Chen Ren

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
49 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

Chen Ren is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Building and Construction and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. According to data from OpenAlex, Chen Ren has authored 49 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 22 papers in Environmental Engineering, 18 papers in Building and Construction and 15 papers in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis. Recurrent topics in Chen Ren's work include Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (16 papers), Infection Control and Ventilation (13 papers) and Urban Heat Island Mitigation (11 papers). Chen Ren is often cited by papers focused on Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (16 papers), Infection Control and Ventilation (13 papers) and Urban Heat Island Mitigation (11 papers). Chen Ren collaborates with scholars based in China, United Kingdom and Canada. Chen Ren's co-authors include Shi‐Jie Cao, Zhuangbo Feng, Junqi Wang, Fariborz Haghighat, Chang Xi, Junwei Ding, Fuzhan Nasiri, Prashant Kumar, Yelin Deng and Lü Xing and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Cleaner Production, Environmental Pollution and Applied Energy.

In The Last Decade

Chen Ren

45 papers receiving 1.3k 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.

Mitigating urban heat island through neighboring rural land cover

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Chen Ren China	20	680	535	361	289	133	49	1.3k
Marco Dell’Isola Italy	28	696 1.0×	1.0k 2.0×	177 0.5×	420 1.5×	85 0.6×	104	2.2k
Hideki Kikumoto Japan	26	1.5k 2.3×	540 1.0×	251 0.7×	298 1.0×	157 1.2×	139	2.1k
Yujiao Chen China	16	990 1.5×	1.1k 2.1×	155 0.4×	267 0.9×	93 0.7×	35	1.8k
Hamid Montazeri Netherlands	22	1.7k 2.5×	511 1.0×	133 0.4×	150 0.5×	77 0.6×	35	2.4k
Zhuangbo Feng China	29	967 1.4×	685 1.3×	615 1.7×	542 1.9×	175 1.3×	83	2.3k
Giorgio Ficco Italy	26	409 0.6×	720 1.3×	136 0.4×	284 1.0×	52 0.4×	80	1.6k
Guilherme Carrilho da Graça Portugal	23	1.0k 1.5×	1.1k 2.0×	252 0.7×	291 1.0×	51 0.4×	50	1.6k
Wandong Zheng China	35	568 0.8×	766 1.4×	122 0.3×	174 0.6×	70 0.5×	117	2.7k
Zhiwen Luo United Kingdom	32	1.8k 2.6×	853 1.6×	413 1.1×	722 2.5×	261 2.0×	140	2.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chen Ren

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20 of 20 papers shown

Ren, Chen, et al.. (2025). Investigation of air-conditioning anthropogenic heat dissipation and thermal discomfort in street canyons toward sustainable urban cooling. Urban Climate. 64. 102721–102721.

Feng, Zhuangbo, et al.. (2025). A novel electrostatic-based air curtain purifier for energy-efficient removal of airborne particles: Numerical simulation and multi-parameter optimization. Building and Environment. 283. 113391–113391.

Xi, Chang, Xiao Fang, Chen Ren, & Shi‐Jie Cao. (2025). How to reduce urban agglomeration carbon emissions through transportation management? A case study of the Yangtze River Delta in China. Journal of Environmental Management. 392. 126723–126723. 1 indexed citations

Yang, Jian, et al.. (2025). Selectively oxidized chitin as a degradable and biocompatible hemostat for uncontrolled bleeding and wound healing. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 304(Pt 1). 140906–140906. 1 indexed citations

Wang, Junqi, et al.. (2024). Mitigating particulate matter exposure at bus stations using green infrastructure. Sustainable Cities and Society. 113. 105703–105703. 5 indexed citations

Wei, Zechang, et al.. (2024). Dual-functional boron nitride boosts photothermal conversion performance and thermal conductivity of wood-inspired cellulose-based phase change materials for infrared stealth and personal thermal management. Industrial Crops and Products. 222. 119902–119902. 4 indexed citations

Ren, Chen, et al.. (2024). Zonal demand-controlled ventilation strategy to minimize infection probability and energy consumption: A coordinated control based on occupant detection. Environmental Pollution. 345. 123550–123550. 14 indexed citations

Ren, Chen, et al.. (2024). Spatial-temporal analysis of urban air pollution related exposure and health impacts: Driving human-centered regulation and control. Urban Climate. 58. 102161–102161. 4 indexed citations

Haghighat, Fariborz, et al.. (2023). Approaches in CFD modeling of respiratory droplet dispersion – issues and challenges. Sustainable Cities and Society. 97. 104696–104696. 21 indexed citations

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Ren, Chen, Junqi Wang, Zhuangbo Feng, et al.. (2023). Intelligent operation, maintenance, and control system for public building: Towards infection risk mitigation and energy efficiency. Sustainable Cities and Society. 93. 104533–104533. 26 indexed citations

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Xi, Chang, Chen Ren, Fariborz Haghighat, & Shi‐Jie Cao. (2023). Improving the urban wind flow prediction efficiency of target area by considering its surrounding buildings impact. Energy and Buildings. 303. 113815–113815. 11 indexed citations

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Ren, Chen, Junqi Wang, Zhuangbo Feng, et al.. (2023). Refined design of ventilation systems to mitigate infection risk in hospital wards: Perspective from ventilation openings setting. Environmental Pollution. 333. 122025–122025. 22 indexed citations

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Xi, Chang, Chen Ren, Ruijun Zhang, et al.. (2023). Nature-based solution for urban traffic heat mitigation facing carbon neutrality: sustainable design of roadside green belts. Applied Energy. 343. 121197–121197. 32 indexed citations

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Ren, Chen, Junqi Wang, Zhuangbo Feng, et al.. (2023). Health assessment and mitigating solutions to heat-pollution induced by urban traffic. Journal of Cleaner Production. 434. 140097–140097. 9 indexed citations

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Ren, Chen, et al.. (2022). Ventilation impacts on infection risk mitigation, improvement of environmental quality and energy efficiency for subway carriages. Building and Environment. 222. 109358–109358. 28 indexed citations

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Ren, Chen, Fariborz Haghighat, Zhuangbo Feng, Prashant Kumar, & Shi‐Jie Cao. (2022). Impact of ionizers on prevention of airborne infection in classroom. Building Simulation. 16(5). 749–764. 7 indexed citations

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Ren, Chen, Shi‐Jie Cao, & Fariborz Haghighat. (2021). A practical approach for preventing dispersion of infection disease in naturally ventilated room. Journal of Building Engineering. 48. 103921–103921. 44 indexed citations

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Ren, Chen, Chang Xi, Junqi Wang, et al.. (2021). Mitigating COVID-19 infection disease transmission in indoor environment using physical barriers. Sustainable Cities and Society. 74. 103175–103175. 105 indexed citations

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Ren, Chen, et al.. (2018). Seamless Multi-Projector Displays Using Nonlinear Edge Blending. Applied Mathematics. 9(6). 764–778. 1 indexed citations

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Ren, Chen. (2001). APPLICATION OF WAVELET TRANSFORM ON ANNUAL RUNOFF,YEARLY AVERAGE AIR TEMPERATURE AND ANNUAL PRECIPITATION PERIODIC VARIATIONS IN HEXI REGION. Advance in Earth Sciences. 6 indexed citations

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