie Kong, Zihan Chen, Tengfei Ma, Wenjie Xu, Zihan Chen, Zhiheng Cheng and Han Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as Physics of Fluids, International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences and Europhysics Letters (EPL).

In The Last Decade

Bichuan Zhang

22 papers receiving 596 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.

Evaluation and intelligent deployment of coal and coalbed methane coupling coordinated exploitation based on Bayesian network and cuckoo search

2022 116 citations Quanle Zou, Zihan Chen et al. International Journal of Mining Science and Technology profile →
Hardening-damage evolutionary mechanism of sandstone under multi-level cyclic loading

2024 45 citations Qican Ran, Ping Chen et al. Engineering Fracture Mechanics profile →
Deterioration mechanisms of coal mechanical properties under uniaxial multi-level cyclic loading considering initial damage effects

2024 43 citations Qican Ran, Yunpei Liang et al. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences profile →
Mechanical behavior and acoustic emission characteristics of initially damaged coal under triaxial cyclic loading and unloading

2025 15 citations Qican Ran, Yunpei Liang et al. Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Bichuan Zhang China	13	484	333	121	117	107	23	614
Qican Ran China	15	479 1.0×	365 1.1×	104 0.9×	109 0.9×	106 1.0×	35	637
Fanjie Kong China	12	377 0.8×	263 0.8×	93 0.8×	97 0.8×	108 1.0×	22	502
Bengao Yang China	9	448 0.9×	258 0.8×	95 0.8×	102 0.9×	229 2.1×	39	610
Yiyu Lu China	14	419 0.9×	359 1.1×	76 0.6×	78 0.7×	133 1.2×	29	600
Zhendong Cui China	13	372 0.8×	204 0.6×	58 0.5×	135 1.2×	131 1.2×	36	498
Zheqiang Jia China	9	512 1.1×	302 0.9×	106 0.9×	149 1.3×	122 1.1×	14	569
Weizhong Chen China	16	433 0.9×	202 0.6×	82 0.7×	62 0.5×	182 1.7×	40	642
Xianshan Liu China	13	280 0.6×	220 0.7×	64 0.5×	109 0.9×	180 1.7×	35	503
Minke Duan China	12	618 1.3×	421 1.3×	130 1.1×	126 1.1×	133 1.2×	34	672

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Bichuan Zhang

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Bichuan Zhang. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Bichuan Zhang 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 Bichuan Zhang. Bichuan Zhang is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Hu, Yulin, Quanle Zou, Xiaoyan Sun, et al.. (2025). Gas drainage optimization via fracture network characterization in coal mining. Physics of Fluids. 37(7). 4 indexed citations

Ran, Qican, Yunpei Liang, Quanle Zou, et al.. (2025). Mechanical behavior and acoustic emission characteristics of initially damaged coal under triaxial cyclic loading and unloading. Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. 18(1). 230–245. 15 indexed citations breakdown →

Feng, Zengchao, et al.. (2024). Numerical Analysis of Permeability Rebound and Recovery during Coalbed Methane Extraction and Its Implications for Enhanced Coalbed Methane Extraction through Injection of Superheated Water. ACS Omega. 9(16). 18099–18112.

Ran, Qican, et al.. (2024). Deterioration mechanisms of coal mechanical properties under uniaxial multi-level cyclic loading considering initial damage effects. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences. 186. 106006–106006. 43 indexed citations breakdown →

Ran, Qican, Ping Chen, Yunpei Liang, et al.. (2024). Hardening-damage evolutionary mechanism of sandstone under multi-level cyclic loading. Engineering Fracture Mechanics. 307. 110291–110291. 45 indexed citations breakdown →

Zhang, Bichuan, et al.. (2024). Damage and hardening evolution characteristics of sandstone under multilevel creep–fatigue loading. Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources. 10(1). 17 indexed citations

Zou, Quanle, et al.. (2024). Combined effect mechanism of linear loading and disturbance with different amplitudes on sandstone. Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources. 10(1). 4 indexed citations

Wen, Guangcai, et al.. (2024). Optimization design of stress relief coalbed methane surface well in a high-gas mine. Frontiers in Earth Science. 12. 1 indexed citations

Ran, Qican, Yunpei Liang, Quanle Zou, et al.. (2023). Characteristics of Mining-Induced Fractures Under Inclined Coal Seam Group Multiple Mining and Implications for Gas Migration. Natural Resources Research. 32(3). 1481–1501. 64 indexed citations

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Liang, Yunpei, Fanjie Kong, Quanle Zou, & Bichuan Zhang. (2023). Effect of strain rate on mechanical response and failure characteristics of horizontal bedded coal under quasi-static loading. Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources. 9(1). 21 indexed citations

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Zhang, Bichuan, et al.. (2023). Creep Behavior of Coal after Cyclic Loading and Unloading and Its Effect on Mining-Induced Stress Boundary. International Journal of Geomechanics. 23(4). 4 indexed citations

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Zhang, Bichuan, et al.. (2023). Effect of stress amplitude on mechanical and acoustic emission of sandstone under constant–cyclic loading. Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment. 82(7). 12 indexed citations

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Zou, Quanle, et al.. (2023). Mechanical properties and failure characteristics of sandstone under ramp loading paths. Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources. 9(1). 47 indexed citations

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Ran, Qican, Yunpei Liang, Quanle Zou, et al.. (2023). Experimental investigation on mechanical characteristics of red sandstone under graded cyclic loading and its inspirations for stability of overlying strata. Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources. 9(1). 54 indexed citations

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Liang, Yunpei, et al.. (2022). Experimental Study of Mechanical Behaviors and Failure Characteristics of Coal Under True Triaxial Cyclic Loading and Unloading and Stress Rotation. Natural Resources Research. 31(2). 971–991. 76 indexed citations

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Zhang, Bichuan, et al.. (2022). Evolution of mining-induced fractured zone height above a mined panel in longwall coal mining. Arabian Journal of Geosciences. 15(6). 8 indexed citations

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Zhang, Bichuan, et al.. (2022). Evaluation of Surface Subsidence Due to Inclined Coal Seam Mining: a Case Study in the 1930 Coal Mine, China. Natural Resources Research. 31(6). 3303–3317. 12 indexed citations

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Zou, Quanle, Zihan Chen, Zhiheng Cheng, et al.. (2022). Evaluation and intelligent deployment of coal and coalbed methane coupling coordinated exploitation based on Bayesian network and cuckoo search. International Journal of Mining Science and Technology. 32(6). 1315–1328. 116 indexed citations breakdown →

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Song, Zhengyong & Bichuan Zhang. (2020). Controlling wideband absorption and electromagnetically induced transparency via a phase change material. Europhysics Letters (EPL). 129(5). 57003–57003. 9 indexed citations

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Zhang, Bichuan, et al.. (2019). Characterization and Quantification of Mining-Induced Fractures in Overlying Strata: Implications for Coalbed Methane Drainage. Natural Resources Research. 29(4). 2467–2480. 37 indexed citations

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