Hewen Zhou

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 894 citations indexed

About

Hewen Zhou is a scholar working on Environmental Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Hewen Zhou has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 894 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 12 papers in Environmental Engineering, 11 papers in Biomedical Engineering and 7 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Hewen Zhou's work include Environmental Impact and Sustainability (10 papers), Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes (10 papers) and Energy and Environment Impacts (6 papers). Hewen Zhou is often cited by papers focused on Environmental Impact and Sustainability (10 papers), Thermochemical Biomass Conversion Processes (10 papers) and Energy and Environment Impacts (6 papers). Hewen Zhou collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and Italy. Hewen Zhou's co-authors include Qing Yang, Pietro Bartocci, Francesco Fantozzi, Hanping Chen, Chris Nielsen, Xi Lu, Haiping Yang, Ondřej Mašek, Haiping Yang and Chuguang Zheng and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature Communications, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Hewen Zhou

22 papers receiving 875 citations

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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.

Prospective contributions of biomass pyrolysis to China’s 2050 carbon reduction and renewable energy goals

2021 292 citations Qing Yang, Hewen Zhou et al. Nature Communications profile →

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hewen Zhou China	11	363	215	195	138	125	23	894
Fangwei Cheng United States	14	314 0.9×	144 0.7×	192 1.0×	86 0.6×	73 0.6×	21	774
Kiyoshi Dowaki Japan	15	385 1.1×	131 0.6×	133 0.7×	96 0.7×	173 1.4×	91	1.0k
Gabriela Soreanu Romania	19	290 0.8×	174 0.8×	330 1.7×	257 1.9×	56 0.4×	47	1.1k
Gorka Gallastegui Spain	15	260 0.7×	112 0.5×	171 0.9×	90 0.7×	139 1.1×	31	811
Burcu Gunes Ireland	16	409 1.1×	214 1.0×	148 0.8×	70 0.5×	137 1.1×	22	1.1k
N.J.R. Kraakman Spain	13	162 0.4×	234 1.1×	245 1.3×	250 1.8×	84 0.7×	23	1.2k
Hossein Shahbeik Malaysia	18	551 1.5×	97 0.5×	255 1.3×	101 0.7×	70 0.6×	26	963
Yannay Casas-Ledón Chile	16	239 0.7×	117 0.5×	172 0.9×	59 0.4×	94 0.8×	40	682
Stergios Vakalis Greece	16	436 1.2×	100 0.5×	139 0.7×	144 1.0×	72 0.6×	67	861
Willian Cézar Nadaleti Brazil	19	328 0.9×	86 0.4×	133 0.7×	215 1.6×	173 1.4×	88	1.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hewen Zhou

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20 of 20 papers shown

Xia, Sunwen, Chen Zhang, Hewen Zhou, Yingquan Chen, & Haiping Yang. (2025). A comparative study of the pyrolytic behavior, product properties, and environmental-economic performance of old corrugated containers recycling using pyrolysis and catalytic graphitization. Applications in Energy and Combustion Science. 22. 100334–100334.

Yang, Qing, Hewen Zhou, Qingrui Wang, et al.. (2025). Plant-level analysis of the CO2 emission reduction and water recovery potentials of near-term CCS-EWR retrofits coal-fired power plant in China. Resources Conservation and Recycling. 217. 108202–108202. 1 indexed citations

Xia, Sunwen, Hongyuan Jiang, Hewen Zhou, et al.. (2025). Life cycle assessment of the environmental sustainability of biomass pyrolysis polygeneration with a High-Aspect-Ratio reactor. Fuel. 386. 134321–134321. 1 indexed citations

Zhou, Hewen, et al.. (2024). The potential of radiative cooling enhanced photovoltaic systems in China. Advances in Applied Energy. 15. 100184–100184. 7 indexed citations

Zhou, Hewen, Sunwen Xia, Qing Yang, et al.. (2024). A Hybrid Pre-Assessment Assists in System Optimization to Convert Face Masks into Carbon Nanotubes and Hydrogen. Engineering. 47. 204–212. 1 indexed citations

Deng, An, Qing Yang, Qingrui Wang, et al.. (2024). The future of coal-fired power plants in China to retrofit with biomass and CCS: A plant-centered assessment framework considering land competition. Applied Energy. 377. 124547–124547. 8 indexed citations

Su, Guangcan, Peng Jiang, Hewen Zhou, et al.. (2024). Integrated production of methanol and biochar from bagasse and plastic waste: A three-in-one solution for carbon sequestration, bioenergy production, and waste valorization. Energy Conversion and Management. 307. 118344–118344. 5 indexed citations

Wang, Ke, et al.. (2024). RIA-CSM2: A Real-Time Impact-Aware Correlative Scan Matching Algorithm Using Heterogeneous Multicore SoC for Low-Cost Wheeled Robots. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement. 73. 1–20. 1 indexed citations

Yang, Qing, et al.. (2023). Coal power decarbonization via biomass co-firing with carbon capture and storage: Tradeoff between exergy loss and GHG reduction. Energy Conversion and Management. 288. 117155–117155. 22 indexed citations

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Fu, Chuanyu, et al.. (2023). A Multiview Stereo Algorithm Based on Image Segmentation Guided Generation of Planar Prior for Textureless Regions of Artificial Scenes. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing. 16. 3676–3696. 5 indexed citations

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Yang, Qing, Hewen Zhou, Pietro Bartocci, et al.. (2021). Prospective contributions of biomass pyrolysis to China’s 2050 carbon reduction and renewable energy goals. Nature Communications. 12(1). 1698–1698. 292 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bartocci, Pietro, Qing Yang, Hewen Zhou, Bin Chen, & Francesco Fantozzi. (2021). Waste food reduction as a way to reduce resources and energy consumption in the Italian industrial sector: an IO-LCA analysis. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 238. 7002–7002. 1 indexed citations

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Zhou, Hewen, Qing Yang, Eid Gul, et al.. (2021). Decarbonizing university campuses through the production of biogas from food waste: An LCA analysis. Renewable Energy. 176. 565–578. 29 indexed citations

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Alrawashdeh, Khalideh Al bkoor, Abeer Al Bsoul, Eid Gul, et al.. (2021). Investigation of the influence of dimensions and material of the pipes on the water hammer effect in microbial fuel cells wastewater treatment plants. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments. 44. 100990–100990. 6 indexed citations

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Xia, Sunwen, Wenhan Guo, Ning Cai, et al.. (2021). Synthesis and application in oxygen reduction reaction of N-doping porous graphitic carbon from biomass waste. Fuel Processing Technology. 224. 107028–107028. 22 indexed citations

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Yang, Qing, Hewen Zhou, Jianlan Li, et al.. (2020). Life cycle water consumption for oxyfuel combustion power generation with carbon capture and storage. Journal of Cleaner Production. 281. 124419–124419. 39 indexed citations

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Yang, Qing, Pietro Bartocci, Hewen Zhou, et al.. (2020). Bioenergy in China: Evaluation of domestic biomass resources and the associated greenhouse gas mitigation potentials. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 127. 109842–109842. 186 indexed citations

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Ji, Liang, et al.. (2019). Water use of a biomass direct-combustion power generation system in China: A combination of life cycle assessment and water footprint analysis. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. 115. 109396–109396. 45 indexed citations

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Yang, Qing, et al.. (2019). Greenhouse Gas Emission Analysis of Biomass Moving-bed Pyrolytic Polygeneration Systems based on Aspen Plus and Hybrid LCA in China. Energy Procedia. 158. 3690–3695. 8 indexed citations

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Yang, Qing, Hewen Zhou, Xiaoyan Zhang, et al.. (2018). Hybrid life-cycle assessment for energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions of a typical biomass gasification power plant in China. Journal of Cleaner Production. 205. 661–671. 78 indexed citations

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