Da Yan

14.3k total citations · 9 hit papers
247 papers, 10.5k citations indexed

About

Da Yan is a scholar working on Building and Construction, Environmental Engineering and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Da Yan has authored 247 papers receiving a total of 10.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 179 papers in Building and Construction, 75 papers in Environmental Engineering and 39 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Da Yan's work include Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (172 papers), Urban Heat Island Mitigation (47 papers) and Wind and Air Flow Studies (43 papers). Da Yan is often cited by papers focused on Building Energy and Comfort Optimization (172 papers), Urban Heat Island Mitigation (47 papers) and Wind and Air Flow Studies (43 papers). Da Yan collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Singapore. Da Yan's co-authors include Tianzhen Hong, Xiaohang Feng, Jingjing An, Siyue Guo, Shan Hu, Simona D’Oca, Chuang Wang, Xin Zhou, Yi Jiang and Ardeshir Mahdavi and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews and Journal of Cleaner Production.

In The Last Decade

Da Yan

234 papers receiving 10.3k 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.

  1. Occupant behavior modeling for building performance simulation: Current state and future challenges
    2015 673 citations Da Yan et al. Energy and Buildings profile →
  2. A review on buildings energy information: Trends, end-uses, fuels and drivers
    2021 544 citations Da Yan et al. profile →
  3. Advances in research and applications of energy-related occupant behavior in buildings
    2015 416 citations Da Yan et al. Energy and Buildings profile →
  4. Ten questions concerning occupant behavior in buildings: The big picture
    2016 415 citations Da Yan et al. Building and Environment profile →
  5. IEA EBC Annex 66: Definition and simulation of occupant behavior in buildings
    2017 362 citations Da Yan et al. Energy and Buildings profile →
  6. A review of uncertainty analysis in building energy assessment
    2018 331 citations Da Yan et al. profile →
  7. A survey on energy consumption and energy usage behavior of households and residential building in urban China
    2017 292 citations Da Yan et al. Energy and Buildings profile →
  8. Introducing IEA EBC annex 79: Key challenges and opportunities in the field of occupant-centric building design and operation
    2020 222 citations Da Yan et al. Building and Environment profile →
  9. Challenges and opportunities for carbon neutrality in China’s building sector—Modelling and data
    2022 162 citations Shan Hu, Da Yan et al. profile →

Author Peers

Peers are selected by citation overlap in the author's most active subfields. citations · hero ref

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Da Yan 8.1k 3.8k 2.0k 1.7k 1.2k 247 10.5k
Tianzhen Hong 12.6k 1.5× 5.7k 1.5× 3.8k 1.9× 2.6k 1.5× 1.9k 1.6× 269 16.2k
Taehoon Hong 5.0k 0.6× 2.3k 0.6× 1.5k 0.7× 1.5k 0.8× 807 0.7× 348 9.5k
Umberto Berardi 6.5k 0.8× 4.4k 1.1× 752 0.4× 776 0.4× 617 0.5× 282 13.5k
William O’Brien 4.9k 0.6× 2.0k 0.5× 802 0.4× 805 0.5× 1.3k 1.1× 197 6.0k
Runming Yao 4.9k 0.6× 3.6k 0.9× 822 0.4× 862 0.5× 351 0.3× 161 6.8k
Joseph C. Lam 6.1k 0.7× 4.3k 1.1× 1.3k 0.6× 1.7k 1.0× 281 0.2× 158 8.9k
Anna Laura Pisello 5.4k 0.7× 4.6k 1.2× 540 0.3× 717 0.4× 478 0.4× 307 9.2k
Koen Steemers 4.9k 0.6× 3.8k 1.0× 808 0.4× 822 0.5× 417 0.4× 115 7.1k
Zhe Wang 4.2k 0.5× 2.0k 0.5× 1.6k 0.8× 733 0.4× 486 0.4× 207 6.4k
Weijun Gao 2.5k 0.3× 2.1k 0.6× 2.7k 1.4× 1.4k 0.8× 274 0.2× 513 9.6k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Da Yan

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Wang, Jiashuo, Da Yan, Lan Ding, Jingjing An, & M. Santamouris. (2025). On the development of super cool paints for cooling purposes. Solar Energy. 296. 113592–113592.
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Chen, X., et al.. (2025). Adaptive Demand Shaping With Heterogeneous Types of Thermostatically Controlled Loads. IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology. 34(1). 31–45.
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Liu, Xue, Zhaoru Liu, Yi Wu, et al.. (2024). A novel quantitative method of heatwave classification for building resilience analysis. Sustainable Cities and Society. 112. 105603–105603. 8 indexed citations
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Liu, Zhaoru, Xin Zhou, Xiaohan Shen, Hongsan Sun, & Da Yan. (2024). A novel acceleration approach to shadow calculation based on sunlight channel for urban building energy modeling. Energy and Buildings. 315. 114244–114244. 14 indexed citations
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Liu, Zhaoru, Zhenlan Dou, Chunyan Zhang, et al.. (2024). Exploring the impacts of heterogeneity and stochasticity in air-conditioning behavior on urban building energy models. Sustainable Cities and Society. 103. 105285–105285. 16 indexed citations
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Wu, Yi, Shan Hu, Mingyang Qian, Jianguo Xiong, & Da Yan. (2024). Advanced analysis of operating parameters utilizing big data to improve building cooling equipment energy efficiency standards. Sustainable Cities and Society. 109. 105539–105539. 3 indexed citations
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Liu, Zhaoru, et al.. (2023). A high-fidelity zoning and characterization approach for building energy models in urban building energy modeling. Building Simulation Conference proceedings. 18. 1 indexed citations
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Zhang, Yang, Shan Hu, Da Yan, & Yi Jiang. (2023). Proposing a carbon emission responsibility allocation method with benchmark approach. Ecological Economics. 213. 107971–107971. 21 indexed citations
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Chen, Zhihua, et al.. (2023). Assessment of electricity consumption reduction potential for city-scale buildings under different demand response strategies. Energy and Buildings. 297. 113473–113473. 23 indexed citations
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Kang, Xuyuan, et al.. (2023). Reinforcement learning approach for optimal control of ice-based thermal energy storage (TES) systems in commercial buildings. Energy and Buildings. 301. 113696–113696. 28 indexed citations
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Wu, Yi, Xin Zhou, Mingyang Qian, et al.. (2023). Novel approach to typical air-conditioning behavior pattern extraction based on large-scale VRF system online monitoring data. Journal of Building Engineering. 69. 106243–106243. 23 indexed citations
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Wu, Yi, Jingjing An, Mingyang Qian, & Da Yan. (2023). Application-driven level-of-detail modeling framework for occupant air-conditioning behavior in district cooling. Journal of Building Engineering. 70. 106401–106401. 9 indexed citations
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Zhou, Bing, et al.. (2022). A novel stochastic model for hourly electricity load profile analysis of rural districts in Fujian, China. Science and Technology for the Built Environment. 28(9). 1166–1183. 6 indexed citations
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Hu, Shan, Da Yan, Elie Azar, & Fei Guo. (2020). A systematic review of occupant behavior in building energy policy. Building and Environment. 175. 106807–106807. 141 indexed citations
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Yan, Da, et al.. (2019). Sodium Selenite Improves The Therapeutic Effect Of BMSCs Via Promoting The Proliferation And Differentiation, Thereby Promoting The Hematopoietic Factors. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations
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Qin, Xin, Yu Shi, Minjia Shi, et al.. (2017). Cisplatin-resistant lung cancer cell–derived exosomes increase cisplatin resistance of recipient cells in exosomal miR-100–5p-dependent manner. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 2 indexed citations
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Yan, Da, et al.. (2015). Gefitinib upregulates death receptor 5 expression to mediate rmhTRAIL-induced apoptosis in Gefitinib-sensitive NSCLC cell line. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 1 indexed citations

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