Chi Yao

2.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
96 papers, 2.0k citations indexed

About

Chi Yao is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Civil and Structural Engineering and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. According to data from OpenAlex, Chi Yao has authored 96 papers receiving a total of 2.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 61 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 53 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering and 32 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law. Recurrent topics in Chi Yao's work include Rock Mechanics and Modeling (55 papers), Landslides and related hazards (32 papers) and Dam Engineering and Safety (21 papers). Chi Yao is often cited by papers focused on Rock Mechanics and Modeling (55 papers), Landslides and related hazards (32 papers) and Dam Engineering and Safety (21 papers). Chi Yao collaborates with scholars based in China, France and Australia. Chi Yao's co-authors include Qinghui Jiang, Jianhua Yang, Chuangbing Zhou, Shui‐Hua Jiang, Jinsong Huang, Faming Huang, J.F. Shao, Wenbo Lu, Chuangbing Zhou and Xuanmei Fan and has published in prestigious journals such as Langmuir, Water Resources Research and Journal of Hydrology.

In The Last Decade

Chi Yao

84 papers receiving 2.0k 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.

Modelling landslide susceptibility prediction: A review and construction of semi-supervised imbalanced theory

2024 69 citations Faming Huang, Shui‐Hua Jiang et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Chi Yao China	24	983	938	934	498	384	96	2.0k
Xing-guo Yang China	28	612 0.6×	1.1k 1.2×	1.1k 1.2×	505 1.0×	215 0.6×	131	2.1k
Danqing Song China	24	597 0.6×	897 1.0×	988 1.1×	576 1.2×	213 0.6×	100	1.7k
Anna María Ferrero Italy	23	844 0.9×	743 0.8×	903 1.0×	389 0.8×	137 0.4×	100	1.8k
Olivier Buzzi Australia	27	896 0.9×	1.2k 1.3×	944 1.0×	401 0.8×	203 0.5×	94	2.1k
Jianhui Deng China	26	1.3k 1.3×	603 0.6×	774 0.8×	339 0.7×	214 0.6×	85	1.7k
Zhenming Shi China	26	495 0.5×	1.5k 1.6×	1.3k 1.4×	560 1.1×	177 0.5×	138	2.3k
A. K. Verma India	29	1.6k 1.7×	1.1k 1.2×	1.0k 1.1×	754 1.5×	447 1.2×	117	2.5k
Gabriel Walton United States	31	1.9k 1.9×	1.2k 1.3×	875 0.9×	757 1.5×	244 0.6×	149	2.7k
Pierre‐Yves Hicher France	36	736 0.7×	3.3k 3.6×	1.0k 1.1×	731 1.5×	245 0.6×	108	4.0k
Yanlong Chen China	23	1.2k 1.2×	598 0.6×	550 0.6×	276 0.6×	275 0.7×	114	1.8k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chi Yao

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Zheng, Yuanyuan, et al.. (2025). Multiscale mechanical behavior of hydrated expansive soil: Insights from experimental and MD study. Computers and Geotechnics. 181. 107129–107129. 10 indexed citations

Yang, Jianhua, et al.. (2025). Study on the efficiency of energy transfer in the blasting with different coupling mediums for deep rock mass excavation. Engineering Fracture Mechanics. 319. 111048–111048. 7 indexed citations

Yu, Jie, Pengchang Wei, Youwang Hu, et al.. (2025). Atomic Mechanism of Polyacrylamide Adsorption on Kaolinite and Humic Acid–Kaolinite Complexes: Experimental and Molecular Dynamics Studies. Langmuir. 41(48). 32344–32357.

Su, Yu, Yue Zhang, Chi Yao, et al.. (2025). Investigation on deterioration of mechanical properties of Jiangxi lateritic soil subjected to drying-wetting cycles. Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. 1 indexed citations

Xia, Yun, et al.. (2025). Differences in fragment size distribution between air-coupling blasting and water-coupling blasting and their formation mechanism. Engineering Fracture Mechanics. 329. 111591–111591. 1 indexed citations

Zhang, Xiaobo, et al.. (2025). Water-induced shear strength deterioration of sandstone-mudstone interface: Experimental and theoretical approach. Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering.

Zhang, Xiaobo, et al.. (2025). Study of Anisotropic Behavior and Failure Characteristics of Layered Rock Based on Finite‐Discrete Element Method. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics. 50(4). 1952–1968. 1 indexed citations

Yang, Jianhua, et al.. (2024). Difference in rock-breaking characteristics between water-coupling blasting and air-coupling blasting. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences. 183. 105924–105924. 9 indexed citations

Yang, Jianhua, Tao Yu, Zhiwei Ye, et al.. (2024). Dynamic mechanical properties and fracture characteristics of red sandstone under multiaxial confining pressure and impact loading. Engineering Fracture Mechanics. 308. 110377–110377. 15 indexed citations

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Shao, Yulong, et al.. (2024). Experimental investigation of the coupled effects of bedding planes and flaws on fracture evolution of soft bedded rocks based on 3D printing and DIC technologies. Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics. 133. 104591–104591. 11 indexed citations

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Yao, Chi, Jili Wang, Xiaobo Zhang, et al.. (2024). Experimental and numerical simulation study on the evolution of mechanical properties of granite after thermal treatment. Computers and Geotechnics. 172. 106464–106464. 17 indexed citations

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Zeng, Qingdong, et al.. (2024). A phase field framework to model acid fracture propagation with hydro-mechano-reactive flow coupling. Computers and Geotechnics. 174. 106658–106658. 7 indexed citations

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Ma, Yongli, Chi Yao, Xiaobo Zhang, Qinghui Jiang, & Chuangbing Zhou. (2024). Mechanical-electric response characteristics of 1–3 connectivity pattern cement-based piezoelectric composite sensors with varying functional phase parameters under impact loading. Construction and Building Materials. 453. 139101–139101. 3 indexed citations

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Wei, Pengchang, Zhen‐Yu Yin, Chi Yao, et al.. (2024). Atomistic origin of montmorillonite clay subjected to freeze-thaw hysteresis. Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. 17(9). 5989–6006. 17 indexed citations

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Wei, Pengchang, et al.. (2024). Microscopic Thermo‐Mechanical Properties and Phase Transition of Bulk Ice‐Ih. International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics. 48(18). 4491–4505.

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Zhang, Xiaobo, et al.. (2024). Study on the Stability of Tunnel in Weak Surrounding Rock Considering Initial Support Parameters and Excavation Method. KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering. 28(6). 2427–2439. 3 indexed citations

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Ye, Zhiwei, Jianhua Yang, Chi Yao, et al.. (2023). Attenuation characteristics of shock waves in drilling and blasting based on viscoelastic wave theory. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences. 171. 105573–105573. 16 indexed citations

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Huang, Faming, et al.. (2023). Uncertainties of landslide susceptibility prediction considering different landslide types. Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering. 15(11). 2954–2972. 74 indexed citations

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Zhang, Xiaobo, et al.. (2019). Experimental studies on seepage characteristics during the loading and unloading confining pressure of post-peak fractured rock. 44(11). 3379–3387. 3 indexed citations

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Yao, Chi, Qinghui Jiang, Yi‐Feng Chen, & Chuangbing Zhou. (2012). Numerical Simulation of Nuclide Transport in Complex Fracture Network. Disaster Advances. 5(4). 197–201. 1 indexed citations

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