Chengbin Zhang

5.5k total citations · 1 hit paper
193 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Chengbin Zhang is a scholar working on Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Computational Mechanics. According to data from OpenAlex, Chengbin Zhang has authored 193 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 102 papers in Mechanical Engineering, 47 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 43 papers in Computational Mechanics. Recurrent topics in Chengbin Zhang's work include Heat Transfer and Optimization (56 papers), Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies (38 papers) and Phase Change Materials Research (34 papers). Chengbin Zhang is often cited by papers focused on Heat Transfer and Optimization (56 papers), Heat Transfer and Boiling Studies (38 papers) and Phase Change Materials Research (34 papers). Chengbin Zhang collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Romania. Chengbin Zhang's co-authors include Yongping Chen, Mingheng Shi, Yongping Huang, Zilong Deng, Xiangdong Liu, Jie Li, Wei Gao, Liangyu Wu, G. P. Peterson and Yuanjin Zhao and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Nano Letters and Applied Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

Chengbin Zhang

180 papers receiving 4.3k citations

Hit Papers

Improving the energy disc... 2019 2026 2021 2023 2019 100 200 300
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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.

  1. Improving the energy discharging performance of a latent heat storage (LHS) unit using fractal-tree-shaped fins
    2019 315 citations Chengbin Zhang, Yongping Chen et al. Applied Energy profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Chengbin Zhang 2.8k 980 961 878 564 193 4.4k
Hussein Togun 2.4k 0.9× 1.1k 1.1× 1.6k 1.6× 754 0.9× 741 1.3× 153 4.0k
Rached Ben‐Mansour 2.2k 0.8× 515 0.5× 1.1k 1.2× 638 0.7× 455 0.8× 160 4.1k
Dušan P. Sekulić 3.1k 1.1× 490 0.5× 601 0.6× 548 0.6× 506 0.9× 107 4.2k
Mehdi Ashjaee 2.3k 0.8× 821 0.8× 1.6k 1.7× 1.1k 1.2× 1.2k 2.2× 194 4.5k
A.A. Ranjbar 3.8k 1.4× 2.9k 3.0× 1.6k 1.7× 617 0.7× 702 1.2× 137 5.4k
Zhen Yang 3.8k 1.4× 1.5k 1.6× 1.3k 1.4× 599 0.7× 576 1.0× 183 5.4k
Yilin Fan 2.0k 0.7× 734 0.7× 618 0.6× 404 0.5× 884 1.6× 85 4.1k
Man-Hoe Kim 4.2k 1.5× 678 0.7× 1.6k 1.7× 1.3k 1.5× 398 0.7× 140 5.5k
Raya Al-Dadah 3.7k 1.3× 2.1k 2.2× 568 0.6× 272 0.3× 599 1.1× 135 5.2k

Countries citing papers authored by Chengbin Zhang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Chengbin Zhang

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chengbin Zhang

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

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Zhang, Long, et al.. (2025). Improving thermal performance and energy production of photovoltaic thermal collector by bifurcating tree-like cooling channels. Thermal Science. 29(6 Part B). 4599–4612. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Xuan, Yu Cheng, & Chengbin Zhang. (2025). Advances in latent heat storage technology for electronic cooling. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 215. 115614–115614. 8 indexed citations
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Zhang, Chengbin, et al.. (2025). Spray-enhanced flash desalination using ocean thermal energy. Energy. 322. 135727–135727. 2 indexed citations
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Chen, Liang, Chengbin Zhang, & Xingchen Jiao. (2024). Recent Advances of In Situ Insights into CO2 Reduction toward Fuels. ChemCatChem. 17(1). 5 indexed citations
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Huang, Yongping, Peng Huang, Zilong Deng, & Chengbin Zhang. (2024). Gravity-driven close contact melting heat transfer in gradient latent heat storage units. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer. 156. 107687–107687. 6 indexed citations
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Gao, Qiang, Zhigang Lei, Yongping Huang, Chengbin Zhang, & Yongping Chen. (2024). Performance investigation of a liquid immersion cooling system with fish-shaped bionic structure for Lithium-ion battery pack. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 222. 125156–125156. 37 indexed citations
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Zhang, Chengbin, et al.. (2024). Thermodynamic analysis of liquid air energy storage system integrating LNG cold energy. Energy. 299. 131485–131485. 14 indexed citations
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Zhang, Chengbin, et al.. (2024). Dynamic thermal response behaviors of pumped two-phase loop with latent heat storage. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 225. 125382–125382. 8 indexed citations
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Li, Bo, et al.. (2024). Investigation on the dynamic thermal response of jet evaporators to short-term thermal excitation. International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer. 157. 107811–107811.
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Huang, Yongping, Zilong Deng, Yongping Chen, & Chengbin Zhang. (2023). Performance investigation of a biomimetic latent heat thermal energy storage device for waste heat recovery in data centers. Applied Energy. 335. 120745–120745. 119 indexed citations
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Wu, Liangyu, et al.. (2023). Performance enhancement of ice storage capsules by biomimetic fins. International Journal of Refrigeration. 158. 144–156. 11 indexed citations
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Wang, Qijun, et al.. (2023). Algae-Bacteria cooperated microbial ecosystem: A self-circulating semiartificial photosynthetic purifying strategy. The Science of The Total Environment. 905. 167187–167187. 9 indexed citations
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Wu, Suchen, Liangyu Wu, Juan Chen, et al.. (2023). Splitting behaviors of droplets in fractal tree-shaped microchannels. International Journal of Multiphase Flow. 163. 104440–104440. 16 indexed citations
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Li, Deming, Zilong Deng, & Chengbin Zhang. (2023). Thermodynamic process control of compression-assisted absorption refrigeration using ocean thermal energy. Renewable Energy. 222. 119903–119903. 6 indexed citations
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Wang, Jiadian, et al.. (2023). Thermodynamic process control of ocean thermal energy conversion. Renewable Energy. 210. 810–821. 11 indexed citations
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Wang, Jiangang, et al.. (2023). Investigation of a distillation desalination system driven by solar and ocean thermal energy. Desalination. 559. 116649–116649. 20 indexed citations
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Huang, Yongping, Chengcheng Fan, Bo Li, & Chengbin Zhang. (2023). Buoyancy-driven melting and solidification heat transfer in finned latent heat storage units. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 214. 124430–124430. 18 indexed citations
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Wang, Xueyao, et al.. (2021). T hymocytes induce renal tubular epithelial cells to undergo the epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition. Asian Pacific Journal of Allergy and Immunology. 43(1). 111–123. 2 indexed citations
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Liu, Xiangdong, et al.. (2012). Numerical study on flow patterns and void fraction distribution in gas-liquid two-phase flow in horizontal pipe under different gravities. Chinese Journal of Space Science. 32(3). 383–383. 1 indexed citations

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