Hsiang-Cheng Kung

1.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
28 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Hsiang-Cheng Kung is a scholar working on Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, Ocean Engineering and Global and Planetary Change. According to data from OpenAlex, Hsiang-Cheng Kung has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 20 papers in Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, 12 papers in Ocean Engineering and 7 papers in Global and Planetary Change. Recurrent topics in Hsiang-Cheng Kung's work include Fire dynamics and safety research (20 papers), Evacuation and Crowd Dynamics (12 papers) and Fire effects on ecosystems (7 papers). Hsiang-Cheng Kung is often cited by papers focused on Fire dynamics and safety research (20 papers), Evacuation and Crowd Dynamics (12 papers) and Fire effects on ecosystems (7 papers). Hsiang-Cheng Kung collaborates with scholars based in United States, Taiwan and China. Hsiang-Cheng Kung's co-authors include Donna L. Hoyert, Susan L. Murphy, Jianjiang Xu, Hee‐Soon Juon, Xuena Liu, J. P. Hill, Bertram L. Smith, Melonie Heron, Shen‐Wen Chien and Chi‐Min Shu and has published in prestigious journals such as Combustion and Flame, Journal of Heat Transfer and Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology.

In The Last Decade

Hsiang-Cheng Kung

27 papers receiving 1.2k 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.

Deaths: final data for 2005.

2008 750 citations Hsiang-Cheng Kung, Donna L. Hoyert et al. PubMed profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hsiang-Cheng Kung United States	12	405	169	154	148	137	28	1.4k
I. Yu Hong Kong	21	46 0.1×	65 0.4×	118 0.8×	130 0.9×	198 1.4×	39	2.6k
Xiaoming Sun China	24	173 0.4×	23 0.1×	263 1.7×	364 2.5×	117 0.9×	130	2.2k
Joost J.L.M. Bierens Netherlands	25	599 1.5×	147 0.9×	39 0.3×	39 0.3×	153 1.1×	65	2.7k
T W Wong Hong Kong	16	44 0.1×	23 0.1×	159 1.0×	91 0.6×	76 0.6×	24	2.3k
Khaled Rahmani Iran	19	89 0.2×	66 0.4×	16 0.1×	74 0.5×	147 1.1×	158	1.3k
Peter T. Pons United States	23	59 0.1×	60 0.4×	23 0.1×	135 0.9×	347 2.5×	51	3.4k
Kristen L. Kucera United States	23	87 0.2×	102 0.6×	43 0.3×	105 0.7×	132 1.0×	82	1.6k
Jeffrey Hammond United States	23	43 0.1×	43 0.3×	9 0.1×	122 0.8×	300 2.2×	77	1.9k
Shinji Nakahara Japan	24	401 1.0×	102 0.6×	21 0.1×	206 1.4×	169 1.2×	126	2.0k
Masao Ichikawa Japan	22	412 1.0×	98 0.6×	17 0.1×	170 1.1×	190 1.4×	89	1.5k

Countries citing papers authored by Hsiang-Cheng Kung

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Fields of papers citing papers by Hsiang-Cheng Kung

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hsiang-Cheng Kung

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Hsiang-Cheng Kung. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Hsiang-Cheng Kung 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 Hsiang-Cheng Kung. Hsiang-Cheng Kung 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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Shu, Chi‐Min, et al.. (2018). Analysis of smoke movement in the Hsuehshan tunnel fire. Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology. 84. 142–150. 22 indexed citations

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Shu, Chi‐Min, et al.. (2017). Effects of Ventilation and Water Spray in a Model-Scale Tunnel Fire. Fire Technology. 54(1). 75–96. 5 indexed citations

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Kung, Hsiang-Cheng, et al.. (2012). Sprinkler protection of non-storage occupancies with high ceiling clearance. Fire Safety Journal. 54. 49–56. 3 indexed citations

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Kung, Hsiang-Cheng, Donna L. Hoyert, Jianjiang Xu, & Susan L. Murphy. (2008). Deaths: final data for 2005.. PubMed. 56(10). 1–120. 750 indexed citations breakdown →

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Hoyert, Donna L., Melonie Heron, Susan L. Murphy, & Hsiang-Cheng Kung. (2006). Deaths: final data for 2003, United States. 54(13). 1–120. 19 indexed citations

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Hoyert, Donna L., Hsiang-Cheng Kung, & Bertram L. Smith. (2005). Deaths: preliminary data for 2003 (USA). 53(15). 1–48. 20 indexed citations

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Kung, Hsiang-Cheng, Xuena Liu, & Hee‐Soon Juon. (1998). Risk factors for suicide in Caucasians and in African-Americans: a matched case-control study. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. 33(4). 155–161. 39 indexed citations

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Kung, Hsiang-Cheng, et al.. (1993). Comparison of European Conventional and U.S. Spray Sprinklers. Journal of Fire Protection Engineering. 5(1). 17–28. 2 indexed citations

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Kung, Hsiang-Cheng, et al.. (1991). Predicting the Suppression Capability of Quick Response Sprinklers in a Light Hazard Scenario: PART 2: Actual Delivered Density (ADD) Measurements and Full-Scale Fire Tests. Journal of Fire Protection Engineering. 3(3). 95–107. 6 indexed citations

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Kung, Hsiang-Cheng, et al.. (1991). Predicting the Suppression Capability of Quick Response Sprinklers in a Light Hazard Scenario: PART 1: Fire Growth and Required Delivered Density (RDD) Measurements. Journal of Fire Protection Engineering. 3(3). 81–93. 11 indexed citations

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Kung, Hsiang-Cheng, et al.. (1988). Residential sidewall sprinkler fire tests with limited water supply.. Fire Science and Technology. 8(2). 41–53. 4 indexed citations

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Kung, Hsiang-Cheng, et al.. (1988). Ceiling flows of growing rack storage fires. Symposium (International) on Combustion. 21(1). 121–128. 30 indexed citations

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Kung, Hsiang-Cheng, et al.. (1988). Spray cooling in room fires. Symposium (International) on Combustion. 21(1). 129–136. 6 indexed citations

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Kung, Hsiang-Cheng, et al.. (1985). Strong buoyant plumes of growing rack storage fires. Symposium (International) on Combustion. 20(1). 1547–1554. 27 indexed citations

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Kung, Hsiang-Cheng, et al.. (1982). Buoyant plumes of large-scale pool fires. Symposium (International) on Combustion. 19(1). 905–912. 63 indexed citations

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Kung, Hsiang-Cheng, et al.. (1980). Sprinkler performance in residential fire tests. NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N. 81. 26302. 11 indexed citations

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Kung, Hsiang-Cheng. (1977). Cooling of Room Fires by Sprinkler Spray. Journal of Heat Transfer. 99(3). 353–359. 28 indexed citations

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Kung, Hsiang-Cheng. (1975). The burning of vertical wooden slabs. Symposium (International) on Combustion. 15(1). 243–253. 5 indexed citations

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Kung, Hsiang-Cheng. (1972). A mathematical model of wood pyrolysis. Combustion and Flame. 18(2). 185–195. 216 indexed citations

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Kung, Hsiang-Cheng & Merwin Sibulkin. (1969). Radiative transfer in a nongray gas between parallel walls. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer. 9(10). 1447–1461. 4 indexed citations

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