Hongbo Tan

8.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
197 papers, 7.2k citations indexed

About

Hongbo Tan is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Materials Chemistry and Building and Construction. According to data from OpenAlex, Hongbo Tan has authored 197 papers receiving a total of 7.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 159 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 73 papers in Materials Chemistry and 72 papers in Building and Construction. Recurrent topics in Hongbo Tan's work include Concrete and Cement Materials Research (149 papers), Magnesium Oxide Properties and Applications (66 papers) and Innovative concrete reinforcement materials (61 papers). Hongbo Tan is often cited by papers focused on Concrete and Cement Materials Research (149 papers), Magnesium Oxide Properties and Applications (66 papers) and Innovative concrete reinforcement materials (61 papers). Hongbo Tan collaborates with scholars based in China, Czechia and Singapore. Hongbo Tan's co-authors include Xingyang He, Baoguo Ma, Ying Su, Jin Yang, Xiaohai Liu, Xiufeng Deng, Shouwei Jian, Junjie Zhang, Yulin Guo and Xiangguo Li and has published in prestigious journals such as Biomaterials, The Science of The Total Environment and Journal of Hazardous Materials.

In The Last Decade

Hongbo Tan

192 papers receiving 7.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

Sustainable clinker-free solid waste binder produced from wet-ground granulated blast-furnace slag, phosphogypsum and carbide slag

2022 143 citations Jin Yang, Xingyang He et al. Construction and Building Materials profile →

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Dietmar Stephan Germany

Baoguo Ma China

Ali Nazari Iran

Xingyang He China

Mirja Illikainen Finland

J. Payá Spain

Alaa M. Rashad Egypt

Jueshi Qian China

Maria Juenger United States

Ying Su China

Dietmar Stephan Germany

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363 ×0.9

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Countries citing papers authored by Hongbo Tan

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Fields of papers citing papers by Hongbo Tan

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hongbo Tan

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

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Zheng, Zhengqi, Xingyang He, Huahui Qi, et al.. (2025). A new method to improve the carbon mineralization efficiency of steel slag in aqueous condition: The effect of mechanical exfoliation. Journal of Building Engineering. 106. 112473–112473.

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Zhang, Xinsheng, Xiaohai Liu, Lei Liu, et al.. (2025). Effects of styrene-acrylic emulsion on toughness, volume stability and fiber dispersion of hybrid fibers reinforced ultra-high performance geopolymer concrete. Construction and Building Materials. 473. 140930–140930. 4 indexed citations

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Liu, Muyu, et al.. (2024). Importance of adsorption compared with complexation for retarding C3S hydration via adding sodium gluconate. Cement and Concrete Research. 186. 107686–107686. 6 indexed citations

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Chen, Pian, Baoguo Ma, & Hongbo Tan. (2023). Effect of amorphous aluminum hydroxide on the phosphogypsum-based cementitious materials in prefabricated building field. Journal of Building Engineering. 77. 107437–107437. 8 indexed citations

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Wang, Jin‐Tang, Xiufeng Deng, Hongbo Tan, et al.. (2023). The mechanical properties and sustainability of phosphogypsum-slag binder activated by nano-ettringite. The Science of The Total Environment. 903. 166015–166015. 27 indexed citations

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Li, Maogao, Hongbo Tan, Junjie Zhang, et al.. (2023). Enhancement in compressive strength of carbide slag activated ground granulated blast furnace slag by introducing CaCl2 and NaCl. Construction and Building Materials. 385. 131071–131071. 24 indexed citations

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Chen, Pian, et al.. (2023). Utilization of tricalcium aluminate as modifier on phosphogypsum-based full solid-waste cementitious material. Construction and Building Materials. 377. 131034–131034. 12 indexed citations

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Qi, Huahui, et al.. (2023). Influence of H3PO4 and H2PO4− on the performance of PCE in hemihydrate gypsum pastes. Construction and Building Materials. 394. 132062–132062. 10 indexed citations

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Gao, Wenbin, Shouwei Jian, Xiangguo Li, et al.. (2023). Efficient utilization of multi-source solid waste to prepare the novel core-shell structured lightweight aggregates and its immobilization for volatile heavy metals. Journal of Building Engineering. 71. 106549–106549. 13 indexed citations

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Zhang, Ting, Hongbo Tan, Baoguo Ma, et al.. (2023). Effect of barium ion on the stability and chloride ion binding of ettringite. Journal of Building Engineering. 79. 107803–107803. 11 indexed citations

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Huang, Jian, Tiezhu Wang, Rong Yang, et al.. (2023). Impact of calcium sulfoaluminate cement on printability and early strength development of a slag-based 3D printing cementitious material. Construction and Building Materials. 404. 133249–133249. 11 indexed citations

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Luo, Zhongtao, et al.. (2023). Effect of slowly released barium ions on chloride binding in Portland cement paste. Construction and Building Materials. 408. 133595–133595. 4 indexed citations

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Smirnova, Olga, et al.. (2021). Numerical Simulation of the Mechanical Behavior of Fiber-Reinforced Cement Composites Subjected Dynamic Loading. Applied Sciences. 11(3). 1112–1112. 14 indexed citations

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Mei, Junpeng, Baoguo Ma, Hongbo Tan, et al.. (2018). Influence of steam curing and nano silica on hydration and microstructure characteristics of high volume fly ash cement system. Construction and Building Materials. 171. 83–95. 50 indexed citations

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Ma, Baoguo, Ting Zhang, Hongbo Tan, et al.. (2018). Effect of triisopropanolamine on compressive strength and hydration of cement-fly ash paste. Construction and Building Materials. 179. 89–99. 96 indexed citations

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Zhang, Bingliu, et al.. (2017). Preparation and application of fine-grinded cement in cement-based material. Construction and Building Materials. 157. 34–41. 50 indexed citations

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Tan, Hongbo, et al.. (2016). Effect of the ester group in side chain of polycarboxylate superplasticizer on the cement hydration process. 69. 67. 1 indexed citations

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Tan, Hongbo, et al.. (2014). Effect of Hydroxy Carboxylate Polymer on Cement Hydration. 36(5). 6–10. 4 indexed citations

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Tan, Hongbo. (2007). Esterification Synthesis Methylacrylic Acid Polyethylene Glycol Single Methyl Ether(400) Ester. Journal of Wuhan University of Technology-Mater Sci Ed.

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Tan, Hongbo. (2006). Influence of Shrinkage-reducing Agent on Cement Paste Structural Formation with Chemical Admixtures. Journal of Yangtze River Scientific Research Institute. 2 indexed citations

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