Decheng Zhang

98 total papers · 2.1k total citations
69 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Decheng Zhang is a scholar working on Mechanics of Materials, Ocean Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Decheng Zhang has authored 69 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 23 papers in Mechanics of Materials, 16 papers in Ocean Engineering and 16 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Decheng Zhang's work include Rock Mechanics and Modeling (14 papers), Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis (13 papers) and Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (9 papers). Decheng Zhang is often cited by papers focused on Rock Mechanics and Modeling (14 papers), Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis (13 papers) and Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis (9 papers). Decheng Zhang collaborates with scholars based in China, Australia and United Kingdom. Decheng Zhang's co-authors include P.G. Ranjith, M.S.A. Perera, Michael N. Chang, Raymond Cooper, Jiyuan Ma, Jing Li, Qing Ye, Yongguo Li, W.A.M. Wanniarachchi and Chunshun Zhang and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, Nano Letters and The Science of The Total Environment.

In The Last Decade

Decheng Zhang

62 papers receiving 1.6k 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 benchmark for papers published in the same subfield and year, or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. The brittleness indices used in rock mechanics and their application in shale hydraulic fracturing: A review
    2016 321 citations Decheng Zhang, P.G. Ranjith et al. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering profile →

Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Decheng Zhang 719 491 457 333 233 69 1.7k
Liaoyuan Zhang 411 0.6× 439 0.9× 427 0.9× 106 0.3× 36 0.2× 105 1.8k
Seunghee Kim 179 0.2× 196 0.4× 253 0.6× 49 0.1× 43 0.2× 159 1.8k
Virendra Singh 181 0.3× 278 0.6× 159 0.3× 33 0.1× 82 0.4× 177 2.3k
Chun Chang 243 0.3× 360 0.7× 319 0.7× 13 0.0× 71 0.3× 111 2.4k
Yi Xu 193 0.3× 101 0.2× 244 0.5× 40 0.1× 92 0.4× 34 1.3k
Bo Yang 158 0.2× 616 1.3× 557 1.2× 11 0.0× 51 0.2× 93 1.8k
R. Nagarajan 208 0.3× 626 1.3× 794 1.7× 25 0.1× 17 0.1× 92 2.3k
Zitao Guo 93 0.1× 91 0.2× 97 0.2× 31 0.1× 121 0.5× 96 1.4k
Shuai Zhao 657 0.9× 708 1.4× 275 0.6× 16 0.0× 26 0.1× 115 1.8k
Abdolreza Kharaghani 332 0.5× 235 0.5× 287 0.6× 120 0.4× 7 0.0× 84 1.8k

Countries citing papers authored by Decheng Zhang

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Fields of papers citing papers by Decheng Zhang

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This network shows the impact of papers produced by Decheng Zhang. Nodes represent research fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors. Colored nodes show fields that tend to cite the papers produced by Decheng Zhang. The network helps show where Decheng Zhang may publish in the future.

Co-authorship network of co-authors of Decheng Zhang

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

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