Gordon G. D. Zhou

3.6k total citations · 1 hit paper
102 papers, 2.7k citations indexed

About

Gordon G. D. Zhou is a scholar working on Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Computational Mechanics and Civil and Structural Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Gordon G. D. Zhou has authored 102 papers receiving a total of 2.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 88 papers in Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, 46 papers in Computational Mechanics and 40 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering. Recurrent topics in Gordon G. D. Zhou's work include Landslides and related hazards (88 papers), Granular flow and fluidized beds (40 papers) and Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (36 papers). Gordon G. D. Zhou is often cited by papers focused on Landslides and related hazards (88 papers), Granular flow and fluidized beds (40 papers) and Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes (36 papers). Gordon G. D. Zhou collaborates with scholars based in China, Hong Kong and Pakistan. Gordon G. D. Zhou's co-authors include Dongri Song, Clarence Edward Choi, Peng Cui, Xinghua Zhu, Tao Zhao, Kahlil F. E. Cui, Charles Wang Wai Ng, Feng Dai, Jing Zhang and Qicheng Sun and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Water Resources Research and International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

In The Last Decade

Gordon G. D. Zhou

94 papers receiving 2.7k citations

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Scientific challenges in disaster risk reduction for the Sichuan–Tibet Railway

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Gordon G. D. Zhou China	31	2.3k	1.1k	941	746	472	102	2.7k
Clarence Edward Choi Hong Kong	35	2.8k 1.2×	1.1k 1.0×	1.2k 1.3×	1.0k 1.4×	566 1.2×	112	3.3k
Sabatino Cuomo Italy	25	1.9k 0.8×	1.5k 1.3×	605 0.6×	260 0.3×	319 0.7×	83	2.3k
Dongri Song China	23	1.4k 0.6×	550 0.5×	514 0.5×	477 0.6×	244 0.5×	48	1.5k
J.S.H. Kwan Hong Kong	26	1.3k 0.6×	738 0.7×	533 0.6×	383 0.5×	250 0.5×	45	1.7k
Dongpo Wang China	25	1.3k 0.6×	697 0.6×	255 0.3×	196 0.3×	269 0.6×	78	1.8k
Bolin Huang China	27	1.5k 0.7×	950 0.9×	388 0.4×	125 0.2×	168 0.4×	85	2.0k
Fawu Wang Japan	27	2.7k 1.2×	1.6k 1.5×	217 0.2×	215 0.3×	509 1.1×	126	3.3k
Zhenming Shi China	26	1.3k 0.6×	1.5k 1.3×	190 0.2×	353 0.5×	216 0.5×	138	2.3k
Siming He China	18	1.1k 0.5×	509 0.5×	271 0.3×	280 0.4×	268 0.6×	78	1.3k
Siming He China	28	1.1k 0.5×	1.0k 0.9×	378 0.4×	132 0.2×	113 0.2×	89	1.9k

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Zhou, Gordon G. D., Jens M. Turowski, Kahlil F. E. Cui, et al.. (2025). A Stream Power Based Sediment Entrainment Model Across Geophysical Flows Informed by Machine Learning. Water Resources Research. 61(11).

Gong, Bin, et al.. (2025). The Random RFPA Method for Modelling Rock Failure. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering. 58(5). 5115–5128. 9 indexed citations

Zhou, Ta, et al.. (2025). Mechanisms of river dam formation by debris flows highlighted through comparison with dry avalanches. Engineering Geology. 358. 108422–108422.

Zhou, Gordon G. D., et al.. (2025). Influence of flow dynamics on the trapping efficiency and pile-up geometries of multiple-surge granular mass flow. Engineering Geology. 357. 108352–108352.

Bowman, Elisabeth T., et al.. (2025). Fluid effects on the dilatancy of two-phase gravity-driven granular flows. Physics of Fluids. 37(9).

Cui, Kahlil F. E., Gordon G. D. Zhou, & Lü Jing. (2024). Discrete and continuum modelling of rock-ice avalanches: vertical segregation and its feedback on flow mobility. Computers and Geotechnics. 175. 106691–106691. 2 indexed citations

Zhou, Gordon G. D., et al.. (2024). Experimental investigation on the formation and failure of landslide dams considering the landslide mobility and river flow. Engineering Geology. 346. 107873–107873. 7 indexed citations

Zhou, Gordon G. D., et al.. (2023). Classification of Stream, Hyperconcentrated, and Debris Flow Using Dimensional Analysis and Machine Learning. Water Resources Research. 59(2). 15 indexed citations

Zhou, Gordon G. D., et al.. (2023). Microscopic Description of Basal Stress Generated by Granular Free‐Surface Flows. Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface. 128(5). 15 indexed citations

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Luo, Hongyu, Limin Zhang, Jian He, et al.. (2022). Energy transfer mechanisms in flow-like landslide processes in deep valleys. Engineering Geology. 308. 106798–106798. 10 indexed citations

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Cui, Kahlil F. E., Gordon G. D. Zhou, & Lü Jing. (2021). Mechanisms of size segregation in granular flows with different ambient fluids. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 249. 14015–14015. 2 indexed citations

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Song, Dongri, et al.. (2021). Flow resistance in the transition from dense to dilute granular-fluid flows. Granular Matter. 23(3). 14 indexed citations

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Bossi, Giulia, et al.. (2020). Backward automatic calibration for three-dimensional landslide models. Geoscience Frontiers. 12(1). 231–241. 3 indexed citations

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Song, Dongri, Gordon G. D. Zhou, Min Xu, et al.. (2019). Quantitative analysis of debris-flow flexible barrier capacity from momentum and energy perspectives. Engineering Geology. 251. 81–92. 67 indexed citations

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Choi, Clarence Edward, Yifei Cui, & Gordon G. D. Zhou. (2018). Utilizing crowdsourcing to enhance the mitigation and management of landslides. Landslides. 15(9). 1889–1899. 14 indexed citations

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Sun, Qicheng, et al.. (2017). Simulation of size segregation in granular flow with material point method. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 140. 11010–11010. 1 indexed citations

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Li, Shuai, Jianmin Zhang, Xiaoqing Chen, Gordon G. D. Zhou, & Jiangang Chen. (2017). Characteristics of aeration in the flow downstream of a radial gate with a sudden fall-expansion aerator in a discharge tunnel. Water Science & Technology Water Supply. 18(3). 790–798. 2 indexed citations

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Zhou, Gordon G. D. & Chaojun Ouyang. (2015). Dimensional analysis of natural debris flows. EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 4353. 1 indexed citations

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Zhou, Gordon G. D. & Qiang Sun. (2013). Three-dimensional numerical study on flow regimes of dry granular flows by DEM. Powder Technology. 239. 115–127. 82 indexed citations

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Zhou, Gordon G. D. & Charles Wang Wai Ng. (2010). Numerical investigation of reverse segregation in debris flows by DEM. Granular Matter. 12(5). 507–516. 64 indexed citations

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