Hui Yao

4.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
150 papers, 3.6k citations indexed

About

Hui Yao is a scholar working on Civil and Structural Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Polymers and Plastics. According to data from OpenAlex, Hui Yao has authored 150 papers receiving a total of 3.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 79 papers in Civil and Structural Engineering, 27 papers in Mechanical Engineering and 23 papers in Polymers and Plastics. Recurrent topics in Hui Yao's work include Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation (67 papers), Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring (52 papers) and Polymer Nanocomposites and Properties (19 papers). Hui Yao is often cited by papers focused on Asphalt Pavement Performance Evaluation (67 papers), Infrastructure Maintenance and Monitoring (52 papers) and Polymer Nanocomposites and Properties (19 papers). Hui Yao collaborates with scholars based in China, United States and United Kingdom. Hui Yao's co-authors include Zhanping You, Qingli Dai, Shu Wei Goh, Xianming Shi, Yoke Khin Yap, Jie Ji, Chee Huei Lee, David Wingard, Liang Li and Junfu Liu and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Journal of Cleaner Production and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Hui Yao

141 papers receiving 3.5k 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.

Rheological Properties and Chemical Bonding of Asphalt Modified with Nanosilica

2012 328 citations Hui Yao, Zhanping You et al. Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering profile →
Discussion on molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of the asphalt materials

2021 182 citations Hui Yao, Junfu Liu et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Hui Yao China	32	2.5k	924	424	308	289	150	3.6k
Yuqing Zhang China	38	3.1k 1.3×	688 0.7×	600 1.4×	308 1.0×	164 0.6×	231	4.8k
Daquan Sun China	36	3.0k 1.2×	1.0k 1.1×	302 0.7×	242 0.8×	61 0.2×	87	3.6k
Pengfei Liu China	37	1.7k 0.7×	276 0.3×	529 1.2×	94 0.3×	739 2.6×	181	3.9k
Tao Xu China	32	1.2k 0.5×	959 1.0×	256 0.6×	130 0.4×	99 0.3×	108	2.6k
Jie Gong China	24	634 0.3×	508 0.5×	260 0.6×	51 0.2×	684 2.4×	66	2.1k
Paulo J. S. Cruz Portugal	28	1.1k 0.4×	278 0.3×	569 1.3×	54 0.2×	128 0.4×	141	2.4k
Jie Ren China	35	1.2k 0.5×	178 0.2×	502 1.2×	31 0.1×	448 1.6×	149	3.8k
Ahmad Beng Hong Kueh Malaysia	27	1.1k 0.5×	250 0.3×	489 1.2×	33 0.1×	114 0.4×	129	2.7k
Souad El Hajjaji Morocco	29	808 0.3×	108 0.1×	143 0.3×	103 0.3×	94 0.3×	196	3.0k
Yanan Yuan China	26	200 0.1×	280 0.3×	433 1.0×	365 1.2×	128 0.4×	131	2.7k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hui Yao

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

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Hasan, Mohd Rosli Mohd, et al.. (2025). Assessment of moisture resistance and bonding behavior of cup lump rubber modified asphalt mixture containing wax-based surfactant. Materials Research Express. 12(1). 15305–15305. 2 indexed citations

Yao, Hui, Mei Xu, Huijie Liu, et al.. (2025). Aggregate stress contribution in asphalt mixtures with the splitting tests based on the three-dimensional (3D) discrete element method (DEM). Materials Research Express. 12(3). 35602–35602. 2 indexed citations

Yao, Hui, Igor Vassilev, Johanna M. Rinta‐Kanto, et al.. (2025). Selective butyrate production from CO2 and methanol in microbial electrosynthesis - influence of pH. Bioelectrochemistry. 165. 109000–109000. 3 indexed citations

Yao, Hui, et al.. (2025). Molecular dynamics simulation on oxidation process and interfacial performance of foamed asphalt binders based on ReaxFF force field. Proceedings of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences. 481(2309). 1 indexed citations

Yao, Hui, Ronghua Tan, Yuchen Zhang, et al.. (2024). Multi-crosslinked hydrogels composed of hyaluronic acid, silk fibroin and chitosan nanoparticles with capacity of bioactive molecule delivery and degradation tolerance for cartilage tissue engineering. European Polymer Journal. 220. 113449–113449. 6 indexed citations

Yao, Hui, Xuan Li, Rui Lei, Haitao Hu, & Yonghua Huang. (2024). Boiling heat transfer characteristics of confined jet impingement on metal foam with different structures. Applied Thermal Engineering. 251. 123554–123554. 8 indexed citations

Ji, Jie, Huijie Liu, Hui Yao, & Zhanping You. (2024). Influence of compatibilization methods on the compatibility between asphalt and DCLR components with molecular dynamics (MD) method. Construction and Building Materials. 431. 136474–136474. 5 indexed citations

Xu, Xiaojing, Yinqun Hua, Hui Yao, et al.. (2024). Microstructure and properties of a HIP manufactured B4Cp reinforced highly alloyed Al-Zn-Mg-Cu-Zr aluminum matrix composite. Vacuum. 231. 113771–113771. 7 indexed citations

Yao, Hui, Xiao Meng, Rob J. van der Geest, et al.. (2024). Detectability of intracranial vessel wall atherosclerosis using black-blood spectral CT: a phantom and clinical study. European Radiology Experimental. 8(1). 78–78. 1 indexed citations

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Wu, Xi, et al.. (2023). Performance investigation on a precision air conditioning system with a condensation heat recovery unit under varying operating conditions. Applied Thermal Engineering. 236. 121664–121664. 8 indexed citations

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Zhang, Tao, et al.. (2023). Brown Slime Cap Mushroom (Chroogomphus rutilus, Agaricomycetes) Polysaccharide Resists Motion Sickness by Inhibiting the Activity of the Serotonin System in Mice. International journal of medicinal mushrooms. 25(12). 1–13. 1 indexed citations

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Yao, Hui, et al.. (2023). Strong, elastic and degradation-tolerated hydrogels composed of chitosan, silk fibroin and bioglass nanoparticles with factor-bestowed activity for bone tissue engineering. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules. 253(Pt 2). 126619–126619. 10 indexed citations

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Huang, Tuo, et al.. (2020). Unified Strength Models of an Asphalt Mixture under Different Temperatures and Three-Dimensional Stresses. Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering. 32(11). 3 indexed citations

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Gu, Jinyan, Haihui Zhang, Hui Yao, et al.. (2020). Comparison of characterization, antioxidant and immunological activities of three polysaccharides from Sagittaria sagittifolia L.. Carbohydrate Polymers. 235. 115939–115939. 125 indexed citations

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Liu, Tao, et al.. (2016). Pump-cylinder Composite Structure New Dynamic Flowmeter. 27(15). 2068. 1 indexed citations

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Zhu, Jianxiao, Chuankuan Wang, Tianli Zheng, et al.. (2015). Impacts of fire severity and post-fire reforestation on carbon pools in boreal larch forests in Northeast China. Journal of Plant Ecology. rtv036–rtv036. 12 indexed citations

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Yao, Hui, Yu Liu, Zhanping You, Liang Li, & Shu Wei Goh. (2012). Discrete Element Simulation of Bending Beam Rheometer Tests for Asphalt Binder. International Journal of Pavement Research and Technology. 5(3). 161–168. 10 indexed citations

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Wang, Ding, et al.. (2012). A Second-Order Performance Analysis of the ESPRIT Algorithm in Presence of Array Modeling Errors. Dianzi xuebao. 40(10). 2133–2139. 1 indexed citations

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Yao, Hui. (2009). Production Capacity Loss of Farmland during Urbanization in Beijing,China. Zhongguo tudi kexue.

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Zhao, Yuanyuan, et al.. (2009). Effect of drought process on natural production function of cultivated land.. Nongye gongcheng xuebao. 25(12). 278–284. 1 indexed citations

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